In the modern vernacular, a “hot take” is an opinion likely to cause controversy, usually because it is unpopular. Deployed ironically, the phrase suggests that an opinion is simplistic, moralizing, or otherwise banal. But sometimes a take might be, quite literally, very spicy! The peri-peri or bird’s eye chili depicted here is both spicy and a microcosm of colonial history, as Trishula Patel discusses in this issue. And if her article whets your appetite, in Perspectives Daily we had an entire summer series on food and foodways made to order!
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Advocacy Briefs
From April to July, the AHA released six statements, letters, and testimonies as part of the Teaching History with Integrity…
City Stratigraphy
Wedged between the National Mall and the Potomac River, the Washington, DC, Waterfront is not yet a city again. It…
The Art of the Diamond
Every summer evening, I play catch with the 12-year-old child in my life and dread the days when school imprisons…
On “Journalists and Historians”
To the Editor: In “Journalists and Historians” (April 2023), Edward Muir writes of Volodymyr Zelenskyy going farther than any other…
On the April Issue
To the Editor: As a historian of revolutionary France with a background in journalism, I appreciated reading “Townhouse Notes: Editorial…
Hedva Ben-Israel (1925–2023)
Photo courtesy Oren Kidron Hedva Ben-Israel, professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ) and one of the foremost scholars…
Peggy K. Liss (1927–2023)
Peggy K. Liss, a historian of Spain, Latin America, and transatlantic empires, died on March 17, 2023, at 95 years…
Jeffrey Burton Russell (1934–2023)
Jeffrey Burton Russell, professor of history emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), died on April 12, 2023,…
George B. Stow Jr. (1940–2023)
On February 12, 2023, the field of medieval English history lost a significant voice with the death of George Buckley…
Ivan M. Tribe (1940–2023)
On April 4, 2023, the 82-year concert that was the life of Ivan M. Tribe, a nationally recognized country music…
Yuji Ichioka (1936–2002)
A second-generation Japanese American born in San Francisco, Yuji Ichioka was a trailblazing scholar in Japanese American history and a…
Bingo!
As summer comes to a close, the third and final month of the AHA Summer Reading Challenge ends with it.…
AHA Member Spotlight: Enrico Dal Lago
Enrico Dal Lago is an established professor of history at the University of Galway. He lives in Galway, Ireland, and…
(Re)visioning Past and Present
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a two-part column. The first installment can be found here. Upon entering…
AHA Member Spotlight: Hannah M. Lane
Hannah M. Lane is an associate professor of history at Mount Allison University and an adjunct professor of history at…