The ancient Roman city of Suasa may have contained one of Italy’s first—and largest—arts districts. Archaeologists uncovered ...

Archaeologists in Italy have uncovered a Roman production district in the ancient city of Suasa, revealing ancient structures ...

The first universities originated as self-governing entities. Students formed the Studium at Bologna in 1088 AD. (As the University of Bologna, it remains the oldest in the Western world.) ...

A University of Kansas researcher has spent years studying "aquaterra"—his term for regions around the world once populated ...

The University of Bologna became eminent in jurisprudence, as it yielded to the tendency of the Latin mind. But the University of Paris taught nothing except philosophy.

Yet as Americans fight over their history, the historical profession itself is in rapid — maybe even terminal — decline. Twelve days after Dr. Sweet published his column, the A.H.A. released a ...