In der aktuellen Ausgabe von The Journal of Modern History

• Father Pepe’s House of Cards: Jesuits, Cheap Print, and Material Devotion in Eighteenth-Century Catholicism
  In 18th-century Naples, Jesuit Francesco Pepe used cheap printed materials to spread religious devotion among the poor. He created mass-produced devotional objects and booklets telling miraculous stories. This mix of books and objects helped people, especially women and the uneducated, keep faith alive in a crowded city. Pepe’s work shaped new ways of practicing religion.
• Integral Outside: The Financial Curb Market, the Electric Telegraph, and the Politics of Pricing in Second Empire France
  In 1800s France, most financial trading happened outside the official stock exchange on a hidden but active "curb market." Using new telegraph lines, unofficial traders spread fast price info and challenged state power. This article shows how modern tech and finance clashed with politics—leading to a crackdown in Paris and Marseille.
• Beyond Antisemitism: Rethinking Stalin‘s Anti-Jewish Campaign, 1944-1953
  This article looks at Stalin‘s brutal campaign against Soviet Jews from 1948-1953. While many parts where clearly antisemitic, new archival evidence shows another side of Stalin‘s Jewish policy that can‘t be explained by antisemitism alone. The author argues we need new ways to understand these actions beyond the unusual antisemitism framework.
• The Nature and Politics of Talent in West Germany, 1950–1970
  Between 1950 and 1970, West Germany redefined what "talent" meant. Leaders began to see potential in students from poorer backgrounds—not just in elites. Talent became linked to social mobility and economic needs. To stay competitive with the East and other capitalist countries, the state invested in finding and supporting hidden abilities.
• Weimar in the World: Transnational and Global Perspectives on Germany’s First Democracy
  This article looks at Germany’s Weimar Republic from a global perspective. Instead of seeing it as just a local failure, the author shows how Weimar was shaped by international ideas, crises, and networks. The article helps us understand Germany’s first democracy as part of a bigger, connected world—and why it still matters today.