An archival collection shared by Middlebury College invites the curious to make connections across the history of American literature.

Well-researched stories from Vox, The Conversation, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

At the height of circus animal acts in the late nineteenth century, animals who killed their captors might be publicly executed for their “crimes.”

Use JSTOR resources and this five-step process to help students learn how to complete a scholarly research project.

In the first few years of life, children learn much from the observation of the adults around them—including their biases.

In Brazil, Indigenous people and city-dwellers of all backgrounds mix various shamanic practices, including rituals imported from North America and elsewhere.

Humans like to seal collections of ephemera in containers that they then hide in soon-to-be-forgotten places. Whither the time capsule?

By neglecting local tastes and the culinary presence of Korean migrants, state-sponsored initiatives to globalize Korean food may fall short in Malaysia.

Remember to leave the hooks at home.

What can we learn from colonial legacies in pursuit of sustainable futures?