October 18, 2023
Collection Cost
Eighteenth-century British naturalists relied on slave traders to obtain thousands of natural specimens from West Africa.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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October 13, 2023
The Rest Is History
Victorian séances, budget laws, and trauma narratives.
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October 11, 2023
Go in the Devil’s Name
When Isobel Gowdie confessed to being a witch, she spun a subversive, magical tale for her interrogators.
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October 06, 2023
The Rest Is History
Irish goodbyes, destinationless wanders, and Gothic aesthetics.
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October 04, 2023
A Right to Paint Us Whole
W.E.B. Du Bois’ message to African American artists.
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September 29, 2023
The Rest Is History
Video games, chestnuts, and extremely online women.
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September 27, 2023
That Fine-Sounding Language
Misunderstanding Greek and Latin in eighteenth-century Britain.
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September 25, 2023
Taking the Plunge
The history and context of Venice’s annual Wedding to the Sea.
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August 07, 2023
Monumental Mistakes
2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
c. 1850:
Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
May 22, 2023
Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.