• Getting Tenure with Digital History

  Features

  LaDale Winling | Apr 8, 2019

  Scholars hired to do “nontraditional” history will be evaluated by traditional criteria.
• Starting from Scratch

  From the President

  John R. McNeill | Mar 11, 2019

  If you’re asked to prepare a course on an unfamiliar subject, be honest with your students. And start cramming.
• Confronting the Paradox of Expertise

  Features

  David A. Gerber | Feb 25, 2019

  Can too much knowledge make you a worse teacher? Some historians feel this way.
• Online Education 2.0

  News

  Zoë Jackson | Feb 11, 2019

  Online courses are no longer a futurist fantasy or a harbinger of doom. But where are they going?

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• Policy Briefings in the History Classroom

  Dane Kennedy | Dec 17, 2018

  An assignment in a course on Victorian Britain helped students understand the relevance of history to their lives.
• Letters of Rec

  Suzanne Marchand | Sep 4, 2018

  Writing (and reading) these formulaic commendations is a task with few rewards.
• Hierarchy and Needs

  James Grossman | Sep 1, 2018

  The age of the all-powerful Doktorvater is gone, but his influence still permeates our culture.
• Why Read Why Learn History

  Elizabeth Elliott | Aug 20, 2018

  What’s the point of studying history if you can look up facts and figures on your smartphone?
• Reimagining the History Survey Course

  Steven Mintz | Apr 23, 2018

  Faculty members at universities across the country are experimenting with new models for history survey courses and different approaches to...

 

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