History Magazine

Paperblog Editor's Pick

• Nunhead Cemetery Recon

  

  Highgate Cemetery might be the final resting place of some of the big hitters on the necro-celeb list but, for me, Nunhead is still the finest cemetery in... Read more

  The 21 January 2013 by   Waynechisnall
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• Clear as Mud: Scientology

  

  When you are asked to do a piece for the New York Times Sunday Book Review, I can only assume it’s an honor that pays. So when Michael Kinsley was asked to... Read more

  The 21 January 2013 by   Cris
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• National Maritime Museum and The Queen’s House, Greenwich, London, England

  

  My university course recently took me to the National Maritime Museum The Queen’s House in Greenwich where we had to create a trail through the sites. Read more

  The 20 January 2013 by   Theexhibitionlist
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• Learning About the Future

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto.Taking the class Introduction to Future Studies from the University of Houston has been one of the most rewarding educational... Read more

  The 15 January 2013 by   Realizingresonance
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• Historypin, Your Armchair, The World

  

  About a year ago I came across this fascinating site Historypin, it’s a place where you can browse and add historic photographs to the geographic location they... Read more

  The 13 January 2013 by   Theexhibitionlist
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• 440s – 450s A.D.

  

  A while back we did a post on what the world was like in 1555 A.D. That was a lot of fun and I’ve been watching those awesome “Mankind” shows on the History... Read more

  The 12 January 2013 by   Themightyf
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• Character and Historical Experience

  

  Source: Gilles Mora and Beverly Brannan, FSA: The American Vision; photos by Dorothea Lange We often think that some historical periods have deep effects on... Read more

  The 09 January 2013 by   Dlittle30
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• Experimenting with Lipoprotein(a)

  

  [Part 1 of 2]In the late 1980s into early 1990, Linus Pauling and a colleague, Matthias Rath, worked intensively on the health benefits of Vitamin C and... Read more

  The 09 January 2013 by   Scarc
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• Hume’s “Natural History of Religion”

  

  In 1757, David Hume published The Natural History of Religion. It was a radical and innovative book that constitutes the first systematic effort to explain... Read more

  The 09 January 2013 by   Cris
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• Thursdays with Ben

  

  -Contributed by Shelley BlundellLast semester, Kent State doctoral student Shelley Blundell spent each Thursday at the CHP working with the Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr... Read more

  The 07 January 2013 by   Chp
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