We often trip over historical analogies when trying to interpret the present. But the French writer offered a different way of thinking about time.

Alistair Horne’s book reminds us that political violence thrives on the exclusion of moderates — to everyone’s detriment.

It’s 2019, kids. There’s something in the air.  What is that smell?  Lemon balm?  Hope?  Silica particles from […]

On August 23rd, 1939, as war between France and Germany loomed, a French soldier named Daniel Barlone confided […]

What follows is an excerpt from Sounds French: Globalization, Cultural Communities and Pop Music, 1958-1980, the new book by […]

Historians have always had a tough time writing about media. The danger of technological determinism tends to loom […]