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Tim Reynolds

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National Identity in the Age of Migration

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Innate immunity

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Socioeconomic status and the brain

Human Sacrifice in Aztec Culture

Historian David L. Carrasco on violent practices of the Aztecs, the purpose of human sacrifice, and the selection of the victim

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Mathematician and Historian of Mathematics Jeremy Gray on the theory of quadratic forms, the rediscovery of Ceres, and non-Euclidian geometry

Maximilien Robespierre

Historian Peter McPhee on the Robespierre problem, historical controversies, and Robespierre's legacy

Feminism in the U.S.

Historian Annelise Orleck on gender inequality, the fight for equal rights, and "Jane Crow" laws

Historian Elena Brown on rivalries between the White Rose and the Red Rose, and the heraldic badges of the English aristocracy

Vikings: raiding and trading in the Middle Ages

Professor of German Studies Rudolf Simek on the Vikings' nomadic life, their cultural achievements, and the end of the Viking Age

Professor of French and Medieval Studies Norris Lacy on the evolution of Arthurian legend, the Grail Quest, and historical origins of the "Arthur figure"

Historian of religion Thomas Hamm on George Fox, the Religious Society of Friends, and the idea of equality

Alexander the Great

Historian Ian Worthington on one of the most significant characters of the Ancient world, Macedonian drinking traditions, and sexuality in Antiquity

Theory of Evolution

Biologist Steve Jones on Darwin, Lamarck, and the uneasy relationship between evolution and genetics

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