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Daniel Judt discusses with Jonathan Levy, author of the recently published "The Real Economy" (@princetonupress.bsky.social), what we can gain from studying the issues that occupied the less epistemologically constrained economic theories of the early twentieth century.

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The latest issue of the journal includes a review essay by Cathy Gere on recent books considering archaeology and ethno-nationalist projection, "Dig Beneath a Mosque." muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic... @oxfordunipress.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social

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In a stirring tribute to an influential mentor, Stefanos Geroulanos reflects on the life and work of Anson Rabinbach.

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Subscribing to the JHI Blog's newsletter is a great way to stay on top of recent scholarship in the journal and blog. Here's the latest: mailchi.mp/28609ec65697...

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In this latest episode of In Theory, Disha Karnad Jani interviews Robert Darnton about his recent book, The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789, which studies the development of public performance and protest among Parisian public against the powerful in society. www.jhiblog.org/2025/02/17/t...

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In the recent issue of the JHI, Chunjie Zhang traces the emergence and application of Max Weber’s influential concept of charisma in his “Confucianism and Taoism” and “Politics as a Vocation." muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

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In today's think piece, Sujaan Mukherjee studies a martial dance form in Bengal, Raibenshe, analyzing the politics of historical categorizations, such as folk art, in colonial Bengal. web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2025...

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The latest issue of the JHI includes an article by Matthias Neuber: "Consciousness in Neorealism: Perry, Montague, and Holt" muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

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In the new issue of the JHI, Diego Pirillo considers the Atlantic Republic of Letters, with a particular focus on learned periodicals in early America: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

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Jacob Saliba and Zac Endter's discussion with Elías J. Palti continues, turning towards the situation of intellectual history today.

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In the latest issue of the JHI, Thomas Matthew Vozar considers the concept of academic freedom with a focus on the English universities in the middle of the seventeenth century. muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

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Jacob Saliba and Zac Endter interview Elías Palti about his recent book, Intellectual History and the Problem of Conceptual Change. web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2025...

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The latest issue of the JHI includes an article by Peter A. Morton: "Spiritual and Medical Melancholy in Lutheran Responses to Johann Weyer’s Criticism of the Witch Trials" muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

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In the new JHI, Charlotte Ann Legg traces the emergence of a settler colonial ideal in nineteenth-century France through analysis of the published testimonies of shipwreck survivors. This article is available open access for the next few weeks! muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

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In today's think piece, Alexander Aerts explains the relationship between the 20th-century Hegelian philosopher Alexandre Kojève and his interpretation of modern revolutions. web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2025...

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In the new issue of the JHI, Quentin Skinner offers “a memoir of J. G. A. Pocock” drawn from their extensive correspondence over more than fifty years. “J. G. A. Pocock: A Life in Letters” is available here, open access for the next few weeks: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

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In today’s think piece, Shreya Dua considers the specific place and role of the female slave in early archaic Greece, a neglected figure in the study of slave systems during the classical period. web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2025...

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The new issue of the JHI is now available online. This issue includes terrific articles by Quentin Skinner, Peter A. Morton, Thomas Matthew Vozar, Diego Pirillo, Charlotte Ann Legg, Matthias Neuber, Chunjie Zhang, and Cathy Gere. Have a look: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54142

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In today's think-piece, Paul Kurek explores and situates Reinhart Koselleck's model of conceptual history with the more recent "geological turn" in history and social theory. web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2025...

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As another successful year comes to a close, we reflect on some of the most popular pieces we have published over the course of 2024. We thank all our authors, editors, and readers for their continued support and engagement! www.jhiblog.org/2024/12/30/t...

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In an interview with Anna Lanfranchi, @rosefacchini.bsky.social asks about the evolution and challenges of the Italian book trade in the early twentieth century. www.jhiblog.org/2024/12/23/i...

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The recent issue of the JHI includes an article by Sarah Shortall: "'Building the Earth': Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Science, and the Spirituality of the United Nations" (open access for the next month). muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

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The recent issue of the JHI includes Giuseppe Bianco's article, "The Antihumanism of the Young Deleuze: Sartre, Catholicism, and the Perspective of the Inhuman, 1945–48": muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

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Today on the blog, Eszter Melitta Szabó explores how, from the late 1940s to the eve of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Iranian women poets and writers shaped the development of Persian committed literature and Iranian leftist thought more broadly. www.jhiblog.org/2024/12/18/f...

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Our newsletter includes round-up of recent JHI Blog posts and a some of the year’s most-read journal articles, which are freely available for the next few weeks: mailchi.mp/742b2d4d8001... Have a look—and resolve to submit an article or blog post to the journal or JHI Blog in the new year!

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In today's think piece, Sean Goodman analyzes the historical relationship between American evangelicalism and far-right popular culture during the 1980s and 1990s. web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2024...

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The new issue of the JHI includes an article by Niccolò Valmori on Volney: "Breaking the Revolutionary Deadlock? Volney's Leçons and the Debate on the Value of History": muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

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The new issue of the JHI includes an article by Tyler J. Thomas: "The Strategic Emergence of Cartesianism: Descartes, Public Controversy, and the Quarrel of Utrecht." muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

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The latest issue of the JHI includes Alexander D. Batson's article, "Sinai and the Areopagus: Philip Melanchthon, Natural Law, and the Beginnings of Athenian Legal History in the Shadow of the Schmalkaldic War": muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

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The new issue of the JHI includes an article by Mia Korpiola and Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde, "The Influence of the Principle 'Necessitas Non Habet Legem' on Nordic Medieval Laws on Theft"—now available open access. muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

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A new virtual issue of the JHI highlights recent publications of relevance to French intellectual history since the last quarter of the nineteenth century. web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2024...

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The new issue of the journal features the second installment of Sophie Smith’s two-part article, “Women and Intellectual History in the Twentieth Century: Activists, Academics, and the Future"—open access for the next few weeks. muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

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How can the study of the night improve our understanding of the society and culture of the past? In this interview with Avner Wishnitzer, Nilab Saeedi asks about life after dark in the Ottoman Empire. web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2024...

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In the latest installment of In Theory, Luke Wilkinson and Henrike Lähnemann discuss her new book, with Eva Schlotheuber, "The Life of Nuns: Love, Politics, and Religion in Medieval German Convents" (@openbookpublish.bsky.social). web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2024...

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The new issue of the JHI is now available online, featuring terrific articles by Sophie Smith (open access), Mia Korpiola and Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde (open access), Alexander D. Batson, Tyler J. Thomas, Niccolò Valmori, Giuseppe Bianco, and Sarah Shortall. web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2024...

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In today's think piece, Simone Blandford examines how ideas of "correct" behavior in the New York City subway have intersected with and perpetuated social, racial, and gender hierarchies. www.jhiblog.org/2024/11/21/a...

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Today on the blog, Max Wade provides an intellectual history of Neoplatonism's unique contribution to the performing arts by examining Plotinus's philosophy of dance. www.jhiblog.org/2024/11/18/t...

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Hello, Bluesky! Thank you for the new followers. We have created a Starter Pack for Editors and Guest Contributors of the JHI Blog, both past and present. Please share! go.bsky.app/3yLfcMr

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In this interview with @brunoleipold.bsky.social about his forthcoming book, "Citizen Marx" (@princetonupress.bsky.social), Jochen Schmon asks about the influence of republicanism in Karl Marx's political thought. www.jhiblog.org/2024/11/12/m...

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Hello, Bluesky! Thank you for the new followers. We have created a Starter Pack for Editors and Guest Contributors of the JHI Blog, both past and present. Please share! go.bsky.app/3yLfcMr

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Who was Isaiah Berlin’s liberalism for? In today’s think piece, Beatriz Silva examines the limits of Berlin’s liberal theory by bringing it into conversation with Edward Said. www.jhiblog.org/2024/11/11/l...

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Today on the blog, Benjamin Gaillard-Garrido studies the nature of political modernity as articulated in the Latin American Age of Revolutions, arguing for a turn to a critical theory of social form rather than an emphasis on political culture. www.jhiblog.org/2024/11/04/w...

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In this think piece, Naphorn Siriprasertsilp explores how Isan thought and Buddhist philosophy influenced the novels of Thai writer Kampoon Boontawee. www.jhiblog.org/2024/10/30/t...

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Today the blog features Steven Shapin writing on Bruno Latour. This piece is drawn from Shapin's talk at the Harvard symposium “Thinking after Latour," honoring the memory of Bruno Latour and reflecting on his work. www.jhiblog.org/2024/10/28/a...

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In this latest episode of In Theory, Disha Karnad Jani interviews Umut Özsu, Professor in the Department of Law and Legalities at Carleton University, about his book Completing Humanity: The International Law of Decolonization, 1960-1982. www.jhiblog.org/2024/10/23/c...

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In today’s think piece, Minke Hijmans discusses how the creation of the “insect-enemy” figure by European imperial entomology contributed to the present-day environmental disaster. www.jhiblog.org/2024/10/21/e...

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In this think piece, Andrew Juchno discusses the idiosyncratic American theologian, James Warley Miles, to unravel the deep complexities in the theology of the Old South. www.jhiblog.org/2024/10/16/r...

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