TRUTH is said to be stranger than fiction; fiction can be stronger than truth. Palpable “facts” are mortal. Like certain moths and flying ants, they lay their eggs and die overnight. The important ...

David Heath is a List Writer from the UK specializing in video games, movies, TV shows, and the occasional anime. It’s been said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. This ...

This spring, high schools around Japan are rolling out a groundbreaking required course combining modern Japanese and world history. A high school principal explores the new curriculum and its promise ...

A young woman stands defiantly as two police officers clad in body armor and riot helmets attempt to arrest her. They reach for her and yet seem to fall away, as though her poise repels them. The ...

“The increase in the velocity of history means, among other things, that the ‘present’ becomes the ‘past’ more swiftly than ever before.” There is nothing new about man’s recording the events of his ...

The one-year MA in Modern History, given by the Department of International History, provides broad coverage of the origins, formation and reinvention of the modern world. This is enabled by a ...

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to UCLA European history professor Geoffrey Symcox, who has just edited the 13th volume of a history of Christopher Columbus using documents written during the 15th and 16th ...

NSW’s 10,700 Modern History students have studied across decades and continents. In this HSC subject guide, a former marker busts exam myths and reveals the “obvious” mistake many make. Rebecca ...