Jacob Mikanowski

Jacob Mikanowski, a freelance writer in California, studied Eastern European history at the University of California at Berkeley. He is currently at work on a book.

Stories by this Author

The Review | Essay

The ‘New Science of History’ Is Bunk

By Jacob Mikanowski September 13, 2023

Two new books model radically different ways of studying the past.
The Review

The Bleak Prophecy of Timothy Snyder

By Jacob Mikanowski April 12, 2019

The Yale historian warns about the risk of totalitarianism under Trump. That’s great for selling books — but scholars are alarmed.
The Review

Academic Life Isn’t as Modern as You Might Think

By Jacob Mikanowski November 19, 2017

Its conditions eerily reflect those of 19th-century Hapsburg army officers.
The Review

History After Us

By Jacob Mikanowski December 11, 2016

In the Anthropocene, historians might chronicle the end of their species.
The Chronicle Review

Book Review: The Secret Scandal of Grad School

By Jacob Mikanowski May 27, 2014

We enroll to catch fleeting feelings of exaltation.