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Normalizing the Nazis

The Nazi era stands as an exceptionally horrific period of global history. But in recent years the perception of Hitler and the Third Reich has changed. In Internet culture, where irony rules supreme,...

18 Mar 2015

Machiavelli & Madison

Alissa M. Ardito, the author of Machiavelli and the Modern State, compares two famous politicians who could not have been more different--but whose commitment to modernizing their republican governments grants them more in common than we thought.

Alissa M. Ardito | 17 Mar 2015

Promoting Democracy in Tunisia

Sarah Bush, the author of The Taming of Democracy Assistance, discusses the complexities of Tunisia's transition to democracy and what role democracy assistance can play.

Sarah Bush | 16 Mar 2015

Emotive Language in Argumentation

In the first of a series of three posts, Douglas Walton and Fabrizio Macagno, the authors of Emotive Language in Argumentation, discuss how language can have a specific effect by influencing emotions in an argument.

Douglas Walton, Fabrizio Macagno | 13 Mar 2015

Surprising Facts About the History of Chopsticks

Did you know that we have wheat to thank for the rise of chopsticks? Q. Edward Wang, the author of Chopsticks, takes you on a global culinary journey.

Q. Edward Wang | 12 Mar 2015

The Architecture of Totalitarianism

Hendrik W. Day, the author of The Afterlife of the Roman City, takes readers through the maze of Roman cities to explore how the way a state is ruled shapes its architecture: from ancient Constantinople to today's Pyongyang.

Hendrik W. Day | 11 Mar 2015

Understanding Trade Agreements

Andreas Dür and Manfred Elsig, the co-editors of Trade Cooperation, break down the preferential trade agreements that have become nearly ubiquitous since the end of WWII.

Andreas Dür | 10 Mar 2015

The Competing Narratives of Global Christianity

Stephen Offutt, the author of New Centers of Global Evangelicalism in Latin America and Africa, explores how the Christian evangelical movement has influenced communities from Beijing to Cape Town to Mexico City.

Stephen Offutt | 9 Mar 2015

International Women’s Day

Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present is to be free again in March, to celebrate Women’s History Month. This is great news. If you are not yet a subscriber, this is your opportunity.

8 Mar 2015

An Interview with Celia Marshik

Celia Marshik, the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Modernist Culture, sat down with us to discuss the legacy of modernism and the early 20th century in our lives today–from our fascination...

6 Mar 2015

We’re Sorry, the Final Frontier is Closed

Gerry Canavan, the co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction, traces our fascination with outer space from Star Trek to Guardians of the Galaxy and charts the evolution of our bleak pop cultural view of living beyond Earth.

Gerry Canavan | 5 Mar 2015

A Legacy of Justice

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the second woman appointed to the highest court in the United States, and her tenure there has been a storied one. In her 22 years on the Supreme Court, Justice Ginsburg has become a leading figure in the battle for gender equality and civil rights. We asked four contributors to the new volume The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg to weigh in on how she will be remembered.

4 Mar 2015