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Arts & Humanities

The Invention of Modern Peacemaking

Roughly 2,000 peace treaties made between the 15th and the 19th century show us how early modern peacemaking laid the foundations for both the modern constitutional development of European states and for relations between those states to the present.

Joachim Whaley | 09.06.2021

Arts & Humanities

In the Eye of the Storm: U.S. Diplomat Hugh Gibson and the ‘Spanish Flu’

In 1918, when both World War I and the ‘Spanish flu’ raged in Europe, the American diplomat Hugh S. Gibson was sent to Paris. Today, his personal records offer us rare insights into a time between disease and diplomacy.

Vivian Reed | 14.12.2020

Arts & Humanities

Geschichte digital: Zehn Herausforderungen

Geschichte von gestern? Von wegen! Der digitale Wandel stellt die Geschichtswissenschaft auf die Probe – aber er bietet auch Chancen.

Mareike König | 07.12.2020

Arts & Humanities

Ancient Ukrainian “Megasites” Might Have Been the World’s First Cities

Recent archaeological research from Ukraine is challenging long-held views on the beginnings of urbanism.

Bisserka Gaydarska and John Chapman | 30.11.2020

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