Historically Thinking

We believe that when people think historically, they are engaging in a disciplined way of thinking about the world and its past. We believe it gives thinkers a knack for recognizing nonsense; and that it cultivates not only intellectual curiosity and rigo

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Episode 329: Nature’s Messenger

Posted August 14, 202300:56:11

On two separate trips, he traveled throughout the southeastern corner of the North American continent. He collected plants, and seeds, which he sent...

Episode 328: Making Medieval Money

Posted August 7, 202301:00:13

In the early 11th century, an English monk wrote an imaginary conversation between two men haggling over the price of a book. After finally agreeing...

Episode 327: American South

Posted July 31, 202301:05:45

For more than two centuries, the American South has fascinated Americans–and increasingly those outside North America. Its economy, politics, religion,...

Episode 326: The Professor and the Rough Rider

Posted July 24, 202301:13:18

John Singer Sargent, Henry Cabot Lodge At the 1920 Republican Convention the journalist and H.L. Mencken observed with great amusement and interest...

Episode 325: Brother Mauro’s Map

Posted July 17, 202300:55:04

On a wall outside the reading room of the Museo Correr hangs a map of the world. It is not just any map. The oceans are painted cerulean blue, and on...