What We’re Reading: December 3rd

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. John: Jeremy Adelman, “The Mortal Marx”… Continue Reading →

December 3, 2016 0

The Historian Rudolf Hospinian

by guest contributor William Theiss The 1517 book On Gems by Erasmus Stella, a doctor and mythologist from Leipzig, never enjoyed a wide readership—though two hundred years later it was enough in demand to merit a reprint. It takes its… Continue Reading →

Ideas of Attachment: What the “Postcritical Turn” Means for the History of Ideas

by contributing editor Daniel London

November 28, 2016 5

An Intellectual History of Their Own?

by guest contributor John Pollack ‘Tis the season. Not that season—but rather, the curious period in the United States between the holidays of “Columbus Day” and “Thanksgiving” when, at least on occasion, the issues confronting America’s Native peoples receive a… Continue Reading →

November 23, 2016 2

What We’re Reading: Nov. 14-19

We have a couple of announcements to make with this week’s links round-up. We’re proud to have two new contributing editors joining our team: Disha Karnad Jani and Eric Brandom. Full bios for Disha and Eric are available on our… Continue Reading →

November 19, 2016 0

Pushing at the Seams: US Intellectual History

by guest contributor John Gee Intellectual historians, I’ve heard it said, are people who argue about what intellectual history is. The field of US intellectual history has been marked in recent years both by growth—one might even say rebirth—and by… Continue Reading →

November 18, 2016 2

Mandatory Reading: The Novel and the College Course in the Early American Republic

by guest contributor Rob Koehler Like a lot of college students today, Daniel Tompkins (1774-1825) spent much of his four years at the newly named Columbia College [now University] writing essays. Foreshadowing his later political commitments as New York Governor… Continue Reading →

November 16, 2016 1

Religion in Late-Nineteenth Century American Life?

by contributing editor Yitzchak Schwartz Henry Adams (1838-1918) returned home from his Grand Tour in 1860 and came of age in American elite society as the American bourgeoisie underwent the most profound cultural, social and intellectual shifts it had experienced… Continue Reading →

November 14, 2016 1

What We’re Reading: Nov. 7-11

Erin: An Open Letter to Our Nation from 100 Women of Color Leaders David Remnick, “An American Tragedy” (The New Yorker) Masha Gessen, “Autocracy: Rules for Survival” (NYR Daily) Thomas Frank, “Swat Team” (Harper’s) Bergis Jules, “Confronting Our Failure of… Continue Reading →

November 11, 2016 0

Social Media in an Analog Age: The Henry Subscription (1898-1899)

by guest contributor Elizabeth Everton In a 2009 interview, Twitter’s founder, Jack Dorsey, drew upon the dictionary definition of “tweet” – “a short burst of inconsequential information” – to characterize his creation. Ten years after Twitter’s inception, few would persist… Continue Reading →

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