The Renaissance is often imagined as a period of European artistic and intellectual flourishing, yet its depictions frequently erase the presence of Black Africans who lived in cities like Venice, ...

History, Vol. 103, No. 3 (356), Special Issue: Narrating Europe: Conceptions of European History and Identity in Historiography and Intellectual Thought (July 2018), pp. 469-484 (16 pages) H. Brugmans ...

Over the course of his life, English author and Catholic convert Evelyn Waugh insisted that the Catholic Faith is fundamental to the identity of Europe. A seasoned travel writer, war correspondent, ...

"Even though the Iron Curtain fell decades ago, today's historiography often still includes a Cold War inspired East-West perspective, especially when it comes to the topic of violence. Western Europe ...

Lacking any quantitative evidence, I'd wager that a majority of Americans primarily associate Central and Eastern Europe with travel, a trip they took or hope to take — like a visit to Prague or ...