Reflections from an Early-Career Musician in Residence
Viet Cuong makes relatable the seemingly magical process of composing music
Globalization in Guinea Pig Bones
Sarah Kennedy establishes why food is key to understanding power, identity, and status in colonial Peru
Revolutionary Churches Hewn from Rock
Mikael Muehlbauer identifies medieval churches in Ethiopia that evoke a lost Byzantium
Back in Print: Eriugena’s “Periphyseon”
The only complete English translation of Eriugena’s magnum opus
Behind the Scenes: Horseman, Poet, Soldier, Prince
Four recently acquired lead seals illuminate Byzantine lives and fill collection gaps
Ancient Pandemics Meet Climate Change
Michael McCormick combines science, archaeology, and history to solve puzzles from the past
Early Modern Armageddon
W. Sasson Chahanovich explains how the conquest of Constantinople kickstarted Ottoman enthusiasm for the end-times
The Rock Star of Encores
Robyn Bollinger revives the macabre Paganini, “The Hot Canary,” and other touchstones of an indulgent musical tradition
Finding Ancient Kings of Copan
Loa Traxler synthesizes what the physical remains of a dynastic founder reveal about the Classic Maya world and interactions with Teotihuacan
Forced Labor in the Americas
James Almeida studies enslavement, racial ideology, and labor history in the Andes and at Dumbarton Oaks