Podcasts continue to gain popularity in both social and academic realms, becoming a routine part of Internet lingo. Africa Past and Present offers podcasts that center on the history, culture, and politics of Africa and the African Diaspora. Article By: Jessica Pritchard The post Africa Past and Present: The Podcast about African History, Culture, and Politics appeared first on American Historical Association.

Phil Mariage’s public radio program, “Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,” brings together speakers from three generations to discuss issues ranging from politics to fads to auto repair. In one of his most recent programs he spoke with John Hope Franklin, Peter Stearns, and W. Fitzhugh Brundage on the topic of history. The post Talking ‘bout my Generation appeared first on American Historical Association.

Since its origin in January 2001, iTunes has grown to include movies, TV shows, podcasts, audiobooks, music videos, and games, all of which are a simple mouse-click away. Adding to this list of fun features is iTunes U, offering over 175,000 free downloadable educational audio and video files... Article By: Jessica Pritchard The post iTunes U: Fun for Academics and Eternal Scholars Alike appeared first on American Historical Association.

This week we've been reading a lot about digital scholarship. We link to Ed Ayers' podcast on it, Google's millions of dollars to support it, and a number of instances of it (podcasts, and blogs, and sites). We've also been reading about jobs, from tracking who got hired where to a recent survey on job satisfaction. Then, we turn to the Cold War and take...

In Today’s What We’re Reading, we feature one historian’s perspective on immigration reform, a growing business management trend inspired by Abraham Lincoln, and a series of podcasts you should be listening to. The post What We’re Reading: January 31, 2013 appeared first on American Historical Association.

One teacher assigned her seventh-grade students to create podcasts to make up for the lack of women's history in their textbook.

Cliopatria, a group blog on HNN, is accepting nominations for its 2011 Cliopatria Awards until this Wednesday, November 30, 2011. Help to “recognize the best history writing in the blogosphere” by submitting nominations in eight categories... The post 2011 Cliopatria Awards – Nominations Due Wednesday appeared first on American Historical Association.

This week’s post contains links to articles, interactive web features, and news from a museum and a historic home. Read about political scientists’ claims that those in the social sciences get more grants, and consider Lisa Spiro’s question of Wikipedia’s academic merits. On the digital history front, “Making the History of 1989” has officially launched; an interactive map shows Washington, D.C. in 1791; and a...

The University of Michigan's grad students are sharing their research on a new public platform: a podcast.

What are your favorite posts, or types of posts on AHA Today? Do you come for the latest online resources, annual meeting posts, or thoughts from the executive director? Are you a regular follower of our Thursday roundup of “What We’re Reading”? We’re curious as to what you want to read, and so we looked back at our traffic statistics from 2010 to find some of...