Edited by Jack P. Greene (NHC Fellow, 1986–87; 1987–88; 2009–10) Papers presented at a symposium held at Johns Hopkins University, March 29-30, 1985; sponsored by the School of Continuing Studies and the Department of History of the Johns Hopkins University.
By Lewis Leary (NHC Fellow, 1978–79) Describes the efforts of Mason Locke Weems to distribute books across the United States during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries
By Jill Raitt (NHC Fellow, 1987–88) Focusing on the Colloquy of Montbéliard, a theological debate in 1586 between Lutherans and Calvinists, Raitt explores the complex array of shifting political alliances and religious tensions which characterized the Holy Roman Empire after the Peace of Augsburg. When the Wars of Religion broke out in France, both sides … Continued
By Andrew Delbanco (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 1990–91; 2002–03) In a spiritual biography of America, Delbanco shows how writers of the past 3 centuries have depicted evil and how they have tried to defy and subdue it. He shows the strategies by which writers such as Cotton Mather, Jefferson and Lincoln, Emerson and Melville, Thoreau and … Continued
Edited by Ralph Lerner (NHC Fellow, 1981–82) and Philip B. Kurland Hailed as "the Oxford English Dictionary of American constitutional history" (Columbia Law Review), the print edition of The Founders’ Constitution has proved since its publication in 1986 to be an invaluable aid to all those seeking a deeper understanding of one of our nation’s most important … Continued
By Robert S. C. Gordon (NHC Fellow, 2005–06) The Holocaust in Italian Culture, 1944–2010 is the first major study of how postwar Italy confronted, or failed to confront, the Holocaust. Fascist Italy was the model for Nazi Germany, and Mussolini was Hitler's prime ally in the Second World War. But Italy also became a theater of … Continued
By Dane Kennedy (NHC Fellow, 2010–11) For a British Empire that stretched across much of the globe at the start of the nineteenth century, the interiors of Africa and Australia remained intriguing mysteries. The challenge of opening these continents to imperial influence fell to a proto-professional coterie of determined explorers. They sought knowledge, adventure, and … Continued
By Behnam Sadeghi (NHC Fellow, 2010–11) This pioneering study examines the process of reasoning in Islamic law. Some of the key questions addressed here include whether sacred law operates differently from secular law, why laws change or stay the same and how different cultural and historical settings impact the development of legal rulings. In order … Continued
Edited by Marvin Meyers (NHC Fellow, 1981–82) An authentic and responsible selection of Madison’s writings.
Edited by Rivi Handler-Spitz (NHC Fellow, 2020–21), Pauline C. Lee, and Haun Saussy Iconoclastic scholar Li Zhi (1527–1602) was a central figure in the cultural world of the late Ming dynasty. His provocative and controversial words and actions shaped print culture, literary practice, attitudes toward gender, and perspectives on Buddhism and the afterlife. Although banned, … Continued