Shannon Rose, left, joined other demonstrators calling for Gov. Gavin Newsom to end the stay-at-home orders during a protest at the state capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on May 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Jeremy Cohen, McMaster University The existential threat we’re facing right now might explain the proliferation of conspiracy theories, extreme political ideologies and […]
April 12, 2020
FOX News host Sean Hannity (pictured here in 2018) gave credibility to a tweet he read out lout on his popular syndicated radio show, which called COVID-19 a fraud “to spread panic in the populace, manipulate the economy and suppress dissent.” AP/Julie Jacobson Jeremy Cohen, McMaster University As the world continues to deal with the […]
November 27, 2018
A modified version of a seminar paper, this post explores ancient Zoroastrian burial practices as a challenge to anachronistic historical analysis.
October 19, 2018
I’ve been writing about demons, jinn, dybbuks, and witches! It’s been interesting to think beyond simple history in order to explore some of the socio-cultural underpinnings of these phenomena.
October 1, 2018
The following is an excerpt from a published paper on photography, violence and power, and how authorizing discourses are created. Photography is not simply seeing; it is actively evaluating the world. Photographs are not only taken, witnessed and forgotten, they shape the view of ourselves in relation to the other. What is retained by the […]