Haiti and the pathos of history
President Moïse’s assassination is a new spin on a familiar story for Haiti. And yet, despite the fact that the country’s politics has been plagued by destabilising political assassinations, the liberating promise of its revolutionary past lives on.
Empire and development in First Millennium Europe
The story of First Millennium Europe is one of remarkable economic change and demographic upheaval; a precocious analogue to the modern era of globalisation.
Wise warnings matter even more in this age of pandemics and big data
We need to focus on how we warn about threats and hazards. Data and forecasting can only get us so far – the critical factors are human instinct and courage.
Geopolitics and the Mongol Empire
Political and economic concerns were as critical as environmental and geographic factors in forging the unity of the Mongol Empire.
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EI Weekly Listen – Donald Sassoon on a world of nations and states
Despite globalisation, the nation state retains its privileged position in world politics. Read by Leighton Pugh.
EI Weekly Listen – Donald Sassoon on a world of nations and states
Despite globalisation, the nation state retains its privileged position in world politics. Read by Leighton Pugh.
EI Weekly Listen – Donald Sassoon on a world of nations and states
Despite globalisation, the nation state retains its privileged position in world politics. Read by Leighton Pugh.
Edward Daniel Clarke – collector of the world
Dreamer, looter, pyromaniac, fantasist, Edward Daniel Clarke brought back from Egypt the single most important find in the history of Egyptology – the Rosetta Stone.
Edward Daniel Clarke – collector of the world
Dreamer, looter, pyromaniac, fantasist, Edward Daniel Clarke brought back from Egypt the single most important find in the history of Egyptology – the Rosetta Stone.
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In praise of Rembrandt’s ruffs
More than a bandstand
