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Enlightenment

The Author’s Corner with Elizabeth A. Athens

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 26, 2024

Elizabeth A. Athens is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Connecticut. This interview is based on her new book, William Bartram’s Visual Wonders: The Drawings of an American Naturalist (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2024). JF: What led […]

The Author’s Corner with Keidrick Roy

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 25, 2024

Keidrick Roy is a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. This interview is based on his new book, American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black Liberalism (Princeton University Press, 2024). JF: What led you to […]

Boston Seminar: Day 3

John Fea   |  June 27, 2024

Our week in Boston with Roanoke-area K-12 history teachers marches on! Find out what happened on Day 1 and Day 2. Day 3 started with a morning lecture on the Enlightenment in Boston. My lecture was an attempt to explain […]

More cherry-picking from the Bartons

John Fea   |  March 6, 2024

Watch the clip below. Tim Barton, the president of Wallbuilders, is speaking at an evangelical congregation: So what is Tim Barton doing here? He wants his audience to believe that the founders sought national unity at the time the Revolution […]

The Author’s Corner with Stuart McKee

Rachel Petroziello   |  December 7, 2023

Stuart McKee is Associate Professor of Design at the University of San Francisco. This interview is based on his new book, Indigenous Enlightenment: Printing and Education in Evangelical Colonialism, 1790-1850 (University of Nebraska Press, 2023). JF: What led you to […]

The Author’s Corner with Jan Wim Buisman

Rachel Petroziello   |  July 13, 2023

Jan Wim Buisman is a retired Lecturer on the History of Christianity, now a Guest Researcher at the Leiden University Centre for the Study of Religion (LUCSoR). This interview is based on his new book, Lightning in the Age of […]

Historian Jonathan Couser responds to George Will’s column on individualism and identity politics

John Fea   |  December 29, 2021

Yesterday I wrote a post on George Will’s recent column on identity politics and modernity. Over at Facebook, historian Jonathan Couser responded to Wills. Here is his take, published with his permission. –JF George Will is one of the few […]