Jacob Saliba
@jacobsaliba.bsky.social
Ph.D. Candidate in Intellectual History, Boston College | modern Europe, religion, continental philosophy, social theory | Primary Editor @jhideas.bsky.social
A tremendous pleasure interviewing Brandon Bloch on his new book! We discuss not only the nature and practice of religious nationalism in modern Germany but also how religion has animated, transformed, and negotiated the future—and ultimate limits—of secular politics today.
Today on the blog, Jacob Saliba interviews Brandon Bloch on his recent book, "Reinventing Protestant Germany: Religious Nationalists and the Contest for Post-Nazi Democracy."
@harvardpress.bsky.social
@harvardpress.bsky.social
When Theology Became Political: An Interview with Brandon Bloch
by Jacob Saliba
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October 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A tremendous pleasure interviewing Brandon Bloch on his new book! We discuss not only the nature and practice of religious nationalism in modern Germany but also how religion has animated, transformed, and negotiated the future—and ultimate limits—of secular politics today.
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As part of the JHI Blog forum on political economy, Marie Louise Krogh examines Hegel's rare reflections on the 19th century international coffee industry as an entry point into the theoretical stakes of political economy in the midst of European imperialism.
Hegel’s “Brown Rivulet of Coffee”: Colonies, Commodities, and Context
by Marie Louise Krogh
This think piece is part of the forum “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History”
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September 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
As part of the JHI Blog forum on political economy, Marie Louise Krogh examines Hegel's rare reflections on the 19th century international coffee industry as an entry point into the theoretical stakes of political economy in the midst of European imperialism.
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Officially marking the first of many pieces in the Blog's forum "The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History," Mikkel Flohr offers a novel reading of Marx's historical materialism for a "political economy of ideas."
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@mflohr.bsky.social
The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History: A JHI Blog Forum
by Jonathon Catlin, Paige Pendarvis, and Jacob Saliba In recent years, intellectual history has been said to be undergoing a renaissance at the same time as it has been institutionally hollowed out. R...
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September 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Officially marking the first of many pieces in the Blog's forum "The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History," Mikkel Flohr offers a novel reading of Marx's historical materialism for a "political economy of ideas."
@mflohr.bsky.social
@mflohr.bsky.social
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Registration is now open for the JHI Graduate Student Symposium, to be held on Saturday, October 4 via Zoom. Peruse the program and register to attend:
JHI Graduate Student Symposium, “Between the Text and Material History”: Registration Now Open
The 2025 JHI Graduate Student Symposium will be held on Saturday, October 4, 2025, on Zoom. Registration is now open.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Registration is now open for the JHI Graduate Student Symposium, to be held on Saturday, October 4 via Zoom. Peruse the program and register to attend:
Pre-order is officially available for our expansive volume on the influential Hegelian philosopher Alexandre Kojève and his friend the Jesuit theologian Gaston Fessard. For the first time in English, this volume includes their letters and writings over four decades. www.amazon.com/Authority-Hi...
September 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Pre-order is officially available for our expansive volume on the influential Hegelian philosopher Alexandre Kojève and his friend the Jesuit theologian Gaston Fessard. For the first time in English, this volume includes their letters and writings over four decades. www.amazon.com/Authority-Hi...
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In today's think-piece, Sam Chian discusses Immanuel Wallerstein alongside W.E.B. Du Bois as a theorist of decolonization and Pan-Africanism.
After the Year of Africa: W. E. B. Du Bois, Immanuel Wallerstein, and the Sociology of Decolonization
by Sam Chian
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August 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
In today's think-piece, Sam Chian discusses Immanuel Wallerstein alongside W.E.B. Du Bois as a theorist of decolonization and Pan-Africanism.
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We're now accepting proposals for the JHI Graduate Student Symposium, to be held via Zoom on October 4.
This year's symposium, “Between the Text and Material History," will explore how historians’ engagement with visual and material sources extends the discipline’s intellectual realms.
This year's symposium, “Between the Text and Material History," will explore how historians’ engagement with visual and material sources extends the discipline’s intellectual realms.
JHI Graduate Student Symposium, 2025: “Between the Text and Material History,” Call for Proposals
Now accepting proposals for the JHI Graduate Student Symposium.
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May 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We're now accepting proposals for the JHI Graduate Student Symposium, to be held via Zoom on October 4.
This year's symposium, “Between the Text and Material History," will explore how historians’ engagement with visual and material sources extends the discipline’s intellectual realms.
This year's symposium, “Between the Text and Material History," will explore how historians’ engagement with visual and material sources extends the discipline’s intellectual realms.
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Today on the blog, Thomas Cryer interviews David Weinfeld on his latest book, "An American Friendship." They discuss the role of friendship in reconstructing the pluralist thought of Horace Kallen and Alain Locke.
Friendship and the Politics of Difference: An Interview with David Weinfeld
by Thomas Cryer
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April 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Today on the blog, Thomas Cryer interviews David Weinfeld on his latest book, "An American Friendship." They discuss the role of friendship in reconstructing the pluralist thought of Horace Kallen and Alain Locke.
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JHI Blog welcomes submissions for a forum on the relationship between new work in intellectual history and political economy. Submit a proposal by May 15. Read the call here:
Call for Submissions, JHI Blog Forum: “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History”
Inspired by a panel at the 2025 American Historical Association annual conference, this JHI Blog Forum will collect and publish short reflections on the relationship between new work in intellectual h...
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April 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
JHI Blog welcomes submissions for a forum on the relationship between new work in intellectual history and political economy. Submit a proposal by May 15. Read the call here:
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In today's think piece, Sam Chian provides an original and intellectually rich portrait of the early years of famed American sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein.
Immanuel Wallerstein at Columbia University: C. Wright Mills, Karl Polanyi, and the Frankfurt School in Postwar America
by Sam Chian
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March 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
In today's think piece, Sam Chian provides an original and intellectually rich portrait of the early years of famed American sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein.
Part two of our interview with intellectual historian Elias Palti is out! We take up more contemporary stakes, challenges, and opportunities in the field today.
Jacob Saliba and Zac Endter's discussion with Elías J. Palti continues, turning towards the situation of intellectual history today.
Writing Intellectual History after the “Age of Forms”: An Interview with Elías J. Palti (Part II)
by Jacob Saliba and Zac Endter
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February 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Part two of our interview with intellectual historian Elias Palti is out! We take up more contemporary stakes, challenges, and opportunities in the field today.
A great pleasure convening this @jhideas.bsky.social interview with award-winning intellectual historian Elias Palti on his latest book, Intellectual History and the Problem of Conceptual Change. Please enjoy!
(Pt. II of this interview will be made available on Wednesday!)
(Pt. II of this interview will be made available on Wednesday!)
Jacob Saliba and Zac Endter interview Elías Palti about his recent book, Intellectual History and the Problem of Conceptual Change.
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Writing Intellectual History after the “Age of Forms”: An Interview with Elías J. Palti (Part I)
by Jacob Saliba and Zac Endter
web.sas.upenn.edu
February 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A great pleasure convening this @jhideas.bsky.social interview with award-winning intellectual historian Elias Palti on his latest book, Intellectual History and the Problem of Conceptual Change. Please enjoy!
(Pt. II of this interview will be made available on Wednesday!)
(Pt. II of this interview will be made available on Wednesday!)
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ACHA President @anthonyb1939.bsky.social interviewed Film Director Martin Scorsese in an ACHA exclusive event at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral. Be on the look out for the transcript of this conversation. He received the ACHA’s Distinguished Service Award. #ACHA2025
January 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
ACHA President @anthonyb1939.bsky.social interviewed Film Director Martin Scorsese in an ACHA exclusive event at St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral. Be on the look out for the transcript of this conversation. He received the ACHA’s Distinguished Service Award. #ACHA2025
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The great @anthonyb1939.bsky.social with Martin Scorsese at the Basilica of Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral @achahistory.bsky.social #ACHA2025 #ACHA25 #AHA2025 #AHA25
January 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The great @anthonyb1939.bsky.social with Martin Scorsese at the Basilica of Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral @achahistory.bsky.social #ACHA2025 #ACHA25 #AHA2025 #AHA25
It’s always a great pleasure to present at the annual @achahistory.bsky.social and this year’s conference was extra special after winning a small raffle—a ‘support Catholic schools’ pin. (I confess that there was a Pope John Paul II vintage baseball card that had my eye… maybe next year.)
January 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It’s always a great pleasure to present at the annual @achahistory.bsky.social and this year’s conference was extra special after winning a small raffle—a ‘support Catholic schools’ pin. (I confess that there was a Pope John Paul II vintage baseball card that had my eye… maybe next year.)
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Our newsletter includes round-up of recent JHI Blog posts and a some of the year’s most-read journal articles, which are freely available for the next few weeks:
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Have a look—and resolve to submit an article or blog post to the journal or JHI Blog in the new year!
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Have a look—and resolve to submit an article or blog post to the journal or JHI Blog in the new year!
December 17, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Our newsletter includes round-up of recent JHI Blog posts and a some of the year’s most-read journal articles, which are freely available for the next few weeks:
mailchi.mp/742b2d4d8001...
Have a look—and resolve to submit an article or blog post to the journal or JHI Blog in the new year!
mailchi.mp/742b2d4d8001...
Have a look—and resolve to submit an article or blog post to the journal or JHI Blog in the new year!
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A new virtual issue of the JHI highlights recent publications of relevance to French intellectual history since the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
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Virtual Issue: Recent Work in French Intellectual History
This virtual issue highlights recent publications in the JHI of relevance to French intellectual history since the last quarter of the nineteenth century. The reason for compiling it is relatively sim...
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December 4, 2024 at 4:43 PM
A new virtual issue of the JHI highlights recent publications of relevance to French intellectual history since the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2024...
web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2024...
My peer-reviewed article on Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain's decisive role during WWII as co-founder and president of the Free French University, a hub for intellectuals in exile including Claude Lévi-Strauss, Alexandre Koyré, Jean Wahl, and others!
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"Responding to the Global Crisis: Jacques Maritain and World War II" by Jacob Saliba
This article offers an interdisciplinary study of the French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain during World War II in order to provide an historical resource for understanding the global dimension...
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November 25, 2024 at 5:37 PM
My peer-reviewed article on Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain's decisive role during WWII as co-founder and president of the Free French University, a hub for intellectuals in exile including Claude Lévi-Strauss, Alexandre Koyré, Jean Wahl, and others!
crossworks.holycross.edu/jgc/vol9/iss...
crossworks.holycross.edu/jgc/vol9/iss...
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November 13, 2024 at 2:23 PM
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In today’s think-piece, primary editors Artur Banaszewski and Jacob Saliba discuss the influence of Leszek Kołakowski on Tony Judt’s interpretation of the Cold War.
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Lessons of the Cold War: The Influence of Leszek Kołakowski on Tony Judt
by Artur Banaszewski and Jacob Saliba
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August 5, 2024 at 2:45 PM
In today’s think-piece, primary editors Artur Banaszewski and Jacob Saliba discuss the influence of Leszek Kołakowski on Tony Judt’s interpretation of the Cold War.
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Today the blog features Steven Shapin writing on Bruno Latour.
This piece is drawn from Shapin's talk at the Harvard symposium “Thinking after Latour," honoring the memory of Bruno Latour and reflecting on his work.
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This piece is drawn from Shapin's talk at the Harvard symposium “Thinking after Latour," honoring the memory of Bruno Latour and reflecting on his work.
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A Serious Man
by Steven Shapin
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October 28, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Today the blog features Steven Shapin writing on Bruno Latour.
This piece is drawn from Shapin's talk at the Harvard symposium “Thinking after Latour," honoring the memory of Bruno Latour and reflecting on his work.
www.jhiblog.org/2024/10/28/a...
This piece is drawn from Shapin's talk at the Harvard symposium “Thinking after Latour," honoring the memory of Bruno Latour and reflecting on his work.
www.jhiblog.org/2024/10/28/a...