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Do you want to traverse the globe this summer? From Paris and Rome, to Chicago, Tokyo and Johannesburg, there are a range of remarkable exhibitions taking place worldwide this season. These showcases provide a vital forum for examining material culture, re-evaluating historical narratives, and enriching scholarly research. And so, we are bringing the exhibitions to you with this carefully selected collection of free content, that has been tailored to provide an insight into some of the most important exhibitions taking place around the world right now. Gathered from across the entire Bloomsbury History platform, this free content will allow you to engage directly with these fascinating areas on historical study.
Read on to learn more and discover the free content.
The Edo in Focus exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, is dedicated to Edo-period screens, scrolls, and ukiyo-e prints by Hokusai and Hiroshige, on loan from the British Museum. If art history and visual culture is your area of study, why not explore the many image collections made available on Bloomsbury History. This image from the Met Museum of Art showcases an unlined summer kimono (hito-e) from the Edo period (1615-1868), decorated with a scenic landscape and a poem.
The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures in Chicago, USA, presents A Bestiary of Ancient Nubia, an exhibition dedicated to the complex roles animals occupied in the spiritual, political, and daily lives of Nubian civilizations. For researchers examining the intersection of animal studies and ancient history, the Historical Dictionary of Ancient Nubia offers foundational articles on the symbolic and practical significance of creatures such as dogs, giraffes, horses, and elephants in Ancient Nubia.
In commemoration of National Women’s Day, the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg is offering a special exhibition examining the central role of women in the anti-apartheid movement, tracing the historiography of the apartheid system through the lens of the women who led pivotal resistance campaigns. The Historical Dictionary of South Africa (3rd Ed) provides critical scholarly context on this important topic, with an article on the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), and the leading role women played in anti-pass campaigns.
This exhibition at the Archaeological Museum of Murcia, Spain offers a sensory dive into the social, political, and spiritual rituals of wine drinking across the ancient Iberian, Greek, and Roman societies. To discover more about this fundamental topic, this chapter on Wine from Intoxication in the Ancient Greek and Roman World explores drinking culture in the Ancient and Greek world, while this chapter from Medieval Fare explains why wine was as integral to the daily diet of Iberia as bread.
The Primeval Waters: Lessons from Mesopotamia exhibit at the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France, explores the ancient Mesopotamians' relationship with water, irrigation, and flood myths in a region that has since become arid. Learn more about this fascinating subject with articles from the Mesopotamia and the Rise of Civilization, including articles on topics such as Irrigation, and primary source extract of The Flood, a popular story from folk memory dated to around 1200 BCE.
If you’ve enjoyed this taster of what Bloomsbury History has to offer, why not let your librarian know about the resource to allow you full access? Recommend it to your librarian here.
Image credits
Chōshi in Shimosha, from Oceans of Wisdom, Hokusai 1760-1849, Wikimedia
Nubians bringing tribute for King Tut, Tomb of Huy, Wikimedia
National Women's Day protest at the National University of Lesotho, Wikimedia
Hellenistic mosaics discovered close to the city of Paphos depicting Dionysus, god of wine, Wikimedia
Field of cereal near the Euphrates in the northwest of modern Iraq, Wikimedia
