Reviews
Kevin Gannon’s “Radical Hope”: A Roundtable Introduction
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The book is a call to arms, and more necessary than ever.
Mailbag
Why Do Historians Go To Conferences?
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Packs of historians roam the streets, name tags flapping in the breeze, only to disappear into hotel conference rooms for hours at a time. What are they doing in there? And why?
Postcards
A Postcard From New Delhi
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Dogs can be found laying on cooler surfaces or in the shade. Cats saunter into the canteen meowing for attention but also a bite of your lunch.
Field Trip
A Most Unique Museum
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From waste containment during the Black Death to a toilet that cost $19 million, the museum is impressively comprehensive.
What is Contingent?
History Is For Everyone
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For all our planning and grand designs, Contingent’s success has rested entirely on having support from others.
Mailbag
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
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Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
Updates
Marc’s Contingent Story
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We are making a bet: that a different approach to historical scholarship will have an audience.