By Leonard V. Smith (NHC Fellow, 1993–94), Annette Becker, and Helen McPhail France and the Great War tells the story of how the French community embarked upon, sustained, and in some ways prevailed in the Great War. In this 2003 book, Leonard Smith and his co-authors synthesize many years of scholarship, examining the origins of … Continued
By John Hope Franklin (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 1980–81; 1981–82) Steven Marcus discusses Freud's famous cases "Dora" and "The Rat Man," as well as the Freud–Fliess correspondence, the Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality, and the evolution of Freud's notion of the superego. Through his close reading of various of Freud's theoretical and clinical texts, … Continued
By Gregory of ToursTranslated by Raymond Van Dam (NHC Fellow, 1986–87) The first translation into English of one of Gregory’s eight books of miracle stories, which contains a series of anecdotes about the lives of confessors.
By Isabel Wünsche (NHC Fellow, 2007–08) In her book, Isabel Wünsche explores the question of Russia's participation in the project of European modernism, in particular dealing with the interrelationship between universal claims and national cultural values in science, intellectual history and art. With the victory over Napoleon, Russia had risen not only geographically, but also … Continued
By Fernando de Alva IxtlilxóchitlEdited and translated by Peter B. Villella (NHC Fellow, 2018–19), Amber Brian, Bradley Benton, and Pablo García Loaeza A descendant of both Spanish settlers and Nahua (Aztec) rulers, Don Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl (ca. 1578–1650) was an avid collector of indigenous pictorial and alphabetic texts and a prodigious chronicler of the … Continued
By Gennifer Weisenfeld (NHC Fellow, 2009–10) Focusing on one landmark catastrophic event in the history of an emerging modern nation—the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated Tokyo and surrounding areas in 1923—this fascinating volume examines the history of the visual production of the disaster. The Kanto earthquake triggered cultural responses that ran the gamut from voyeuristic … Continued
By R. V. Comerford (NHC Fellow, 1987–88) This book provides a fascinating history of Ireland, focusing on the ways in which the nation has been depicted by competing interests, from political factions to religious groups to commercial powers. It examines the origins of Ireland's various identities, looking at Irish culture, religion, and language. The result … Continued
By Raymond Van Dam (NHC Fellow, 1986–87) Cappadocia had long been a marginal province in the eastern Roman empire, high on a rugged plateau in central Asia Minor and hardly influenced by classical Greek culture. But during the fourth century emperors visited repeatedly as they traveled between Constantinople and Antioch. In Cappadocia they met provincial … Continued
Edited by Theodore Evergates (NHC Fellow, 1994–95) The cartulary of 1211 is the oldest surviving register produced by the chancery of the counts of Champagne. This first edition of the cartulary contains 121 letters received from the barons and prelates of the county during the rule of Count Thibaut III (1198-1201) and the first decade … Continued