Interviews with Scholars of Intellectual History about their New Books Support our show by becoming
On Revival: Hebrew Literature Between Life and Death (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) is a critique of o
A note about content:This episode involves discussion of suicide, specifically in the contexts of sl
North, south, east and west: almost all societies use the four cardinal directions to orientate them
When, where, and who gets to touch and be touched, and who decides? What do we learn through touch?
Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Salem Elzway, postdoctoral fellow in the Society o
In Experimental Histories: Interpolation and the Medieval British Past (Cornell University Press, 20
In July 1950, Avi Shlaim, only five, and his family were forced into exile, fleeing from their belov
The term “resentment,” often casually paired with words like “hatred,” “rage,” and “fear,” has domin
It’s the UConn Popcast, and in the second of our series on Thinking Machines we consider Karel Čapek
Challenging the standard view that England emerged as a dominant power and Wales faded into obscurit
Most things you 'know' about science and religion are myths or half-truths that grew up in the last
From the emergence of money in the ancient world to today’s interconnected landscape of high-frequen
Based on The Wisdom of Our Ancestors: Conservative Humanism and the Western Tradition (University of
It is often assumed that classical Sanskrit poetry and drama lack a concern with the tragic. However
For generations most of the canonical works that detail the lives of poor people have been created b
At a time when critiques of free trade policies are gaining currency, The Neomercantilists: A Global
In his famous argument against miracles, David Hume gets to the heart of the modern problem of super
As climate change alters seasons around the globe, literature registers and responds to shifting env
Augustine believed that slavery is permissible, but to understand why, we must situate him in his la
Monstrous Work and Radical Satisfaction: Black Women Writing Under Segregation (U Minnesota Press, 2
