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The latest issue of the Journal of the History of Ideas, volume 77 number 3, is available in print form from Penn Press and online at Project Muse. The table of contents is as follows: Marcia L. Colish, 2015 Arthur… 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. Madeline: Mary Beard, “Power to the… Continue Reading →

 Can the Nonhuman Speak? Breaking the Chain of Being in the Anthropocene a lecture by Joyce E. Chaplin A syllogism: 1. The environmental crises that go under the name of the Anthropocene represent the most important problems of our generation…. Continue Reading →

by contributing editor Brooke Palmieri     Few historical truths are as easy to pin down as the fact that Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) knew how to have a good time. He loved a good party, he loved his wine and… Continue Reading →

We’re pleased to note that the January 2016 issue of the Journal of the History of Ideas (volume 76 issue 1) is available in print. As you’ll see from the table of contents, the articles in this issue include Peter… Continue Reading →

by Jake Purcell and Emily Rutherford For the second year, your trusty blog editors have combed through the behemoth that is the AHA Annual Meeting’s program in search of panels and events related to intellectual history. JHIBlog readers attending the… Continue Reading →

This time last year, we editors were nervously putting the finishing touches on our design for JHIBlog, and writing posts so that there would be something on the website. We launched on January 1, 2015: what a year it’s been!… Continue Reading →

It is with great excitement that we announce a new direction for JHIBlog—or, that is, several new directions. Beginning this month, several contributing editors have agreed to join us and broaden the website’s historical scope and depth. This will entail… Continue Reading →