I studied modern European history at Northwestern University. I write about urban history, intellectual history, and the history of science. I teach surveys of European history since 1750 and British history since 10,000 BCE.
I’m especially interested in the history of political culture, and have written about meritocracy and technocracy, radicalism and social democracy, neo-conservatism and neo-liberalism.
Lately I’ve been reading a lot of nineteenth-century British historical writing. How did this national frame of reference deal with scales and connections that far exceed the nation?
