History Pierce Egan’s “Robin Hood” and the Victorian “Standard English Novels” Literary Canon 17 Jan 202117 Jan 2021 Stephen Basdeo (A significant portion of this chapter was informed by reading Anne Humpherys’s chapter on the John Dicks press—see notes for further references) There has been much soul-searching among…
History Pandemic in Vienna 9 Jan 2021 From Faust: A Romance of the Secret Tribunals (1845–46) George W.M. Reynolds The following story is taken from G.W.M. Reynolds’s novel Faust: A Romance of the Secret Tribunals, which was…
History Organized Crime in Latvia 8 Dec 2020 By Christian Albright Latvia has serious problems with organized crime. Illegal border crossings, drug trafficking, money laundering, vehicle theft, human trafficking, and corruption are just some of the issues which…
20th Century… How the Albanian Mafia Infiltrated the Government 26 Nov 202026 Nov 2020 By Logan Lafferty Organized crime increasingly became a problem in Albania in the 1990s, after the fall of its communist government. Crimes like blackmailing, intimidation and racketeering were constantly increasing.…
18th century… The Urban Mysteries: Organised Crime in Victorian Popular Literature 24 Nov 202024 Nov 2020 Stephen Basdeo The Following was a lecture delivered by Stephen Basdeo at Richmond: The American International University on Wednesday 18 November 2020 to students in GEP4180: Organised Crime in Popular…