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18.04.2025

#USIH2025 News: Why Detroit? | Society for US Intellectual History

As we look ahead to the S-USIH annual meeting this November, one might ask what makes the host city an appropriate, interesting, even extraordinary site for such a gathering. The City of Detroit has obvious historical importance—as a final terminus on the Underground Railroad of the 19th century, for example; as the cradle of Henry

Society for US Intellectual History Blog

21.04.2025

Steven P. Remy on Michael Soffer’s *Our Nazi: an American suburb’s encounter with evil* | Society for US Intellectual History

In 1981, the US Office of Special Investigations (OSI) revealed that Reinhold Kulle, then a custodian at the high school in Oak Park, Illinois, had been a member of the SS and a guard at the Gross Rosen concentration camp. Having lied about these things on his immigration application in 1957, Kulle - one of

Society for US Intellectual History Blog

23.04.2025

#USIH2025 News: Detroit Industry at the Detroit Institute of Arts | Society for US Intellectual History

In 1933, as the Depression dragged on and fascism continued its rise, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) unveiled its newly decorated Garden Court. In that grand Roman Baroque space—all marble floors and elaborate doorways—the Mexican muralist Diego Rivera had painted the series of frescos known as the Detroit Industry Murals. The murals covered all

Society for US Intellectual History Blog

23.04.2025

Henry F. May Fund: Call for Proposals 2025 | Society for US Intellectual History

We’re delighted to announce that we will award up to 2 Henry F. May Fund research fellowships to graduate students to use this summer, in the amount of $500 each. To apply, please send your C.V., along with a brief description of your research topic and how it relates to U.S. intellectual history, and your planned use of

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