John Oldfield is Professor of Emancipation and Slavery at The University of Hull. This interview is based on his new book, The Ties that Bind: Transatlantic Abolitionism in the Age of Reform, c. 1820-1866 (Liverpool University Press, 2020). JF: What...
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Being Interdisciplinary
Over at Brainstorm, Michael Ruse wonders why there is so much hostility in academic circles to faculty who are engaged in scholarship that is interdisciplinary. Ruse, a philosopher by training, celebrates his collaboration with historians, biologists, and religious studies scholars. […]