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 151: Time to Eat the Historically Thinking
This is a crossover episode of Historically Thinking. That's because my guest today is Michael Robinson. He’s Professor of History at Hillyer College,...
Episode 150: The Science of History, or, the Thought of Giambattista Vico
Giambattista Vico first published his masterwork The New Science in 1725. He revised it twice more before he died. It was intended to be nothing less...
Episode 149: Edges Are Interesting, or, a History of Eastern Europe
What is a people? What is a nation? Why do some peoples insist that nations must be synonymous with their particular group of people? And why are others...
Episode 148: Land of Tears, or, the Exploitation of the Congo
Between 1870 and 1900, the Congo River basin became "one of the most brutally exploited places on earth." Traders in slaves and natural resources; explorers;...
From the Archive: Blood Letters
Given events in China, I thought it might be good to go back to the archive and to one of the most important, and also the most moving, conversations...
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