Eighteenth-century France is understood to have been the dominant cultural power on that era’s international scene. Considering the emblematic case of the the
An illustrated study of the Roman triumphal procession, Ida Ostenberg analyses the stories the Roman triumph told about the defeated and the ideas it transmitte
In Staging the World Rebecca E. Karl rethinks the production of nationalist discourse in China during the late Qing period, between China’s defeat in the Sino
The Roman Empire has been a source of inspiration and a model for imitation for Western empires practically since the moment Rome fell. Yet, as Julia Hell shows
Popular representations of history are taking on new forms and reaching wider audiences. The search for usable pasts is branching out into active appropriations