Elizabeth Eisenstein wrote The Printing Press as an Agent of Change: Communication and Cultural Transformation in Early-Modern Europe in 1979, giving rise to the importance of the field of the history of the book in broader cultural and social histories. However, histories rarely stay static, and approximately 20 years after…
CITATION Stephen Wertheim, Tomorrow the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy (Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020). REVIEW Tomorrow the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy by Stephen Wertheim is a work that really asks the reader to think. Recently published, in 2020 Wertheim’s…
I realize that I allowed my career to place my research at a disadvantage. I am still discovering how to achieve a good work-life balance. I hope to complete a few resolutions in regards to my career, my own research, my general well-being, and my other hobbies. To that end,…
This is a little life update. Actually, quite a lot has happened since I graduated in May. Or rather it feels like quite a lot has happened. I've got a lot of irons in the fire and a busy schedule but I do like what is going on. I have…
Well, I did it. Yesterday I graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Master of Arts in History. I also completed specializations in Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs as well as Women and Gender Studies. [embeddoc url="https://alexiscruzonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-grauduation.pdf"]
An interesting work, Ambiguities of Domination: Politics, Rhetoric, and Symbols in Contemporary Syria by Lisa Wedeen has stood the test of academic time. Originally published in 1999 then again in 2015, Wedeen’s work provides continual insight into everyday forms of power negotiations between nation states’ rulers and the ruled. Written…
I wanted to share that I successfully defended my Master's portfolio this afternoon. That means I will graduate on May 7th from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Master's of Arts in History. While at the UNL program I also obtained specializations in Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs as well…
Citation Ussama Makdisi, The Culture of Sectarianism: Community, History, and Violence in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Lebanon (University of California Press, 2000), Book Review The Culture of Sectarianism: Community, History, and Violence in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Lebanon by Ussama Makdisi is a complex work intended to answer the question of “how religion became…
Citation Lockman, Zachary Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition, 2009) Book Review Zachary Lockman’s Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism is quite a useful introductory tool to understanding the construction of…
Book Reviews So the website has undergone another redo. I think this makes a lot more sense for where I see this going. While this website will continue to showcase what I do as a professional, I intend, hopefully starting soon, to throw out my thoughts regarding the books I…