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The Consciousness of New World Slaves as Workers: An Interview with David McNally by Aaron Berman David McNally is the Cullen Distinguished Professor of History and Business at the University of Houston, where he directs the Project on Race and Capitalism. He is the author of eight books, including Against the Market: Political... Continue Reading → by jhiblog on April 8, 2026

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Political Materialism and the History of Ideas: When Duty Turned in Early Modern Europe by Peter Bloom The relationship between political ideas and the social conditions of their production has been one of the most generative and contested problems in intellectual history. The field has moved considerably since Quentin Skinner’s foundational insistence that ideas... Continue Reading → by jhiblog on April 6, 2026

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Desire Before Sexuality: An Interview with Selim S. Kuru by Nilab Saeedi Early modern Ottoman literary culture, particularly the Persianate ġazel (lyric love poem), is renowned for its intricate poetry of love and longing. But beneath its beautiful metaphors and layered spiritual imagery lies a complex world modern readers... Continue Reading → by jhiblog on March 30, 2026

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What We're Reading: Spring 2026 by the JHI community For our Spring 2026 installment of the JHI Blog's Reading Recommendations, we asked members of the JHI community to recommend a text related to intellectual history, broadly conceived. Responses have been lightly edited for clarity. Oscar... Continue Reading → by jhiblog on March 23, 2026

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Call for Submissions: Forum on the Conceptual History of Technology by Zac Endter and Jonas Knatz References to the role of technology, as Eric Schatzberg observes in his critical history of the concept, are ubiquitous in intellectual discourse. Despite its often loose usage, "technology" is imbued with the analytical power... Continue Reading → by jhiblog on March 18, 2026

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The Future That Was: Disha Karnad Jani Interviews Durba Mitra by Disha Karnad Jani  On this episode of In Theory, Durba Mitra returns to the podcast to talk with Disha Karnad Jani about her new book, The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism (Princeton University Press, 2026). In this canon-expanding... Continue Reading → by jhiblog on March 16, 2026

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Freedom’s Horizon: Disha Karnad Jani Interviews Isadora Moura Mota Disha Karnad Jani  On this episode of In Theory, Disha Karnad Jani interviews Isadora Moura Mota about her recent book, Freedom's Horizon: Black Abolitionism in Nineteenth-Century Brazil (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025). In shifting the periodization of the history of abolition in Brazil from... Continue Reading → by jhiblog on March 11, 2026

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