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Putting Japan on the Map
“Cartographic Japan” gives a history of the mapping of Japan.
History
"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw
Cloudy With a Chance of Dystopia: Tung-Hui Hu’s “A Prehistory of the Cloud”
Kevin Driscoll on Tung-Hui Hu's "A Prehistory of the Cloud".
Oneida: The Christian Utopia Where Contraception Was King
Ellen Wayland-Smith examines her ancestors' history in the Oneida Community, a 19th-century religious commune.
Brandeis’s Brain: On “Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet”
Thomas Healy on Jeffrey Rosen's "Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet".
Back to Baku: A Report from the Seventh Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
Kristin Surak on the 7th Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations and the 1920 Congress of the Peoples of the East (both held in Baku).
This Is Not A Conversation: Robert Cremins and Rob Zaretsky on Denis Diderot, Malcolm Bradbury, and Why We Write
What would Denis Diderot think of a campus protest?
Resuscitating the Psychedelic Sensibility
Jon Savage’s "1966" looks at a pivotal year in history via its music.
Field Notes: Writers at War
Mike Chasar provides insight on the connection between writers and propaganda during World War II.
What’s In a Name?
The author of the "Rent" book on how Lin-Manuel Miranda turned theater and history upside down, the worth of writing, and the Hamilton in her blood.
Claiming Its Legacy: On “Hamilton: The Revolution”
A review of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s and Jeremy McCarter’s book on the highly regarded, award-winning play, “Hamilton”.
Carrying Our Neighborhood Back to Back
Remé-Antonia Grefalda reviews "Filipinotown", an oral history of Los Angeles’s legendary neighborhood.
A Journey Inside a Crucible of Violence in Central America
Óscar Martínez sheds light on the violence and corruption in Central America, resulting in an increase in immigrants to the United States.
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