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In today’s podcast, our Editor Sarah Dunstan speaks with Professor Stefanos Geroulanos about his latest book Transparency in Postwar France: A Critical History of the Present (Stanford University Press, 2017). A note on the music in this podcast: The music from this… Continue Reading →
Here are a few interesting articles and pieces we found around the web this week. If you come across something that other intellectual historians might enjoy, please let us know in the comments section. Brendan: Cecilia D’Anastasio, Dungeons And… Continue Reading →
By Guest Contributor Alison McManus Princeton’s History of Science Colloquium series recently welcomed Jutta Schickore, professor of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University, to present a talk titled, “Contributions to a History of Experimental Controls.” In addition to… Continue Reading →
By Contributing Editor Nuala F. Caomhánach Kimberly A. Hamlin. From Eve to Evolution: Darwin, Science, and Women’s Rights in Gilded Age America. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2014. Erika Lorraine Milam. Looking for a Few Good Males:… Continue Reading →
Here are a few interesting articles and pieces we found around the web this week. If you come across something that other intellectual historians might enjoy, please let us know in the comments section. Eric: Michael C. Behrent, “Age… Continue Reading →
By guest contributor João Paulo Pimenta This post is a companion piece to Prof. Pimenta’s article in the Journal of the History of Ideas vol. 79, no. 1, “History of Concepts and the Historiography of the Independence of Brazil: A Preliminary Diagnosis.“… Continue Reading →
By guest contributor Timothy Young A garden is not a metaphor. A garden is actual. It is literal – in all the best senses of that word. It may carry meaning, but most importantly, it makes its own meaning. Much… Continue Reading →
Some reading gathered for you from around the web by members of the JHIBlog team. Let us know what else has caught your eye this week in the comments! Kristin: Mary Beard, “Sex and Death in the Classical World” (New Statesman) Jonathan… Continue Reading →
By guest contributor Meg Foster Heroes are big business in popular culture. From ancient Greek and Roman legends, through to the popular Marvel comic figures of our own time, we have spent centuries on the lookout for exceptional men and… Continue Reading →
By Editor Spencer J. Weinreich It is seldom recalled that there were several “Great Plagues of London.” In scholarship and popular parlance alike, only the devastating epidemic of bubonic plague that struck the city in 1665 and lasted the better… Continue Reading →
