Jonathan Eig's "King: A Life," a biography of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., was recognized as one of the best books of 2023. Biographies offer a chance to explore the decision-making and ...

What is the best way to understand history? Is history a chronological series of events driven by a multitude of factors? Could decision makers’ personal journey deepen our understanding of their ...

So, Women's History Month is pretty awesome. Amazing women have been blazing trails, starting revolutions, changing the world, and just generally bossin’ life since the beginning of human history.

While some might be bothered by a biography that regularly, and proudly, takes liberties with facts and chronology, such ...

John Bew has been awarded the 2017 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography for his book Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee (riverrun/Quercus). Bew won the £5,000 prize for his book, which ...

It was through the work of an Oxford-educated, British anthropologist, who had fallen out with both the Church of England and Gandhi, that Ramachandra Guha found his path as an author and historian.

Sisters Annabel Ramirez, 17, left, and Alexis Ramirez, 17, display their biography exhibits during the inaugural Black History Month biography fair Feb. 1 at the Boys & Girls Club of Lenawee. Annabel ...

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Traditional histories of higher education institutions tend to be academic histories or photo essays. This article describes another approach, “institutional biography” narrated with extensive oral ...

John Bew has been awarded the 2017 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography for his book Citizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee (riverrun/Quercus). Bew won the £5,000 prize for his book, which ...