History Matters

From cave paintings to Kindle, our history is written in ink – adapted and reinvented to reflect, and influence, the needs of the day.

Why did only some women get the vote in 1918 and what did they do with it?

Henrietta of England, daughter of King Charles I, died in agony claiming she had been poisoned. The cause of death is still disputed.

Albania’s greatest military hero Gjergj Kastrioti, also known as Skanderbeg, dedicated his life to fighting for his beleaguered homeland.

A new law exposes the problematic nature of Holocaust remembrance.

One of the great struggles of writing a history of gender identity is understanding people’s internal lives. How should we talk about those who dressed as men and went to war?

David K. Niles worked in the shadows of US presidents. He also helped save their administrations.

Marrying the sister of a deceased wife was illegal in Victorian England.

‘Socialism with a human face’ came head to head with the realities of Soviet communism during the Prague Spring of 1968.

There is nothing new about uncrewed aircraft.