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Which European city appears the most often in literature?

Which European city appears the most often in literature?

By Emily Temple | August 22, 2023

How Ralph Ellison Brought the Complexity of the American Experience to Europe

How Ralph Ellison Brought the Complexity of the American Experience to Europe

Harilaos Stecopoulos on Literary Diplomacy During the Cold War

By Harilaos Stecopoulos | August 21, 2023

How a Patchwork of Conflicting Narratives Created Contemporary Eastern Europe

How a Patchwork of Conflicting Narratives Created Contemporary Eastern Europe

Jacob Mikanowski Explores the Fraught Construction of Post-Communist Historical Memory

By Jacob Mikanowski | July 24, 2023

How Franz Kafka Achieved Cult Status in Cold War America

How Franz Kafka Achieved Cult Status in Cold War America

Brian K. Goodman Traces the Origins of the Term “Kafkaesque”

By Brian K. Goodman | July 5, 2023

How a Venetian Monk Created the First Annotated Map of the World

How a Venetian Monk Created the First Annotated Map of the World

Meredith F. Small on the Textual Cartography of Fra Mauro

By Meredith F. Small | June 26, 2023

What Vera Mutafchieva’s <em>The Case of Cem</em> Tells Us About Europe’s Past and Present

What Vera Mutafchieva’s The Case of Cem Tells Us About Europe’s Past and Present

Angela Rodel on Translating a 20th-Century Bulgarian Classic

By Angela Rodel | June 23, 2023

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The Many Wars Within the Last Great War

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How Aborted Journeys Mean Aborted Dreams for Migrants Crossing the Mediterranean

How Aborted Journeys Mean Aborted Dreams for Migrants Crossing the Mediterranean

Sally Hayden on How the EU Outsources Its Inhumane Refugee Policy

By Sally Hayden | March 24, 2022

The Socialite, Property Developer, and Bigamist Who Had Everyone in 18th Century Europe Talking

The Socialite, Property Developer, and Bigamist Who Had Everyone in 18th Century Europe Talking

On the Revelatory Scandals of Elizabeth Chudleigh, aka the Duchess Countess

By Catherine Ostler | February 17, 2022

A Glimpse Inside the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries

A Glimpse Inside the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries

From Switzerland, Germany, Italy, and Beyond

By Georg Ruppelt | January 10, 2022

The Glamour and the Terror: Why Women in the Victorian Era Jumped at the Chance to Go to Sea

The Glamour and the Terror: Why Women in the Victorian Era Jumped at the Chance to Go to Sea

Siân Evans on the Daring Women Whose Transatlantic Journeys Challenged Gender Roles

By Siân Evans | August 12, 2021

Mass Graves and 21st-Century Slavery: On the Dangerous Plight of Migrants

Mass Graves and 21st-Century Slavery: On the Dangerous Plight of Migrants

Emmanuel Mbolela Considers Our Ongoing Global Humanitarian Crisis

By Emmanuel Mbolela | April 22, 2021

André Aciman: On Yearning for the Not-Yet and What Could Have Been

André Aciman: On Yearning for the Not-Yet and What Could Have Been

"The irrealis mood disrupts all verbal tenses, moods, and aspects."

By André Aciman | January 21, 2021

Can Poets Show the Way Forward for Europe?

Can Poets Show the Way Forward for Europe?

Krisztina Tóth: A Letter From Hungary

By Krisztina Tóth | September 1, 2020

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