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At a Book (oil on canvas), Bashkirtseva, Maria Konstantinova (1860-84) / Kharkov Art Museum, Kharkov, Russia / Bridgeman Images Yitzchak: Alex Shephard, “The politics of the Middle East peace process is shifting in favor of Israel” (The New Republic) Ted… Continue Reading →
By Contributing Writer Sarah Scullin Acrostics—the name given to secret words spelled out in the first lines or paragraphs of a text—are experiencing a bit of a renaissance thanks to two high-profile letters that used this hidden coding to protest… Continue Reading →
By guest contributor Audrey Borowski At the beginning of the nineteenth century, a young German polymath ventured into the heart of the South American jungle, climbed the Chimborazo volcano, crawled through the Andes, conducted experiments on animal electricity, and delineated… Continue Reading →
Spencer: Gordon Campbell, “Making God Speak English” (Marginalia) John Farrell, “Paradoxes of Incarnation” (LARB) Joan MacDonald, “‘Like Diamonds or Fine Wine‘” (LARB) Robert Cottrell, “Russia’s Gay Demons” (NYRB) Ingrid D. Rowland, “Norwegian Woods” (NYRB) Derek: Thomas S. Kidd, “Roy… Continue Reading →
By Contributing Editor Yitzchak Schwartz In 1946, the artist and illuminator Arthur Szyk presented First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt with a signed portrait of her husband. Dated 1944, before the war had been won, the portrait depicts Roosevelt looming triumphant over… Continue Reading →
By editor Derek O’Leary In the early 19th century, many Americans summoned the history of an antique race from the myriad earthen structures encountered across the expanding frontier. Ranging from small tumuli, to larger animal and human effigies, to colossal… 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. Derek: Jennifer Young, “An Emancipation Proclamation… Continue Reading →
By guest contributor Jonathon Catlin According to Ethan Kleinberg, historians are still living in fear of the specter of deconstruction; their attempted exorcisms have failed. In Haunting History: For a Deconstructive Approach to the Past (2017), Kleinberg fruitfully “conjures” this… Continue Reading →
By contributing writer Stephanie Zgouridi While living in Paris in 1784, surrounded by beautifully carved bureaus, tasteful tables, and fragile glass flutes of champagne, Benjamin Franklin penned a letter to a friend, in which he stated, “But the eyes of… 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. Derek: Jacoba Urist, “A Contemporary Artist… Continue Reading →
