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Marc Reyes

Marc Reyes is an editor for Contingent and the organization’s treasurer. He also is a history PhD candidate at the University of Connecticut, where he studies 20th-century foreign relations with a focus on the US and India, development, and technology. A Fulbright-Nehru Fellow alum, Marc is completing his dissertation, a political, diplomatic, and cultural study of India’s atomic energy program.

Reviews

The Search for Intelligence

By Marc Reyes | August 12, 2025

the intelligence individuals are less James Bond and George Smiley than bureaucrats

Reviews

Kevin Gannon’s “Radical Hope”: A Roundtable Introduction

By Marc Reyes | September 14, 2020

The book is a call to arms, and more necessary than ever.

Mailbag

Why Do Historians Go To Conferences?

By Marc Reyes | January 11, 2020

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

By Marc Reyes | November 9, 2019

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

By Marc Reyes and Libby Walker | September 13, 2019

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

By Marc Reyes | September 5, 2019

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?

By Marc Reyes | March 25, 2019

Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?

Updates

Marc’s Contingent Story

By Marc Reyes | February 26, 2019

We are making a bet: that a different approach to historical scholarship will have an audience.

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