History

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

Fighting Trump, the Early Years
A historian writes an early draft version of the opposition to Trump.
Sean WoodardApr 10, 2019
- History
- Politics
The Kaiser’s Trial: How a Case that Never Happened Helped Create the International Criminal Justice System
Mark Ellis reviews William A. Schabas's meticulously researched and gripping "The Trial of the Kaiser."
Mark EllisApr 8, 2019
Rewriting the West: A Discussion About the Cultural History of the American “Frontier”
A conversation with Michelle García, Carolina A. Miranda, and Fernanda Santos of “Rewriting the West,” a partnership between Michelle García and “Guernica.”
Stephanie MalakApr 6, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- History
Have Your Dust and Eat It: On Alexander Robinson’s “The Spoils of Dust: Reinventing the Lake that Made Los Angeles”
A book about one of Los Angeles’s biggest historical embarrassments calls for a new way of seeing it as beautiful.
Peter Sebastian ChesneyApr 4, 2019
Never Past: On “The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism from World War II to the Present”
The Fourth Reich never happened, but its shadow still can be felt.
Brandon TensleyApr 2, 2019
- History
- Politics
Love and Loss in the Sierra Maestra: On Tony Perrottet’s “¡Cuba Libre!”
Avoiding hagiographical impulses, Tony Perrottet’s "¡Cuba Libre!" remains grounded in the crude texture of everyday life during the Cuban Revolution.
Victor P. CoronaMar 29, 2019
The Person Formerly Known as Jemima Wilkinson
An excerpt from a new book on American messianic movements.
Adam MorrisMar 26, 2019
- History
- Religion
A History of the Houston Rap Tapes: Lance Scott Walker and Jacques Morel in Conversation
Jacques Morel interviews Lance Scott Walker, who makes the case for Houston rap as a critical part of black history and of American music history.
Jacques MorelMar 25, 2019
- History
- Music
Round Numbers in Latin American History: 1992 and 2021
“He was a skilled sailor, but his ideological compass was thoroughly medieval.” Lois Parkinson Zamora on Christopher Columbus and Hernán Cortés.
Lois Parkinson ZamoraMar 24, 2019
- Around the World
- History
Currents of Revolution: On Julius S. Scott’s “The Common Wind”
Malkah Bressler reviews Julius S. Scott's "The Common Wind," a classic of 18th-century Caribbean scholarship, now published 30 years after being written.
Malkah BresslerMar 21, 2019
- Around the World
- History
On the Vice of Storytelling: An Interview with Aaron Shulman
Aaron Shulman tells a real-life family saga of modern Spain.
Lauren HamlinMar 20, 2019
Russianness Under Foreign Skies: On Edyta M. Bojanowska’s “A World of Empires: The Russian Voyage of the Frigate Pallada”
Yelena Furman navigates “A World of Empires: The Russian Voyage of the Frigate Pallada,” by Edyta M. Bojanowska.
Yelena FurmanMar 10, 2019