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Lisa Greenwald, “Daughters of 1968: Redefining French Feminism and the Women’s Liberation Movement” (U Nebraska Press, 2019)
Lisa Greenwald
Daughters of 1968
Redefining French Feminism and the Women’s Liberation Movement
University of Nebraska Press, 2019

New Books in European StudiesNew Books in French StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & Society August 15, 2019 Beth Maudlin

May ’68 marked a watershed moment in French society, culture, and political life. The feminist movement was no exception. Women took to the streets and meeting halls around the country, challenging outdated sexual standards, fighting for reproductive freedom, and articulating women’s oppression in radically new ways. In Daughters of 1968:... Read More
Michael Lower, “The Tunis Crusade of 1270: A Mediterranean History” (Oxford UP, 2018)
Michael Lower
The Tunis Crusade of 1270
A Mediterranean History
Oxford University Press, 2018

New Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Islamic StudiesNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network August 12, 2019 Aaron Hagler

Why was a Crusade that was initially meant for Syria end up in Tunis? How did the aspirations of the King of France and the Mamluk Sultan, the King of Sicily and the Hafsid Emir of Tunis, get entangled in the years following the Mongol invasion of the Middle East?... Read More
Is the Idea of “The Enlightenment” Still Useful?

Is the Idea of The Enlightenment Still Useful?
A Discussion with Jeremy Black and William Gibson
NBN, 2019

Arguing HistoryNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network August 9, 2019 Charles Coutinho

In a new podcast of the series ‘Arguing History’, Professor Jeremy Black, the most prolific historian writing in the Anglophone world, if not on the entire planet, and renowned Ecclesiastical Historian Professor William Gibson discuss the question: ‘is the idea of the Enlightenment one which is no longer useful for... Read More
Erin-Marie Legacey, “Making Space for the Dead: Catacombs, Cemeteries, and the Reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830” (Cornell UP, 2019)
Erin-Marie Legacey
Making Space for the Dead
Catacombs, Cemeteries, and the Reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830
Cornell University Press, 2019

New Books in ArchitectureNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in French StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & Society August 7, 2019 Beth Mauldin

In Making Space for the Dead: Catacombs, Cemeteries, and the Reimagining of Paris, 1780-1830 (Cornell University Press, 2019), Dr. Erin-Marie Legacey, Assistant Professor of History at Texas Tech University, explores the transformation of burial practices in the aftermath of the French Revolution. Public health concerns under the Old Regime prompted... Read More
Robert Crowcroft, “The End is Nigh: British Politics, Power, and the Road to the Second World War” (Oxford UP, 2019)
Robert Crowcroft
The End is Nigh
British Politics, Power, and the Road to the Second World War
Oxford University Press, 2019

New Books in British StudiesNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network August 6, 2019 Charles Coutinho

Few decades have given rise to such potent mythologies as the 1930s. Popular impressions of those years prior to the Second World War were shaped by the single outstanding personality of that conflict, Winston Spencer Churchill. Churchill depicted himself as a political prophet, exiled into the wilderness prior to 1939... Read More
Katharina Karcher, “Sisters in Arms: Militant Feminisms in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1968” (Berghahn, 2017)
Katharina Karcher
Sisters in Arms
Militant Feminisms in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1968
Berghahn, 2017

New Books in European StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in German StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network July 31, 2019 Craig Sorvillo

In her new book, Sisters in Arms: Militant Feminisms in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1968 (Berghahn, 2017), Katharina Karcher Lecturer in German at the University of Birmingham, examines a critical time in the history and development of the feminist movement in Germany. Sisters in Arms gives a bracing account of... Read More
Violet Moller, “The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found” (Doubleday, 2019)
Violet Moller
The Map of Knowledge
A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found
Douibleday, 2019

New Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and Society July 31, 2019 Ian J. Drake

Violet Moller has written a narrative history of the transmission of books from the ancient world to the modern. In The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found (Doubleday, 2019), Moller traces the histories of migration of three ancient authors, Euclid, Ptolemy and Galen,... Read More