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An expansive library filled with preserved volumes, representing the archive as a space for safeguarding stories and knowledge
Wattpad vs AO3: who owns fanfiction?
The literary genre that nobody ever acknowledges as real literature, until it's time to profit from it or to police it
The Battle of Majuba Hill, fought on 27 February 1881, was the final and decisive engagement of the First Boer War, ending in a resounding Boer victory. The battle began after British Major General Sir George Pomeroy Colley occupied the summit of Majuba Hill during the night of 26–27 February 1881
Colonial legacies and economic development in Africa
Why Botswana and Zimbabwe followed sharply different paths after independence
Artificial intelligence monitors people through advanced surveillance cameras, illustrating a dystopian world with no privacy or personal secrets
The remote-controlled global mind
George Orwell, David Icke, and the rise of digital surveillance, algorithmic control, and psychological manipulation
A ferry crossing the harbour toward Ellis Island at sunset, symbolising the hopes and uncertainties carried by those seeking a new beginning
Insights on our shared humanity
A travel memoir on migration, identity, and the meaning of home
Female English teacher portrait holding an English flag
The power of spoken English in academic success
How communication skills shape confidence, participation, and future opportunities
ARVN soldier clings to a departing helicopter while fleeing the Khe Sanh base, March 20, 1971
Ramparts’ depictions of corporations’ war in Indochina
Ramparts Magazine did not merely report on the Vietnam War, it reframed it as the direct product of an alliance between corporations, intellectuals, and state power.
A grandmother reading a story to her daughters and grandchild, representing the passing of memory, wisdom, and culture across generations
The performance of modern life
When culture stops being lived and starts being shown
A relief on the Arch of Titus depicts Roman soldiers carrying treasures looted from the Jerusalem Temple, including the sacred menorah, during a triumphal procession following the conquest of Jerusalem in 70 CE
Andrea Stoler’s Jewish Vatican tour
A Jewish-perspective tour developed in collaboration with Micaela Pavoncello
Ravana, the demon-king of Lanka (Sri Lanka), depicted in a watercolor painting by an unknown Indian artist, circa 1920
Ravana and the paradox of power
A study of intellect, devotion, and moral conflict in Indian sacred literature
Replacing national idolatry and political violence with an awareness of the Infinite reveals inherent human dignity, paving the way toward universal rights and global unity through an Earth Federation
The cult of idolatry vs authentic religion
Israel and the USA versus the Jewish faith
Babur depicted in a miniature illustration from the Bāburnāma, his autobiographical chronicle
Babur at 543: the poet who founded an empire
From the Fergana Valley to the plains of India, the life and enduring legacy of Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur
A silhouette bathed in light before the altar, symbolising hope for a church renewed by faith rather than commerce
Monetisation of the church: ministry or marketplace?
How commercialisation can affect the credibility, purpose, and witness of the church
Tomaras speaking about composition at a photography workshop held at Tomaras's studio
Mark Tomaras’ passion for photography
Get to know Mark Tomaras, an American fine art photographer in Porto, Portugal
Young woman waking up and checking her smartphone, comparing herself to others on social media
The commodification of identity
In the digital age, identity, attention, and knowledge increasingly function as market commodities
An evocative painting capturing the harsh realities of apartheid, depicting a Black man in solemn reflection, laborers under duress, and figures of authority, all woven together in a powerful portrayal of struggle and oppression
The roots and rise of Apartheid
A global story of division and exploitation
Late Han Dynasty fresco depicting nine chariots, fifty horses, and more than seventy figures, discovered in a tomb in Luoyang, China
China and the forgotten origins of modernity
How Chinese inventions transformed the world long before the rise of the West
Movies of youth and life, a future with a new civilizational moral belief, a humanity realizing that its survival and flourishing depend on recognizing and feeling that we are all in the same boat
Going back home and the memories brought forth
From the cobblestones of Puerto Rico to the future of human civilization
Francisco Iturrino (1864–1924), Women in Haik, depicting veiled women in a colonial North African context
Saving women, silencing voices
From Sati to the hijab: colonial feminism, laïcité, and the persistence of civilizing power
An 1825 engraving by Jean-Charles Develly depicts French envoy Baron de Mackau presenting King Charles X's ordinance to Haitian President Jean-Pierre Boyer, demanding a 150 million gold franc indemnity for formal recognition of independence
The free Black man as demon
When enslaved Haitians won their independence, they shattered the antebellum caricature of the docile, subservient worker
Lepenski Vir, a prehistoric site on the banks of the Danube in Serbia, provides evidence that the local culture had developed social organization, architecture, and art more than six thousand years ago
Art, spirit, and community at Lepenski Vir
Along the banks of the Danube, humanity’s first settlement reveals how art and belief shaped the beginnings of civilization
Stained glass artwork depicting Jesus Christ, part of the ornate church décor
When the soul remembers God
An exploration of longing, suffering, and the indwelling presence of Christ
Janet Brof is a compassionate poet and teacher devoted to supporting marginalized communities through social justice initiatives. Illustration by Paola Bilancieri
Janet Brof and the poetry of possibility
The woman who opened doors for Latin American poets in New York
The coat of arms is divided into four quarters. The first and fourth feature eight alternating stripes of white, red, and blue, drawn from the Hawaiian flag and symbolizing the kingdom’s eight inhabited islands
The Hawaiian royal seal as national identity
The political and cultural logic behind the Hawaiian monarchy’s royal coat of arms
A striking 1990s scene where curiosity meets early technology, capturing the moment when the digital age was just beginning to take shape
Then and now: 1996 and 2026
A reflection on technology, culture, and the changing rhythms of everyday life
Doorways through time in an abandoned house in Kolmanskop, Namibia, photographed by Francesco Ungaro
Belonging in the in-between
A philosophical reflection on how we find home in land, in others, and within ourselves
Kabyle Village Square, a work by Henri Clamens, housed in the Narbonne Museum of Fine Arts, depicting communal life in a Kabyle settlement
Not Arab, not French: Amazigh identity in Algeria
A history of resistance, erasure, and the ongoing struggle for cultural and linguistic recognition in post-independence Algeria
Auschwitz was a vast system of concentration and extermination camps established by Nazi Germany near Oświęcim in occupied Poland, becoming a central site of persecution and mass murder during the Holocaust
Viktor Frankl and the search for meaning
How purpose, love, and inner freedom helped prisoners endure the Holocaust
A woman carefully reading aged books at a wooden desk, representing the lifelong pursuit of knowledge through dedicated reading
From reading sounds to finding my voice
How books converted a childhood love of reading into a lifelong passion for writing and teaching
US Army tanks face off against Soviet armor at Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, October 1961
Ramparts magazine and the specter Cold War American Fascism
Critique of power, anti-communism, and institutional fascism in Cold War America
A symbolic confrontation between two visions of freedom—Luffy’s boundless world of shared liberty and Thiel’s exclusive utopia shaped by power and control
The ideology of Peter Thiel
Utopia, the Antichrist, and the myth-making behind techno-capitalist power
Yaksha and Yakshini sculptures at an Indian temple; giant guardian statue at a Thai Buddhist temple
Mythical beings in Indian mythology
Exploring the symbolic, cultural, and philosophical significance of India’s rich mythological creatures
Because we are the universe's tool for integration, we have a cosmic duty to move beyond selfish individualism and national borders
Emergent evolutionary spirituality and ethics
A new hope is challenging our antiquated worldviews
A lone figure facing the altar in silent prayer, reflecting the hope of renewal after spiritual decline
Why do Christians backslide?
Examining little compromises that slowly make faith grow cold and ultimately quench the fire
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Events in Culture

Christian Boltanski, Menschlich (detail), 1994. Courtesy of Bundeskunsthalle
Never again!
11 Oct 2026 — 2 May 2027 at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, Germany
Miss you much. Leslie 70th birthday, exhibition view. Courtesy of Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Miss you much. Leslie 70th birthday
9 Sep 2026 — 10 May 2027 at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Decorated text page (detail) from Prayer book of Charles the Bold, 1469. Courtesy of J. Paul Getty Museum
The making of a medieval manuscript
4 Aug 2026 — 14 Mar 2027 at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, United States
MGML Archaeological Centre, Where heritage comes to life, exhibition view. Courtesy of City Museum of Ljubljana
MGML Archaeological Centre. Where heritage comes to life
20 Jun 2026 — 30 Apr 2027 at the City Museum of Ljubljana in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Greenland – Not for sale – Kalaallit Nunaat forever, exhibition view. Courtesy of Frankfurter Kunstverein
Greenland. Not for sale. Kalaallit Nunaat forever
19 Jun — 11 Oct 2026 at the Frankfurter Kunstverein in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Everything was better tomorrow. The ‘70s in Graz, exhibition view. Courtesy of GrazMuseum
Everything was better tomorrow. The ‘70s in Graz
18 Jun 2026 — 18 Apr 2027 at the GrazMuseum in Graz, Austria
The Helsinki exhibition, exhibition view. Courtesy of Helsinki City Museum
The Helsinki exhibition
13 Jun 2026 — 31 Dec 2030 at the Helsinki City Museum in Helsinki, Finland
North Korea, by Stéphan Gladieu, exhibition view. Courtesy of Musée des Confluences
North Korea, by Stéphan Gladieu
12 Jun 2026 — 2 Jan 2027 at the Musée des Confluences in Lyon, France
Where people meet, exhibition view. Courtesy of Valkhof Museum
Where people meet
6 Jun 2026 — 6 Jun 2030 at the Valkhof Museum in Nijmegen, Netherlands
Peasants' war of 1626. Between history and fiction, exhibition view. Courtesy of Schlossmuseum Linz
Peasants' war of 1626. Between history and fiction
9 May 2026 — 7 Jan 2027 at the Schlossmuseum Linz in Linz, Austria
100 years of Cahiers d’art and LUMA Arles, exhibition view. Courtesy of LUMA Arles
100 years of Cahiers d’art and LUMA Arles
1 May 2026 — 1 Apr 2027 at LUMA Arles in Arles, France
Joyce Kozloff, Sing-along American history: war and race (detail), 2004. Courtesy of Brooklyn Museum
Common sense
1 May — 8 Nov 2026 at the Brooklyn Museum in New York, United States
Putting the thinking cap on dullness. Thomas Bernhard today. Courtesy of Literature Museum
Putting the thinking cap on dullness. Thomas Bernhard today
30 Apr 2026 — 21 Feb 2027 at the Literature Museum in Vienna, Austria
The Přemyslids. A Ruling dynasty and its age, exhibition view. Courtesy of Historical Building of the National Museum
The Přemyslids. A Ruling dynasty and its age
24 Apr — 15 Oct 2026 at the Museum Complex of the National Museum in Prague, Czech Republic
Gaza, the future has an ancient heart, exhibition view. Courtesy of Fondazione Merz
Gaza, the future has an ancient heart
22 Apr — 27 Sep 2026 at the Fondazione Merz in Turin, Italy
Circus through the changing times, exhibition view. Courtesy of Museum of Czech Puppets and Circus
Circus through the changing times
17 Apr — 31 Oct 2026 at the Museum Complex of the National Museum in Prague, Czech Republic
In Mali, when animals dance, exhibition view. Courtesy of Musée des Confluences
In Mali, when animals dance
3 Apr 2026 — 7 Feb 2027 at the Musée des Confluences in Lyon, France
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