UNHCR's archives are a test case for humanitarians struggling to preserve institutional memory in an era of retrenchment.

From liberation to occupation: rethinking Allied rule in Italy

Presidential campaign promises can be easier to make than to keep.

Explore mail transit times via railway between major U.S. cities, 1882–1908.

Speaking to an abolitionist audience in New York City in May 1856, William Wells Brown read an advertisement sliced from the New Orleans Daily Picayune:

Das deutsche Menschheitsverbrechen an den Juden und JüdinnenDie unter dem Titel „Es wartet doch so viel auf mich…“ erschienenen Tagebücher der in Auschwitz ermordeten Jüdin Ruth Maier sollten Pflichtl...

Die Welt am Scheideweg. 2026. 978-3-406-83045-7. München 38 steht für Appeasement gegenüber Aggressoren. Denn auf der Münchner Konferenz gaben Chambe…

“We remember – but we do not remember enough.” –Georg Branting   After the Second World War, famous anti-fascist organizers and intellectuals grew increasingly concerned with the survival of what t…

This volume explores the changing field of cultural history to map out its new developments and future directions, covering major themes such as environment, (d…

Abstract. Thinking about and planning for the end of war generally begins as soon as fighting breaks out, if not long before. Yet few studies analyse how p

Moore Research FellowshipThe Margaret W. Moore and John M. Moore Research Fellowship provides a stipend to promote research that uses the resources of the Friends Historical Library, the Swarthmore Co...

How have economic warfare and sanctions been applied in modern history? A new book Economic Warfare and Sanctions Since 1688 edited by leading economic historians Stephen Broadberry (University of…

Zwischen den Kriegstrümmern begann vor 80 Jahren die unerwartete Erfolgsgeschichte, die Deutschland lange geprägt hat. Entscheidend war damals das Wohlwollen der Amerikaner, die sich davon großen Nutzen versprachen.