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Captivée by Lesrel Adolphe Alexandre. Derek Emily Badger, “What Happened to the American Boomtown?” (New York Times) Michael J. Lewis, “Cedar Grove, restored” (New Criterion) Jeanine Michna-Bales, “The Long Road to Freedom” (Oxford American) Gordon Wood (podcast interview), “The World… Continue Reading →
by Contributing Writer Sarah Scullin THE ART OF THE WORD Between the period of Biblical/Babylonian acrostics and those of the Christian era, the Greeks and, later, the Romans, used acrostics in their literature in ways that were as difficult to… Continue Reading →
By Simon Brown In November 1647, the dispossessed cleric Thomas Harrison wrote yet another petition to the Parliamentary Committee for Plundered Ministers, imploring them this time to use his innovative note-taking system for ordering all their records taken “since these… Continue Reading →
At a Book (oil on canvas), Bashkirtseva, Maria Konstantinova (1860-84) / Kharkov Art Museum, Kharkov, Russia / Bridgeman Images Yitzchak: Alex Shephard, “The politics of the Middle East peace process is shifting in favor of Israel” (The New Republic) Ted… Continue Reading →
By Contributing Writer Sarah Scullin Acrostics—the name given to secret words spelled out in the first lines or paragraphs of a text—are experiencing a bit of a renaissance thanks to two high-profile letters that used this hidden coding to protest… Continue Reading →
Spencer: Gordon Campbell, “Making God Speak English” (Marginalia) John Farrell, “Paradoxes of Incarnation” (LARB) Joan MacDonald, “‘Like Diamonds or Fine Wine‘” (LARB) Robert Cottrell, “Russia’s Gay Demons” (NYRB) Ingrid D. Rowland, “Norwegian Woods” (NYRB) Derek: Thomas S. Kidd, “Roy… Continue Reading →
By Contributing Editor Yitzchak Schwartz In 1946, the artist and illuminator Arthur Szyk presented First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt with a signed portrait of her husband. Dated 1944, before the war had been won, the portrait depicts Roosevelt looming triumphant over… Continue Reading →
By editor Derek O’Leary In the early 19th century, many Americans summoned the history of an antique race from the myriad earthen structures encountered across the expanding frontier. Ranging from small tumuli, to larger animal and human effigies, to colossal… Continue Reading →
Here are a few interesting articles and pieces we found around the web this week. If you come across something that other intellectual historians might enjoy, please let us know in the comments section. Derek: Jennifer Young, “An Emancipation Proclamation… Continue Reading →
By guest contributor Jonathon Catlin According to Ethan Kleinberg, historians are still living in fear of the specter of deconstruction; their attempted exorcisms have failed. In Haunting History: For a Deconstructive Approach to the Past (2017), Kleinberg fruitfully “conjures” this… Continue Reading →
