Turkey and the War in Ukraine
Dimitar Bechev, author of Turkey Under Erdogan: How a Country Turned from Democracy and the West, writes about Turkey’s role as a mediator in…
European History
Walter Mattner and the Murder of Jewish Infants – by Dr Alex J. Kay
Dr. Alex J. KaySenior Lecturer at the Chair of Military History / Cultural History of Violence, University of Potsdam and author of, Empire of…
A Visual History of Household Servants and Slaves
In this blog, Yale author Diane Wolfthal brings the visual representation of household workers in medieval and early-modern Europe to the fore. Using examples…
Stalin and His Books: The Librarian’s Tale
Geoffrey Roberts, author of Stalin’s Library, recounts the story of Shushanika Manucharyants, Stalin’s personal librarian, who he inherited from Lenin and was responsible for…
War in Ukraine: A Reading List
On 24th February 2022 Vladimir Putin sent 200,000 soldiers to invade Ukraine thinking he would swiftly sweep to Kyiv and depose the government. Russia…
The History of Economic Sanctions as a Tool of War
Today, economic sanctions are generally regarded as an alternative to war. But for most people in the interwar period, the economic weapon was the…
The Problem of Resources in Early Modern Times
Henry Kamen, author of Early Modern European Society recounts the debate over resources and the themes of conservation taking root across Europe in early…
The Fall of the Soviet Union – a timeline
In 1945 the Soviet Union controlled half of Europe and was a founding member of the United Nations. By 1991, it had an army…
Staff Pick: Royalty
To mark the occasion of Queen Elizabeth II’s official birthday this month, Yale University Press London choose their favourite books on the theme of ‘royalty’….
Jewish History & Culture: Survivors – an extract
This next post in our series on Jewish History and Culture features an extract from Survivors: Children’s Lives After the Holocaust by Rebecca Clifford…
Jewish History & Culture: Holocaust Testimonies
This post, the latest in our series on Jewish History and Culture, looks at holocaust survivor testimonies. It features extracts from Ecologies of Witnessing…
Conversations: History of Slavery
The global wave of protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd reminds us that we live in times of continuing racial injustice. As…
An A-Z of the World – E. H. Gombrich on: Witchcraft
As an aid to students, teachers and parents, we have constructed an A–Z of the World taken from E. H. Gombrich’s, A Little History of…
An A-Z of the World – E. H. Gombrich on: Versailles
As an aid to students, teachers and parents, we have constructed an A–Z of the World taken from E. H. Gombrich’s, A Little History…
An A-Z of the World – E. H. Gombrich on: the Second World War
As an aid to students, teachers and parents, we have constructed an A–Z of the World taken from E. H. Gombrich’s, A Little History…