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JHI Graduate Student Symposium, 2025: "Between the Text and Material History," Call for Proposals The Journal of the History of Ideas and the JHI Blog invite graduate students from all institutions, disciplines, and stages of their degrees to propose papers for our seventh annual Graduate Student Symposium to be held via video conference on... Continue Reading → by jhiblog on May 14, 2025

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Freedom and Its Limits: Edward Wilmot Blyden's Black Republicanism by Shae Omonijo What happens when the pursuit of freedom intertwines with the allure of empire? This question lies at the heart of the complex legacy of Edward Wilmot Blyden who, as a politician and intellectual, has been called the... Continue Reading → by jhiblog on April 30, 2025

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JHI 86.2 Now Available Online The latest issue of the journal—volume 86, issue 2—is now available on Project MUSE. Table of Contents Kant on Moral Education and the Origins of HumanityOlga Lenczewska  Assessing Ethical Culture in Germany: Friedrich Albert Lange, Felix Adler—and Hermann CohenMyriam Bienenstock ... Continue Reading → by jhiblog on April 29, 2025

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Geographical Immorality: John Macpherson and Intermediaries of Empire in Eighteenth-Century India by Thomas Archambaud A London Thriller On Monday, September 10, 1787, a 42-year-old gentleman on a stroll with a friend approached the entrance to Grosvenor Gate, a stately, tree-lined promenade through central London's Hyde Park (see the featured image above).... Continue Reading → by jhiblog on April 28, 2025

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Friendship and the Politics of Difference: An Interview with David Weinfeld by Thomas Cryer David Weinfeld is an Assistant Professor of World Religions at Rowan University. He is a scholar of North American Judaism and Jewish history with a focus on ideas of diversity and the intersection of religion, race, ethnicity,... Continue Reading → by jhiblog on April 23, 2025

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Navā'ī's Elevation of Turkic Literature in a Persianate World: An Interview with Aftandil Erkinov by Nilab Saeedi During the reign of Sultan Husayn Bāyqarā (d.1506), Herat became a flourishing center of intellectual and artistic life. Poet and statesman ʿAlī Shīr Navāʾī (1441–1501) played a pivotal role in this cultural renaissance of the Timurid Herat.... Continue Reading → by jhiblog on April 21, 2025

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Gendered Conceptions of Cosmic Harmony and the Power of Music in Niẓāmī's Haft Paykar by Jacomien Prins Last year, I presented a paper on music, harmony and gender in Niẓāmī's Haft Paykar at the conference 'Femininity and Masculinity in Persian Classical Romances' (Utrecht University, 2024). While I have been fascinated by the way in... Continue Reading → by jhiblog on April 16, 2025

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