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Politics & Society

Public History Under Attack: An Interview with Jerome de Groot

Over the past decade – perhaps more than ever – public history has become weaponized by the populist right around the world. In this interview, Jerome de Groot discusses how political shifts, funding cuts, and culture wars are redefining our relationship with the past.

Arts & Humanities

The Lehrter’s Children: Legacy of a Lost Railway Station

Of all the lost railway stations in Berlin, the Lehrter Bahnhof could be called the least successful from one viewpoint, and the most successful from another. While it seems to have been replaced by Berlin’s Hauptbahnhof, its architectural legacy lives on.

Arts & Humanities

Who Was Émilie du Châtelet? An Interview with Andrea Brill

Émilie du Châtelet helped reshape Enlightenment science and challenged gendered exclusion. As we celebrate Women’s History Month, we explore du Châtelet’s thought, legacy and archival traces in conversation with author Andrea Brill.

Arts & Humanities

26 Years a Slave: Juan Miranda’s Fight for Freedom in Colonial New York

Who was Juan Miranda? In this incredible story, meet the first enslaved man to sue his enslaver in the colony’s Supreme Court for his right to be free.

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