My Dissertation Disaster
This is your chance to write in depth about what interests you,” said my lecturers as I prepared to embark upon my History dissertation.
Jack Morgan Jones
· 11 min read
History
A collection of 350 posts
The Enlightenment’s Cynical Critics
It is nearly impossible to find a human society that did not, at least at times, practice slavery and engage in barbarous acts of conquest and colonisation.
Katherine Kelaidis
· 5 min read
The Historian's Hubris
Several Stanford University campus groups began protesting a free speech initiative that seemed designed to stir up controversy and privilege right-wing voices.
Genevieve Weynerowski
· 8 min read
Giving the Devil His Due: Why Freedom of Inquiry in Science and Politics is Inviolable
Michael Shermer
· 14 min read
'If I Want to Hold Seminars on the Topic of Empire, I Will Do So Privately': An Interview with Nigel Biggar
Somewhat similarly, at Oxford, professor Nigel Biggar was targeted immediately after his project “Ethics and Empire” was launched.
Sumantra Maitra
· 5 min read
A Liberal’s Case for Conservatives in History Departments
The liberal-to-leftist makeup of the discipline significantly influences the questions historians ask, the answers that we privilege, and the ways we teach and engage with the public.
Joseph Stieb
· 6 min read
A History of the Struggle for Gay Equality: Civil Rights or Counterculture Movement?
While the achievements of the gay rights movement are commendable, we should be wary of queer separatist activism.
Geoffrey Wale
· 11 min read
The Elites and Inequality: The Rise and Fall of the Managerial Class
In analysing the political upheavals across Europe and America in the past several years, it has become customary to talk about ‘the elites’ and about ‘inequality’. This article will explore both concepts in political and socio-economic analysis, and posits that certain elites in the West need narratives of inequality to
Neema Parvini
· 10 min read
On Quasi-Religious Appeals to the Judgment of History
“People (mostly liberals) tend to say, ‘You’re on the wrong side of history’ about social issues that are breaking their way.
Bonny Brooks
· 7 min read
The Privilege Paradox
Even this cursory glance reveals two important facts about the usage of the word ‘privilege’ today.
Samuel Biagetti
· 10 min read
“What Have the Romans Ever Done For Us?” A Discussion of Helen Dale’s Kingdom of the Wicked
Are there any reasons for thinking that the Romans could have had an industrial revolution?
Robert Darby
· 15 min read
The Tyranny of the Subjective
Among these is a preference for what have come to be called ‘traditionally marginalized narratives.
Elizabeth Finne
· 15 min read
Britain's Grooming Gang Crisis
Yet if the phenomenon is to be understood it is important to evaluate the data objectively. Otherwise we have a lot of heat and little light.
Ben Sixsmith
· 7 min read
The Behavioral Ecology of Male Violence
Understanding patterns of lethal violence among humans requires understanding some important sex differences between males and females.
William Buckner
· 16 min read
Thinking Critically About Social Justice
By identifying the distorting effects power had on society’s beliefs and values, they believed they could achieve a more accurate picture of the world.
Uri Harris
· 12 min read