It's always easier to hate someone you've never met. That's as true for medieval antisemitism as it is for contemporary British and US politics. Part…
Past and Present
At the intersection between the historical past and the political and cultural issues of the present day.
Medieval Scandinavia was riddled with anti-Semitic imagery. Odd thing though: no Jews ever lived there. Part XXIII in our ongoing series on Race, Racism and…
Anti-semitism was disturbingly common in the Middle Ages. But there were some places in the Middle Ages where Jews not only survived, but thrived. Part…
Anti-Jewish hate didn't begin with the Nazis, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, or even the Middle Ages. Its roots are nearly 2000 years…
Introducing a special focus on Jews, Anti-Semitism, and the Middle Ages. The history of anti-Semitism and anti-Jewish hate is central to how we understand "race"…
How can we learn more about the long, long history of Africa? And what might it have to teach us? The final part of our…
The Pizzagate conspiracy wasn't a flash in the pan. It is part of a tradition of "nocturnal ritual fantasies" that seek to create a fundamentally…
How common was it for Africans to live in medieval Europe? Apparently, very! Part XVIII of our continuing series on Race, Racism and the Middle…
No Africans in medieval Europe? Tell that to the King of Nubia, who at the beginning of the 13th century took the most epic pilgrimage…