R.V. Jones (left), DCI James Woolsey, and Jeanne de Clarens. Early life and education R.V. Jones was born on September 29, 1911, in Herne Hill, London, to a family of modest means. From an early age, he exhibited an intense […]
Congratulations to AHA members Jennifer Morgan (New York Univ.) and Shailaja Paik (Univ. of Cincinnati) who were named 2024 MacArthur Fellows. The MacArthur Fellows Program aims to “identify extraordinarily creative individuals with a track record of excellence in a field
The last time I sweated through my shirt, I vowed that it would never happen again. Sweat shame had dogged me for too many years. No longer would armpit puddles dictate the color of my blouse. Never again would I
The second triennial survey at El Museo del Barrio, “Flow States,” is loosely organized around the concept of diasporas and the movements of people across nations, geographies, and cultures. A major point the exhibit tries to make is that the
O n the evening of June 5, 1944, Louis Leroux, his wife, and their six children scrambled atop an embankment near their farm to investigate the sounds of distant explosions. Three miles south, Allied fighter-bombers were attacking bridges over the
The proudly jutting—and sometimes-imperiled—terraces above the cataract that gave the world-famous house its name. Ezra Stoller / Esto In 1995, when Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater was less than 60 years old, a group of engineers traveled to the rural highlands
By Stacy Ferguson The American Revolution was a crucible that forged timeless leaders from ordinary men. We love to read about, study, analyze, and debate about the men who were born into affluence and influence—Washington, Hancock, and Lafayette, amongst others,
October 25, 2024 An update from our 2023 Olivia James Travelling Fellowship winner, Sarah Hilker: The Olivia James Travelling Fellowship enabled me to spend the 2023-2024 year in Greece, where I began and made substantial progress on a new project,
Multiple brands of organic carrots have been recalled due to a multistate outbreak of E. coli that has sickened at least 39 people. On Saturday (Nov. 16), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Grimmway Farms, headquartered in
Fresh from robbing the Deadwood Stagecoach, the Sioux performers of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West changed into loose-fitting Chinese garb and attached long single braids to the backs of their heads, mimicking the clothing and hairstyle of the Boxers then rebelling
