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Modern Intellectual History August 2013 Issue Published

MIH 10.3, November Articles Josh Ehrlich, “William Robertson and Scientific Theism” Iain McDaniel, “Philosophical History and the Science of Man in Scotland: Adam Ferguson’s Answer to Rousseau’s Second Discourse” Katja Guenther, “The disappearing lesion – Sigmund Freud, sensory-motor physiology, and the beginnings of psychoanalysis” Daniel Geary, “Children of The Lonely Crowd: David Riesman, the Young Radicals, […]

Graduate Student Twagira Wins DDRA Fellowship

History Ph.D. student Ben Twagira has just won a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship to conduct research in Uganda next year. Please join us in congratulating him on this achievement!

Journal of the Historical Society Publishes Article by Grad Student Matt Pressman

The recent discovery of film footage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his wheelchair has revived the myth of a gentleman’s agreement between press and president to keep Roosevelt’s disability a secret. The Journal of the Historical Society recently published graduate student Matt Pressman’s article setting the record straight. A condensed version of the article […]

Grad Student Matt Pressman Exposes Myth of FDR’s Secret Disability in Time.com

The recent discovery of film footage of President Franklin D. roosevelt in his wheelchair has revived the myth of a gentleman’s agreement between press and president to keep Roosevelt’s disability a secret.  On the Time magazine website, grad student Matt pressman sets the record straight.  To access his article, visit http://ti.me/1aMJU4D

Prof. Arianne Chernock on NPR and NECN

Prof. Arianne Chernock on NPR’s “All Things Considered”  and NECN to talk about the obsession of Americans with British Monarchy. Find it NPR’s segment here. Find NECN’s segment here.