Category: On the Syllabus

The depth and breadth of CSSH essays makes them ideal for use in university classrooms. Whether you are looking for a cornerstone classic or the best new scholarship, we will have it, and it will be written in a smart, accessible style. In this feature, we invite CSSH authors and editors to compile some of their favorite essays on specific research topics.

CSSH’s Collection on Afghanistan

For more nuanced analysis of Afghan society, politics, and culture than you will find in the news, please explore CSSH’s collection of essays exploring Afghanistan in transregional, diversely historical contexts.

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Decades on Disease

As coronavirus (COVID-19) commands attention worldwide, CSSH turns to its archives to gain insight. Here we have collected decades of excellent scholarship on disease and epidemics.

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CSSH Publications on Enslavement and Forced Labor

Since its inception, CSSH has published groundbreaking essays on slavery, enslaved persons, and (forced) labor across different time periods and geographic locations. Inspired by The New York Times’s “The 1619 Project,” we’ve put together a selection of these essays going back almost sixty years.

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