History

American Quakers, Unitarians, secular people, and Jews traveled around the globe to offer relief and to rescue victims of Nazi Germany and its allies. Who were these women and men, who became both saints and liars as they sought to save lives? How did they manage these feats? Debórah Dwork’s new book opens a window […]

Anthropogenic climate change is unprecedented. Climate change is not. Societies have long struggled to cope with disrupted subsistence strategies, devastated populations, and accelerated social change. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Europe faced a series of disasters – flood, famine, and plague. This lecture looks at severely affected coastal wetlands, where local governments struggled to […]