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 →

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

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JHI 86.4 now available

The latest issue of the journal is now available! Read the October 2025 issue on Project Muse. Table of Contents What Should We Call a Bad Democracy?DANIEL SUTTON Averroes Among the Paduan Physicians, 1540 to 1600CRAIG MARTIN The Pueblo and... Continue Reading →

Monday, September 29, 2025

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The Brain as Economy: Intellectual Labor and Mental Efficiency in Twentieth-Century Poland

by Marek Maj In mid-twentieth-century Poland, two philosophers—Stefan Rudniański and his son Jarosław—devoted themselves to spreading ideas and techniques of mental productivity and efficiency among the country's students and growing class of white-collar workers. Their intellectual projects showed a remarkable... Continue Reading →

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

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Cashing Lives: A History of Indian Life Insurance

by Mayukh Chakrabarty In 1872, Sir Richard Temple, then the Finance Member in Governor-General's Council, proposed a plan to initiate a state-run life insurance scheme, particularly targeting the 'native' population. This was in reaction to the successive failures of two... Continue Reading →

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