Category What We’re 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. John: Jeremy Adelman, “The Mortal Marx”… Continue Reading →

We have a couple of announcements to make with this week’s links round-up. We’re proud to have two new contributing editors joining our team: Disha Karnad Jani and Eric Brandom. Full bios for Disha and Eric are available on our… Continue Reading →

Erin: An Open Letter to Our Nation from 100 Women of Color Leaders David Remnick, “An American Tragedy” (The New Yorker) Masha Gessen, “Autocracy: Rules for Survival” (NYR Daily) Thomas Frank, “Swat Team” (Harper’s) Bergis Jules, “Confronting Our Failure of… Continue Reading →

Emily: Ian Buruma, Oscar Wilde’s ‘Living Death’ (NYRB) William Davies, Home Office Rules (LRB) John Gallagher, Elzābet of Anletār (LRB) Anne Grikitis, Women in the Civil Service, WW1: winning the battle for acceptance (History of Government) Erin: Lorrie More, “The… Continue Reading →

Emily: Sam Tanenhaus, Rise of the Reactionary, on the history of the American right (New Yorker) Olivia Robinson and Alison Moulds, Women in Oxford’s History, a new podcast Jaime Cantrell, Out of the Closet, Into the Archives: Researching Sexual Histories… Continue Reading →

Emily: This week’s must-read, for college teachers especially: Eli Saslow, The white flight of Derek Black (Washington Post) An amazing documentary about women in Saudi Arabia, with fascinating echoes of nineteenth-century Britain: Mona El-Naggar, ‘Ladies First’: Saudi Arabia’s Female Candidates… Continue Reading →

Emily: Susan Pedersen reviews Robert Vitalis: Destined to Disappear: ‘Race Studies’ (LRB) Tamson Pietsch, Great Gatsby Gap Year (Cap and Gown) Heather Ellis, Grammar Schools: Taking the Long View (History Matters, University of Sheffield) Stefan Collini, How to Be Ourselves:… Continue Reading →

John: Matthew Bevis, “Supping on Horrors” (Harper’s) Lina Bolzani, “Torna il vero «Furioso»” (Il Sole 24 Ore) Ian Buruma, “Le Carré’s Other Cold War” (The Nation) Alexander Cammann, »Der Überlebenskünstler« (Die Zeit) Christoph Charle, François Euvé and Gisèle Sapiro, «… Continue Reading →

Emily: Some great historical statistics about education in the UK (House of Commons Library) Fintan O’Toole, The Easter Rising: Powerful and Useless (NYRB) Akash Kapur, The Return of the Utopians (New Yorker) Andy Seal, Jamie Doward, From Jane Austen to… Continue Reading →

Emily: The first UK production in nearly 30 years of Tony Harrison’s The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus (Finborough Theatre) Emily Nussbaum, ‘Fleabag,’ an Original Bad-Girl Comedy (New Yorker) Professor Cottom’s Grad School Guidance, a great document for anyone considering applying for… Continue Reading →