Not Even Past is delighted to collaborate with the Institute for Historical Studies and its innovative Race and Caste research theme in 2021-2022. Under the leadership of a new Director Dr. Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra, the Alice Drysdale Sheffield Professor of History, the Institute’s program this year centers on the work of nine junior and advanced graduate […]
Climate in Context Conference Report
The Climate in Context Conference took place on April 22 & 23, 2021. To view recordings of sessions, visit our virtual conference page. Session I: Emerging Perspectives: A Graduate Student Roundtable The first panel of the conference was a roundtable composed of five graduate students from the University of Texas at Austin’s History Department. Although […]
Primary Source: English Martyrs on the Streets of Milan
This and other articles in Primary Source: History from the Ransom Center Stacks represent an ongoing partnership between Not Even Past and the Harry Ransom Center, a world-renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Visit the Center’s website to learn more about its collections and get involved. 1588, Milan. Where via Rispoli ends, you would have […]
Climate in Context: Historical Precedents and the Unprecedented Virtual Conference
April 22-23, 2021Institute for Historical Studies, University of Texas at Austin As the culmination of a year-long series of events, this conference brought together diverse scholars whose work grapples with the challenges that climate change presents to the discipline of history. Participants addressed precedents for this “unprecedented” crisis by uncovering and analyzing the historical roots and analogues of […]
IHS Book Talk: Cistercian Stories for Nuns and Monks
Institute for Historical Studies, Wednesday April 7, 2021 The History Faculty New Book Series presents: Cistercian Stories for Nuns and Monks The Sacramental Imagination of Engelhard of Langheim(University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020) A book talk and discussion withDR. MARTHA G. NEWMANAssociate Professor of HistoryThe University of Texas at Austinhttps://liberalarts.utexas.edu/history/faculty/newmanmg With discussants: DR. ALISON K. FRAZIERAssociate […]
Climate in Context: Historical Precedents and the Unprecedented – Conference Program
April 22-23, 2021Institute for Historical Studies, University of Texas at AustinFree and open to the public. Register to attend here. This conference brings together diverse scholars whose work grapples with the challenges that climate change presents to the discipline of history. Participants will address precedents for this “unprecedented” crisis by uncovering and analyzing the historical […]
It’s all Connected: Introducing Filmmaker Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis, Can’t Get You Out of My Head: An Emotional History of the Modern World (BBC, 2021, 7 hours in 6 parts). Meet Adam Curtis. Age: 66. Gender: Male. Race: White. Place of Birth: Dartford, UK. Marital Status: Unknown. Education: Oxford. Profession: Well . . . , here is where things get a bit complicated. […]
Primary Source: Patronage and Power in Machiavelli and the Elizabethan Court
By Haley Price This and other articles in Primary Source: History from the Ransom Center Stacks represent an ongoing partnership between Not Even Past and the Harry Ransom Center, a world-renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Visit the Center’s website to learn more about its collections and get involved. Among the many shelves dedicated to […]
2022 Lozano Long Conference: Archiving Objects of Knowledge with Latin American Perspectives
In honor of the centennial of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, the 2022 Lozano Long Conference initiated a conversation on archives with Latin American perspectives and practices. The conference took place on February 24-25. Archives, broadly speaking, are sites where the collection, organization, and processing of documents and objects have preserved memories or […]
When Ghost Towns Lack Ghosts
By Jesse Ritner Passing Red Hill, we turned onto Colorado Route 133. Ahead of us towered Mount Sopris, an almost 13,000 foot volcano. 133 shoots towards the Elk Mountain Range, a row of peaks frequently topping 12,000 feet, but Sopris still looks immense in comparison. Casting its shadow over the quaint town of Carbondale, it […]