• Townhouse Notes

  From the Editor

  Allison Miller | May 20, 2019

  The news is not good for many small liberal arts colleges (SLACs). I’m not talking about the Williamses of the world, or the Swarthmores, or the Amher...
• On the Recent Executive Order on “Free Inquiry” in Higher Education

  From the Executive Director

  James Grossman and Edward Liebow | May 20, 2019

  Trump’s recent EO is a textbook example of misdirection. Its insistence on “transparency and accountability” points to a pernicious agenda.
• Teaching on the “Balkan Express”

  Features

  Christina Koulouri | May 13, 2019

  History has the power to heal the wounds of war—but not without steep resistance from nationalists.
• Are All Graduate Student Conferences Created Equal?

  Viewpoints

  Paul Braff | May 6, 2019

  They can be great tools for professionalization, but organizers should play to their own strengths.

Most Recent

• Gains and Losses

  Olivia M. Hagedorn | Apr 30, 2019

  Conversations about pursuing nonacademic careers often center on what is lost. But what if we shift the focus on what is gained?
• Learning Holocaust History in the 21st Century

  Meirah Shedlo | Apr 29, 2019

  A project helps students use modern technology to incorporate Holocaust survivors’ testimony into the historical record.
• Digital Dissertations and the Changing Nature of Doctoral Work

  Celeste Tường Vy Sharpe | Apr 23, 2019

  “Incorporating digital methods, presentation, and tools in an individual sustained research project is still largely uncharted territory. . .”
• Shaping the Future of the History Survey

  Patrick Leech | Mar 5, 2019

  Two distinct forces—one pedagogical, the other administrative—are shaping the teaching of introductory courses.
• Confronting the Paradox of Expertise

  David A. Gerber | Feb 25, 2019

  Can too much knowledge make you a worse teacher? Some historians feel this way.

 

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