Concerning History

Tag: Religion

Casual Discourse: Zeinab Badawi’s An African History of Africa

Post author By Bryan Caswell
Post date August 17, 2026

Mounds’ Eye View: Searching for Power of Place Along the Black Warrior River

Post author By the Staff
Post date June 29, 2026

“Let Them Enforce It:” Ignoring Supreme Court Decisions in American History

Samuel Worcester, the principled missionary who endured imprisonment and torture to spark one of the most famously-ignored Supreme Court opinions in American history

Post author By Bryan Caswell
Post date June 15, 2026

Making History, Marking History IX: The Historical Anniversaries of 2026

Battle of Panipat, fought 500 years ago today, April 20, 1526. Illustration from the Baburnama, a 1598 epic poetic recounting of the deeds of the founder of the Mughal Empire, Babur.

Post author By the Staff
Post date April 20, 2026

Book Club: Jill Lepore’s We the People

Post author By the Staff
Post date March 23, 2026

Everything in its Proper Context: Jonathan Healey’s The Blazing World

Post author By Bryan Caswell
Post date January 5, 2026

Selective Morality: Frank Trentmann’s Out of the Darkness

Post author By Bryan Caswell
Post date December 8, 2025

Exploring the Human Past: Amanda Podany’s Weavers, Scribes, and Kings

Post author By Bryan Caswell
Post date November 10, 2025

In Their Own Words: AppleTV+’s Chief of War

Post author By the Staff
Post date October 27, 2025