What We’re Reading / Osterhammel Open Thread

This week we tackled the introduction and first three chapters of Jürgen Osterhammel’s The Transformation of the World. Those of you who are reading along with us may also have been struck by the sheer scale of Osterhammel’s panorama, and… Continue Reading →

June 5, 2015 5

Accessing the Secrets of Early Medieval Relic Labels

by guest contributor Jake Purcell Sometime in the eighth century, a nun sat at her writing desk in the scriptorium of the monastery at Chelles and cut a small strip of parchment measuring about 90 by 15/22 millimeters. In a… Continue Reading →

What We’re Reading: Week of May 25

If you’re reading Osterhammel along with us, we’ll be discussing Part One: Approaches (the first 115 pages) next week. Here are a few interesting articles and pieces we found around the web this week. If you come across something that… Continue Reading →

May 29, 2015 0

Long Vacations, Big Histories

by Emily Rutherford No one who—like we blog editors—has recently completed their first year of history graduate school could be in any doubt that “global” history is enjoying its moment in the sun. When we decided this summer to choose… Continue Reading →

May 27, 2015 3

Out of chaos, some sort of order: The International Congress on Medieval Studies at 50, May 14-17, 2015

by guest contributor Elizabeth Biggs The International Congress on Medieval Studies held in Kalamazoo last week was immensely diverse, given its 3,000 attendees, but a good reflection of medievalists generally. It didn’t take itself particularly seriously, the alcohol flowed generously,… Continue Reading →

May 25, 2015 6

What We’re Reading: Week of May 18

First, this week, a quick announcement: over the summer, we’ll be hosting a book club/series of blog posts about “big” history, centered on Jürgen Osterhammel’s recent The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century (Princeton, 2014)…. Continue Reading →

May 22, 2015 0

Book Review: Meredith Ray, Daughters of Alchemy

by guest contributor Elisabeth Brander Alchemy, and its association with the quest for the always-elusive philosopher’s stone, is one of the most fascinating aspects of early modern science. It was not only a tool to effect the transmutation of metals… Continue Reading →

May 20, 2015 0

Prague ’68 and the End of Time

by John Raimo Prague’s famous Wenceslas Square fell silent on August 22nd and 23rd, 1968. Warsaw Pact troops invaded what was then Czechoslovakia the day prior in order to repress what had come to known as the Prague Spring. Under… Continue Reading →

May 18, 2015 0

What We’re Reading: Week of May 11

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: In the UK, David Runciman,… Continue Reading →

May 15, 2015 0

Practical Past, Runaway Future

by guest contributor Zoltán Boldizsár Simon In his latest book and recent articles, Hayden White puts the almost-forgotten notion of the “practical past” back on the scholarly agenda, and right at the center of debates within the field of philosophy… Continue Reading →

May 11, 2015 0

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