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Prof Schulman Featured in Two Episodes of Podcast “The Last Best Hope?”

Professor Bruce Schulman recently appeared on two episodes of the The Last Best Hope?, the podcast hosted UK historian and broadcaster Adam Smith. As part of the show’s four-part election special, Schulman joined to discuss legacies of two elections, the contests of 1992 and 2008, that helped to shape the contemporary US political landscape. Listen […]

Prof Schulman Publishes New “Made by History” Column in Time Magazine

In his latest piece for Time Magazine’s “Made By History” column, Professor Bruce Schulman explores Donald Trump’s fixation on tariffs and the reasons for the lasting appeal of this idea that experts (and political opponents) flat out hate. He’s happy to report that, even though it took nearly 50 years, he finally made use of all that stuff […]

Henry Tonks Publishes New Piece in Public Seminar

History PhD Candidate Henry Tonks published a review essay in Public Seminar, a journal of ideas, politics, and culture published by the Public Seminar Publishing Initiative at The New School. The essay, entitled “Behind the Balancing Act of Kamala Harris’s Industrial Policy,” takes a look at the complicated history of post-1970s New Liberals. Read his […]

Prof Alexis Peri Publishes Newest Book “Dear Unknown Friend: The Remarkable Correspondence between American and Soviet Women”

History Professor Alexis Peri published her newest book on October 8, 2024, entitled Dear Unknown Friend: The Remarkable Correspondence between American and Soviet Women: “A rare and poignant tale, Dear Unknown Friend offers a glimpse of the Cold War through the perspectives of women who tried to move beyond the label of ‘enemy’ and understand, even befriend, […]

Henry Tonks Publishes “Back to the ’90s”

PhD Candidate Henry Tonks published a review piece in Phenomenal World, a publication focused on political economy, titled “Back to the ’90s.” The article considers the 1990s as “an era in which political liberalism’s enduring popularity fell apart. In 2024, Democratic policymakers find themselves standing at the edge of another, strikingly similar, lost opportunity.” Check out […]

Henry Tonks Publishes Review Essay in Public Seminar

History PhD Candidate Henry Tonks published a review essay in Public Seminar, a journal of ideas, politics, and culture published by the Public Seminar Publishing Initiative at The New School. The essay, entitled “How Moderate Republicans Went Extinct,” reconsiders Nelson Rockefeller and his legacy. Read his work in the journal here.

Prof Menegon Details Summer Research and Publications

This summer, Professor Eugenio Menegon spent six weeks in Europe for workshops and lectures. He co-organized two research meetings, presenting on “Center and Periphery: Propaganda Fide’s Accounting Practices in the Eighteenth-Century China Mission” at the workshop “Managing the Missions in East Asia,” Centro Científico e Cultural de Macau, Lisbon (Portugal), on May 23; and on […]

Prof Schulman Appears on BBC Radio 4

On September 8, 2024, Professor Bruce Schulman appeared on BBC Radio 4 for a program on the history of socialism in the United States. You can listen to it here.

Prof Schulman Publishes New Article with Time Magazine

It’s been 50 Years since Richard Nixon resigned the presidency, the first and (this far) the only President of the United States forced out of office).  In this piece for Time Magazine, Professor Bruce Schulman reconsiders the meaning and impact of the events that drove Nixon from the White house and shook up American public life.  The legacies […]