The Curse of Beauty: How Helen of Troy Was Blamed for Sparking the Trojan War
She was said to be the most beautiful woman in Greece and the bearer of the "face that launched a thousand ships."
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She was said to be the most beautiful woman in Greece and the bearer of the "face that launched a thousand ships."
In the United States, new efforts to address state-backed racial violence and discrimination tap into a long global history of transitional justice. Case studies in Brazil, South Africa, and Northern Ireland shed light on which types of transitional justice programs are likely to be most effective in the United States.
The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. Let’s Not Forget Teachers’ Mental Health Teaching during a pandemic has meant teacher stress is at a whole other level. By Melissa Corrente Teachers in Ontario never imagined they would leave for March break and not return to finish the school year with their students. Many classrooms were frozen in time with Friday, March 13, 2020 still displayed on the walls. Before COVID-19, the ...
Maliotis Center Presents Conference on the Orthodox Church's Role in the Greek Revolution On Saturday, April 17, the Maliotis Cultural Center at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology presented the virtual conference “1821-2021: The Orthodox Church and the Greek Revolution” in observance of the bicentennial of the beginning of Greece’s War of Independence. The conference examined the vital role of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and Greek Orthodox clergy in supporting the formation and preservation of Greek national and religious identity. The conference was hosted by...
How did America's political culture move from civil disagreement to visceral rage? Noam Gidron argues that intense, emotional partisanship is distinct from routine ideological differences, and possibly more dangerous