Ethan Kleinberg

Editor of History and Theory, Professor of History and Letters at Wesleyan University. Kleinberg works on the acrobatics of modern thought. #theoryrevolt

[History and Theory @histandtheojrnl]

📣 Our June 2026 issue is out now!
This issue has articles by Andréa Delestrade, Christopher Holman, Christian de Pee, Francesca Trivellato, and Edoardo Grendi; a review article by Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen; and review essays Stefan Berger and Udi Greenberg.
https://t.co/84tdO8JDGU

[Michael S Roth @mroth78]

Read @wesleyan_u prof Andrew Curran “On one level, this is admirable: We are, after all, one species. Yet this powerful ideal has sometimes served as a shield against self-examination. The logic is simple: no race, no problem.” https://t.co/Kp6nKGL4y9 via @NYTOpinion

[Ethan Kleinberg @ekleinberg]

Spending next year in the School of Social Science at the IAS. Turning my attention to “The Politics of the Future” with some hauntology on the side.

https://t.co/l4qbLo9ELT

[Ethan Kleinberg @ekleinberg]

It’s been out for a while open access but it feels good to receive the physical copies!

https://t.co/YCjYqwdIDn

[History and Theory @histandtheojrnl]

#ArticleSnapshot📸: Serge Grigoriev's "The Content of the Narrative" is a review essay on _The Exemplifying Past: A Philosophy of History_ by Chiel van den Akker.

Read it here: https://t.co/UC6yqkhXet

[History and Theory @histandtheojrnl]

#ArticleSnapshot📸: David A. Hollinger's "From Hofstadter to Lepore: National History for the American Public" is a review essay on Nick Witham's _Popularizing the Past: Historians, Publishers, and Readers in Postwar America_.

Read it here: https://t.co/GqqvzTTnY2

[History and Theory @histandtheojrnl]

#ArticleSnapshot📸: Martin Jay's review article titled "Origami Philosophy of History" examines F. R. Ankersmit's "radically new interpretation of the way historical representations create 'historical reality'" in his book Representation (2024).

https://t.co/iWWnJcvMIR

[History and Theory @histandtheojrnl]

#ArticleSnapshot📸: F. R. Ankersmit's "Historical Reality" "invites philosophers of history to recognize that historist professional historical writing was born from Leibniz's Monadology and that Leibniz's thought is, therefore, the inside of its inside."

https://t.co/aUQdJtt3lm

[History and Theory @histandtheojrnl]

#ArticleSnapshot📸: João Ohara's "On Historical (Anti-)Realism" "clarifies the conceptual space" surrounding historical realism by distinguishing "a metaphysical problem" (historical realism proper) and "an epistemological problem" (historical skepticism)

https://t.co/JryPzM3LTL

[Ethan Kleinberg @ekleinberg]

Join us next week via Zoom!

[History and Theory @histandtheojrnl]

Our March 2026 issue is out now! 🎉

It contains articles by Antoon De Baets, Alf Lüdtke & Alexandra Oeser, João Ohara, and F. R. Ankersmit; a review article by Martin Jay; and review essays by Serge Grigoriev and David A. Hollinger.

Read it here: https://t.co/LHwqyPuE9k

[History and Theory @histandtheojrnl]

#ArticleSnapshot📸: Antoon De Baets's "Preambular History" examines how, why, and to what ends "the preambles of foundational human rights instruments, taken together, articulate a consistent view of the past."

Read it #OpenAccess here: https://t.co/smKXsZj5Rz

[History and Theory @histandtheojrnl]

CFP: Synchronizing History

The upcoming Synchronizing History conference will take place in Milan from 9 to 11 September 2026. See here for the full CFP and more: https://t.co/6sn0BMtS0R

Questions should be directed to the conference’s organizers.

[History and Theory @histandtheojrnl]

#ArticleSnapshot📸: Nancy Partner's "History and Theory and Philology Now: Together in Theory" attempts "to bring philology, with all its complications, back together with history . . . and inquire where and how theory emerges."

https://t.co/QEzfIMeOSD

[History and Theory @histandtheojrnl]

Our December 2025 "Philology Now" theme issue, edited by Valeria López Fadul and Courtney Weiss Smith, is out!

Read it here: https://t.co/b6OU6fogLR

[Ethan Kleinberg @ekleinberg]

What happens when the very foundations of historical knowledge start to shake?

In this Micro Monograph, historian Ethan Kleinberg argues that the old compass of history no longer works in an age of post-truth, conspiracy, and epistemic crisis.

👉 https://t.co/rwN73eyQUS

[Hannes Kerber @HannesKerber]

I’m really excited for this one — Peter Gordon’s forthcoming biography of Walter Benjamin, subtitled "The Pearl Diver," out next February with @yalepress.

[Goran Gaber @gorangaber]

Final touches with Stéphanie Hubert, for her grand opening tomorrow at the @MFOxford !

Also join us for a conversation on #AI and #photography with @hmorriscafiero, Michael Christopher Brown and Stéphanie, from 15h30-1830.

Register here: https://t.co/mYrLyoTlmQ

[Maryam Patton @maryampatton]

Kicking off the newest season of OHP with my friend @richardcalis to discuss his fabulous book about the curious figure of Martin Crusius.

[History and Theory @histandtheojrnl]

📢 Our September 2025 issue is out now!

Read it here: https://t.co/hGpzxR94z6