From 9/11 to 9/11: The Widening of the Atlantic
July 5, 2024
Timothy Garton Ash— As our small group of European experts stood with President George W. Bush on the Truman balcony of the White House one fine May day in 2001,… READ MORE
Category: European History
Sea Power: Then and Now
June 26, 2024
Evan Mawdsley— Sea power is back in the news. In April 2022, the cruiser Moskva was sunk by Ukrainian anti-ship missiles. Since last November, American and British warships have actively… READ MORE
A Watershed Moment in Naval History
May 31, 2024
Paul Kennedy— The soft, warm waters of the Mediterranean lapped gently against the sides of the two great warships anchored across from each other in Malta’s historic Grand Harbour in… READ MORE
The Musics of Michel Leiris
May 2, 2024
Richard Sieburth— Autobiography and autofiction are all the rage in France, viz. Annie Ernaux’s recent Nobel Prize. Anticipating this trend, ex-surrealist Michel Leiris devoted much of his literary career to… READ MORE
Cannabis and Hashish in the West: The Colonial Origins
April 20, 2024
Mike Jay— The first sustained interaction between the modern West and the hashish eaters of the Arab world occurred during Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt in 1798, which culminated in a… READ MORE
Empires, Wars, Collapse: 1914-2024
April 11, 2024
Iryna Vushko— I was putting the finishing touch on my book on the history of places and people from a hundred years ago and was watching an apocalypse of unprecedented… READ MORE
The Women, Men, and Children of the 1984–85 UK Miners’ Strike
March 29, 2024
Robert Gildea— [T]here was something of a gender revolution. Miners’ wives had been transformed by the strike. They had been involved in setting up local support groups, which came together… READ MORE
Making the World at Home
March 27, 2024
Chloe Wigston Smith— Picture this: a young girl sits next to a fireplace, its dim glow brightened by warm candlelight. Her head is bent, and her eyes study the piece… READ MORE
The Sky Turns Black from Smoke
March 14, 2024
Marci Shore— The Sky Turns Black from Smoke Close to midnight on Tuesday, 18 February 2014, twenty-one-year-old Misha Martynenko, reeking of smoke, returned to the Kiev apartment he shared with… READ MORE
Ep. 132 — Building Pluralistic Campuses with Michael S. Roth
March 12, 2024
In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Wesleyan president Michael S. Roth about the history of the student, current crises facing higher education, and building… READ MORE
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