Montreal British History Seminar

Stuart Semmel (Senior Lecturer, History & Humanities, Yale University) - “The March of Intellect”

The phrase “march of intellect” burst onto the British scene in the late 1820s. The locution spiked in popularity, surfacing in a wide array of debates—before quickly fading. What does it mean to track a phrase du jour, a pre-digital meme circulating among politicians, journalists, and artists?