By Hermann ConringEdited and translated by Constantin Fasolt (NHC Fellow, 1996–97) The New Discourse on the Roman-German Emperor is the first work in which Hermann Conring's (1606-1681) ideas about the independence of Germany from the Roman Empire became available to a wider audience. This English translation–the first of any of Conring's works–includes the Latin original, … Continued
By Israel Gershoni (NHC Fellow, 2004–05)
By Lochlann Jain (NHC Fellow, 2005–06) Injury offers the first sustained anthropological analysis and critique of American injury law. The book approaches injury law as a symptom of a larger American injury culture, rather than as a tool of social justice or as a form of regulation. In doing so, it offers a new understanding of … Continued
By Lewis Leary (NHC Fellow, 1978–79)
By Marta Petrusewicz (NHC Fellow, 1986–87)
By Aline Helg (NHC Fellow, 2000–01) After Brazil and the United States, Colombia has the third-largest population of African-descended peoples in the Western hemisphere. Yet the country is commonly viewed as a nation of Andeans, whites, and mestizos (peoples of mixed Spanish and indigenous Indian ancestry). Aline Helg examines the historical roots of Colombia's treatment and neglect … Continued
By Edward Muir (NHC Fellow, 1992–93) Nobles were slaughtered and their castles looted or destroyed, bodies were dismembered and corpses fed to animals—the Udine carnival massacre of 1511 was the most extensive and damaging popular revolt in Renaissance Italy (and the basis for the story of Romeo and Juliet). Mad Blood Stirring is a gripping account and analysis … Continued
By Ellen Schrecker (NHC Fellow, 1994–95) From an award-winning McCarthy scholar comes the first post-Cold War exploration of the anticommunist witch-hunt and its devastating impact. Tracing the way that a network of dedicated anticommunists created blacklists and destroyed organizations, this broadbased inquiry reveals the connections between McCarthyism’s disparate elements in the belief that understanding its … Continued
Edited by Erdağ Göknar (NHC Fellow, 2007–08; 2022–23), Grant Parker, and Miriam Cooke The Mediterranean is the meeting point of three continents–Asia, Africa, and Europe–as well as three major monotheistic religions–Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Focusing on global networks and cultural exchanges, Mediterranean Passages collects writings from across 3,000 years to provide a pan-Mediterranean perspective of the cultural, … Continued
By Robin D. Moore (NHC Fellow, 2004–05) Music and Revolution provides a dynamic introduction to the most prominent artists and musical styles that have emerged in Cuba since 1959 and to the policies that have shaped artistic life. Robin D. Moore gives readers a chronological overview of the first decades after the Cuban Revolution, documenting the … Continued