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November 3, 2024
Three Worlds
In July 1950, Avi Shlaim, only five, and his family were forced into exile, fleeing from their beloved Iraq into the new state of Israel. Now the r…
October 9, 2024
Stalin's Genocides
Absolutely no one doubts that Stalin murdered millions of people in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. His ruthless campaign of "dekulakization," his pitiles…
July 30, 2024
To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause
A gripping history of the Soviet dissident movement, which hastened the end of the USSR--and still provides a model of opposition in Putin's Russia. …
July 22, 2024
The Road to Dallas
There are some topics that historians know not to touch. They are just too hot (or too cold). The assassination of JFK is one of them. Most scholars w…
July 21, 2024
The Kennedy Assassination
You could fill a large library with books about JFK's assassination. We've even touched on the subject here. The topic of the transfer of power from J…
June 2, 2024
The Allure of Battle
History has tended to measure war's winners and losers in terms of its major engagements, battles in which the result was so clear-cut that they could…
September 13, 2023
The Art of Being Dangerous
The idea that women are dangerous - individually or collectively - runs throughout history and across cultures. Behind this label lies a significant s…
December 20, 2022
The Ghost of Craven Snuggs
Today I talked to the wonderful Sandy Moffett. Sandy joined the Grinnell faculty in 1971 and teaches Acting, Directing and American Theatre. Although …
December 7, 2022
Anthropological Lives
Anthropological Lives: An Introduction to the Profession of Anthropology (Rutgers UP, 2020) introduces readers to what it is like to be a professional…
November 21, 2022
All the Comfort Sin Can Provide
Today I had the pleasure of talking to Grant Faulkner. We discuss National Novel Writing Month, of which Grant is the executive director, 100 Word Sto…
November 14, 2022
University Presses Today
The NBN would not exist but for the work of university presses. So every year we celebrate the efforts of our colleagues at UPs during "University Pre…
November 1, 2022
Tomorrow in Shanghai and Other Stories
In a vibrant and illuminating follow-up to her award-winning story collection, Useful Phrases for Immigrants, May-lee Chai's latest collection Tomorro…
October 17, 2022
Athena Itonia
In Athena Itonia: Geography and Meaning of an Ancient Greek War Goddess (Brill, 2019) Gerald V. Lalonde offers a comparative study of the social, poli…
September 15, 2022
Lessons from Plants
We know that plants are important. They maintain the atmosphere by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen. They nourish other living organisms …
August 31, 2022
The Violence Project
Using data from the writers' groundbreaking research on mass shooters, including first-person accounts from the perpetrators themselves, The Violence …
August 15, 2022
Modern Mathematical Logic
Today I had the pleasure of talking to Joe Mileti, associate professor of mathematics at Grinnell College. Even if you are not "into" math, you will e…
August 1, 2022
Tasting Paradise on Earth
Today I talked to Jin Feng of Grinnell College about her fascinating book Tasting Paradise on Earth: Jiangnan Foodways (U Washington Press, 2019). Pr…
July 15, 2022
Signs of the Spirit
In 2005, Tony Perman attended a ceremony alongside the living and the dead. His visit to a Zimbabwe farm brought him into contact with the madhlozi, o…
July 1, 2022
From Biological Bench Science to Teaching at Grinnell College
Today I chatted with Charvann Bailey, assistant professor of biology at Grinnell College. We discussed her route to a Ph.D. in biology, the struggles …
June 15, 2022
All About Dwarf Galaxies
Today I talked to astronomer Charlotte Christensen of Grinnell College. She studies (among other things) dwarf galaxies. Dwarf galaxies, galaxies wi…
June 7, 2022
Raising Raffi
"I was not prepared to be a father--this much I knew." Keith Gessen was nearing forty and hadn't given much thought to the idea of being a father. He…
June 2, 2022
The Many Faces of Political Islam, Second Edition
Analysts and pundits from across the American political spectrum describe Islamic fundamentalism as one of the greatest threats to modern, Western-sty…
May 24, 2022
How to Start a Successful Academic Podcast
Today I talked to Sean Guillory. Sean did something pretty remarkable (and hard): He started a successful academic podcast. It's called the SRB Podcas…
May 17, 2022
Collecting Lives
On a near-daily basis, data is being used to narrate our lives. Categorizing algorithms drawn from amassed personal data to assign narrative destinies…