How I Do History
How Steven D. Booth Does History
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“Archival work involves building relationships.”
A Thing Of The Past
The Papier-Mâché Mask
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We can intuitively interact with the history of an artform even when we aren’t explicitly aware of that history.
Contingent Book & Article Lists
2021 Literary Studies Book and Journal Article List
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A companion list for lit studies scholars.
A Thing Of The Past
The Persian Rug
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Still in her concentration camp uniform, Olga found her Persian rug.
A Thing Of The Past
The Government Pen
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As a child, I thought it was extremely cool that working for the U.S. government meant that you could get a pen that said “U.S. Government.”
A Thing Of The Past
The Second Skeleton
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Museums construct knowledge by constructing objects—literally.
How I Do History
How Hope Williard Does History
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It was surprising how much librarianship is about people, not books.
Contingent Book & Article Lists
2021 Contingent Journal Article List
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A companion to our 2021 book list.
Contingent Book & Article Lists
2021 Contingent Book List
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When you’re shopping for books this season, consider a contingent scholar.
Postcards
A Postcard from Charlottesville, VA
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Sometimes it is good to remind oneself how lucky and abnormal this profession can be.
Shorts
A Special Memorialized State
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Facebook was assigning me a place in the past, a place for the dead.
Them, Or Me, Or Us?
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They created a space to share their own experiences, and found their experiences were shared by others.
Shorts
On The Road With The WPA
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Pick any stretch of road and you can find along it a history of the nation.
Shorts
The Great History of Small Things
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If I’m being honest, Dan was probably my best friend all those early years in Newtown.
Entertainment & Recreation
How Canons Are Formed
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Many Progressive Era playwrights were women. So how did they become “invisible” in the canon?
Shorts
The Committee to Keep Dick Tasting
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Hi, any chance you might have sent Richard Nixon a dick joke fifty years ago?
Features
Over Time and Then All at Once
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Kashmir is no longer the peripheral zone of exception, but rather the beta-version of what gets implemented in the mainland.
Mailbag
How Do You Publish A Book Off The Tenure Track?
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Publishing off the tenure-track is possible, but not without its challenges.
Shorts
The Olympic Paradox
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The Olympics has always relied on two antithetical forces: nationalism and internationalism.
How I Do History
How Karma Palzom-Pasha Does History
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This scholar’s upbringing in a Tibetan refugee camp shaped her interest in history.
Features
The Brink of Erasure
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The impending demolition of the National Archives Annexe is a crisis, not just for the study of history, but for Indian democracy.
Features
Conspiracy to Commit Sodomy
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Within the longer history of gay spaces and gay porn, eBay’s policing of “adult materials” is nothing new.
Reviews
The Plague Is Not Over
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Twenty-five years ago, straight Americans were ready to call an end to the AIDS pandemic. But for Sarah Schulman, it has never receded.
Shorts
From the American People
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How did human rights and development come to be so intertwined in U.S. foreign policy?
Shorts
Colony of Cobblestone
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The blue cobblestones of Old San Juan look nice on a postcard, but they also tell a long history of exploitation.
Shorts
How To Make An Oligopoly
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A seven-point memo proposing control of the global insulin market.
Features
The Strange Case of Booker T. Washington’s Birthday
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If Booker T. Washington never knew when he was born, how are we so sure about it now?
How I Do History
How Hayley Noble Does History
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Working at the Old Idaho Penitentiary, you do a little of everything.
Features
Ground Operations
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I had already completed my freshman year when I first learned what an adjunct was.
Shorts
Organize or Perish
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The pandemic has shown what happens when universities assume they don’t need to answer to graduate students.
How I Do History
How Aimee Loiselle Does History
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An unexpected job opportunity launched seven years of adjunct teaching and rekindled Aimee Loiselle’s interest in scholarly history.
Shorts
Public Health
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Loving an alcoholic who is a renowned expert on substance abuse is debilitating.
Field Trip
Book History in the Bay Area
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I was comfortable with the components of a press and the processes of printing. At least in theory.
Shorts
Country Before Dog
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Though American children could not serve in the war themselves, they could vicariously serve through their dogs.
Shorts
Where Is Dorsey Foultz?
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When the D.C. Metropolitan Police failed to catch a murder suspect, white residents criticized and mocked. Black residents worried.