For 13 years Robert Peckham was a Professor of History at the University of Hong Kong, as well as the MB Lee Endowed Professor in the Humanities and Medicine. Today he is based in New York City, where ...

Writing about the past is influenced not just by the data but also by the cultural frameworks and cognitive inclinations of ...

Trying to understand human behavior (a basic feature of our species, shaped by natural selection) without understanding evolutionary principles would be like trying to understand the details of a car ...

What did that feel like for him?” Boddice asked. I stared for a few seconds while Boddice smiled encouragingly, as if he’d ...

Our favorite titles of the year resurrect overlooked histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today ...