How can coherent sense be made out of Europe? Its history takes us from ancient Greece to the (most recent) invasion of Ukraine. Even the continent itself is hard to define. You can walk for 9,000 ...

From the stone circles of the Neolithic through the glories of Rome and the Renaissance to the ravages of the world wars, Europe boasts a history of extraordinary richness. Alexander the Great, ...

In the exhibition “Postcolonial?” the House of European History in Brussels is fully embracing the theme of decolonisation.

World history or Western European history? John Sise’s recent letter pointed out how papal edicts of the 15th century stated that European civilization and Western Christianity are superior to all ...

Ancient DNA is turning Europe’s deep past from a sketch into a family album. Instead of guessing who first called the continent home, researchers can now read genetic traces from teeth, bones and cave ...

He made significant contributions to the study of the German labor movement and working-class culture and is remembered as ...

This all started 5,000 years ago. That’s when, give or take a millennium or two, the journey began, which ended with me writing and you reading these words in English. “Where in time and space can we ...