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 192: Distracted, or, How to be Attentive
Anyone who has been in a classroom in the last 25 years has heard someone—perhaps themselves—worry about the effects of “digital distraction”...
Episode 191: Pacifist Prophet
In 1775 Johannes Papunhunk died in a Moravian village in Ohio. He was not a Moravian, or any other kind of European, but a member of the Munsee tribe...
Episode 190: Porcelain
In 1709, one of the great European technological achievements of the 18th century was realized—the reverse engineering of a formula for porcelain...
Episode 189: Keeping in Time
Beginning in the Middle Ages, western culture became increasingly interested in regulating society through the precise, accurate measurement of time....
Episode 188: The Amateur Hour, or, A History of Why College Professors Can’t Teach
In 2008 when Jonathan Zimmerman received a teaching award, his dean introduced him by telling the assembled audience what he books and scholarly articles...
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