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The Author’s Corner with Anna Koivusalo

Rachel Petroziello   |  July 1, 2022

Anna Koivusalo is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Philosophy, History and Art Studies at the University of Helsinki. This interview is based on her new book, The Man Who Started the Civil War: James Chesnut, Honor, and Emotion...

The Author’s Corner with Susan Brandt

Rachel Petroziello   |  June 23, 2022

Susan Brandt is a lecturer in history at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. This interview is based on her new book, Women Healers: Gender, Authority, and Medicine in Early Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022). JF: What led you...

The Author’s Corner with Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.

Rachel Petroziello   |  June 21, 2022

Holly A. Pinheiro Jr. is Assistant Professor of African American History at Furman University. This interview is based on his new book, The Families’ Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice (University of Georgia Press, 2022). JF:...

The Author’s Corner with Kyle Mays

Rachel Petroziello   |  June 13, 2022

Kyle Mays is Assistant Professor of African American Studies, American Indian Studies, and History at the University of California, Los Angeles. This interview is based on his new book, City of Dispossessions: Indigenous Peoples, African Americans, and the Creation of...

The Author’s Corner with Janet Moore Lindman

Rachel Petroziello   |  June 9, 2022

Janet Moore Lindman is Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at Rowan University. This interview is based on her new book, A Vivifying Spirit: Quaker Practice and Reform in Antebellum America (Penn State University Press, 2022). JF:...

The Author’s Corner with Paul Escott

Rachel Petroziello   |  June 8, 2022

Paul Escott is Reynolds Professor of History Emeritus at Wake Forest University. This interview is based on his new book, Black Suffrage: Lincoln’s Last Goal (University of Virginia Press, 2022). JF: What led you to write Black Suffrage? PE: My two...

The Author’s Corner with Elizabeth Leonard

Rachel Petroziello   |  June 7, 2022

Elizabeth Leonard is Gibson Professor of History, Emerita at Colby College. This interview is based on her new book, Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life (The University of North Carolina Press, 2022). JF: What led you to write Benjamin Franklin...

The Author’s Corner with Melissa Ford

Rachel Petroziello   |  June 2, 2022

Melissa Ford is Assistant Professor of History at Slippery Rock University. This interview is based on her new book, A Brick and a Bible: Black Women’s Radical Activism in the Midwest during the Great Depression (Southern Illinois University Press, 2022)....

The Author’s Corner with Josiah Rector

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 23, 2022

Josiah Rector is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Houston. This interview is based on his new book, Toxic Debt: An Environmental Justice History of Detroit (University of North Carolina Press, 2022). JF: What led you to ​write...

The Author’s Corner with Angela Esco Elder

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 17, 2022

Angela Esco Elder is Associate Professor of History at Converse University. This interview is based on her new book, Love and Duty: Confederate Widows and the Emotional Politics of Loss (The University of North Carolina Press, 2022). JF: What led...

The Author’s Corner with Sam Lebovic

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 16, 2022

Sam Lebovic is Associate Professor of History at George Mason University. This interview is based on his new book, A Righteous Smokescreen: Postwar America and the Politics of Cultural Globalization (University of Chicago Press, 2022). JF: What led you to...

The Author’s Corner with Daniel Burge

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 13, 2022

Daniel Burge is Associate Editor of the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society and Coordinator of the KHS Research Fellowship Program at the Kentucky Historical Society. This interview is based on his new book, A Failed Vision of Empire: The Collapse...

The Author’s Corner with Brendan J. J. Payne

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 12, 2022

Brendan J. J. Payne is Assistant Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at North Greenville University. This interview is based on his new book, Gin, Jesus, and Jim Crow: Prohibition and the Transformation of Racial and...

The Author’s Corner with Matthew Dougherty

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 11, 2022

Matthew Dougherty is Assistant Professor of History at Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. This interview is based on his book, Lost Tribes Found: Israelite Indians and Religious Nationalism in Early America (University of Oklahoma Press,...

The Author’s Corner with Thomas Alter

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 10, 2022

Thomas Alter is Assistant Professor of History at Texas State University. This interview is based on his new book, Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth: The Transplanted Roots of Farmer-Labor Radicalism in Texas (University of Illinois Press, 2022). JF: What led you...

The Author’s Corner with Dana Logan

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 9, 2022

Dana Logan is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at UNC Greensboro. This interview is based on her new book, Awkward Rituals: Sensations of Governance in Protestant America (University of Chicago Press, 2022). JF: What led you to write Awkward Rituals?...

The Author’s Corner with Carla Cevasco

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 5, 2022

Carla Cevasco is Assistant Professor of American Studies at Rutgers University. This interview is based on her new book, Violent Appetites: Hunger in the Early Northeast (Yale University Press, 2022). JF: What led you to write Violent Appetites? CC: In grad...

The Author’s Corner with Olivier Zunz

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 3, 2022

Olivier Zunz is James Madison Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Virginia. This interview is based on his new book, The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville (Princeton University Press, 2022). JF: What led...

The Author’s Corner with Sam Redman

Rachel Petroziello   |  April 29, 2022

Sam Redman is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Public History Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. This interview is based on his new book, The Museum: A Short History of Crisis and Resilience (NYU Press, 2022)....

The Author’s Corner with Edward Pompeian

Rachel Petroziello   |  April 27, 2022

Edward Pompeian is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tampa. This interview is based on his new book, Sustaining Empire: Venezuela’s Trade with the United States during the Age of Revolutions, 1797–1828 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022). JF:...

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