Europe

  • St. George’s Ribbon

    Brandon Schechter | Mar 29, 2023

    As Russia wages war on Ukraine, its imagery has leaned heavily on an old icon.
  • Blessed Are the Peacemakers

    James Graham Wilson | Mar 22, 2023

    Without Mikhail Gorbachev’s unusual decisions, the end of the Cold War might have looked very different.
  • Trading on Justice

    Mark Philip Bradley | Feb 22, 2023

    The latest AHR issue includes slavery and reparations, histories of the 19th century, and new approaches to transnational history.
  • When Memorials Come Down, Ghosts Remain

    James J. Ward | Feb 21, 2023

    When one historian visited Berlin in 1991, the recent past was already fading from its streets.
  • Phantom Encounters

    Lucy Barnhouse | Feb 16, 2023

    Ghosts provide an excellent comparative lens for a history class.
  • Hope in the Dark

    Scott G. Bruce | Feb 15, 2023

    The ubiquity of the undead as protagonists in modern entertainment media—from novels to movies to vi...
  • The History of Them, the History of Us

    Edward Muir | Jan 17, 2023

    A question of identity is at the core of the struggle over integrity in history.
  • Looking Back

    Mark Philip Bradley | Dec 27, 2022

    The latest AHR features the 1619 Project, W. E. B. Du Bois, transnational history, and the history of ideas.
  • Putin's Past

    William Partlett | Dec 7, 2022

    Authoritarians have often grounded their claims to power in a version of history. Why?
  • Richard Herr (1922–2022)

    Martin Jay and Paula Fass | Nov 30, 2022

    Richard Herr, professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, died on May 29, 2022.

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