History and #MeToo
The phrase “Me Too” originated with activist Tarana Burke in 2006. As this issue of Perspectives goes to press, it’s been just over a year since the hashtag #MeToo achieved critical mass on social media, and the country is still confronting the meaning of the movement it’s spawned. Historians have written copiously about sexual harassment and assault, sometimes in the context of our everyday working lives. Amy Stanley’s cover story is about what happens when we choose to believe the sources in the archives.
Staff
Processing Grief
The morning after the shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016, Pam Schwartz sat on her…
Imagining the Digital Monograph
Robert Shoemaker and Tim Hitchcock, founders of the pioneering digital history website Proceedings of the Old Bailey, had impressive ambitions…
Advocacy Briefs
The American Historical Association frequently responds to threats against historians’ academic freedom around the globe. In September, the Association called…
Townhouse Notes: Women Historians Speak from the AHA Archive
I’ve lingered a bit in two boxes of files related to the AHA’s Committee on Women Historians (CWH, now the…
Assessing Women’s History from a Personal Angle
This past summer, a semi-anonymous document emerged from old papers when Allison Miller, editor of Perspectives on History, was looking…
Boyd Howard Hill Jr. (1931–2018)
Boyd Howard Hill Jr., a scholar of medieval Germany and premodern medical history, died on July 2, 2018, at his…
Jan Ellen Lewis (1949–2018)
Our colleague Jan Ellen Lewis passed away on August 28, 2018. Lewis was a scholar of gender, race, and politics…
Samuel T. McSeveney (1930–2017)
On August 5, 2017, Vanderbilt University lost one of its most popular professors. Samuel T. McSeveney, professor of history emeritus,…
On “Request Denied”
To the editor: I thank Seth Denbo for bringing to the attention of the historical community the recent concerns raised…
AHA Member Spotlight: Ananya Chakravarti
Ananya Chakravarti is assistant professor of history at Georgetown University. She lives in Washington, DC, and has been a member…
What Does It Mean to Study History?
When students complete a program of study in history, what should they know, understand, and be able to do? It’s…
AHA Member Spotlight: Josiah M. Daniel III
Josiah Daniel is a retired partner in residence at the international law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP. He lives in…
Disability and Place
A kitchen chair with caster wheels, leg braces, hand rails, ramps, and a 1936 Ford Phaeton with special hand levers—at…
AHA Member Spotlight: Tatiana Linkhoeva
Tatiana Linkhoeva is an assistant professor at New York University. She lives in New York City, New York, and has…
AHA Member Spotlight: Mary Robertson
Mary Robertson is the retired curator of medieval and British historical manuscripts at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.…
“We’re Not Just Students, We Are Organizers”
Fifty-five years ago, Chicago’s downtown was filled with Black students, parents, and organizers protesting racism in Chicago Public Schools (CPS).…