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A History of Big History

Hesketh, Ian (2023). A History of Big History. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781009036399

Imagining the Darwinian Revolution: Historical Narratives of Evolution from the Nineteenth Century to the Present

Hesketh, Ian ed. (2022). Imagining the Darwinian Revolution: Historical Narratives of Evolution from the Nineteenth Century to the Present. Pittsburgh, PA United States: University of Pittsburgh Press.

The correspondence of John Tyndall, vol. 4: the correspondence, January 1853 - December 185

Ian Hesketh and Efram Sera-Shriar eds. (2018). The correspondence of John Tyndall, vol. 4: the correspondence, January 1853 - December 185. Pittsburgh, PA USA: University of Pittsburgh Press.

Victorian Jesus: J.R. Seeley, religion, and the cultural significance of anonymity

Hesketh, Ian (2017). Victorian Jesus: J.R. Seeley, religion, and the cultural significance of anonymity. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

The Oxford history of historical writing vol 3 1400 - 1800

José Rabasa, Masayuki Sato, Edoardo Tortarolo, Daniel Woolf and Ian Hesketh eds. (2012). The Oxford history of historical writing vol 3 1400 - 1800. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

The Oxford history of historical writing, vol. 2: 400–1400

Sarah Foot, Chase F. Robinson and Ian Hesketh eds. (2012). The Oxford history of historical writing, vol. 2: 400–1400. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

The science of history in Victorian Britain: making the past speak

Hesketh, Ian (2011). The science of history in Victorian Britain: making the past speak. London United Kingdom: Pickering and Chatto.

Of apes and ancestors : evolution, Christianity, and the Oxford debate

Hesketh, Ian (2009). Of apes and ancestors : evolution, Christianity, and the Oxford debate. Toronoto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Imagining the Darwinian Revolution in the Nineteenth Century

Hesketh, Ian (2022). Imagining the Darwinian Revolution in the Nineteenth Century. Imagining the Darwinian Revolution: Historical Narratives of Evolution from the Nineteenth Century to the Present. (pp. 21-36) edited by Hesketh, Ian. Pittsburgh, PA United States: University of Pittsburgh Press.

Evolution, ethics, and the Metaphysical Society, 1869-1875

Hesketh, Ian (2019). Evolution, ethics, and the Metaphysical Society, 1869-1875. The Metaphysical Society (1869-1880): intellectual life in mid-Victorian England. (pp. 185-203) edited by Catherine Marshall, Bernard Lightman and Richard England. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

From Copernicus to Darwin to you: history and the meaning(s) of evolution

Hesketh, Ian (2019). From Copernicus to Darwin to you: history and the meaning(s) of evolution. Rethinking history, science, and religion: an exploration of conflict and the complexity principle. (pp. 191-205) edited by Bernard Lightman. Pittsburgh, PA, United States: University of Pittsburgh Press.

The future evolution of "Man"

Hesketh, Ian (2018). The future evolution of "Man". Historicizing humans: deep time, evolution, and race in nineteenth-century British sciences. (pp. 193-217) edited by Efram Sera-Shriar. Pittsburgh, PA USA: University of Pittsburgh Press.

The gendering of history

Hesketh, Ian (2018). The gendering of history. Gender: time. (pp. 103-115) edited by Karin Sellberg. Farmington Hills, MI United States: Macmillan Reference USA/Gale Group Thomson Learning.

Fanatical hatred or brotherly love? Rethinking E. A. Freeman's feud with J. A. Froude

Hesketh, Ian (2015). Fanatical hatred or brotherly love? Rethinking E. A. Freeman's feud with J. A. Froude. Making History: Edward Augustus Freeman and Victorian Cultural Politics. (pp. 255-272) edited by G. A. Bremner and Jonathan Conlin. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.5871/bacad/9780197265871.003.0014

Frederick Temple and the essays and reviews controversy

Hesketh, Ian (2013). Frederick Temple and the essays and reviews controversy. Cultural Olympians: Rugby School's intellectual and spiritual leaders. (pp. 123-136) edited by Patrick Derham. London: University of Buckingham Press.

Down under Darwin: Australasian perspectives on Darwin studies

Hesketh, Ian, Barton, Ruth and Richards, Evelleen (2024). Down under Darwin: Australasian perspectives on Darwin studies. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 103, 69-76. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2023.11.004

Disciplining the Anthropocene

Hesketh, Ian (2022). Disciplining the Anthropocene. History and Theory, 61 (3), 482-491. doi: 10.1111/hith.12267

The Psychic Force Serialized: William Crookes and The Quarterly Journal of Science, 1870-1874

Hesketh, Ian (2022). The Psychic Force Serialized: William Crookes and The Quarterly Journal of Science, 1870-1874. Aries, 22 (1), 13-41. doi: 10.1163/15700593-02201002

What Big History misses

Hesketh, Ian (2021). What Big History misses. Aeon.

Joshua Bennett, God and Progress: Religion and History in British Intellectual Culture, 1845-1914

Hesketh, Ian (2021). Joshua Bennett, God and Progress: Religion and History in British Intellectual Culture, 1845-1914. The American Historical Review, 126 (4), 1685-1686. doi: 10.1093/ahr/rhab626

Narratives of Charles Darwin down under

Hesketh, Ian (2021). Narratives of Charles Darwin down under. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 88, 303-311. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2021.06.007

The making of John Tyndall's Darwinian Revolution

Hesketh, Ian (2020). The making of John Tyndall's Darwinian Revolution. Annals of Science, 77 (4), 524-548. doi: 10.1080/00033790.2020.1808243

The first Darwinian: Alfred Russel Wallace and the meaning of Darwinism

Hesketh, Ian (2020). The first Darwinian: Alfred Russel Wallace and the meaning of Darwinism. Journal of Victorian Culture, 25 (2), 171-184. doi: 10.1093/jvcult/vcz042

Technologies of the Scientific Self: John Tyndall and His Journal

Hesketh, Ian (2019). Technologies of the Scientific Self: John Tyndall and His Journal. Isis, 110 (3), 460-482. doi: 10.1086/704672

A big history of the future: Homo Deus: a brief history of tomorrow

Hesketh, Ian (2018). A big history of the future: Homo Deus: a brief history of tomorrow. Sydney Review of Books

John Robert Seeley, natural religion, and the Victorian conflict between science and religion

Hesketh, Ian (2018). John Robert Seeley, natural religion, and the Victorian conflict between science and religion. Journal of the History of Ideas, 79 (2), 309-329. doi: 10.1353/jhi.2018.0018

Prodding, proofreading, and persistence; or, tales from an Isis proofreader

Hesketh, Ian (2018). Prodding, proofreading, and persistence; or, tales from an Isis proofreader. Newsletter of the History of Science Society, 47 (2), 8-10.

Review of: Gillian Beer, Alice in space: the sideways Victorian world of Lewis Carroll

Hesketh, Ian (2018). Review of: Gillian Beer, Alice in space: the sideways Victorian world of Lewis Carroll. Isis, 109 (1), 189-191.

The evolutionary epic

Hesketh, Ian (2017). The evolutionary epic. Victorian Review, 41 (2), 35-39. doi: 10.1353/vcr.2015.0014

Darwinism as Religion: What Literature Tells Us About Evolution

Hesketh, Ian (2017). Darwinism as Religion: What Literature Tells Us About Evolution. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Review of: Sarah C. Alexander, Victorian literature and the physics of the imponderable

Hesketh, Ian (2016). Review of: Sarah C. Alexander, Victorian literature and the physics of the imponderable. Isis, 107 (4), 868-869. doi: 10.1086/689422

Introduction: evolution and historical explanation

Harrison, Peter and Hesketh, Ian (2016). Introduction: evolution and historical explanation. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 58, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.12.010

Counterfactuals and history: contingency and convergence in histories of science and life

Hesketh, Ian (2016). Counterfactuals and history: contingency and convergence in histories of science and life. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 58, 41-48. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.12.015

Review of James Anthony Froude: An Intellectual Biography of a Victorian Prophet

Hesketh, Ian (2015). Review of James Anthony Froude: An Intellectual Biography of a Victorian Prophet. Irish Studies Review, 23 (3), 365-367. doi: 10.1080/09670882.2015.1051763

Review of: On Historical Distance by Mark Salber Phillips

Hesketh, Ian (2015). Review of: On Historical Distance by Mark Salber Phillips. Histoire sociale/Social history, 47 (96), 333-335. doi: 10.1353/his.2015.0009

A good Darwinian? Winwood Reade and the making of a late Victorian evolutionary epic

Hesketh, Ian (2015). A good Darwinian? Winwood Reade and the making of a late Victorian evolutionary epic. Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 51, 44-52. doi: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.01.013

The Aesthetics of Scale

Hesketh, Ian and Peden, Knox (2015). The Aesthetics of Scale. Journal of the Philosophy of History, 9 (2), 169-175. doi: 10.1163/18722636-12341298

The recurrence of the evolutionary epic

Hesketh, Ian (2015). The recurrence of the evolutionary epic. Journal of the Philosophy of History, 9 (2), 196-219. doi: 10.1163/18722636-12341300

The story of Big History

Hesketh, Ian (2014). The story of Big History. History of the Present, 4 (2), 171-202. doi: 10.5406/historypresent.4.2.0171

Darwinian we are not: counterfactualism as the natural course of history

Hesketh, Ian (2014). Darwinian we are not: counterfactualism as the natural course of history. History and Theory, 53 (2), 295-303. doi: 10.1111/hith.10712

"History is past politics, and politics present history': who said it?

Hesketh, Ian (2014). "History is past politics, and politics present history': who said it?. Notes and Queries, 61 (1), 105-108. doi: 10.1093/notesj/gjt244

Review of: Edward Adams, liberal epic: the Victorian practice of history from Gibbon to Churchill

Hesketh, Ian (2012). Review of: Edward Adams, liberal epic: the Victorian practice of history from Gibbon to Churchill. Journal of British Studies, 51 (3), 750-752. doi: 10.1086/665393

Behold the (Anonymous) man: J. R. Seeley and Ecce Homo

Hesketh, Ian (2012). Behold the (Anonymous) man: J. R. Seeley and Ecce Homo. Victorian Review, 38 (1), 93-112. doi: 10.1353/vcr.2012.0044

Review of: Theodore Koditschek, Liberalism, imperialism, and the historical imagination: nineteenth-century visions of a greater Britain

Hesketh, Ian (2012). Review of: Theodore Koditschek, Liberalism, imperialism, and the historical imagination: nineteenth-century visions of a greater Britain. Victorian Review, 38 (2)

Weapons of another kind: Henry Thomas Buckle and the case of Thomas Pooley

Hesketh, Ian (2011). Weapons of another kind: Henry Thomas Buckle and the case of Thomas Pooley. Left History, 15 (1), 87-110.

The remains of the Freeman–Froude controversy: the religious dimension

Hesketh, Ian (2011). The remains of the Freeman–Froude controversy: the religious dimension. Canadian Society of Church History, 211-223.

Writing history in Macaulay’s Shadow: J.R. Seeley, E.A. Freeman, and the audience for scientific history in late Victorian Britain

Hesketh, Ian (2011). Writing history in Macaulay’s Shadow: J.R. Seeley, E.A. Freeman, and the audience for scientific history in late Victorian Britain. Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, 22 (2), 30-56. doi: 10.7202/1008977ar

Reflections on the Origin’s anniversary and the perpetuation of an eternal myth

Hesketh, Ian (2010). Reflections on the Origin’s anniversary and the perpetuation of an eternal myth. University of Toronto Press Blog

Review of: Cosmopolitan Islanders: British Historians and the European Continent

Hesketh, Ian (2010). Review of: Cosmopolitan Islanders: British Historians and the European Continent. Canadian Journal of History, 45 (3), 621-622.

Diagnosing Froude's disease: boundary work and the discipline of history in late-Victorian Britain

Hesketh, Ian (2008). Diagnosing Froude's disease: boundary work and the discipline of history in late-Victorian Britain. History and Theory, 47 (3), 373-395. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2303.2008.00460.x

Review of: Frontiers of history: historical inquiry in the twentieth century

Hesketh, Ian (2008). Review of: Frontiers of history: historical inquiry in the twentieth century. Canadian Journal of History, 43 (1), 209-211.

Guide to the classics: Darwin’s The Descent of Man 150 years on — sex, race and our ‘lowly’ ape ancestry

Hesketh, Ian and Meiring, Henry-James (2021, 02 25). Guide to the classics: Darwin’s The Descent of Man 150 years on — sex, race and our ‘lowly’ ape ancestry The Conversation

How a 150-year-old experiment with a beam of light showed germs exist – and that a face mask can help filter them out

Hesketh, Ian (2020, 04 20). How a 150-year-old experiment with a beam of light showed germs exist – and that a face mask can help filter them out The Conversation

How Darwin’s sexual selection theory co-stars in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

Hesketh, Ian (2020, 01 29). How Darwin’s sexual selection theory co-stars in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ The Conversation 1-1.