Who Runs the World? Shakespeare’s Girls by Hannah Simpson
“It’s always fun to talk about Shakespeare,” quipped Caroline Bicks at the start of her lecture, “Incited Minds, Rethinking Shakespeare’s Girls.” I couldn’t agree more. …
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LaRP Or MARRCA? by Josephine DiNovo
Have you ever seen people on the grassy hill in front of Hayes wielding swords or quarterstaffs? Do you stop to snicker at the “LARPers” …
What Have the Vikings Ever Done For Us? Organized Warfare in Goidelic Ireland By Colin McGarry
Many scholars believe that during the Viking Age the Scandinavian raiders and settlers brought into Ireland a new style of warfare, introducing concepts like total …
Frankly, My Dear: A history of the Franks Casket By Elizabeth House
In 1867, Augustus Wollaston Franks donated a carved whalebone box to the British Museum. Called the Franks Casket, the box dates from the Northumbrian Renaissance— …
The Importance of Riddling By Patricia DeMarco
Tucked away in the Rare Book archives on the second floor of Beeghly Library is a facsimile of a rare, handwritten manuscript over 1,000 years …
The Life of a Saint By Rebecca Pollard
When we think of saints, we often think of holy, celibate, virtuous people, and when we think of holy, celibate, virtuous people, oftentimes our eyes …
Do You Play Croquet? By Becca Pollard
It is almost that time…the time when normally civilized students and professors resort to their most base qualities in an attempt to seek vengeance on …
Whose English and When It Matters by Abby Dockter
It seems when people travel to English-speaking countries, the most noticeable differences are ones that don’t matter very much. So you say “hob” and I …
Amsterdam’s Museums: A Guide by Amadea Weber
This will be a rather brief (as brief as I can make it) summary of a trip I took with one of my art history …
Greetings from Cork! by Abby Dockter
So, confession time: I am not an AMRS kid. More importantly, though, I am personally acquainted with the mascot, and maybe ye of AMRS bent …