Ming-Yen Shih
@mingyam.bsky.social
he/him | 台灣仔/Taiwanese
MA in History of Political Thought and Intellectual History, QMUL
Studying in Early Modern British History, History of Political Thought, Imperial History.
MA in History of Political Thought and Intellectual History, QMUL
Studying in Early Modern British History, History of Political Thought, Imperial History.
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So proud of the students in my first-year seminar on the Declaration of Independence this semester and so grateful to the Harvard Gazette for covering their great work: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Life and times of ‘the birth certificate of the U.S.’ — Harvard Gazette
First-years spend semester delving into 1770s texts, influences that shaped nation, its founding document.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
So proud of the students in my first-year seminar on the Declaration of Independence this semester and so grateful to the Harvard Gazette for covering their great work: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
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Proud to see my brilliant senior thesis student Hassan Looky showcased for his highly original work on the Birrarung/Yarra River as a living entity: college.harvard.edu/about/news/c...
Class Curiosity Spouts River Thesis
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December 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Proud to see my brilliant senior thesis student Hassan Looky showcased for his highly original work on the Birrarung/Yarra River as a living entity: college.harvard.edu/about/news/c...
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In a new piece for the JHI Forum on political economy, Alec Israeli reflects on recent debates on the method and stakes of "high" versus "low" intellectual histories, arguing for a neo-materialist approach that nuances those discursive boundaries.
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Mind, Matter, and the Question of Materialist Intellectual History
by Alec Israeli
This think piece is part of a JHI Blog forum, “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History.”
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December 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In a new piece for the JHI Forum on political economy, Alec Israeli reflects on recent debates on the method and stakes of "high" versus "low" intellectual histories, arguing for a neo-materialist approach that nuances those discursive boundaries.
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In a new piece for the JHI forum on political economy, Federico D’Onofrio discusses the rise of a class of "agricultural economists" as part of a broader trend intersecting with and going beyond "rural modernism" in twentieth-century Europe.
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The Margins of the Field: Rediscovering Agricultural Economists for the History of Ideas
by Federico D’Onofrio
This think piece is part of a JHI Blog forum, “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History.”
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December 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In a new piece for the JHI forum on political economy, Federico D’Onofrio discusses the rise of a class of "agricultural economists" as part of a broader trend intersecting with and going beyond "rural modernism" in twentieth-century Europe.
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@fdonoff.bsky.social
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Conservative judges in 2025: "the founders did not understand the First Amendment to extend to aliens."
James Madison, the author of the First Amendment, in 1800: "wtf are you talking about."
James Madison, the author of the First Amendment, in 1800: "wtf are you talking about."
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Conservative judges in 2025: "the founders did not understand the First Amendment to extend to aliens."
James Madison, the author of the First Amendment, in 1800: "wtf are you talking about."
James Madison, the author of the First Amendment, in 1800: "wtf are you talking about."
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"Thar she blows!" (on January 6th). 🙂🐳
Whale: The Illustrated Biography by @ashadevos.bsky.social takes you out beyond our shorelines and into the depths, providing an up-close exploration of the life of the whale. 🐋
Available 6 Jan! Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Whales #Nature #PUPNature #ReadUP
Available 6 Jan! Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Whales #Nature #PUPNature #ReadUP
December 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"Thar she blows!" (on January 6th). 🙂🐳
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‘I wish I could say I kept my cool’: my maddening experience with the NHS wheelchair service
‘I wish I could say I kept my cool’: my maddening experience with the NHS wheelchair service
The long read: After I was paralysed in a climbing accident, I discovered how inconsiderate, illogical and incompetent many wheelchair providers can be
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December 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
‘I wish I could say I kept my cool’: my maddening experience with the NHS wheelchair service
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Paul Sagar recently presented his paper on Aristotle, Williams, and Rawls to the #MondaySeminar. Here he is in today's Guardian, on the business of wheelchairs:
‘I wish I could say I kept my cool’: my maddening experience with the NHS wheelchair service
The long read: After I was paralysed in a climbing accident, I discovered how inconsiderate, illogical and incompetent many wheelchair providers can be
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December 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Paul Sagar recently presented his paper on Aristotle, Williams, and Rawls to the #MondaySeminar. Here he is in today's Guardian, on the business of wheelchairs:
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In today's think piece, Levi Thompson analyzes an under-explored shift from petro-modernity to petro-post-modernity through Fredric Jameson's theory of culture and film.
From Petro-Modernity to Petro-Post-Modernity: Disney and the American Cultural Imagination of the Oil Industry
by Levi Thompson
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November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In today's think piece, Levi Thompson analyzes an under-explored shift from petro-modernity to petro-post-modernity through Fredric Jameson's theory of culture and film.
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In this new think piece for the JHI Blog Forum on Political Economy, Vishal Verma studies the historical linkages between labor and caste through the intellectual debates underpinning the origins and evolution of the theorization of caste across time and space.
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The Labor Question and the Critique of Caste in Global Intellectual History
by Vishal Verma
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October 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In this new think piece for the JHI Blog Forum on Political Economy, Vishal Verma studies the historical linkages between labor and caste through the intellectual debates underpinning the origins and evolution of the theorization of caste across time and space.
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The new issue of the JHI includes an article by Craig Martin: "Averroes Among the Paduan Physicians, 1540 to 1600": muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
October 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The new issue of the JHI includes an article by Craig Martin: "Averroes Among the Paduan Physicians, 1540 to 1600": muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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Miranda Johnson contributes to the JHI Blog’s forum on political economy with a think piece about how the mythos surrounding New Zealand’s "biculturalism" obscures older indigenous strategies of economic development and centuries-long relations between settlers and indigenous peoples.
“Culture Talk” and Indigenous Economic History
by Miranda Johnson
This think piece is part of the forum “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History.”
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October 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Miranda Johnson contributes to the JHI Blog’s forum on political economy with a think piece about how the mythos surrounding New Zealand’s "biculturalism" obscures older indigenous strategies of economic development and centuries-long relations between settlers and indigenous peoples.
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The winner of the JHI’s 2024 Morris D. Forkosch Book Prize for the best first book in intellectual history is Priyasha Mukhopadhyay for Required Reading: The Life of Everyday Texts in the British Empire!
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Congratulations to Priyasha Mukhopadhyay, winner of the Morris D. Forkosch Book Prize!
Announcing the winner of the JHI's 2024 Morris D. Forkosch Book Prize.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The winner of the JHI’s 2024 Morris D. Forkosch Book Prize for the best first book in intellectual history is Priyasha Mukhopadhyay for Required Reading: The Life of Everyday Texts in the British Empire!
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In a new think piece for the JHI forum on Political Economy, Alexandre Aloy interrogates the concept and historical genealogy of neoliberalism by situating it alongside transnational narratives of authoritarianism.
“Authoritarian Neoliberalism”: The Concept of Our Time?
by Alexandre Aloy
This think piece is part of the forum “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History”
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October 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
In a new think piece for the JHI forum on Political Economy, Alexandre Aloy interrogates the concept and historical genealogy of neoliberalism by situating it alongside transnational narratives of authoritarianism.
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The new issue of the JHI includes a discussion of the lexicon project, “The Twentieth Century in Basic Concepts: A Dictionary of Historical Semantics in Germany,” by Ernst Müller, Barbara Picht, and Falko Schmieder. Access is free for the next few weeks on Project Muse: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
October 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The new issue of the JHI includes a discussion of the lexicon project, “The Twentieth Century in Basic Concepts: A Dictionary of Historical Semantics in Germany,” by Ernst Müller, Barbara Picht, and Falko Schmieder. Access is free for the next few weeks on Project Muse: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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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."
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When Theology Became Political: An Interview with Brandon Bloch
by Jacob Saliba
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October 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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."
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Nayeli L. Riano's article in the new JHI, "The Pueblo and the Politics of History and Historiography in the Writings of Andrés Bello and Francisco Bilbao," is now available for free. Read it here on Project Muse: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
October 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Nayeli L. Riano's article in the new JHI, "The Pueblo and the Politics of History and Historiography in the Writings of Andrés Bello and Francisco Bilbao," is now available for free. Read it here on Project Muse: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
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The JHI's Graduate Student Symposium, "Between the Text and Material History," will be held this Saturday, October 4, on Zoom! Events kick off at 10:00 am Eastern. Check out the complete schedule and register here:
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Between the Text and Material History
Saturday, October 4, 2025
10:00am (Eastern): Knowledge Beyond the Text
Peter Gaber (Columbia University & London School of Economics)
“Canon and Constitution: G...
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October 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The JHI's Graduate Student Symposium, "Between the Text and Material History," will be held this Saturday, October 4, on Zoom! Events kick off at 10:00 am Eastern. Check out the complete schedule and register here:
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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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Duncan Bell, “John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization and Empire,” History of Political Thought (2025)
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John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization and Empire: Ingenta Connect
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August 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Duncan Bell, “John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization and Empire,” History of Political Thought (2025)
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Today’s think piece explores how life insurance—often seen as a dry, technical instrument—became a surprising site for negotiating modernity in the colonial world.
Cashing Lives: A History of Indian Life Insurance
by Mayukh Chakrabarty
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September 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Today’s think piece explores how life insurance—often seen as a dry, technical instrument—became a surprising site for negotiating modernity in the colonial world.
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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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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."
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On today's episode of In Theory, the JHI Blog podcast, Disha Karnad Jani interviews Quentin Skinner on his new book, "Liberty as Independence: The Making and Unmaking of a Political Ideal." @universitypress.cambridge.org
Liberty as Independence: Disha Karnad Jani Interviews Quentin Skinner
by Disha Karnad Jani
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September 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
On today's episode of In Theory, the JHI Blog podcast, Disha Karnad Jani interviews Quentin Skinner on his new book, "Liberty as Independence: The Making and Unmaking of a Political Ideal." @universitypress.cambridge.org
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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:
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In today’s think piece, Mrinalini Sisodia Wadhwa analyzes how historian Sylvia Murr’s discovery of plagiarism in “the most celebrated work of nineteenth-century Indology” led her to develop an approach to historical discourse that challenges received genealogies of the ‘global’ turn.
The Franco-Indian Enlightenment of Sylvia Murr
by Mrinalini Sisodia Wadhwa
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September 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In today’s think piece, Mrinalini Sisodia Wadhwa analyzes how historian Sylvia Murr’s discovery of plagiarism in “the most celebrated work of nineteenth-century Indology” led her to develop an approach to historical discourse that challenges received genealogies of the ‘global’ turn.