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The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 were landmark international agreements established at two peace conferences in the Netherlands, helping to define the laws of war and war crimes. A planned third conference was cancelled after the outbreak of World War I
Geo-poetics and the origins of World War I
From Victor Hugo's vision of peace to the geopolitical rivalries that transformed Europe
A group of people stands near a blackboard, each focused on their phones instead of the board
Social media didn’t change us, it revealed us
A reflection on the digital age that exposed human nature in its truest form
A woman sits in an academic library in Asia, surrounded by shelves filled with books
Read beyond the lines
Curiosity, language, and reflection in the pursuit of independent thought
A man smiling as he reads a handwritten letter, representing the joy found in personal correspondence
Bringing back the lost art of letters
How letters become keepsakes that preserve emotions, traditions, and moments that digital messages often lose
The Ashvins, also known as the Ashvini Kumaras or Asvinau, are Hindu twin deities associated with medicine, health, healing, science, and the twilight
The Ashwin Kumaras: divine healers of the vedic world
Exploring the myth, symbolism, and enduring significance of the celestial twins in early Hindu thought
In the forge of human imagination, metal waits patiently to speak—caught between ancient myth and modern reason
Golden maidens and silicon dreams
How humanity’s oldest myths continue to shape our understanding of artificial intelligence
Devotees releasing glowing plates of offerings into the Ganges at night, reflecting a timeless act of faith and reverence
India’s timeless spiritual journey
A look at ashrams, sacred sites, and soulful traditions
A close-up of beadwork worn by a woman, representing cultural identity and personal history
South Sudanese beading: the language of glass and bone
How the intricate art of South Sudanese beading reflects identity, rites of passage, and cultural continuity
A quiet moment of reflection where mathematics and philosophy converge—logic, doubt, and reasoning unfolding in a solitary search for understanding
Two sides of the same coin
How mathematics and philosophy meet in logic, doubt, and understanding
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is a sacred space for truth-telling and reflection about racial terror in America and its legacy
Untold and untaught history: declaration of truth
A necessary apology and reparation for years of injustice based upon the legacy of enslavement
Ancient mummified remains displayed in a museum conservation setting, revealing remarkably preserved textures, fragile linen wrappings, and traces of ancient script from a civilization thousands of years old
Homer’s Iliad inside an Egyptian mummy
A remarkable archaeological discovery revealing the cultural fusion of Greek literature and Egyptian funerary traditions in Roman Egypt
Isaac Asimov sits at his typewriter as a humanoid robot looms behind him, embodying the uneasy boundary between human imagination and the autonomous future he once envisioned
"I, Robot" and the rise of the thinking machine
From programmed obedience to autonomy in Isaac Asimov’s philosophical universe
A guru instructing his disciples in a serene mountainous setting
What modern education can learn from ancient Gurukuls
Ten timeless disciplines that build focus, character, and inner balance in an age of distraction
The Hungarian Parliament illuminated at night beside the Danube River, Budapest, Hungary
Where the Danube refuses to forget
A meditation on silence, presence, and the enduring memory held by the Shoes on the Danube Bank
A young man studies in a virtual classroom and in a library, focusing on academic writing
Academic writing made clear
Understanding the key principles of clarity, structure, research, and critical thinking in effective scholarly work
"On the Miami River," photochrom print (1900) of the Miami River, Florida, USA
White supremacy in mass marketing of Miami
How race was deliberately shaped, framed, and sold to protect power, money, and image
Four great minds from different civilizations walk the same sacred path, symbolizing the timeless dialogue between philosophy, science, culture, and human understanding
A voice for Nikola Tesla
The case for global recognition and the enduring relevance of his vision
Gary Krupp in the uniform of his papal order addresses H.H. Pope John Paul II and the private Jewish Audience January 18, 2005
Gary Krupp and the path to interfaith understanding
Historic encounters, papal honours, and efforts to build trust between Jews and Catholics
Wat Chaiya Mangkalaram Temple in Penang, Malaysia
The Kinnaras and Kimpuruṣas in ancient Indian cosmology
Hybrid beings of myth who bridge the human and divine through music, devotion, and transformation
A woman in a robe performs with theater masks against a black background, embodying the tension between identity and performance
The algorithm and the empty space
Resisting the digital loop by reclaiming boredom, stillness, and the messy humanity of uncurated thought
The structures are known simply as the Dadi-Poti tombs: the “Grandmother” and the “Granddaughter” tombs, because one structure is larger and the other smaller
The tombs of Dadi and Poti in New Delhi, India
An archaeological site where an empire is represented by the tomb of a grandmother (and her fictional granddaughter)
Monument to Amir Timur: Kashkadarya region, Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan
Shahrisabz: the green city of Timur’s legacy
A timeless journey through ancient empires, sacred heritage, and living traditions in Central Asia
Early agriculture and irrigation in Southwest Asia, where climate conditions and human innovation together shaped the foundations of civilization
Climate change and the rise of early civilizations
Environmental opportunity, human agency, and the origins of agriculture in Southwest Asia
Delegations of women's club members attend the US National Suffrage Parade in 1913
The hidden conditions of women’s oppression
Femininity, compliance, and the social order
Never have billions of nervous systems been so simultaneously exposed to planetary trauma, celebrity intimacy, political threat, ecological grief, and technological acceleration
Global connectivity without communication
The Garden, Caligula, Trump, you and me: end of one cycle and the beginning of another
A man writing among blurred crowds, symbolising passion that survives regardless of public attention
The novelty of being unseen
Would I still think my passion a noble quest if it amounts to nothing?
Mario Praz was an Italian art and literary critic, as well as a scholar of English literature. His best-known work, The Romantic Agony, offers a comprehensive study of the decadent, erotic, and morbid themes that characterized European literature in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Why no one writes like Mario Praz anymore
Marginality, erudition, and the disappearance of a literary voice that defied its time
A civilization in motion: time fractures, crowds accelerate, and meaning struggles to remain intact as speed overtakes judgment
When ethics lost its ground
Speed, cybernetics, and the disappearance of the conditions for moral viability
Resilience is what kept the enslaved going through their lives, and it helped them come back stronger
Untold and untaught history: the power of resilience
Resilience during enslavement was derived from the African spirit
According to Joshua 6:1–27, the walls of Jericho fell after the Israelites marched around the city once a day for six days, and seven times on the seventh day, with priests blowing their horns each day and the people shouting on the final day
Jericho: where humanity first remembered
A soulscape reflection on the world’s oldest city, the paradox of permanence, and the echoes that still shape us
The Drum Archive Shop uses iconic images from Drum magazine, drawn from the Bailey’s African History Archive, and reinterprets them on products such as notebooks, greeting cards, T-shirts, and posters
Echoes of an African drum
The Drum magazine writers and hood intellectualism
Queen Emma and Queen Liliʻuokalani, depicted against the backdrop of the Hawaiian Kingdom, symbolizing competing visions of sovereignty, legitimacy, and female authority during a pivotal moment in Hawaiʻi’s political history
Queen Emma and Queen Liliʻuokalani
Power, legitimacy, and the 1874 succession crisis
Northeast of the city Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, in the rural Paiya Village, an Asaro mudman dons his ancestral clay mask, embodying the fierce spirit of a tribal warrior
Asaro Mudmen clay masks: origins and cultural legacy
Explore the mystical origins and spiritual significance of Papua New Guinea's iconic tradition
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Events in Culture

Joseph Beuys, Wirtschaftswerte: a conservation history, exhibition view. Courtesy of S.M.A.K
Wirtschaftswerte: a conservation history
27 Jun — 13 Sep 2026 at the S.M.A.K in Ghent, Belgium
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
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
The Robida collective, Between roots and crowns: branches as a porous border. Courtesy of MG+MSUM
Between roots and crowns: branches as a porous border
11 Jun — 23 Aug 2026 at the MG+MSUM in Ljubljana, Slovenia
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
Amarelinha, exhibition view. Courtesy of Museu do Futebol
Amarelinha
22 May — 7 Sep 2026 at the Museu do Futebol in Sao Paulo, Brazil
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
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
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
Rome: empire, power, people, exhibition view. Courtesy of Melbourne Museum
Rome: empire, power, people
1 Apr — 25 Oct 2026 at the Melbourne Museum in Carlton, Australia
František Palacký 1798–1876, exhibition view. Courtesy of Historical Building of the National Museum
František Palacký 1798–1876
1 Apr — 31 Aug 2026 at the Museum Complex of the National Museum in Prague, Czech Republic
Unstoppable! Eurovision song contest highlights at the museum, exhibition view. Courtesy of House of Austrian History
Unstoppable! (...)
25 Mar — 11 Oct 2026 at the House of Austrian History in Vienna, Austria
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