Return of the King? Monarchy in American Thought
By Zach Bates This is a companion essay to the author’s “The Idea of Royal Empire and the Imperial Crown
Category: Atlantic history
John Parkinson and the Rise of Botany in the 17th Century
By Guest Contributor Molly Nebiolo The roots of contemporary botany have been traced back to the botanical systems laid out
Norse fantasies and American foundings
By Editor Derek Kane O’Leary The monumental, bronze face of Leif Erikson gazes westward from Boston’s Commonwealth Avenue toward the
The Problem of Democracy: Radical Political Traditions in the Revolutions of 1848
By guest contributor Pamela C. Nogales C. Prompted by the experience of the second world war, historian Lewis Namier described
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, New England, and hemispheric visions
By Editor Derek Kane O’Leary American sculptor Bela Pratt imagined the above statue in 1916, but it was never built.
A conversation with Prof. Surekha Davies: From our occasional podcast series
In our inaugural podcast, Contributing Editor Cynthia Houng speaks with Prof. Surekha Davies about her book, Renaissance Ethnography and the
Houses of Glass and Veils of Secrecy: Metaphor in Discourses of Political Publicity
By guest contributor Katlyn Marie Carter We often use metaphors and analogies to talk about politics. The legislative process, you
On The Pinkster King and the King of the Kongo: An Interview with Jeroen Dewulf
Interview conducted by editor Derek O’Leary Jeroen Dewulf is the Queen Beatrix Professor in Dutch Studies and an Associate Professor