The Age of Dionysus
January 30, 2023
Robert D. Kaplan— Many hope and believe that the murderous autocratic regimes in Russia and Iran must eventually give way to democracy. But it may be a long struggle. I… READ MORE
Category: History
My Egypt Archive: A Conversation with Alan Mikhail
January 25, 2023
In My Egypt Archive, Alan Mikhail provides an engaging on-the-ground account of the everyday authoritarianism that produced the Arab Spring in Egypt. Here, Mikhail talks to us about his continued… READ MORE
Ep. 100 – The History and Future of Abortion in America
January 24, 2023
In Roe: The History of a National Obsession, the leading U.S. expert on abortion law charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during its fifty-year history. In this… READ MORE
The Origin of Liberal Politics and the Future of Donald Trump
January 19, 2023
Michael Walzer— Throughout political history, transitions from one ruler or group of rulers to another or from one regime to another, have almost always been a brutal, if not murderous,… READ MORE
Documenting History: The Paper Legacy Project
January 17, 2023
Mindell Dubansky — Who in my field had received the attention they deserve; and whose artistic contributions might disappear from the history of the book in the near future? How… READ MORE
Ep. 98 – Ancient Lives with James Romm
January 13, 2023
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with author James Romm about Demetrius: Sacker of Cities. At the end of the episode, we discuss the larger… READ MORE
Thomas S. Kidd on Thomas Jefferson and The University of Virginia
December 13, 2022
Thomas S. Kidd— “I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past,” Jefferson told Adams in 1816. One such dream was his university. Like his… READ MORE
To the Unsung Interpreters
December 12, 2022
Nile Green— Today we take all sorts of cultural knowledge for granted. Few people nowadays have probably never heard of the Buddha or Confucius. Yet much of today’s global understanding… READ MORE
Chemical Lace and Connecting St. Gallen to New York and New Jersey
November 29, 2022
A New York Times best art book of 2022! Emma Cormack — Now on view at Bard Graduate Center Gallery in New York, the exhibition Threads of Power: Lace from… READ MORE
The Past and Future of Art History Is Black Feminist Art History
Sarah Louise Cowan — In 1993, artist and art historian Freida High Wasikhongo Tesfagiorgis called for a “Black feminist art history discourse” that would “prioritize the lives and concerns of… READ MORE
A Conversation with Trudier Harris on Bigger: A Literary Life