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 153: Thinking Historically About the Surveillance State
My guest today is Christopher Miller. He’s Assistant Professor of International History at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University,...
Episode 152: Modern Dance and Modern America, or, Martha Graham and the Cold War
Martha Graham has been described as the “Picasso of modern dance”; she was and remains an icon of modernist high culture. But she was also received...
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...
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