Historically Thinking
We believe that when people think historically, they are engaging in a disciplined way of thinking about the world and its past. We believe it gives thinkers a knack for recognizing nonsense; and that it cultivates not only intellectual curiosity and rigo
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Episode 214: Just a Few Questions
This our fourth episode in our year-long series about the skills of historical thinking, and it’s about that terrifying moment which leads to actually...
Episode 213: From Rebel to Ruler
In July and August of 1921 a group of young men met in Shanghai to found the Chinese Communist Party. They undoubtedly had great dreams, but even so...
Episode 212: The Perennial Russian Pivot to Asia
Peter the Great is known to history as the ruler who pushed for the westernization of Russia; who defeated Sweden, thereby making Russia a Baltic power;...
Episode 211: The [Quiet] Russian Revolution
For Russia the year 1837 began with the death of the poet Alexander Pushkin in a duel, and ended with a fire that destroyed the Czar’s Winter Palace....
Episode 210: Very Personal History
One California afternoon William Damon received a call from his daughter. A sleepless night had led her to do a little internet sleuthing, and the result...
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