Historia Moderna y Contemporánea

02 Nov
Málaga 1562: esclavos moriscos para el servicio doméstico

José Antonio Sierra Lumbreras. El Archivo Municipal de Málaga tiene en su fondo un documento del siglo XVI, fechado el 3 de septiembre del año 1562, e inserto en el volumen 37 de la Colección de Originales, que refleja una realidad frecuente en España durante la edad...

01 Nov
Saudi Women to Vote for First Time in Kingdom’s History in Upcoming Elections

Asia News Saudi Arabia's discriminatory male guardianship system continues to dominate the lives of women, despite government pledges to abolish it. According to Human Rights Watch, the system forbids women from obtaining a passport, marrying, traveling, driving, or accessing higher education without the approval of a...

28 Oct
The swastika and the crescent

David Motadel. JULY 25, 1940, JUST AFTER THE FALL OF FRANCE and at the outset of the Battle of Britain, retired German diplomat Max von Oppenheim sent Berlin’s Foreign Office a seven-page memorandum. It was time, he argued, for a comprehensive strategy to mobilize the Islamic world against...