by Luke Wilkinson In this episoide of In Theory, Luke Wilkinson (Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge) interviews Henrike Lähnemann. They first discuss the intellectual and personal background of Professor Lähnemann's recent book, with Eva Schlotheuber, The Life of Nuns:... Continue Reading →
The latest issue of the Journal of the History of Ideas (volume 85, issue 4) is now live on Project MUSE. Women and Intellectual History in the Twentieth Century, Part Two: Activists, Academics, and the Futurepp. 633 – 679, open access! Sophie... Continue Reading →
by Simone Blandford In November 2023, the New York Times published an article entitled "Does Anyone Know How to Behave on the Subway Anymore?". Ana Ley's piece touched on the unspoken rules of etiquette on the New York City subway... Continue Reading →
by Max Wade Dancing appears to be a human universal. Present in nearly every society (perhaps with the exception of a few extreme Calvinist and Quaker circles), dance serves as an essential vehicle for expressing an individual's joy, developing social... Continue Reading →
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by Jochen Schmon Bruno Leipold is a fellow in political theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and beginning in May 2025 he will be an Assistant Professor in Political Theory at Durham University. He is a... Continue Reading →
by Beatriz Silva "November is a mournful month in the history of Palestine," Edward Said began his eulogy in memory of Sir Isaiah Berlin in 1997 (box 60, folder 23, Series II. 2). With the news of Berlin's passing came... Continue Reading →
by Benjamin Gaillard-Garrido Since Francois-Xavier Guerra's Modernidad e independencias (1992), the historiography on the Age of Revolutions in Latin America has undergone significant changes. No longer are works predominantly characterized by conceptions of politics as epiphenomenal. No longer do they... Continue Reading →