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The Author’s Corner with Gregg L. Michel

Rachel Petroziello   |  January 17, 2025

Gregg L. Michel is Professor of History and Assistant Department Chair at the University of Texas at San Antonio. This interview is based on his new book, Spying on Students: The FBI, Red Squads, and Student Activists in the 1960s […]

The Author’s Corner with Patrick Parr

Rachel Petroziello   |  December 26, 2024

Patrick Parr is Professor of English at Lakeland University Japan. This interview is based on his new book, Malcolm Before X (University of Massachusetts Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write Malcolm Before X? PP: Back in 2012, I’d […]

The Author’s Corner with Matthias André Voigt

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 30, 2024

Matthias André Voigt is Part-Time Lecturer in Modern American History at Free University Berlin. This interview is based on his new book, Reinventing the Warrior: Masculinity in the American Indian Movement, 1968-1973 (University Press of Kansas, 2024). JF: What led […]

The Author’s Corner with Richard L. Kagan

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 16, 2024

Richard L. Kagan is Arthur O. Lovejoy Professor Emeritus and Academy Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. This interview is based on his new book, The Inquisition’s Inquisitor: Henry Charles Lea of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024). JF: What […]

The Author’s Corner with Oliver A. Rosales

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 4, 2024

Oliver A. Rosales is Professor of History at Bakersfield College. This interview is based on his new book, Civil Rights in Bakersfield: Segregation and Multiracial Activism in the Central Valley (University of Texas Press, 2024). JF: What led you to […]

The Author’s Corner with Melissa Blair

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 15, 2023

Melissa Blair is Associate Professor and Department Chair of History at Auburn University. This interview is based on her new book, Bringing Home the White House: The Hidden History of Women who Shaped the Presidency in the Twentieth Century (University […]

What is an intellectual? Some thoughts on Ibram X. Kendi’s piece in The Atlantic

John Fea   |  March 24, 2023

In his recent piece at The Atlantic, Ibram X. Kendi describes how he has “struggled over what it means to be an intellectual.” Kendi is a National Book Award winner and a leading proponent of anti-racism from his perch aa […]

Simone Weil found Jesus Christ on the factory floor

John Fea   |  January 6, 2023

Over at Commonweal, Costică Brădăţan writes about how a year of factory work in the auto industry led French philosopher Simone Weil to Jesus Christ. Here is a taste: As Weil was processing the significance of her factory experience, she […]