Podcasts




Horned Moses, sacred memes and other paradoxes of the "Suffering Middle Ages"

Duration: 0:35:25

The New Medieval fun is built on the paradoxes of medieval scholars, writes David Frum . Medievalists studying this period note many things that seem paradoxical to modern man, he says . Frum: The public in social networks is essentially trying to return to our lives the ease with which our ancestors treated the sacred .


Language: Russian

The power of women. Empresses of China

Duration: 0:34:39

Do you know how many women have influenced the fate of China with their decisions, actions, skills and their power? The guest of the program is a specialist in ancient and medieval history, a senior researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences .