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How I Do History

How I Do History

How Lynne Calamia Does History

By Contingent Magazine | December 6, 2024

“People are drawn to personal stories and transformations.”

How Julia Skinner Does History

By Contingent Magazine | October 13, 2024

I want to help people see themselves as a bridge between the past and the future.

How I Do History

How Christine Sloan Stoddard Does History

By Contingent Magazine | September 1, 2024

In one way or another, storytelling has been at the crux of what I’ve done all my life.

How I Do History

How Kate Carpenter Does History

By Contingent Magazine | December 30, 2023

“I was amazed to find that the book I wanted to read didn’t exist yet.”

How I Do History

How Lauren Lassabe Shepherd Does History

By Contingent Magazine | December 1, 2023

For the next eight months, I’ll be an independent scholar with a side hustle as a fitness instructor.

Field Trip

How Mary Klann Does History

By Contingent Magazine | October 31, 2023

Last year was the first academic year I only taught at one institution.

How I Do History

How Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell Does History

By Contingent Magazine | July 25, 2023

“I didn’t know my quirky obsession could be a job in its own right.”

How I Do History

How Jay Ridler Does History

By Contingent Magazine | June 22, 2023

“I have to remind myself – I am the only one who cares if I get paid.”

How I Do History

How Sara Georgini Does History

By Contingent Magazine | April 30, 2023

I learned that I like to edit in the mornings, when I’m a little less caffeinated and a lot more ruthless with the text.

How I Do History

How Canden S. Arciniega Does History

By Contingent Magazine | January 17, 2023

“Why do the best ideas come while I’m driving?”

How I Do History

How Nishant Batsha Does History

By Contingent Magazine | September 3, 2022

In those fleeting moments where I’m able to sit down at my desk in silence for five minutes or for two hours, I’d like to think that I’m a writer.

How I Do History

How Yael Schacher Does History

By Contingent Magazine | July 2, 2022

“There aren’t many history PhDs in the policy and advocacy spaces I now circulate in, but there should be more.”

How I Do History

How Shin Yu Pai Does History

By Contingent Magazine | May 31, 2022

The most rewarding part of the experience is receiving the story.

How I Do History

How Allison Horrocks Does History

By Contingent Magazine | February 9, 2022

“. . . if a wide brimmed Stetson gets us going, I’m content to start there.”

How I Do History

How Steven D. Booth Does History

By Contingent Magazine | December 30, 2021

“Archival work involves building relationships.”

How I Do History

How Hope Williard Does History

By Contingent Magazine | December 2, 2021

It was surprising how much librarianship is about people, not books.

Environment

How Raechel Lutz Does History

By Contingent Magazine | October 8, 2021

“I study the far-away worlds of the past.”

How I Do History

How Erin Bartram Does History

By Contingent Magazine | August 20, 2021

“I was not really a history kid.”

How I Do History

How Karma Palzom-Pasha Does History

By Contingent Magazine | July 15, 2021

This scholar’s upbringing in a Tibetan refugee camp shaped her interest in history.

How I Do History

How Trevor Owens Does History

By Contingent Magazine | June 12, 2021

“In all honesty, I have my dream job.”

How I Do History

How Amalia Levi Does History

By Contingent Magazine | May 1, 2021

What you see online is only the tip of the iceberg.

How I Do History

How Hayley Noble Does History

By Contingent Magazine | March 25, 2021

Working at the Old Idaho Penitentiary, you do a little of everything.

Bonus

How I Do History Extras I

By Contingent Magazine | March 7, 2021

A little bit more about how Nick, Anny, and Kate do history.

How I Do History

How Aimee Loiselle Does History

By Contingent Magazine | February 23, 2021

An unexpected job opportunity launched seven years of adjunct teaching and rekindled Aimee Loiselle’s interest in scholarly history.

How I Do History

How Spencer McBride Does History

By Contingent Magazine | December 9, 2020

“To see scholars use the papers in their own research to produce groundbreaking history is something we celebrate.”

How I Do History

How Naomi Rendina Does History

By Contingent Magazine | November 10, 2020

“I wrote my entire dissertation between the hours of 10 PM and 3 AM.”

How I Do History

How Chris Deutsch Does History

By Contingent Magazine | September 3, 2020

“No one listens unless we tell a good story, so we try to tell good stories.”

Field Trip

How Camille Bethune-Brown Does History

By Contingent Magazine | August 4, 2020

A chance internship helped Camille Bethune-Brown find her career.

How I Do History

How Kate Shuster Does History

By Contingent Magazine | June 30, 2020

Through her work at SPLC, Kate Shuster helps educators teach hard histories.

Archives & Museums

How Jennifer Garcon Does History

By Contingent Magazine | May 15, 2020

“There’s so much experimentation and innovation happening in libraries” and Jennifer Garcon is right in the thick of it.

Field Trip

How Anny Gaul Does History 

By Contingent Magazine | April 17, 2020

“What does a postdoc do?” That’s something Anny Gaul has been figuring out all year.

Field Trip

How Priya Chhaya Does History

By Contingent Magazine | March 12, 2020

Even after 13 years working at the National Trust for Historical Preservation, “there isn’t really a typical day of work for me.”

Field Trip

How Nick Hurley Does History

By Contingent Magazine | January 19, 2020

The second in a series on how historians—especially contingent historians and those employed outside of tenure-track academia—do the work of history.

Field Trip

How Kelsey Utne Does History

By Contingent Magazine | October 31, 2019

This is the first in a new series on how historians—especially contingent historians and those employed outside of tenure-track academia—do the work of history.

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