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In Theory: John Raimo interviews Gisèle Sapiro on Writers and Politics in France

John Raimo, a founding editor of the JHI Blog and PhD candidate at New York University, interviews Professor Gisèle Sapiro, director of research at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique and the director of studies at the École des… Continue Reading →

La politique de l’université en France

by guest contributor Hervier

Poetry as History?

by guest contributor Will Pooley

In Theory: Brendan Mackie interviews Joshua Fogel on Friendship and the Intellectual World of Shanghai in the 1930s

Brendan Mackie, a contributing editor for the JHI Blog and the host of “The Making of a Historian” podcast, speaks with Professor Joshua Fogel of York University about his book A Friend in Deed: Lu Xun, Uchiyama Kanzō, and the… Continue Reading →

Gender and Meritocracy: A Historical Perspective

by guest contributor Emily J. Levine

The Floating Coast: an Interview with Dr. Bathsheba Demuth

By contributing editor Luna Sarti

In Theory: Disha Karnad Jani interviews Christopher Cameron on Black Freethinkers

In Theory co-host Disha Karnad Jani interviews Christopher Cameron, Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, about his new book Black Freethinkers: A History of African American Secularism (Northwestern University Press, 2019).

Ernst Bloch and the Transformation of Utopia

by guest contributor Dr. Cat Moir It is difficult to talk about utopia and be taken seriously today. The utopian imagination—that mode of consciousness that envisions ultimate states of humanity or society, whether near-perfect or post-catastrophic—is everywhere in popular culture,… Continue Reading →

American Equality, in Fits and Starts

by guest contributor Tim Lacy

Holiday Reading from the JHI Blog’s 2019

We’re taking a brief hiatus from our usual publishing schedule during this last week of 2019, but we’ll be back with the New Year. Until then, here are some of our most popular posts from the past year. Happy Holidays,… Continue Reading →

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