Archive - Living Literature

The Study-in-Residence Model of Student Travel

Student Travel as a Masterclass on a Work of Art or Historical Event

Jun 3 • Stephen Himes

A Day of Study-in-Residence

Place-Based Itineraries Designed to Teach Students How to Study Away From Home

Jun 3 • Stephen Himes

How We Can Help You Design Your Own Study-in-Residence

A Bespoke Experience They Will Never Forget and Can Be a Centerpiece in Their College Applications

Jun 3 • Stephen Himes

Study-in-Residence Ideas in Incubation

I Had Traveled the Country and the World Developing These Courses for My School. Then the Pandemic Happened. Perhaps We Can Make One A Reality For You…

Jun 3 • Stephen Himes

April 2026

"Make Room For Wonder": On Sports Fandom, The NWSL, and The Kansas City Current

What It Means to Be A Kansas Current Fan During the Second Trump Administration

Apr 7 • Stephen Himes

March 2026

Prologue. Thomas Carlyle to Curtis Yarvin: The Direct Lineage from A Tale of Two Cites to Trump 2

To Understand How MAGA "Thinks," You Need to Understand Dickens' Source Material for His Historical Fiction of the French Revolution

Mar 6 • Stephen Himes

Part I: The French Revolution Historiography is a Series of Playbooks Written By People Who Literally Made History

All Politics From Napoleon to Trump Is Fallout From the Storming of the Bastille

Mar 6 • Stephen Himes

Part 2: The French Revolution's Contribution to Democracy

Today's Concept of the Political Left and the Political Right Literally Came From the First English Debate About the French Revolution

Mar 5 • Stephen Himes

Part 3: The French Revolution's Contribution to Communism

In Its Later Stages, Karl Marx Saw a Vision of True "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité." In Its Reign of Terror, Lenin Saw the Playbook For Winning the…

Mar 4 • Stephen Himes

Part 4: The French Revolution’s Contribution to Fascism

Charles Dickens’s Primary Source for A Tale of Two Cities Was the Founding Father of Fascism

Mar 3 • Stephen Himes

Part 5: Charles Dickens’ Sources for A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens asked a very simple question that you can put on a bracelet: What Would Jesus Do?

Mar 2 • Stephen Himes

The “Noisiest Authorities”: Charles Dickens Explains How It Can Be Both the Best and Worst of Times in the Age of Trump

The World’s First Global Media Star Understood the Power of Attention

Mar 1 • Stephen Himes

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