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Back to SearchLiberal anticommunists and the prelude to McCarthyism with Andrew Feffer
ft. John Dewey.
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7 months ago
School Yearbook: A Cringey Tradition and Its Digital Afterlife with Kate Eichhorn
Remember your old school yearbook photos? Where are they now?
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Conservatives and Classical education with Catherine Tebaldi
Trad wives make great teachers.
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Inventing political science with Emily Hauptmann
On (corporate) foundation investments in knowledge production.
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7 months, 2 weeks ago
STRAIGHT at Penn State and anti-gay backlash in the 1990s with Richard S. Price
The straight college strikes back!
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Richard S. Price. October 6, 2025. The straight college strikes back: 1990s backl…7 months, 2 weeks ago
Palm readings, magic, and modern medicine with Alison Bashford
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Alison Bashford. 2025. Decoding the Hand: A History of Science, Medicine, and Magic. University of Chicago Press. N…7 months, 3 weeks ago
Higher ed’s rush to adopt AI with Justin Raden
grift, edtech, enshittification
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Justin Raden. October 23, 2025. Higher Ed’s Rush to Adopt AI is About So Much More T…7 months, 3 weeks ago
Campus sexual harassment from Nixon to #MeToo with Celene Reynolds
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Celene Reynolds. 2025. Unlawful Advances: How Feminists Transformed Title IX. Princeton University Press. “What col…7 months, 4 weeks ago
Creating the AAUP with Henry Reichman
Brought to us, in part, by the race scientists
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Henry Reichman. 2025. Understanding Academic Freedom, 2nd edition. Jo…8 months ago
How to get a job at Harvard in 1860 with prabhdeep kehal
“The reasons that I have for wishing to go to Harvard are several. I feel that Harvard can give me a better background and a better liberal education…
8 months ago