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#TodayInHistory Nov. 15, 1969: Around 2 million people marched down to Washington, DC, for the Vietnam War Moratorium, the largest antiwar protest in US history at its time.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
#TodayInHistory Nov. 15, 1969: Around 2 million people marched down to Washington, DC, for the Vietnam War Moratorium, the largest antiwar protest in US history at its time.
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On #VeteransDay, we honor all who served. Thank you, veterans, for your courage, dedication, and sacrifice.
Read Michael Walzer's "The Triumph of Just War Theory (and the Dangers of Success)."
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Read Michael Walzer's "The Triumph of Just War Theory (and the Dangers of Success)."
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November 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
On #VeteransDay, we honor all who served. Thank you, veterans, for your courage, dedication, and sacrifice.
Read Michael Walzer's "The Triumph of Just War Theory (and the Dangers of Success)."
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Read Michael Walzer's "The Triumph of Just War Theory (and the Dangers of Success)."
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German-Jewish political scientist & jurist Otto Kirchheimer was #BOTD in 1905 in Heilbronn, Germany. Kirchheimer was a leading figure of the Frankfurt School, analyzing the decline of the rule of law and the rise of the "catch-all party" in modern democracy.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
German-Jewish political scientist & jurist Otto Kirchheimer was #BOTD in 1905 in Heilbronn, Germany. Kirchheimer was a leading figure of the Frankfurt School, analyzing the decline of the rule of law and the rise of the "catch-all party" in modern democracy.
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#TodayInHistory, November 9 is a doubly historic day for Germany: It marks not only the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 but also the proclamation of the Weimar Republic in 1918. For this #SundayRead, we look back at the Weimar Culture (1919–1932), our 1972 issue.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#TodayInHistory, November 9 is a doubly historic day for Germany: It marks not only the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 but also the proclamation of the Weimar Republic in 1918. For this #SundayRead, we look back at the Weimar Culture (1919–1932), our 1972 issue.
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Economist and politician Frieda Wunderlich was #BOTD on November 8, 1884. A pioneer in labor economics and social policy, she was a member of the city council of Berlin, her hometown, and the Prussian state parliament.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Economist and politician Frieda Wunderlich was #BOTD on November 8, 1884. A pioneer in labor economics and social policy, she was a member of the city council of Berlin, her hometown, and the Prussian state parliament.
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For this #TBT check out our 2008 issue “Collective Memory & Collective Identity”: 🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/2...
The authors, who include Aleida Assmann, Jeffrey Olick, Alan Trachtenberg, and William Hirst, among others, ask—and answer—important questions:
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The authors, who include Aleida Assmann, Jeffrey Olick, Alan Trachtenberg, and William Hirst, among others, ask—and answer—important questions:
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November 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
For this #TBT check out our 2008 issue “Collective Memory & Collective Identity”: 🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/2...
The authors, who include Aleida Assmann, Jeffrey Olick, Alan Trachtenberg, and William Hirst, among others, ask—and answer—important questions:
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The authors, who include Aleida Assmann, Jeffrey Olick, Alan Trachtenberg, and William Hirst, among others, ask—and answer—important questions:
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Today is the day: Our top 5 on the 5th!
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Today is the day: Our top 5 on the 5th!
And here are snapshots of three essays from that issue—by Lisa Anderson, Nicholas Dirks, and David Hollinger, who presented their work at the New School for Social Research earlier this year.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
And here are snapshots of three essays from that issue—by Lisa Anderson, Nicholas Dirks, and David Hollinger, who presented their work at the New School for Social Research earlier this year.
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Our Fall 2025 issue, “Football Politics,” guest edited by @seanjacobs.bsky.social, has gone to the printer.
Watch this space for an announcement later this month when it’s out!
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Watch this space for an announcement later this month when it’s out!
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November 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Our Fall 2025 issue, “Football Politics,” guest edited by @seanjacobs.bsky.social, has gone to the printer.
Watch this space for an announcement later this month when it’s out!
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Watch this space for an announcement later this month when it’s out!
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Happy Halloween! For this day of spooks, we leave a treat from our 2014 issue “HORRORS.” Dive into why we're obsessed with zombies, demons, and the “metaphor of the living dead”—and how real-life fears, from 9/11 to witch rumors in Malawi, shape our deepest, darkest frights.
October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Happy Halloween! For this day of spooks, we leave a treat from our 2014 issue “HORRORS.” Dive into why we're obsessed with zombies, demons, and the “metaphor of the living dead”—and how real-life fears, from 9/11 to witch rumors in Malawi, shape our deepest, darkest frights.
What do freedom and baseball have in common? Both are cure for, or at least relief from, extreme loneliness, argues Christian Sheppard in his essay “Take Me Out with the Crowd” written for our 2021 issue on loneliness—a great read, especially as the #WorldSeries gets under way.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
What do freedom and baseball have in common? Both are cure for, or at least relief from, extreme loneliness, argues Christian Sheppard in his essay “Take Me Out with the Crowd” written for our 2021 issue on loneliness—a great read, especially as the #WorldSeries gets under way.
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#BOTD in 1906 in Hannover, Germany, was Hannah Arendt, one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. Being driven out of Germany by the rise of Nazism, she found refuge in NYC and the New School, where she was a professor of political philosophy in 1968–1975.
October 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
#BOTD in 1906 in Hannover, Germany, was Hannah Arendt, one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. Being driven out of Germany by the rise of Nazism, she found refuge in NYC and the New School, where she was a professor of political philosophy in 1968–1975.
September is over, and we know what were the 5 most read articles in Social Research last month:
October 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
September is over, and we know what were the 5 most read articles in Social Research last month:
Writer, poet, playwright Václav Havel was #BOTD in 1936 in Prague.
One of the most important political dissidents of the 20th century, Havel later served as the first president of the democratic Czech Republic (1993–2003).
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One of the most important political dissidents of the 20th century, Havel later served as the first president of the democratic Czech Republic (1993–2003).
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October 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Writer, poet, playwright Václav Havel was #BOTD in 1936 in Prague.
One of the most important political dissidents of the 20th century, Havel later served as the first president of the democratic Czech Republic (1993–2003).
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One of the most important political dissidents of the 20th century, Havel later served as the first president of the democratic Czech Republic (1993–2003).
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To mark #WorldAnimalDay today, be sure to read Sue Donaldson & Will Kymlicka’s thought-provoking 2023 article “Doing Politics with Animals.”
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
#animalrights #loveanimals 🦑 🦈 🦗 🦩 🐘
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
#animalrights #loveanimals 🦑 🦈 🦗 🦩 🐘
October 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
To mark #WorldAnimalDay today, be sure to read Sue Donaldson & Will Kymlicka’s thought-provoking 2023 article “Doing Politics with Animals.”
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
#animalrights #loveanimals 🦑 🦈 🦗 🦩 🐘
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
#animalrights #loveanimals 🦑 🦈 🦗 🦩 🐘
Coincidentally, in the fall of 1990 Social Research published an essay by Jeffrey Goldfarb “Post-Totalitarian Politics: Ideology Ends Again” examining political and ideological realignments happening at that time and their implications for democracy across the world. www.jstor.org/stable...
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October 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Coincidentally, in the fall of 1990 Social Research published an essay by Jeffrey Goldfarb “Post-Totalitarian Politics: Ideology Ends Again” examining political and ideological realignments happening at that time and their implications for democracy across the world. www.jstor.org/stable...
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What is an apology? What is it good for? Who should apologize? And also, when and how?
Find some answers here, in our Winter 2020 issue: muse.jhu.edu/issue/4...
Find some answers here, in our Winter 2020 issue: muse.jhu.edu/issue/4...
October 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
What is an apology? What is it good for? Who should apologize? And also, when and how?
Find some answers here, in our Winter 2020 issue: muse.jhu.edu/issue/4...
Find some answers here, in our Winter 2020 issue: muse.jhu.edu/issue/4...
Here are the topics we have in our pipeline through 2026.
October 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Here are the topics we have in our pipeline through 2026.
American sociologist and social theorist Robert Nisbet was #BOTD in 1913 in Los Angeles.
Known as a major architect of postwar conservative thought, he was also among the founders and the first chair of the Department of Sociology at UC Berkeley.
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Known as a major architect of postwar conservative thought, he was also among the founders and the first chair of the Department of Sociology at UC Berkeley.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
American sociologist and social theorist Robert Nisbet was #BOTD in 1913 in Los Angeles.
Known as a major architect of postwar conservative thought, he was also among the founders and the first chair of the Department of Sociology at UC Berkeley.
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Known as a major architect of postwar conservative thought, he was also among the founders and the first chair of the Department of Sociology at UC Berkeley.
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How does organized religion affect governance, both in a macro way—like on social norms—and in a micro way—like how a politician or legislator organizes their values and beliefs? How does the US government navigate the “separation of church and state,” if at all?
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September 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
How does organized religion affect governance, both in a macro way—like on social norms—and in a micro way—like how a politician or legislator organizes their values and beliefs? How does the US government navigate the “separation of church and state,” if at all?
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Philosopher Judith Shklar was born on this day in Riga, Latvia, in 1928. #botd
Known for her work on political thought of the Enlightenment, as a political theorist Shklar was also interested in injustice.
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Known for her work on political thought of the Enlightenment, as a political theorist Shklar was also interested in injustice.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Philosopher Judith Shklar was born on this day in Riga, Latvia, in 1928. #botd
Known for her work on political thought of the Enlightenment, as a political theorist Shklar was also interested in injustice.
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Known for her work on political thought of the Enlightenment, as a political theorist Shklar was also interested in injustice.
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Amid institutionally sanctioned attacks on higher education, especially in the US, how do individual players in the university—like faculty and administration—fare in the public imagination?
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September 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Amid institutionally sanctioned attacks on higher education, especially in the US, how do individual players in the university—like faculty and administration—fare in the public imagination?
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This #SundayRead coincides with the autumn equinox. Happy Fall!
We’re returning to “Climate Demands We Change. Why Aren’t We?,” our Fall 2015 issue, as a complement to the Northern Hemisphere’s transition to autumn, which is consistently and unpredictably impacted by climate change.
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We’re returning to “Climate Demands We Change. Why Aren’t We?,” our Fall 2015 issue, as a complement to the Northern Hemisphere’s transition to autumn, which is consistently and unpredictably impacted by climate change.
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September 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This #SundayRead coincides with the autumn equinox. Happy Fall!
We’re returning to “Climate Demands We Change. Why Aren’t We?,” our Fall 2015 issue, as a complement to the Northern Hemisphere’s transition to autumn, which is consistently and unpredictably impacted by climate change.
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We’re returning to “Climate Demands We Change. Why Aren’t We?,” our Fall 2015 issue, as a complement to the Northern Hemisphere’s transition to autumn, which is consistently and unpredictably impacted by climate change.
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