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Friday, September 19, 2025

Beowulf: A Text Which Continually Fascinates

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Scholars do not know precisely when and where this fascinating story was written. Some suggest that it was composed as early as the late 600...
Friday, December 27, 2024

Teaching Marcus Aurelius in Introductory Humanities Courses — Find an Approachable Translation

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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius has long been a staple in interdisciplinary Western Civilization courses at the secondary and post-secon...
Sunday, June 30, 2024

They Elected Their Kings, They Elected Their Emperors: Democracy Is Older Than You Think

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Students hear of ‘democracy’ often for the first time in connection with ancient Athens. Those who have the opportunity to study closely, ho...
Saturday, January 06, 2024

An Early Arabian Cathedral: Reconstructing the Design of a Lost Architectural Style

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Yemen is the southwestern coast of the Arabian peninsula, a strip of land measuring a little over 100 miles from north to south, and a littl...
Thursday, September 28, 2023

Luther Fuels the Resistance Movement: Jumping a 400-Year Gap

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Martin Luther died in 1546. How did he play a role in energizing an underground network inside Germany working to undermine and disable Hitl...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

The Mayerling Incident: Facts vs. Speculations

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The deaths of Mary Vetsera and Crown Prince Rudolf can be explained simply: On Wednesday morning, January 30, 1889, they were found dead ins...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Linguistics: A Safe Haven for Academics During the Soviet Era

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Teachers, professors, researchers, and authors found that life could be difficult and dangerous during the Soviet Socialist era, from 1917 t...