Category Archives: Scholarship

Mentor / Mentees

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Eric

On the occasion of a well-deserved retirement. With Stephen H. Browne, Professor Emeritus.

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A History of Violence – A Conversation with Paul Hanebrink

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Eric

Paul Hanebrink is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University. In his new book, A Specter Haunting Europe: The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism, Hanebrink traces the violent history of European anti-Semitism from the Russian Revolution to the present. Because some Communists … Continue reading →

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Organized Religion – A Conversation with Heath W. Carter

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Eric

Heath W. Carter is Assistant Professor of History at Valparaiso University. His book, Union Made: Working People and the Rise of Social Christianity in Chicago, was published this month by Oxford University Press. In it, Carter credits the working people … Continue reading →

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Creating Conservatism – A Conversation with Michael J. Lee

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Eric

Michael J. Lee is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the College of Charleston. His book, Creating Conservatism: Postwar Words that Made an American Movement, was published this summer by Michigan State University Press. In it, he traces … Continue reading →

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Defining the Marital Union – A Conversation with Leslie J. Harris

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Eric

Leslie J. Harris is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Her book, State of the Marital Union: Rhetoric, Identity, and Nineteenth-Century Marriage Controversies, analyzes the rhetoric surrounding five marital issues from the 1800s: domestic violence, divorce, polygamy, … Continue reading →

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