Teaching the History of the Present
For a special issue of Modern Intellectual History, edited by Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, I have a piece co-written with my colleague Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, about teaching the history of the present. Both […]
Category Archives: United States
Democratic divisions
For Nueva Sociedad, here is the latest in my effort to explain what is going on in the U.S. to an international audience. This piece takes on the efforts to […]
On the attack at the Capitol
I’m continuing to write in Spanish for Nueva Sociedad on U.S. politics. Here is an interpretation of the attack on the Capitol building. In short: don’t say “this is not […]
Election 2020 Analysis
Continuing my tradition of doing some U.S. electoral analysis for Nueva Sociedad, I did an interview with Pablo Stefanoni and Mariano Schuster to talk about what we know (and still […]
Fall 2020 syllabus: History 102, U.S. History since 1865
PRELIMINARY SYLLABUS UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE SEMESTER History 102 History of the United States since 1865 Professor Patrick Iber Fall 2020 / MWF 9:55-10:45 Course description and objectives: This […]
Review of Rick Perlstein’s Reaganland
Update: this review was a finalist for the Washington Monthly’s Kukula Prize for excellence in book reviewing in 2021. I have a review of Rick Perlstein’s new book Reaganland, the […]
No Room
I wrote a review of John Bolton’s The Room Where it Happened. It’s a bad book, which is convincing in its condemnation of Trump but also reveals the limitations of […]
After Sanders, what’s next?
In Spanish, for Nueva Sociedad, I wrote about what is next for the U.S. left after Sanders. I mentioned a few aspects of my work for the campaign. (It’s in French […]
Syllabus Fall 2019: History of Now, advanced seminar
History 600: The History of Now Professor Patrick Iber History is the study of change over time, and requires hindsight to generate insight. Most history courses stop […]
El populismo de minorías de Donald Trump
As part of efforts to contribute to intellectual and political internationalism, I am trying to write about U.S. politics for Nueva Sociedad on a regular basis. At the link, in Spanish, is […]
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