historian
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Hillyer, a historian at Lewis & Clark, has been teaching it since 2012 and wrote about the experience in the 2024 book A Wall Is Just a Wall, published by Duke University Press.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
The irony is dark, but as historian Rick Perlstein has sharply argued, it is really not that surprising.
From Salon • May 26, 2026
"Cities are layered entities. Different generations leave their mark on them," historian Narayani Gupta once observed.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
“Gender politics are impossible to ignore here,” said Summer Anne Lee, a fashion historian.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Their arguments have convinced almost all anthropologists, nearly every professional historian and many philosophers.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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