Journal of the History of Ideas

09/10/2026

In an interview for the JHI Blog, Nathan Schlanger discusses his book, "The Invention of Technology: An Intellectual History with André Leroi-Gourhan" (Cambridge UP, 2026), which charts how Leroi-Gourhan helped make the study of techniques central to the many fields with which he engaged.

Nathan Schlanger discusses his book, "The Invention of Technology: An Intellectual History with André Leroi-Gourhan," which charts how Leroi-Gourhan helped make the study of techniques central to the many fields with which he engaged....

09/09/2026

The JHI Blog's newsletter is a great way to stay in the loop about updates and new scholarship from the blog and journal. Here's the latest installment, with information about the upcoming symposium, links to many un-paywalled journal articles, and so much more.

09/08/2026

JHI Blog editors Zac Endter and Jonas Knatz introduce their forum on "The Conceptual History of Technology." Contributions will be published weekly through December.

The editors of the forum on "The Conceptual History of Technology" introduce its goals and contributions....

09/03/2026

The latest issue of the journal includes an article by İlker Aytürk and Anıl Kahvecioğlu: "The Second Life of the Constitution of Medina: On the Possibility of a Liberal Islam in Turkey in the 1990s." Read it here: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/997085

09/02/2026

For the In Theory podcast, Disha Karnad Jani interviews Mélanie Lamotte about her book, "By Flesh and Toil: How S*x, Race, and Labor Shaped the Early French Empire" (2026), which unveils how a shared set of racial laws wedded sites across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans in the early French Empire.

Disha Karnad Jani interviews Mélanie Lamotte about her book, "By Flesh and Toil: How S*x, Race, and Labor Shaped the Early French Empire" (2026), which unveils how a shared set of racial laws wedded sites across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans in the early French Empire....

09/01/2026

The latest issue of the journal includes an article by Piotr Kuligowski and Bartłomiej Błesznowski: "Beyond the Revolutionary Motto? Three Polish Accounts of Fraternity in the Long Nineteenth Century." Read it here on Project MUSE: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article/997988

08/27/2026

The new issue of the journal includes an article by Matteo Favaretti Camposampiero, "'Natural Wonders Are Greater than Miracles': Christian Wolff on Supernatural Events." Read it here: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article/997082

08/26/2026

For the JHI Blog, Unglid Paul interviews Doyle D. Calhoun, Alioune B. Fall, and Cheikh Thiam about Léopold Sédar Senghor, Négritude, and the respective challenges of translating the man and the idea in their recent work, “The Essential Senghor: African Philosophy and Black Aesthetics.”

by Unglid Paul

08/25/2026

The new issue of the journal includes an article by Joshua Freed: "Mixing Labour and Mixed Property: The Law of Locke's Original Appropriation." Read it here: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article/997081

08/24/2026

Registration is now open for the 2026 Graduate Student Symposium, “Prophecy, Prediction, and the Politics of Futurity” to be held on Saturday, October 17, 2026, from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Eastern on Zoom.

This year's symposium will be held on Saturday, October 17 (on Zoom). Register now!