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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]