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 374: Serpent in Eden

Posted September 4, 202401:12:37

In his long short story or very short novella entitled “The Man Without a Country,” Edward Everett Hale describes his protagonist Philip Nolan as...

Episode 373: Spycrafte

Posted August 30, 202401:06:23

In Early Modern Europe, spying was not really a profession but it certainly was a verb. At times it would seem, from the dark suspicious years at the...

Episode 372: Glorious Lessons

Posted August 26, 202401:03:05

Colonel John Trumbull, Artist John Trumbull must be one of the only artists in the history of American art to insist upon being addressed by his military...

Episode 370: Enemies of All

Posted August 19, 202401:19:34

 Maritime plundering, or piracy, has happened in nearly all regions of the world, in most ages of human history. Yet the image that we have of "a pirate"...

Episode 371: Forming National Character

Posted August 12, 202401:13:39

How can a new nation establish itself amidst the networks and intrigues of a very old part of the world, while at the same time trying to be different...