Sarah E. Bond

Associate Professor of History and Classics at the University of Iowa; Contributor to Hyperallergic; Co-founder of Pasts Imperfect

Unknown Makers, "Quipu Inca," 1300-1532 CE, Quipu made of cotton fibers and S-twist. Inca, Sierra Sur, Peru, now at the Museo Larco, Lima, Perú (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

ancient history

Pasts Imperfect 8.28.25

This week, we look at the Inka with historian of the Andes Manuel Medrano. Then, ancient world news, new ancient world journals & more.

News

Pasts Imperfect 8.14.25

This week, Mellon Leadership Fellow and Nero scholar Lauren Donovan Ginsberg busts the myth of the useless humanist. Then, new ancient world scholarship, new journal issues for a global antiquity, upcoming workshops and much more.

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