We have a new book review available! Click here to read Goddard Graves’ review of Spencer Sunshine’s Neo-Nazi terrorism and Counter-Cultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s “Siege”. The review will be printed in the next issue of The Independent Scholar (TIS)..
BOOK REVIEW – Obedience Pills: ADHD and the Medicalization of Childhood
Kathryn Burrows’ review of Patrick Hahn’s Obedience Pills: ADHD and the Medicalization of Childhood is now available to read here. The review will be published in the next issue of The Independent Scholar (TIS).
BOOK REVIEW – Workers of the World Unite
Our latest book review is now on line. Click here for Shelby Shapiro’s review of Costaguta’s Workers of the World Unite. The review will be published in the next issue of The Independent Scholar (TIS).
Book Review – Dressed for Freedom
Our latest book review is now online! Shelby Shapiro reviews Einav Rabinovitch-Fox’s monograph Dressed for Freedom: The Fashionable Politics of American Feminism. Read all about it here.
NCIS welcomes 17 new members
Over the last few months no fewer than 17 scholars have been accepted for membership of NCIS. They hail from the USA, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Turkey. Welcome all!Dr Thomas J. Buckholtz (USA) does research in two key areas: (1) innovation, leadership, skills development, and thinking and (2) cosmology and elementary particle physics. His background includes […]
2024 Eisenstein Prizewinner Announced
Following 5 months of deliberations, the results of the 2024 Elizabeth Eisenstein Essay Prize have been announced.The 2024 Eisenstein Committee, chaired by Dr Joan Cunningham have unanimously selected Mary Ann Irwin as First Prize winner of this year’s contest for her paper “Women with Hearts” and the Americanization of Jewish San Francisco, 1850–1880, Pacific Historical Review (2023) […]
Phillip Reid elected Fellow of Royal Historical Society
We are delighted to report that Phillip Reid, maritime historian and NCIS Board member has been elected as Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Congratulations Phillip!https://royalhistsoc.org/
We welcome 5 new full members from the USA, France, and Malta
We’re pleased to welcome more scholars to the NCIS fold. They have all been awarded Full Membership of NCIS in the last month. Welcome one and all!FULL MEMBERSHIP Dr Malika Bouchez-Zacria (FRANCE) graduated in veterinary medicine but her enduring interest in ecosystems, wildlife and global health led her to take a PhD in epidemiology. A […]
NCIS welcomes 19 new members from 7 countries
FULL MEMBERSHIPDr. John Botke (USA) holds a PhD in Particle Physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Botke is developing a new model of cosmology that answers many of the outstanding questions resulting from the standard model of cosmology. Botke has served as a peer-reviewer for multiple publications and has a solid scientific background and […]
TIS Vol. 11 preprint of Breitzer’s paper on Jews and feminism
The first article to pass peer review for Vol. 11 of The Independent Scholar is now online as a preprint. The final version (with page numbers) will be published in the forthcoming issue. Read it here!









