John Winthrop is an 11th-generation descendant of Winthrop benefactor Robert Charles Winthrop of Boston. Winthrop's talk will touch on the concept of building upon the foundation established by our predecessors.
The term ‘priestcraft’ became fashionable in the 1690s. This essay explores its use among the anti-clericals in John Locke’s circle and examines the critique of priestcraft in Locke’s own Reasonableness of Christianity (1695)....
In his April 3, 2008 interview with Kristin Malone, John Chester details his service overseas in Europe during WWII. Included are stories of interactions with German soldiers and the rules and regulations of the United States...
Dr. John Hewson's appointment to Memorial University's Henrietta Harvey Chair in May 1997 marked 37 years of distinguished service as scholar, teacher and administrator.
Dr. Hewson, an APLA member since the early days of our...
Dr. John Hewson's appointment to Memorial University's Henrietta Harvey Chair in May 1997 marked 37 years of distinguished service as scholar, teacher and administrator.
Dr. Hewson, an APLA member since the early days of our...
John Winthrop is a direct descendant of Winthrop's earliest benefactor, Robert Charles Winthrop. A $1,500 donation from Robert C. Winthrop and the Peabody Board helped establish Winthrop.
ABSTRACTThis article tracks the shifting contours of John Maynard Keynes's invocation of certain ideas associated with Thomas Robert Malthus, between 1914 and 1937 especially. These ‘Malthusian...
John Bossy, who died on 23 October 2015 at the age of 82, had a
long association with Past and Present. He became a member of
the Editorial Board in 1973 and during the course of his career
published a number of seminal articles...
Robert Steen Kledal, senior VP of Maersk, Inc., will deliver the M.B.A. lecture on Oct. 3. A native of Denmark, Kledal has worked for Maersk since 1990.
Imagine being a 14-year-old kid doing a project for history about a topic you enjoy. My group and I decided to research the history of baseball, but more specifically, the history of the Negro League. A league that solely for...
Imagine being a 14-year-old kid doing a project for history about a topic you enjoy. My group and I decided to research the history of baseball, but more specifically, the history of the Negro League. A league that solely for...
Imagine being a 14-year-old kid doing a project for history about a topic you enjoy. My group and I decided to research the history of baseball, but more specifically, the history of the Negro League. A league that solely for...
This interview was conducted by Dr. George Garrison with John Lee (Bird) Ellis for Dr. Garrison's project on the History of Emmett Scott High School. Emmett Scott was the segregated high school for African-Americans, which was...
During O'Conor's residence, pianist Lynn Rice-See will perform a free recital to commemorate the 200th birthday celebration of Robert Schumann and Frédéric Chopin. O'Conor has performed extensively in Europe, the U.S., Japan...
This is the introductory essay to a special issue of the South Atlantic Review focusing on John Gower. Guest editor for this issue is Kara L. McShane with the assistance of R. F. Yeager.
The late 1960s witnessed a key conjunction between political activism and the history of science. Science, whether seen as a touchstone of rationality or of oppression, was fundamental to all sides in the era of the Vietnam War....
Advances in single-cell technologies are transforming our understanding of cellular identity. For instance, the application of single-cell RNA sequencing and mass cytometry technologies to the study of immune cell populations in...
Professor Marie Edmonds is a volcanologist at the University of Cambridge. She is interested in the role of magmatic volatiles in magma genesis, volcanic eruptions, and volatile geochemical cycling. Dr. Robert Hazen is a...
The criminal charges of trespassing and protesting remained on the records of the nine - David Williamson, James Wells, Willie McCleod, Willie Thomas "Dub" Massey, Clarence Graham, John Gaines, Thomas Gaither, Mack Workman and...
AbstractThe following Communication presents a newly discovered manuscript by John Locke. The manuscript dates from 1667–8 and it deserves notice as the most significant example of Locke's...