HawkWorld

02/05/2023

My old hometown

08/17/2022

Fascinating

Who should rightfully inherit the throne of the legendary King Shaka Zulu? Some royals have criticized the leading contender as a reckless pl***oy unfit to lead a storied African monarchy.

05/21/2022

One of the most involved lessons I had to teach

In 1791, enslaved Haitians ousted the French and founded a nation. But France made generations of Haitians pay for their freedom. How much it cost them was a mystery, until now.

03/30/2022

A fascinating time in world history

The battle scene depicts a victory over British troops by an 18th-century Muslim, a man India’s current government would prefer was forgotten.

07/29/2021

https://apple.news/A5GYDVxllRVuovYMZ_AkV2g

The craft store had acquired the 3,600-year-old artefact for its Bible museum, but court says it had been smuggled and should be returned to Iraq

06/10/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/arts/design/napoleon-looted-art.html?referringSource=articleShare

His art seizures paved the way for similar French excesses in Africa a century later. Yet the return of some treasures after his defeat set a model for museums today.

02/11/2021

This looks really cool

Catherine E. McKinley’s “The African Lookbook” and Richard Thompson Ford’s “Dress Codes” revisit the rules and repression imposed by the clothes we wear.

02/06/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/world/middleeast/babylon-iraq-archeology-conservation.html?referringSource=articleShare

The ancient city of Babylon is a World Heritage Site, but it faces threats old and new. As some of its walls crumble, preservationists are fighting to preserve the past.

01/11/2021

12/04/2020

To all my former Psych students - this is so interesting!!

Psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis stirs controversy for her unique views on serial killers and the death penalty.

11/10/2020

Thanks Stephen Castellani ...