History

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

How Much Faith Is Left?: On Warren Zanes’s “Deliver Me from Nowhere”
Tim Riley reviews Warren Zanes’s “Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska.’”
Tim RileyJun 9, 2023
A Close-Up on Iranian Cinema: On Godfrey Cheshire’s “In the Time of Kiarostami”
Abe Silberstein reviews Godfrey Cheshire’s “In the Time of Kiarostami: Writings on Iranian Cinema.”
Abe SilbersteinJun 8, 2023
- Film
- History
The Drama of History, in Poems: On Robert Selby’s “The Kentish Rebellion”
Dan O’Brien reviews Robert Selby’s new poetry collection “The Kentish Rebellion.”
Dan O’BrienJun 7, 2023
- History
- Poetry
Tracing the Hard Edges of Religion: On Peter Brown’s “Journeys of the Mind”
Michael Ledger-Lomas reviews Peter Brown’s “Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History.”
Michael Ledger-LomasJun 6, 2023
- History
- Religion
Relevés and Revolutions: On Jennifer Homans’s “Mr. B”
Martha Anne Toll reviews Jennifer Homans’s “Mr. B: George Balanchine’s 20th Century.”
Martha Anne TollJun 4, 2023
Foundational Anxieties, Modern Mathematics, and the Political Imagination
Massimo Mazzotti uses a forgotten episode in revolutionary Naples to demonstrate the entanglement of mathematics and politics.
Massimo MazzottiJun 2, 2023
The General Crisis of Whiteness: A Conversation with Nicholas Mirzoeff
Natasha Lennard speaks with Nicholas Mirzoeff about his new book “White Sight: Visual Politics and Practices of Whiteness.”
Natasha LennardJun 1, 2023
- History
- Politics
I Was Determined to Remember: Harriet Jacobs and the Corporeality of Slavery’s Legacies
Koritha Mitchell discusses her research for a scholarly edition of Harriet Jacobs’s “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.”
Koritha MitchellMay 30, 2023
Fury Born from Helplessness: On Leopoldo Gout’s “Piñata”
Matthew James Seidel reviews Leopoldo Gout’s “Piñata.”
Matthew James SeidelMay 27, 2023
Dubiously Acquired Objects: On Götz Aly’s “The Magnificent Boat”
Erin Thompson reviews Götz Aly's “The Magnificent Boat: The Colonial Theft of a South Seas Cultural Treasure.”
Erin L. ThompsonMay 23, 2023
- History
Is Multiculturalism an Oxymoron? On Martin Puchner’s “Culture”
Robert N. Watson considers the promises and perils of cultural amalgamation in his review of Martin Puchner’s “Culture: The Story of Us, from Cave Art to K-pop.”
Robert N. WatsonMay 11, 2023
- History
Sugar, Slavery, and Capitalism: On Ulbe Bosma’s “The World of Sugar”
Dinyar Patel reviews Ulbe Bosma’s “The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years.”
Dinyar PatelMay 9, 2023
- History