History

"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw

Can the Internet Be Saved?
After troubleshooting Tim Berners-Lee’s memoir, it becomes clear that the internet’s flaws were there from the start.
Nicholas CarrFeb 28
- Science & Technology
- History
It Really Can Happen Here
What the transnational links among fascist movements in the 1930s can tell us about the Far Right today.
Juliette BretanFeb 27
- Politics
- History
Sustaining the Rule of Law
Jessica Greenberg offers a compelling, though at times jargon-ridden, analysis of the history of the European Court of Human Rights.
Mark EllisFeb 21
You Say You Want a Revolution
Should historians look at violent revolutions with rose-colored glasses while vindicating the terror that carried them forth?
Jack JacobsFeb 19
- History
- Politics
I Was a Punk for the FBI
Brian James Schill speaks with the founders of ‘Punk’ magazine on its 50th anniversary about whether they were surveilled by the feds.
Brian James SchillFeb 18
Opera (and Comics) Against Fascism
Exploring how the graphic novel ‘Death Strikes’ intersects with the modernist opera ‘Der Kaiser von Atlantis,’ a work composed by Jewish prisoners during the Holocaust.
Melissa ChanFeb 16
Taiwan, Hong Kong, Columbia
Chris Horton’s ‘Ghost Nation’ and Ching Kwan Lee’s ‘Forever Hong Kong’ follow protesters and revolutionaries who, successfully or otherwise, challenged the power of the state.
Paul KreitmanFeb 11
- Politics
- History
Medical Education and the Harm of ‘Goodly Heritage’
In the 12th essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, three researchers describe how eugenic ideas linger in the institutions and practices of contemporary healthcare.
Daniel Martinez HoSang, Marco Antonio Ramos, Alana SlavinFeb 8
Incredible Prophecies, Sick Truths
Oedipal iterations, from Sophocles to Arundhati Roy.
Ankhi MukherjeeFeb 6
- History
- Literary Criticism
Iranians Don’t Need to Prove Their Revolution to You
The uprising in Iran isn’t only against armed oppression; it’s also over narrative.
Sahar DelijaniFeb 1
- Politics
- History
Letter to the Editor: Jake Milgram Wien Responds to Johanna Drucker
The author of ‘Paul Landacre: California Hills, Hollywood and the World Beyond’ underscores the universality of the artist’s engraved landscapes and refutes a critic’s claims that Landacre participated in racism associated with Americans’ westward expansion.
Jake Milgram WienJan 30
- Art & Architecture
- History
A Slave Empire
Brooke N. Newman’s ‘The Crown’s Silence’ dives into the long history of transatlantic atrocities committed by Charles III’s ancestors in the name of empire.
Michael O’DonnellJan 29
- History