Making History Podcast

This episode of the Making History podcast was recorded at the Past Tense seminar with historian David Blight, in the fall of 2010. 

This is a recording of the Past Tense seminar, "This is Not How My Book Starts: Looking Back at Writing and Framing" given by Adam Arenson at the Huntington Library on October 28, 2011.  For more information about upcoming Past Tense lectures, see http://past-tense.org

This is a recording of the Past Tense seminar, "This is Not How My Book Starts: Looking Back at Writing and Framing" given by Adam Arenson at the Huntington Library on October 28, 2011.  The episode begins with him reading from a pre-circulated paper and then segues into the seminar discussion.  For more information about upcoming Past Tense lectures, see http://past-tense.org

Audio recording of journalist Miriam Pawel (author of The Union of Their Dreams) at the Huntington Library's "Past Tense" seminar.

This episode is an interview with Amanda French, THATCamp Coordinator for the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. 

Those of you in Southern California might want to consider attending THATCampSoCal on Jan 11-12 at Chapman University.

A conversation with Jeff Wasserstrom and Mara Hvistendahl

This is a recording of an event that took place at UCI on Feb 16, 2010.

The Keynote address at The Past's Digital Presence conference, given by Peter Stallybrass (University of Pennsylvania) on Feb. 20, 2010 at Yale University.

Goldsby discusses her work with "Mapping the Stacks: A Guide to Black Chicago's Hidden Archives" at Yale's "The Past's Digital Presence" conference on Feb 19, 2010. The URL for her project: http://mts.lib.uchicago.edu/

This Rountable discussion from Yale's Past's Digital Presence conference features these scholars:

Willard McCarty, King’s College London (12.15)
Rolena Adorno, Yale University (21.30)
Edward Ayers, University of Richmond (37.45)
George Miles, Yale University (47.15)

The Q&A begins at (57:45)

This is a brief interview with Rachael Sullivan, a presenter at The Past's Digital Presence Conference.

This is an interview with Laila Shereen Sakr, a presenter at "The Past's Digital Presence" conference.

This is a brief interview with Lauren Klein about her presentation for The Past's Digital Presence conference.

Discussing the emerging field of disability history.

Patty reads from her essay "Dancing with Professors," which challenges historians to write more accessible prose.

Rachel offers strategies for garnering research funds.

Discussing technological tools for historians

Listen to author Martha Hodes read from her latest book and discuss historical writing.

Q&A with historian Martha Hodes

Historian Jeff Wasserstrom reads from his latest book about China

An interview with China historian Jeff Wasserstrom

Laurel reads from her recent book and discusses writing history

A Q&A with historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.