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Friday Reflection: Slavery in Small Places
Mel Ely on the Terrible Intimacy of Interracial Life in the Slave System
Apr 17
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Terrible Intimacy
Melvin Patrick Ely on Interracial Life in the Slaveholding South
Apr 15
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Friday Reflection: The Gun as Social Technology
Catherine Fletcher on Guns, the State, and the Civilizing Process
Apr 10
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The Firearm Revolution
Catherine Fletcher on how a military technology became an everyday object—and reshaped the relationship between violence, discipline, and the state
Apr 9
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Second Thoughts: The Cosmopolitan as Nationalist
On Joel Poinsett
Apr 6
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Field Guide No. 2: Intellectual Humility and Historical Thinking
A series on curiosity, complexity, and being comfortable with uncertainty
Apr 3
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March 2026
Friday Reflection: Modern Syria
Daniel Neep vs. the Standard Received View
Mar 27
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Syria
Daniel Neep on the modern history of a very old place
Mar 25
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The Great Historian
Andrew Meyer on Sima Qian and the Invention of History
Mar 19
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Field Guide No. 1: War of the World
The Second World War, 1930-1945
Mar 11
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Friday Reflection: A Culture of Pickiness
Why This Conversation Matters
Mar 6
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Helen Zoe Veit on How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History
Mar 4
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