On Friday, September 9 in the Columbia University history department, British historians Susan Pedersen and Sam Wetherell led a conversation about Britain’s referendum to leave the European Union. Intended as what Wetherell referred to as an “air-clearing” for historians who… Continue Reading →
by guest contributor Hannah Malcolm During the French Revolution, statesmen faced the task of altering society in order to preserve the new Republic, which entailed developing a politics of virtue and culture. In response to demands for public involvement in… Continue Reading →
Emily: Extra-parliamentary movements? Tim Barker, Beyond the Ballot Box: Occupy and Bernie (LRB) Douglas Martin, Phyllis Schlafly, Conservative Leader and Foe of E.R.A., Dies at 92 (NY Times) Stacie Taranto, Phyllis Schlafly and the Making of Grassroots Conservative Sexual Politics… Continue Reading →
This week we say goodbye to founding blog editor Madeline McMahon, who is heading on to new projects. We’ll miss her, but you can follow her on Twitter to keep up with her activities. Here are a few interesting articles… Continue Reading →
by guest contributor Jane Raisch The difficulties of printing Greek are something of a refrain amongst its earliest printers. “Anyone who criticizes me is quite unjust and ungrateful,” the acclaimed printer of the classics, Aldus Manutius, complained in the preface… 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. Madeline: Robert F. Worth, “In the… Continue Reading →
by contributing editor Carolyn Taratko “Vegetarianism is not only a question of the stomach but also one of society.” This may sound familiar to readers, as articles such as “Eat less meat to avoid dangerous global warming, scientists say” grace… Continue Reading →
Emily: Jo Livingstone and David Wolf, Can the Academic Write? (Awl) Alec Macgillis and Propublica, The Despair of Poor White Americans (Atlantic) Gurminder K. Bhambra, Brexit, Class, and British ‘National’ Identity (Discover Society) Madeleine Schwartz, Dressing for the King (NYRB)… Continue Reading →
by contributing editor Jake Purcell Several people have said to me that I would have made a good medieval monk. I never asked why: mostly out of self-preservation, but also because I’m fairly confident that they are wrong. I like… Continue Reading →
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