WATCH: The Shortlist Announcement for the 2020 Cundill History Prize

WATCH: The Shortlist Announcement for the 2020 Cundill History Prize

Featuring Peter Frankopan, Maya Jasanoff, Daniel Beer, and More

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Writing a History of a Pandemic During a Pandemic

Writing a History of a Pandemic During a Pandemic

Jon Sternfeld On Collective Memory and History as Instruction

By Jon Sternfeld | September 22, 2020

The Long Golden Age of Useless, American Crap

The Long Golden Age of Useless, American Crap

Wendy Woloson Outlines a History of Our Glorified Junk

By Wendy A. Woloson | September 21, 2020

Indifference and Cruelty: What Made Nazi Germany Possible

Indifference and Cruelty: What Made Nazi Germany Possible

Géraldine Schwarz Reckons With Her Family's WWII History

By Géraldine Schwarz | September 21, 2020

The Poet Who Had No Time<br> for Tragedy

The Poet Who Had No Time
for Tragedy

Dan Beachy-Quick on Anacreon the Greek's Lyrics of Drunken Love

By Dan Beachy-Quick | September 21, 2020

Peter Geye on the Concept of Longing in Fiction

Peter Geye on the Concept of Longing in Fiction

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | September 21, 2020

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Language Keepers: On the Fight to Save the Karuk Language

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I spoke with a friend of Robert and Mabel Williams about <em>Negroes With Guns</em> and BLM.

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President Lincoln’s Republican Party Was the Original Party of Big Government

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Peter Balakian on the GOP's Convenient Distortions of History

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On the Battle of Britain, a Fight Waged in Daylight

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James Holland and Al Murray in Conversation on We Have Ways of Making You Talk

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Finding Strange Magic and Unlikely Love During the Vietnam War

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Lan Cao on the Beginning of Her American Life

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David Nasaw on the Million Refugees Left Behind in Germany After WWII

David Nasaw on the Million Refugees Left Behind in Germany After WWII

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | September 16, 2020

Finding a Home for the Last Refugees of World War II

Finding a Home for the Last Refugees of World War II

David Nasaw on the People with Nowhere Left to Go

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Social Cachet and Souvenirs: A Brief History of Modern Tourism

Social Cachet and Souvenirs: A Brief History of Modern Tourism

Eric Zuelow Guests on Time to Eat the Dogs

By Time to Eat the Dogs | September 15, 2020

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