One serious historian shares the big dream of a one-world federation. Do we share the dream? Importantly, how do we evaluate this future-oriented invitation? What does that do for “history”? If the reputed English historian Anthony Pagden (UCLA)[1] does it, it must be legitimate. Beyond States: Powers, Peoples and Global Order is a slim, manageable, and erudite book of […]
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Websites
Understanding History Through Video Games: Europa Universalis IV and Causation
The idea of using video games to teach history is nothing new. One of the oldest history video games, The Oregon Trail, was designed with this exact purpose in mind in 1971.[1] In the following decades, the popularity and technological sophistication of history video games–those with a historical theme or setting–have grown exponentially. The award-winning medieval action role-playing game Kingdom […]
Papers & Abstracts
Review of Beyond States. Powers, Peoples and Global Order (2024).
One serious historian shares the big dream of a one-world federation. Do we share the dream? Importantly, how do we evaluate this future-oriented invitation? What does that do for “history”? If the reputed English historian Anthony Pagden (UCLA)[1] does it, it must be legitimate. Beyond States: Powers, Peoples and Global Order is a slim, manageable, and erudite book of […]
Understanding History Through Video Games: Europa Universalis IV and Causation
The idea of using video games to teach history is nothing new. One of the oldest history video games, The Oregon Trail, was designed with this exact purpose in mind in 1971.[1] In the following decades, the popularity and technological sophistication of history video games–those with a historical theme or setting–have grown exponentially. The award-winning medieval action role-playing game Kingdom […]
Videos
Review of Beyond States. Powers, Peoples and Global Order (2024).
One serious historian shares the big dream of a one-world federation. Do we share the dream? Importantly, how do we evaluate this future-oriented invitation? What does that do for “history”? If the reputed English historian Anthony Pagden (UCLA)[1] does it, it must be legitimate. Beyond States: Powers, Peoples and Global Order is a slim, manageable, and erudite book of […]
Understanding History Through Video Games: Europa Universalis IV and Causation
The idea of using video games to teach history is nothing new. One of the oldest history video games, The Oregon Trail, was designed with this exact purpose in mind in 1971.[1] In the following decades, the popularity and technological sophistication of history video games–those with a historical theme or setting–have grown exponentially. The award-winning medieval action role-playing game Kingdom […]
Honors & Awards
Review of Beyond States. Powers, Peoples and Global Order (2024).
One serious historian shares the big dream of a one-world federation. Do we share the dream? Importantly, how do we evaluate this future-oriented invitation? What does that do for “history”? If the reputed English historian Anthony Pagden (UCLA)[1] does it, it must be legitimate. Beyond States: Powers, Peoples and Global Order is a slim, manageable, and erudite book of […]
Understanding History Through Video Games: Europa Universalis IV and Causation
The idea of using video games to teach history is nothing new. One of the oldest history video games, The Oregon Trail, was designed with this exact purpose in mind in 1971.[1] In the following decades, the popularity and technological sophistication of history video games–those with a historical theme or setting–have grown exponentially. The award-winning medieval action role-playing game Kingdom […]
Websites & Documentaries
Review of Beyond States. Powers, Peoples and Global Order (2024).
One serious historian shares the big dream of a one-world federation. Do we share the dream? Importantly, how do we evaluate this future-oriented invitation? What does that do for “history”? If the reputed English historian Anthony Pagden (UCLA)[1] does it, it must be legitimate. Beyond States: Powers, Peoples and Global Order is a slim, manageable, and erudite book of […]
Understanding History Through Video Games: Europa Universalis IV and Causation
The idea of using video games to teach history is nothing new. One of the oldest history video games, The Oregon Trail, was designed with this exact purpose in mind in 1971.[1] In the following decades, the popularity and technological sophistication of history video games–those with a historical theme or setting–have grown exponentially. The award-winning medieval action role-playing game Kingdom […]
Making History: Grad Students Speak
Review of Beyond States. Powers, Peoples and Global Order (2024).
One serious historian shares the big dream of a one-world federation. Do we share the dream? Importantly, how do we evaluate this future-oriented invitation? What does that do for “history”? If the reputed English historian Anthony Pagden (UCLA)[1] does it, it must be legitimate. Beyond States: Powers, Peoples and Global Order is a slim, manageable, and erudite book of […]
Understanding History Through Video Games: Europa Universalis IV and Causation
The idea of using video games to teach history is nothing new. One of the oldest history video games, The Oregon Trail, was designed with this exact purpose in mind in 1971.[1] In the following decades, the popularity and technological sophistication of history video games–those with a historical theme or setting–have grown exponentially. The award-winning medieval action role-playing game Kingdom […]