Constitute – The World’s Constitutions to Read, Search and Compare

Constitute New constitutions are written every year. The people who write these important documents need to read and analyze texts from other places. Constitute offers access to the world’s constitutions that users can systematically compare them across a broad set of topics — using a modern, clean interface.

BBC News – Hispanic Heritage: The original Don Quixote on display

BBC News – Hispanic Heritage: The original Don Quixote on display The US Library of Congress in Washington DC holds the largest collection of Hispanic literature in the world. Among the treasures in its vaults is the original 1605 copy of Miguel de Cervantes’ classic novel Don Quixote, one of the most influential novels ever…

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First World War Conference | Leeds

First World War Conference | Leeds The First World War exerted an impact on British society and upon British relations with Europe, the Dominions, the United States and the emerging Soviet Union which transformed all pre 1914 familiar circumstance. The 1939-45 war notwithstanding, it is the “Great War” which, very largely, shaped today’s world. Positive…

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BBC News – The search for Suleiman the Magnificent’s heart

BBC News – The search for Suleiman the Magnificent’s heart Later this month a team of Hungarian researchers will publish a report on the whereabouts of the heart of one of Ottoman Turkey’s most famous sultans. But why has this become such an important historical riddle to solve?

12th International Conference on Urban History

12th International Conference on Urban History September 3, 2014 – September 6, 2014 You are warmly invited to take part in the 12th International Conference on Urban History in Lisbon, Portugal. The sessions of the Conference will take place in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. The official languages of…

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