Thursday, October 16, 2025

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Congratulations to Priyasha Mukhopadhyay, winner of the Morris D. Forkosch Book Prize!

The winner of the JHI's 2024 Morris D. Forkosch Book Prize for the best first book in intellectual history is Priyasha Mukhopadhyay for Required Reading: The Life of Everyday Texts in the British Empire (Princeton University Press). The judging committee offers... Continue Reading →

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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Literature's Circulation Across Fields and Nations: An Interview with Gisèle Sapiro

by Rose Facchini Gisèle Sapiro's Qu'est-ce qu'un auteur mondial? Le champ littéraire transnational (Seuil, 2024) studies the role of intermediaries (publishers, literary agents), translators, and mediators (critics, literary prizes, and literary festivals) in the making of world authorship. An English... Continue Reading →

Monday, October 13, 2025

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"Authoritarian Neoliberalism": The Concept of Our Time?

by Alexandre Aloy Over the last decade, certain political theorists and critical political economists have increasingly used the term "authoritarian neoliberalism"—sometimes shortened to "authoritarian liberalism"—to make sense of the current political moment. This paradoxical term denotes the conjunction of free-market... Continue Reading →

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

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When Theology Became Political: An Interview with Brandon Bloch

by Jacob Saliba Brandon Bloch is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He previously served as College Fellow in Modern European History at Harvard University, where he received his PhD in 2018. His writings have appeared in Modern Intellectual... Continue Reading →

Monday, October 6, 2025

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Freedom and the State in Thomas Sowell's America

by Oscar Hughff-Coates In the 1982 revised edition of his book Capitalism and Freedom, economist Milton Friedman reflected on the dramatic shift in American politics between Barry Goldwater's unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 1964 and the success of Ronald... Continue Reading →

Friday, October 3, 2025

Inspiring Journeys: Peace & Leadership Events Across the Globe

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

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Surreal Geographies of Holocaust Memory: An Interview with Kathryn L. Brackney

by Jonathon Catlin Kathryn L. Brackney is an Assistant Professor of History at Leiden University and the author of Surreal Geographies: A New History of Holocaust Consciousness (University of Wisconsin Press, 2024), which won the George L. Mosse First Book... Continue Reading →

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