Historia Magistra Vitae: On Reinhart Koselleck’s Vision of History
Joshua Milstein excavates “Sediments of Time: On Possible Histories” by Reinhart Koselleck, translated by Sean Franzel and Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann....
“I Don’t Really Care. Do You?”: Scientists in the Grey Zone in 1930s Italy
Massimo Mazzotti reflects on how Italian scientists failed as a bulwark against fascist politics in the 1930s....
A Cultural History of the Religious Fringe
Kevin O’Leary reviews Adam Morris's "American Messiahs: False Prophets of a Damned Nation."...
No Peace of Mind in Psychiatry
Philip Alcabes makes sense of "Mind Fixers" by Anne Harrington....
A Wonder-Filled Compendium: On Robert Kirk’s “The Secret Commonwealth: Of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies”
A new edition of Robert Kirk’s classic anatomy of fairyland....
Is That All There Is?: Queer Culture and Politics on the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall
Much has changed in the 50 years since the flashpoint of the modern LGBTQ movement, but there is still much more to do....
Queer History Uncovered: A Conversation with Matthew Riemer
Michael Valinksy interviews queer historian Matthew Riemer about his new labor of love, “We Are Everywhere,” co-written with Leighton Brown....
Enter Paul: On Paula Fredriksen’s “Paul: The Pagans’ Apostle” and “When Christians Were Jews”
Brad East reviews two recent books by Paula Fredriksen....
The Enlightenment’s Venereal Imagination
A new book about how 18th-century writers and artists grappled with the reality of STIs....
The Thief: On the Rediscovery of Luis de Carvajal the Younger’s Memoir
Ilan Stavans narrates the rediscovery of Luis de Carvajal the Younger’s long-lost memoir....
The Vanishing Black Woman Spy Reappears
What a newly discovered letter from “Mary Bowser,” a slave turned Civil War spy, reveals about race in postbellum America....
An Endless Crusade
Giuliana Chamedes's "A Twentieth-Century Crusade" is a work of tremendous ambitions and impressive panoramic scope....
