NEH Removes All Content from Popular EDSITEment Website

How I Learned to Be a Part of an Intellectual Community

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Elena Telles Ryan makes the case for community building as a critical part of success in graduate school.

SHEAR Biography Workshop 2026 Call for Participants

SHEAR Second-Book Writers’ Workshop

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Comprehensive Exams and Other Rites of Passage

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In our next piece in the "Demystifying the Doctorate" series, Mercedes Haigler offers sage advice for surviving comps.

To Wring Wisdom from a Paperclip

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In the first of our "Demystifying the Doctorate" series, Cory James Young reflects on the ways that building connections can yield unintended benefits in our professional lives.

Editor’s Introduction: Demystifying the Doctorate

Laura Clerx offers an introduction to the forthcoming forum, "Demystifying the Doctorate."

Demystifying the Doctorate

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Edited by JER Senior Editorial Assistant Laura Clerx, this forum aims to remedy the practical and existential angst that can accompany doctoral studies by offering advice and empathy to graduate students and early career scholars.

SHEAR Civics Exchange Outreach Coordinator

The Unfinished Business of the Revolution

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VanJessica Gladney reviews the sixth and final installment of Ken Burns's latest series on the American Revolution.

Celebrating Kate Tyler Wall’s 20th JER Anniversary

We've interviewed Kate Tyler Wall in celebration of her 20th anniversary as managing editor of the JER.
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We Could Scarce Distinguish Our Friends from Our Foes

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Christopher Thrasher reviews the fifth episode of Ken Burns's American Revolution series.

Why Civilians Matter: Reflections on Episode 4 of The American Revolution

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Camille Kaszubowski considers the fourth episode of "The American Revolution" by Ken Burns.
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The Problem of Violence in The American Revolution

Donald F. Johnson reviews the third installment of the new Ken Burns series on the American Revolution.
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Ken Burns’s Inevitable Revolution

Helena Yoo-Roth explores the second episode of Ken Burns's American Revolution.

Save Our Signs Tracks NPS Changes

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Revisiting the “Road to Revolution”

Molly Perry reflects on the first episode of Ken Burns new series on the American Revolution.

Interpretive Changes Erase Labor History at Lowell

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Equity on the Rocks: Using the Past to Stir Up New Possibilities

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Mackenzie Tor discusses the importance of municipal provisioning laws in this companion piece to her recent JER article.

NPS Removes Slavery Exhibit at President’s House

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Public interpretation on slavery removed at Philadelphia historic site.