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The Author’s Corner with Rose Miron

Rachel Petroziello   |  March 24, 2025

Rose Miron is Vice President of Research and Education at the Newberry Library. This interview is based on her new book, Indigenous Archival Activism: Mohican Interventions in Public History and Memory (University of Minnesota Press, 2024). JF: What led you to […]

“The main divide in American politics today isn’t between liberals and conservatives or left and right. It’s between those who believe in the system and those who don’t.” 

John Fea   |  March 17, 2025

Here is Shadi Hmid at The Washington Post: The main divide in American politics today isn’t between liberals and conservatives or left and right. It’s between those who believe in the system and those who don’t. And sometimes it really […]

The Author’s Corner with Holly M. Karibo

Rachel Petroziello   |  December 30, 2024

Holly M. Karibo is Associate Professor of History and Director of Graduate Studies at Oklahoma State University. This interview is based on her new book, Rehab on the Range: A History of Addiction and Incarceration in the American West (University […]

Wreckers

Jon D. Schaff   |  December 5, 2024

The temptation to be a Wrecker is strong. Augustine reminds us a better way.

Ideas are best mediated through institutions, not by individuals. Support our work at CURRENT!

John Fea   |  September 19, 2024

I was recently reading Helen Lewis’s essay on podcaster Joe Rogan in the recent issue of The Atlantic. It’s a really interesting piece and I learned some things about Rogan I didn’t know before I read it. At one point […]

The Author’s Corner with Kirsten Wood

Rachel Petroziello   |  February 19, 2024

Kirsten Wood is Associate Professor of History at Florida International University. This interview is based on her new book, Accommodating the Republic: Taverns in the Early United States (University of North Carolina Press, 2023). JF: What led you to write […]

The Author’s Corner with Adam R. Nelson

Rachel Petroziello   |  December 12, 2023

Adam R. Nelson is Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Educational Policy Studies and History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This interview is based on his new book, Capital of Mind: The Idea of a Modern American University (University of Chicago Press, […]

The Author’s Corner with Robert Mann

Rachel Petroziello   |  June 5, 2023

Robert Mann holds the Manship Endowed Chair in Journalism at Louisiana State University’s Manship School of Mass Communication. This interview is based on his new book, Kingfish U: Huey Long and LSU (LSU Press, 2023). JF: What led you to […]

The Author’s Corner with John Rogers Haddad

Rachel Petroziello   |  January 18, 2023

John Rogers Haddad is Professor of American Studies at Penn State–Harrisburg. This interview is based on his new book, Cultures Colliding: American Missionaries, Chinese Resistance, and the Rise of Modern Institutions in China (Temple University Press, 2023). 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). […]