Historians/History

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• 3/24/19
  

  What I’m Reading: An Interview With Environmental Historian Eleonora Rohland

  by Erik Moshe

  “History as a discipline needs to renew itself, needs to reassert or renegotiate its place in society, needs to be vocal on political abuses of terminology or populist and racist reinterpretations of historical events.”

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• 3/24/19
  

  Political Leadership and the Need for a New American Story

  by Walter G. Moss

  Both Lincoln and FDR understood that to reach people, to motivate them, to win them over, a president had to appeal to their emotions, and storytelling was one way of doing so.

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• 3/24/19
  

  Vernon Johns: An Often Forgotten Controversial Civil Rights Activist

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  Johns was a critical figure in the push for racial equality, chiefly because he was not merely a pusher, but also a shover.

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• 3/8/19
  

  What Historians Are Tweeting: The Women Historians Who Inspire on International Women's Day

  Dr. Sarah Bond (@SarahEBond) asked "How did your female mentor make a difference in your career?" Here are some of the responses.

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• 3/10/19
  

  What I’m Reading: An Interview With Civil War Historian Anne Sarah Rubin

  by Erik Moshe

  “To hold your own book is to have achieved something permanent in an ephemeral world.”

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• 3/10/19
  

  A Historian Reflects on a Long Life

  by Vaughn Davis Bornet

  In this personal essay, historian Vaughn Davis Bornet offers his advice on living a long life. 

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• 2/27/19
  

  UPDATED: What Historians are Saying: In Response to Max Boot's Op Ed on Historians

  Max Boot published an article saying historians are not engaged enough with the public. Here's how historians reacted.

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• 2/24/19
  

  Why Preserving Historical Places and Sites Matters

  by Thompson Mayes

  Historical sites can become the vortex and venue for understanding our changing civic and national identity.

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• 2/16/19
  

  Do We Make Writing on Jefferson Harder than It Really Is?

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  Jeffersonian scholarship is not a fool’s errand, but it is extremely arduous.

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• 2/24/19
  

  The Many Joys of Writing History

  by Walter G. Moss

  It is the chance to stand back and observe the whole human story, with all its tragedies and comedies, and like Shakespeare think “What a piece of work is man!”

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• 2/24/19
  

  A Dozen Books To Help Weather The Political Storm

  by John T. Shaw

  The discipline of serious reading helps us slow down, think more carefully, weigh evidence, and respect - and expect - careful argument.

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• 2/24/19
  

  What Can the Humanities Teach Us About Big Data?

  by Jo Guldi

  The "Critical Search" techniques of Big Data uncover the nuances and patterns of the past in the Humanities.

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• 2/24/19
  

  What Can One Ecologist Teach Historians?

  by John Gaudet

  Ecology can help substantiate historical changes that might otherwise go unnoticed.

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• 3/3/19
  

  What I’m Reading: An Interview With Public Historian Amanda Higgins

  by Erik Moshe

  “The best historians are removing the layer between the finished thing and the work to get to that finished project.”

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• 2/10/19
  

  What I'm Reading: An Interview with Urban Historian Carl Abbott

  by Tiffany April Griffin

  "We understand our lives and world by the stories we tell about how we—and things in general—got to be as they are."

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• 2/4/19
  

  What Historians Are Saying: Ralph Northam, Blackface, and the KKK

  Historians contextualized the Virginia governor's yearbook photos--and had a lot to say. 

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• 1/24/19
  

  What Historians Are Saying: State of the Union 2019

  What historians are saying on Twitter about Pelosi, Trump, and the postponed State of the Union address.

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• 1/27/19
  

  The Refugee Camps of Twentieth-Century Britain—Historian Jordanna Bailkin Discusses Her Groundbreaking New Book "Unsettled"

  by Robin Lindley

  The policies giving rise to these refugee camps were critical in shaping today’s multicultural Britain and also served as antecedents to the treatment of immigrants and refugees now.

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• 2/3/19
  

  What I’m Reading: An Interview With Cultural Historian Surekha Davies

  by Erik Moshe

  Understanding the past involves mental stamina and breadth

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• 1/7/19
  

  Yesterday was the 100th Anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt's Death. Here's How His Legacy Still Shapes the United States Today.

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  From national parks to corporate regulation, Teddy's ideas surround us.