Niet eerder lijkt er zoveel verwarring te zijn geweest over het begrip antisemitisme. Waar ligt de grens tussen kritiek op de staat Israël en discriminatie van Joden?

Beschuldigingen van antisemitisme en van het misbruiken van deze beladen term gaan over en weer. Hoe zijn we in dit conceptuele moeras terechtgekomen, en hoe komen we er weer uit?

Historicus Mark Mazower onderzoekt Jodenhaat door de eeuwen heen en gaat dieper in op de periode na 1945, toen de politiek van de staat Israël en de...

The beginning story of the communism was like this:

A ghost walks in Europe - the ghost of communism. All the forces of old Europe entered into a sacred alliance to defeat this ghost: the Pope and the Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French radicals and German police agents.

Where is the opposition party not being accused of being communist by its opponents? Where is the opposition, which has not thrown this blightful communism accusation back to its reactionary adversaries as well as to the more...

The many preserved collections of student notes from the early modern period – ranging from neatly maintained notebooks to barely legible scribbles crammed between lines of printed text – hold considerable but largely untapped potential as an historical source. At the same time, the analysis of these notes poses significant challenges for scholars. This book aims to be a concise and accessible companion for scholars interested in engaging with this young and burgeoning research field. Wri...

A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK: a fascinating and revelatory cultural history of hypochondria, from Hippocrates to wellness influencers.

Israel: An Anti-Textbook to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth is The Case for Israel for fans of Drunk History and the Skimm: a personal, accessible, conversational “anti-textbook” moving chronologically from Biblical times to today, from one of Israel's most prominent activists and celebrities—now in trade paperback!

A brilliant new account of one of the world's most remote, mysterious and misunderstood places: Easter Island.