West's World·6d agoIgnorance & the Afro-Eurasian Middle AgesSo, the other week I wrote something on my old blog about a new book series that has, as its foundation, my ‘Afro-Eurasian’ or…
Medieval Indonesia·Oct 24Thoughts on the “Afro-Eurasian Middle Ages”Arc Humanities Press has a new series: The Afro-Eurasian Middle Ages. There aren’t many books in the series, because it is, as I say, new…
InLiberating NarrativesbyBram Hubbell·Oct 8, 2025The Problem with Hyphenating AfroeurasiaHyphens suggest otherness; Afroeurasia has a long interconnected history
West's World·Jun 9, 2025‘Old World’ / ‘New World’I was asked recently why I don’t use the terms ‘New World’ and ‘Old World’ in reference to pre-Columbian America and Afro-Eurasia…
Medieval Indonesia·Feb 16, 2024Asian YamsThis piece appeared on my Patreon account way back in 2022. I thought I’d move it here so that it would be more accessible.
Medieval Indonesia·Feb 16, 2024TaroThis piece appeared on my Patreon account way back in 2022. I thought I’d move it here so that it would be more accessible.
Medieval Indonesia·Mar 20, 2023Medieval Afro-Eurasian Card GamesTHE SPREAD OF CARD GAMES across Afro-Eurasia is an underappreciated phenomenon of the later Middle Ages. The first games with cards were…A response icon2A response icon2
Medieval Indonesia·Oct 16, 2021The Hemispheric Middle Ages — Part IIIn previous posts on this blog I have outlined my thoughts on the ‘Middle Ages’ and on what the words ‘medieval’ and ‘Middle Ages’ can…A response icon1A response icon1
Medieval Indonesia·Oct 28, 2019The Hemispheric Middle Ages — Part IThe ‘Global Middle Ages’ is a growing movement within medieval studies, but it seems to me that it includes a number of disparate notions…
