Society for U.S. Intellectual History Call for Proposals The 2026 S-USIH Annual Conference will be held in Madison, Wisconsin, on November 12-14, 2026, on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Mad...

The Vatican is expected to announced a 2026 Sheen beatification

Hello, scholars! We are proud to sponsor several prizes honoring your scholarship in U.S. intellectual history. Please see below for the 2026 awards and note that all submissions are due by 1 March 20...

In partnership with the Institute for American Thought at Indiana University, the Society for U.S. Intellectual History is pleased to announce the continuation of a new opportunity to support continge...

How do you practice writing? My two recent guests have some ideas.

Ken Burns’s latest PBS series is long on muskets and bayonets, but the history of the American Revolution remains strangely understated.

A provocative account of how empire and absolutism institutionalized slavery in America

New Cambridge grant to help under-represented scholars publish

Job Family Group: Faculty Time Type: Full time Department/Office: Religion Exemption Status: Exempt Job Description: Trinity University seeks applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor (...

Higher Ed’s Problems Are Structural—Not Just PR or Politics

In partnership with the Institute for American Thought at Indiana University, the Society for U.S. Intellectual History is pleased to announce the continuation of a new opportunity to support continge...

BY JOAN W. SCOTT This essay is adapted from the author’s contribution to a forum the Johns Hopkins University AAUP chapter organized to discuss Lisa Siraganian’s Academe article “Seven Theses Again…

Job Title: Assistant Professor, 9 Month Salaried (African History) Location: Tallahassee, FL Regular/Temporary: Regular Full/Part Time: Full-Time

This article examines the first cohort of Japanese American voters in California in the interwar years, in order to explore the construction of racialized parameters on Japanese American political age...

While Trump defies constitutional norms, Congress remains conspicuously silent and the Supreme Court has abdicated its responsibility.

with Michael Patrick Cullinane

He couldn’t define what conservatism was, just what it wasn’t

For nearly two centuries, Karl Marx’s ideas have had a significant impact on US politics and intellectual life. In turn, Marx’s close study of the US informed the development of his ideas about capita...