Archive for: Rethinking Applied History

Diverse Interventions in the Public Sphere by Historians of Native America

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Of the two umbrella terms for public engagement in wide use by English-speaking historians, “public history” tends to refer to efforts pitched toward the people at large, with the less common “applied history” used for conversations between scholars and policymakers.

The Enduring Relevance of Early American Migration Regulations

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Nothing could be more tempting than a high wage. In March 1808, a pseudonymous author in Spooner’s Vermont Journal envisioned the possibility of the American merchant marine being swarmed by foreigners who would “engage in our service for less wages than our own” throwing “native American sailors out of employ.”

A Community Remembrance Project Reckons with the Past: A Nineteenth-Century Lynching in Ohio

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When I first joined Ohio University’s History Department as a graduate student, I knew I wanted to specialize in gender and race relations in the United States to have the ability to teach students and the public about systemic racism and sexism for the purpose of improving society.

Missionary Diplomacy, Applied

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If you want to understand American foreign policy today, you have to understand the history of Protestant foreign missions and its deep entanglement with American diplomacy for more than a century.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Writing for the Public

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Though it’s generally taboo to say, I consider myself a presentist historian. I am interested in history to the extent that it speaks to our current moment and helps us push toward a better future.

Of Hindsight and Foresight: An Introduction to “Rethinking Applied History”

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Over the last few years, I have found myself in an awkward spot. What is my intellectual identity?