What do we know about Mesolithic?

Learn about the Mesolithic period: climate change, stone tools, diet, and how it differed from the Paleolithic.

Until August Controversy: Should Márquez's Sons Have Published It?

A critical look at García Márquez's Until August – how critics and readers reacted to its male-gazed heroine, its unfinished feel, and the decade-long debate over publishing a dead author's final, incomplete manuscript.

Beyond the Stolen Fire: The Evolution of the Prometheus Myth

Discover the fluid nature of the Prometheus myth. From ancient satire to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and modern digital art, explore how the Promethean man shapes high technology, progress, and moral responsibility. Is the stolen fire a blessing or a curse for human civilisation?

Charles Bukowski: Writing from the Gutter, Not the Ivory Tower

The younger Bukowski wrote, to paraphrase, that it's always better if the writer actually experiences the material for his texts. Later, he admitted: “To not to have entirely wasted one's life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself.” Which one is fiction, and which is real?

Greek Colonisation of the Adriatic

Greek colonisation of the Adriatic was far more complex than peaceful expansion. Discover how colonies such as Pharos, Issa and Corcyra reshaped the eastern Adriatic through migration, conflict, trade and cultural exchange with indigenous communities.

Greek Colonies in the Mediterranean

From Sicily to the Black Sea, Greek colonisation reshaped the ancient Mediterranean. But how did it actually work, and who was behind it? The story is more organised, and more political. To find out more, read below.

The Beginnings of Greek Colonisation

Greek colonisation was a long process shaped by trade, migration, and contact across the Mediterranean. From the 8th to the 6th century BC, Greeks founded new settlements that transformed the ancient world and connected different peoples and cultures.

How MeToo Changed the Way We Read Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

Published in 1999, Disgrace is a novel that leaves a nauseating sensation from the first page to the last – and a question that lingers long after: what does it mean to read it today, after MeToo?

Why Do We Keep Imagining the Roman Period as Warm, and What Did That Mean for the Romans?

Was the Roman Empire built not only by armies and politics, but also by climate? Climate research reveals how a warmer Mediterranean supported Rome's rise and how changing temperatures, famine and plague transformed the ancient world.

Light Academia: The Aesthetics of a Life Most Students Never Had

Light Academia is an internet subculture built around an idealized academic life. It focuses on the joy of learning, friendships, and light aesthetics. However, its romanticized view erases the harsh reality of student stress, financial privilege, and cultural eurocentrism.

In Remembrance of Slavenka Drakulić. A Reading

Croatia has lost one of its strongest literary voices. Slavenka Drakulić - dissident, feminist, exile - left behind a body of work that reads less like history and more like a mirror held up to the present.

Crusade Wars: When the Holy Wars Changed

The Crusades began as wars for the Holy Land but gradually became something far broader. By the 13th century, crusading campaigns targeted heretics, pagans, political enemies, and even fellow Christians, transforming the very idea of holy war.