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 112: Common Schools, or, Creating the American Public School
The story of American public education is complex and long. Beginning with the Revolution, Americans began to experiment with modes of public schooling....
Episode 111: Alternative Universities, or, Way Outside the Academic Box
The 1930s were not a great era for the American economy, but they were wonderful for experiments in higher education. In 1933 the New School for Social...
Episode 110: The American Revolution in the South
In August 1780, following the second defeat of an American army in South Carolina within one summer, the British government seemed to have regained...
Episode 109: The Curiosities of Thomas Harriot
In 2003 East Carolina University named its college of liberal arts the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences. This was in part because Thomas...
Episode 108: Kelly Dean Jolley on Rebuilding a Humanities Program
Kelly Dean Jolley is Goodwin-Philpott Endowed Chair in Religion and Professor of Philosophy at Auburn University. His work is in the theory of judgment,...
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