USIH Crosspost: The Transnational Turn

I just posted a piece on "The Transnational Turn" and its consequences for U.S. intellectual history at the USIH weblog. I think this post, however, has implications for other subfields. - TL

USIH Crosspost: Conference Reflections

I just put up my reflections at the USIH weblog on our conference this past weekend. My post adds to those already up by Paul Murphy and Andrew Hartman. - TL

What's Happening Here? Oh, Not Much...

My relatively slow posting rate in the past week---or four---derives from three events:1. I've been preparing for the USIH conference. It starts tomorrow and will be in Grand Rapids. The CFP went out in November 2007, so tomorrow is the culmination of a load of work (e.g. proposal reviews, administrative issues, hundreds of e-mails, research, paper writing, panel chair searches). Even after

USIH Crosspost---U.S. Catholic Intellectual History: The Significance Of Douglas Kmiec's Support For Barack Obama

For those of you interested in U.S. Catholic (intellectual) history, this new USIH post might be worthwhile. Although it involves current events, my goal in putting up the post is to look backwards. - TL