Who is David?
October 2, 2017
David Wolpe— We wish our heroes to be attractively flawed: brave but heedless, good but confused, wise yet inexplicably sad. A minor crack in character makes the vessel seem that… READ MORE
Category: European History
The Downfall of Hitler’s Soldiers
September 29, 2017
Ben H. Shepard— The answer to the question of why the German army fought on as long as it did was an answer that evolved and changed during the war’s final two… READ MORE
The Historical Assault on the Language of the Deaf
August 18, 2017
Gerald Shea— Noam Chomsky, giving a lecture in Chicago in 1965, mistakenly defined language as “a specific sound-to-meaning correspondence.” When asked where this left the signed languages of the Deaf,… READ MORE
Ep. 33 – Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858
July 20, 2017
The summer of 1858 was hot and stinky in London and filled with stories and scandals. YaleUniversity · Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858
Why Are We Still Reading Jane Austen (But Not Mary Brunton)?
July 14, 2017
H. J. Jackson— Up to 1860, the career paths of Jane Austen and Mary Brunton were strikingly similar. If Brunton had an advantage in the reviews and reference books, Austen—who… READ MORE
Ep. 32 – The Nazi Obsession with the Occult
July 13, 2017
The Nazi obsession with the occult and supernatural is well-known in pop culture. Eric Kurlander gives us the real story beyond what we’ve seen in Hollywood and comics. YaleUniversity ·… READ MORE
Disraeli, de Rothschild, and the Struggle to Admit Jews to Parliament
July 5, 2017
Rosemary Ashton— What was it like to live in London through one of the hottest summers on record, with the River Thames emitting a sickening smell as a result of the… READ MORE
Pride Month Bookshelf: LGBTQIA+ History, Cultural Studies, and Literature Beyond June
June 28, 2017
Presenting our Yale University Press Pride Month reading list—because celebrating #Pride2017, learning from the history of the movement, championing stories and contributions of LGBTQIA+ individuals, and working each day to insist on equal… READ MORE
“It’s the Climate, Stupid.”
June 27, 2017
Geoffrey Parker— Once upon a time, climate change was a hot topic. In 1979 the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations Environment Programme, the National Science Foundation, the Ford… READ MORE
The Idea of Yugoslavia: Translating Miljenko Jergović’s “The Walnut Mansion”
June 21, 2017
The Walnut Mansion by Miljenko Jergović—translated by Stephen M. Dickey with Janja Pavetic-Dickey—is a grand novel that encompasses nearly all of Yugoslavia’s tumultuous twentieth century, from the decline of the… READ MORE
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