The Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts is opening two new exhibitions Saturday. One examines centuries-old artistic practices, and one addresses the institution’s own history. The first ...

Due to history's patriarchal perpsective, we may not expect feminist viewpoints from a time so long ago as the Middle Ages. Yet women who challenged the status quo have always existed, even then. One ...

In Sarajevo, I spent a pleasant afternoon visiting the Gazi Husrev-beg Library which dates to the sixteenth century, if not before. It is the oldest library in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and at this point ...