The Art Institute of Chicago and a University of Illinois historian have teamed up to create an unusual exhibition focusing on the idea of "otherness."The exhibition, titled "Foreign Faces in Japanese Prints," is guest-curated by Ronald Toby, a historian...
A history professor in LAS will receive Morocco's oldest and most prestigious decoration.John A. Lynn, who specializes in French and military history, will receive the Moroccan Order, the Ouissam Al Alaoui, the highest order granted by the Moroccan...
The year was 1937 when strikers at the Republic Steel Mill on the southeast side of Chicago met at a neighborhood bar. After deciding to picket, the crowd began to move across a field next to the factory, many carrying signs and U.S. flags. Violence was not expected, which was why some workers had...
A white dress, gold bands, lace veil, and white frosted cake are all elements you might see at an American wedding, but this "standard" is not an American tradition. One hundred and sixty years ago, Queen Victoria married Prince Albert wearing a white satin gown, abandoning the velvet robes of her...