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Seeing current campus protests unfold is a reminder that solidarity between protesting students and their teachers in medieval Europe was the origin of the modern-day university, write historians David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele.

Seeing current campus protests unfold is a reminder that solidarity between protesting students and their teachers in medieval Europe was the origin of the modern-day university, write historians David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele.

Seeing current campus protests unfold is a reminder that solidarity between protesting students and their teachers in medieval Europe was the origin of the modern-day university, write historians David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele.

The House hearing with college presidents from Harvard, MIT and Penn about campus antisemitism, particularly an exchange over genocide and academic freedom, has roused public outcry, doing exactly the thing that I feared, writes historian David M. Perry.

Women are asking men how often they think about the Roman Empire. What they're learning is surprising.

Actor accused of antisemitism for playing Jewish composer with fake nose in upcoming Netflix biopic

Arguably, the least interesting thing about Leonard Bernstein was his nose, writes David M. Perry, who argues that Bradley Cooper’s poor artistic choice of a prosthetic nose in ‘Maestro’ and the internet firestorm that has resulted from it leaves Perry yearning for more nuance in how we think about Jewish representation and the grim realities of antisemitism.

Arguably, the least interesting thing about Leonard Bernstein was his nose, writes David M. Perry, who argues that Bradley Cooper’s poor artistic choice of a prosthetic nose in ‘Maestro’ and the internet firestorm that has resulted from it leaves Perry yearning for more nuance in how we think about Jewish representation and the grim realities of antisemitism.

Christianity has given a fundamental contribution to Western civilisation

A fresh view of Galla Placidia, who married a barbarian and ruled when the world power fell into chaos