Iron & Brick
The United States is world-renowned for its universities; an American degree is valued currency in every country. Beginning with Brown University’s creation of a Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice in 2003, it has becoming increasingly clear that America’s oldest academic institutions need to acknowledge that they and their members were complicit with and often participated in the sale of humans. The feature articles in this issue examine several universities’ efforts to address their roles in enslavement. What comes next?
Document: “Slave Manifest of the Katherine Jackson of Georgetown,” National Archives and Records Administration, 46756382, public domain; Photo: Moregane Le Breton/Unsplash.
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Advocacy Briefs
In August and September, the AHA sent letters to the governor of Virginia and the South Dakota Board of Education…
Townhouse Notes
I came to Brown University not knowing much about the history of the place. I just knew that there were…
Land Acknowledgments
Each year, as we approach Native American Heritage Month in November, the flood of email inquiries begins: How do I…
R. Keith Schoppa (1943–2022)
Photo courtesy Schoppa family Keith Schoppa, the Edward and Catherine Doehler Professor of History emeritus at Loyola University Maryland, passed…
On “Is History History?”
To the Editor: I loved the well-written article “Is History History?” (September 2022) from James H. Sweet, since it seemed to…
From Contingent to Tenure Track and Back Again
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Beyond the Liberty Bell
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AHA Member Spotlight: Casey R. Olthaus
Casey R. Olthaus is an assistant English teacher at Kyoto Prefectural Sagano Senior High School in Kyoto, Japan, but will…
Locked Up
Eastern State Penitentiary, located just over a mile north of the AHA23 meeting headquarters, operated from 1829 to 1971. It…
Searching for Lutiant
Early in my career, I waded into the opaque waters of writing history about an incredibly emotional subject. In graduate…