Podcast A History of the Muslim World September 09, 2025 Michael A. Cook talks with Morteza Hajizadeh about his new book, A History of the Muslim World鈥攁 panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muhammad to the birth of the modern era. Read More
Podcast The World at First Light September 04, 2025 The cultural epoch we know as the Renaissance emerged at a certain time and in a certain place. Why then and not earlier? Why there and not elsewhere? Read More
Podcast Iran鈥檚 Grand Strategy September 03, 2025 Vali Nasr examines Iran鈥檚 political history in new ways to explain its actions and ambitions on the world stage, showing how, behind the veneer of theocracy and Islamic ideology, today鈥檚 Iran is pursuing a grand strategy aimed at securing the country internally and asserting its place in the region and the world. Read More
Interview David Woodman on The First King of England September 03, 2025 David Woodman blends masterful storytelling with the latest scholarship to paint a multifaceted portrait of 脝thelstan (d. 939)鈥攁n immensely important but neglected figure. Read More
Podcast When the Bombs Stopped July 16, 2025 In When the Bombs Stopped, Erin Lin investigates the consequences of the US bombing campaign across postconflict Cambodia. Read More
Essay Bernd Roeck on The World at First Light July 15, 2025 The cultural epoch we know as the Renaissance emerged at a certain time and in a certain place. Why then and not earlier? Why there and not elsewhere? Historian Bernd Roeck explores the cultural and historical preconditions that enabled the European Renaissance. Read More
Essay The bombs that didn鈥檛 go off July 07, 2025 Despite their years of experience and hard work, Lom and Leang are failing at small-scale commercial production. Why are these smart and hard-working farmers in one of the most fertile areas in the country tallying so many losses, unable to clear their share of agricultural profits? Read More
Essay Meritocracy and diversity: The Rooseveltian perspective June 11, 2025 Questions of meritocracy and diversity have been freshly thrust to the center of our national discourse thanks to a pitched battle between two presidents鈥攐ne of the United States, the other of Harvard University. Read More
Podcast The Girl in the Middle June 03, 2025 Spinning a spellbinding historical tale from a single enigmatic image, The Girl in the Middle reveals how the American nation grappled with what kind of country it would be as it expanded westward in the aftermath of the Civil War. Read More
Interview Audrey Truschke on India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent June 02, 2025 Audrey Truschke鈥檚聽India is a stunning new history of the Indian subcontinent and its diverse peoples in global contexts鈥攆rom antiquity to today. Read More
Interview John Tolan on Islam: A New History from Muhammad to the Present May 13, 2025 Most popular histories of Islam continue to repeat conventional pietistic accounts. In contrast, John Tolan draws on decades of new historical research that has transformed knowledge of the origins and development of the Muslim faith. Read More
Interview Vali Nasr on Iran鈥檚 Grand Strategy May 07, 2025 Vali Nasr examines Iran鈥檚 political history in new ways to explain its actions and ambitions on the world stage, showing how, behind the veneer of theocracy and Islamic ideology, today鈥檚 Iran is pursuing a grand strategy aimed at securing the country internally and asserting its place in the region and the world. Read More
Interview Ian Stewart on The Celts: A Modern History March 03, 2025 A new history of the Celts that reveals how this once-forgotten people became a pillar of modern national identity in Britain, Ireland, and France. Read More
Podcast The Age of Choice March 03, 2025 Choice touches virtually every aspect of our lives, from what to buy and where to live to whom to love, what profession to practice, and even what to believe. But the option to choose in such matters was not something we always possessed or even aspired to. The Age of Choice tells the long history of the invention of choice as the defining feature of modern freedom. Read More
Essay Bad Bunny, Puerto Rico, and public history February 19, 2025 The evening before Three King鈥檚 Day, on January 6th, Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny released his sixth album DeB脥 TiRAR MaS FOTos (I Should Have Taken More Pictures). Instead of releasing highly produced videos, the artist's team worked with Jorell Mel茅ndez-Badillo, author of 鈥淧uerto Rico: A National History,鈥� to create historical slides that were launched alongside each of the seventeen tracks. Read More
