by Erin McGuirl Whose stories are told in museums? And how are they told? “The Keeper,” an ongoing show at the New Museum that is a tonic to the eye and the soul, addresses these questions and raises even more… 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. Emily: This week’s required reading: Nakul… Continue Reading →
The latest issue of the Journal of the History of Ideas, volume 77 number 3, is available in print form from Penn Press and online at Project Muse. The table of contents is as follows: Marcia L. Colish, 2015 Arthur… Continue Reading →
by guest contributor Jonathan Kearns in collaboration with Brooke Palmieri Nor is the empire of the imagination less bounded in its own proper creations, than in those which were bestowed on it by the poor blind eyes of our ancestors…. Continue Reading →
Madeline: A new blog for historians of nuns, “Centuries of Sisters” Matt Ford, “A Thermidorian Reaction” (Atlantic) David A. Graham, “How Abigail Adams Proves Bill O’Reilly Wrong About Slavery” (Atlantic) Rebecca Mead, “The Power of ‘Love’ in Politics” (New Yorker)… 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: Jonathan Blitzer, “A Tale of… Continue Reading →
by contributing editor Carolyn Taratko In late May, President Obama laid a wreath at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, making him the first sitting U.S. President to visit the city that was the target of the first atomic bomb on August… 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. John: Helen Andrews, “The New Ruling… Continue Reading →
by John Raimo As often as historians and art historians talk past one another, they also come together before common problems, questions, and sources. Both groups recognize the sheer power of images. Such a moment has reappeared in intellectual history…. Continue Reading →
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