Wednesday, November 26, 2025

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The Disadvantages of "Fascism" for Life: An Interview with Federico Marcon (Part I)

by Jonathon Catlin Federico Marcon is a Professor of East Asian Studies and History at Princeton University. A native of Italy, he trained as an intellectual historian of early modern Japan at Columbia University and published his first book, The... Continue Reading →

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Pitch Your Project and Win Seed Funding up to $5,000 at GYC 2025 Italy.

Dear Changemaker,


We are thrilled to announce an extraordinary opportunity for all participants of the Global Youth Convention (GYC) 2025, taking place from December 18–21, 2025, in Milan, Italy — hosted by the Headway Institute of Strategic Alliance (HISA).


At this year's edition, we are introducing a Seed Funding Program of up to USD $5,000, exclusively for delegates who attend the convention and present their social projects or initiatives. Selected participants will get the chance to pitch their ideas in front of a distinguished international jury and secure funding to scale their impact-driven ventures.


You can participate through any of the following categories:

Forum Access Delegate: Register directly on our website or click here to join.

Self-Funded Delegate: Register on our website to secure your place with full benefits.

Installment Option: Prefer to pay in parts? Start by submitting your first installment now, and complete the remaining amount upon arrival at the venue. Click here to pay $299 now and pay $200 on arrival. Your letters/confirmations will be sent to the email which you will use during payment, so please use yours. Perks including visa support letters, shared accommodation in Milan, forum meals and access - all under $499 that too payable on installment. 


This is your moment to present your project on a global stage, connect with youth innovators, and potentially receive seed funding up to $5,000 to bring your idea to life.


Don't miss this opportunity — register now and be part of a global community shaping a better future.


Warm regards,

Global Youth Convention 2025 – Organizing Committee

Hosted by HISA – Public Policy Research Institute

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Monday, November 24, 2025

JHI Blog: Recent posts

The Repressed Political Economy of Global Intellectual History

by Veronica Lazăr Intellectual history's recent global turn signaled the need for both an epistemic renewal of the field and its strong repoliticization. Global intellectual history is at least partially a result of the critical forces that, for decades, had... Continue Reading →

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

JHI Blog: Recent posts

The Fractured Clock: Exploitation and Control of Transport Workers in Colonial Calcutta

by Amartyajyoti Basu The story of modern capitalism is often told through the lens of the factory whistle and the punch clock – symbols of progress and industrial modernity. Yet, in colonial Calcutta, between 1920 and 1960, these symbols represented... Continue Reading →

Monday, November 17, 2025

JHI Blog: Recent posts

Zvi Griliches and the Productivity Puzzle in Midcentury American Agriculture

by Ibanca Anand The years between 1935 and 1965 marked a second "Agricultural Revolution" for the United States (Rasmussen 1962). The introduction and widespread adoption of farm machinery, genetically modified crops, artificial insemination, chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and other emergent... Continue Reading →

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

JHI Blog: Recent posts

From Petro-Modernity to Petro-Post-Modernity: Disney and the American Cultural Imagination of the Oil Industry

by Levi Thompson In its celebration of machines, of speed as success, and of petro-culture—i.e., the transformation of human experience following from oil extraction in the twentieth century—as the primary organizing principle of society, Disney's Cars dramatizes a concept that... Continue Reading →

Monday, November 10, 2025

JHI Blog: Recent posts

The Roots of the Neoliberal Subject: Margaret Thatcher and the Creation of Homo Oeconomicus

by Alexander Curtis On March 11, 1980, an embattled Margaret Thatcher delivered a much-anticipated Party Political Broadcast. Her budget cuts to state and welfare programs were facing fierce resistance, both from political opponents on the Left and even from within... Continue Reading →

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

JHI Blog: Recent posts

"Passing" as Japanese at the Turn of the Century: On Civilizational Equivalence in Onoto Watanna's Oeuvre

by Julia Meghan Walton In November 1896, the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune introduced its readers to Onoto Watanna, a "bright" half-Japanese girl who had been "prevailed upon" by the newspaper's editors to write a "real" Japanese romance ("A Bright Japanese Girl").... Continue Reading →

Monday, November 3, 2025

JHI Blog: Recent posts

“To Repair Evil and Enrich the Nation”: Moral Doctrine and Political Economy in Joaquín de Finestrad's Vasallo instruido

by Benjamín Gaillard-Garrido "We, and all the individuals of society, must equally offer to the King's heart our will and our intents, which are the blood of the Kingdom; and serve him with our talents, our labor, and our industry,... Continue Reading →

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