Francesca Trivellato, one of the foremost historians of
economic, social, and cultural history of the early modern period,
has been appointed to the Faculty of the School of Historical
Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, effective July
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Jonathan Israel, Professor
Emeritus in the School of Historical Studies, discusses his book
TheExpanding Blaze: How the American Revolution
Ignited the World, 1775–1848 with Gilad Halpern and Dalia
Scheindlin of the Tel Aviv Review.
Caitlin Fitz of the Wall Street Journal reviews The
Expanding Blaze by Jonathan
Israel, Professor Emeritus in the School of Historical Studies,
writing, "A relative newcomer to U.S. history, Mr. Israel sometimes
brings a refreshing outsider’s...
Yve-Alain Bois, Professor in the
School of Historical Studies, discussed Picasso's complex
relationship with abstraction with Artsy's Abigail Cain,
saying “I thought that it was a very interesting thing. If someone
as fearless as Picasso could...
Archaeologists, among them former Visitor David Kennedy, have
uncovered nearly 400 previously undocumented stone structures they
call “gates” in the Arabian desert that they believe may have been
built by nomadic tribes thousands of years ago. “We...
The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the
World, 1775-1848 (Princeton University Press, 2017) by
Jonathan Israel, Professor Emeritus in the School of Historical
Studies, has been named the Times Higher Education's Book
of the Week...
Bruce Boucher of the New York Times reviews
Collecting the World: Hans Sloane and the Origins of the
British Museum (Harvard University Press, 2017) by James
Delbourgo, former Member in the School of Historical Studies,
writing, "James Delbourgo’s...
Many of the images we associate with the plague actually depict
leprosy or smallpox. In fact, there are very few images of the
Black Death from the time of the scourge.
Monica H. Green, former Member in
the School of Historical Studies, is among the...