Social Media and a Black Historian’s Journey
Adam McNeil describes the social contexts, both digital and analog, that shaped him as an emerging historian.
Walking the Plank: The Perils of Online Scholarship
Jamie L. H. Goodall draws lessons from an experience of online bullying related to her public scholarship.
Social Media and Me
Annette Gordon-Reed reflects on her experience as a historian on social media.
Jewish Apostasy and American Citizenship Revisited
Expanding on her recent JER article, Nan Goodman explores the influence of Jacob Frank’s multiple apostasies on American understandings of citizenship in the early republic.
Entertaining and Revolting: Homosociality and Heterosexuality in War Department Correspondence, 1811–1846
As a companion piece to her forthcoming JER essay about masculinity, war, and authority in the early republic, Lindsay Schakenbach Regele reflects on the homosocial culture of heterosexuality in masculine correspondence.
To Tweet or Not to Tweet
Catherine J. Denial offers advice on how to use social media to provide a sense of connection.
This Is What God Wrought: Doing History on Social Media
Seth Cotlar launches a new series on historians’ engagement with social media in our highly mediated times.
Amelia Norman and the Law of Seduction
Julie Miller explores how the women’s rights movement was shaped by public debates about sex and violence.
Before the Early Republic: Comments on “The Culture of the Confederation Era” Roundtable
Rosemarie Zagarri reflects on the culture of the Confederation era during a pandemic characterized by a decentralized response.
