• Absence and Presence

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  Jacqueline Jones | Apr 13, 2021

  Although historians have produced remarkable work while working remotely, AHA president Jacqueline Jones argues that it is dangerous to conclude...
• Teaching South African Stories Online

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  Jacob Ivey | Mar 2, 2021

  Well-managed digital archives provide students with a focused set of research materials that help build a foundational point of historical inquiry.
• Writing Histories of Witchcraft in a Pandemic

  Perspectives Daily

  Richard Tomczak | Mar 1, 2021

  Students at Stony Brook University used a digital humanities project about times of crisis to connect their work on the...
• Has the Decline in History Majors Hit Bottom?

  Features

  Robert B. Townsend | Feb 23, 2021

  Although the total number of students earning BAs in history continues to decline, data from 2018-19 reveal that a slightly...

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  Julia Brookins | Dec 22, 2020

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  Norm Jones | Dec 21, 2020

  History courses are in demand but governed by competing understandings of their value and role in general education.
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  Shannon Bontrager | Dec 1, 2020

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• Turning Inquiry into Action

  Caleb Wood Richardson | Nov 18, 2020

  The University of New Mexico uses communities of practice to evaluate and improve introductory history courses.

 

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