Rethinking Girodet’s Portrait of Citizen Belley
A late eighteenth-century painting of a moment that never happened illuminates our complex struggles with how to “deal with” the past.
Tagged: History
Chernobyl at Thirty: A Special Edition Environment and Health Roundtable
Drawing from presentations at the recent meeting of the American Society for Environmental History in Seattle, a historian, an ecologist, and a political scientist bring their different perspectives to bear on central questions of knowledge stirred by Chernobyl. What have we learned, or not?
Global Visions: Rethinking the Globe and How We Teach It
A new website serves as a resource for educators in the global humanities.
On Care in Dark Times
How Emily Dickinson might tell the story of the Anthropocene.
Damming God? Making Sense of the Plan to Fix Niagara Falls
Recent news of restoration work at Niagara Falls provides an opportunity to reflect on how symbolic American landscapes become meaningful despite constant change.
Bicycling Renaissance: a Bike Boom of Old (With Lessons for the New)
An interview with Dr. Evan Friss about the 1890s bicycling revolution in the United States.
Edgy Stuff: February 2016 Recommendations
A special edition of our February 2016 recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board, honoring Black History Month.
January 2016 Recommendations, A Farewell, and Three New Members of the Editorial Team
A few announcements plus January 2016 recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board.
Can Environmental Thinking Help Solve Gerrymandering?
Paying renewed attention to culture, history, and environment can help us confront the problem of gerrymandering and draw electoral districts that make sense.
Land Use Legacies: What We Do in Life Echoes in Eternity
The ecological legacy of our ancestors is deeply engraved in the environment today—a fact that reminds us of our shared responsibility to our descendants.
