'Of This World'—On the Altar Hosts and 'Commonweal' contributors Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Nick Tabor chat with professor and author Jonathan Sheehan about the history of sacrifice, from the sacred to the secular.

I recently had the privilege of talking to Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Nick Tabor about the new book…

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CFP: Bound for Devotion: The Prayer Book as Object and Practice, 1300–1800 (1-3 July 2026, Leiden) | MEMOs Bringing together researchers working on books that were used in any form of prayer practice in the late medieval and early modern era (up to the 18th Century)

CFP: Bound for Devotion: The Prayer Book as Object and Practice, 1300–1800 (1-3 July 2026, Leiden)
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#CallForPapers #earlymodern #earlymodernhistory #medievaltimes #theology

Hundreds of IU degree programs at risk of disappearing By Ethan Sandweiss Indiana University could lose hundreds of degree programs as part of compliance with an array of new laws affecting higher education that passed at the 11th hour of the legislati…

Indiana University Bloomington has a very long tradition of excellence in the Humanities and non-applied/pure/foundational sciences Law passed without debate is on track to close many of these degree programs
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Thanks, Sam, for the shout out!

A (dramatic) book cover! Next step, finish the copyediting.

So this is finally in the pipeline… months from now but pleased nonetheless. Cover TK.

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Letter signed by members of the Columbia History Department urging resistance to the Trump Administration's efforts to dictate university policy.

"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."

Bay area folks -- Mark Peterson talking about his new constitution book at the UC Berkeley History Department.

Les Herbiers de Rousseau Herbier virtuel présentant près de 4000 spécimens répartis en 14 collections numérisées des herbiers de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, réalisé par une équipe de botanistes, historiens des sciences et chercheu...

Je remets ici un lien vers le remarquable projet en ligne sur les herbiers de Jean-Jacques Rousseau :

lesherbiersderousseau.org

Koch Junior Fellowship in History

Apply now to be one of our first Koch Fellows in History!

Deadline: Wednesday 26 February 2025

Find out all the details here:

www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/koch-j...