History

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

We Know Public Scholarship When We See It: On “America and Other Fictions”
Ben Railton reviews Ed Simon's recent essay collection, "America and Other Fictions: On Radical Faith and Post-Religion."
Ben RailtonJul 24, 2019
Three Times
Jessica Riskin, Amit Yahav, and Christina Lupton teach us that we use time and reading to make sense of ourselves to ourselves and others.
Tita ChicoJul 23, 2019
Reading Ruskin in Cataclysmic Times
Alexandra Milsom reviews Suzanne Fagence Cooper’s “To See Clearly: Why Ruskin Matters.”
Alexandra L. MilsomJul 23, 2019
The Fire Last Time
What our financial saviors have failed to grasp about the Great Recession.
Jonathan KirshnerJul 22, 2019
Minor Revolutionaries: A New Chapter in Queer Studies
Jack Halberstam on the next big chapter in queer theory.
Jack HalberstamJul 21, 2019
The Inadequacies of Justice
Did Germany really pay for the Holocaust? Samuel Clowes Huneke reviews "Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice."
Samuel Clowes HunekeJul 21, 2019
Historia Magistra Vitae: On Reinhart Koselleck’s Vision of History
Joshua Milstein excavates “Sediments of Time: On Possible Histories” by Reinhart Koselleck, translated by Sean Franzel and Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann.
Joshua MilsteinJul 10, 2019
“I Don’t Really Care. Do You?”: Scientists in the Grey Zone in 1930s Italy
Massimo Mazzotti reflects on how Italian scientists failed as a bulwark against fascist politics in the 1930s.
Massimo MazzottiJul 8, 2019
A Cultural History of the Religious Fringe
Kevin O’Leary reviews Adam Morris's "American Messiahs: False Prophets of a Damned Nation."
Kevin O’LearyJul 5, 2019
No Peace of Mind in Psychiatry
Philip Alcabes makes sense of "Mind Fixers" by Anne Harrington.
Philip AlcabesJul 4, 2019
- History
- Science & Technology
A Wonder-Filled Compendium: On Robert Kirk’s “The Secret Commonwealth: Of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies”
A new edition of Robert Kirk’s classic anatomy of fairyland.
Andrew SchenkerJun 30, 2019
- History
- Religion
Is That All There Is?: Queer Culture and Politics on the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall
Much has changed in the 50 years since the flashpoint of the modern LGBTQ movement, but there is still much more to do.
Eric NewmanJun 29, 2019