I saw a group of them in the National Museum of the American Indian on Friday while visiting with students.
We were there to visit the Nation to Nation exhibit, which includes discussion of how the govt deployed US troops to enforce Indian removal.
I'll just leave that there.
Do better, @pbsnews.org. This sounds like the NYT pitchbot.
We need historians because the past is never just the past.
Every policy debate, public conversation, and cultural shift is shaped by what came before. Historians help us understand context, trace change over time, and recognize what’s at stake.
#TalkAboutHumanities 🗃️
We need more historians because history is one of the most powerful forms of knowledge. Just ask any autocrat why they want to control it! #TalkAboutHumanities
Same goes for every "genius" academic or scholar.
Absolutely.
Also, there are multiple forms of abuse. Bullies, no matter how good their scholarship, do real damage.
Yet another study using ONET data to determine which jobs are most at risk. I have a thread on why this is a bad idea, at least when it comes to historians: bsky.app/profile/cgoo...
Are there any studies that examine the risk to historians' jobs based on an accurate description of their work?
I missed this post several months ago but discovered it for myself when I tried to access a bookmarked lesson plan yesterday. This is a HUGE loss for educators at all levels. (fwiw I could access the lesson I wanted on the Internet Archive) 🗃️ cc @oah.org @ncph.bsky.social @historians.org
Aw thanks Mandy!
I can confidently say that Huron came to Marymount after Univ of New Hampshire bc they didn’t even change file name of their fast food menu
Yep I know, good chance for students to consider how people w very different politics could claim to be based on the same person’s ideas. Hard to get my head around Wollstonecraft as a conservative figure.
Read through that site carefully...
It's funny (not really) how similar these exchanges are to the original Senate debates in 1866 when nativists and know-nothings interjected "But what about this racist hypothetical?" and ate shit because the intent was for every child born in the US to have citizenship.
Discussed trad wives a ton in women's history last semester. Found this recently and would be great for student discussion as well: www.abigailadamsinstitute.org/aai-wollston...
The big writing in my upper level classes is an upper-level exam where students can bring their notebooks. I give them primary sources they haven't seen before and they have to apply their knowledge to analyze them. I nudge them by giving leading questions to answer. 2 semesters in a row mostly As!
I can totally relate to your frustration. A few things I'm doing:
-almost no take-home work
-upper-level students have to have a notebook that they take handwritten notes in on reading and in class. No tech allowed during class (exceptions possible)
-in-class blue book exams & reading quizzes
Great piece with lots of wisdom from (IMHO) the nation's foremost expert on Abigail Adams @sarageorgini.bsky.social
Can't make it on Tuesday? You can hear me discuss what Abigail Adams actually meant by "remember the ladies" in this podcast episode of There's More to That from Smithsonian Magazine
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On March 31--the 250th anniversary of Abigail Adams' famous "remember the ladies" letter--join us at 6 pm online for a discussion of women & politic rights. We have an all-star line up of gender historians!
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College athletics are a key part of higher ed's exploding admin costs & tuition rates. @universityoflou.bsky.social admins are laying out in detail what has long been clear: for most colleges, sports cost rather than generate $$$.
We need similar transparency on where tuition $$$ actually go.
For journal articles—sometimes one peer reviewer can tank an article. Don’t let a rejection stop you from submitting the piece to another journal (altho best to sit w reviews for a bit and use any helpful feedback to improve it first)
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My gender historian colleagues & I have yet to locate, in private or public, any American woman asking for the vote until Seneca Falls in 1848. Even then, most women didn’t support it.
Gender history as a field is under attack, but we need it more than ever to truly understand the past.
By 1902, however, a suffrage advocate testified before Congress and used the quote as an early request for the vote. That misreading continued through the 20th century, altho many historians were sure Adams was kidding.
This was a private letter, not published until 1875. Soon after, in their History of Woman’s Suffrage, Stanton, Anthony, & Gage quoted her and noted that Adams wanted “the limitation of man’s power over woman”
Elaine Crane broke this down in 1999: www.jstor.org/stable/2674234
Gender historians agree with this. When you read the line in context and know about coverture, it’s clear.
Yes, Adams hints at lack of representation after this line. But “remember the ladies” is not asking for the vote.
Ellis does a disservice by repeating a common misinterpretation of this letter. She is talking about protecting wives from abusive husbands.
My number 1 ask would be for administrators (& faculty in professional schools) to acknowledge that students need to develop skills independent of AI. The hype coming at students from all directions makes faculty trying to teach independent reading, thinking, and writing skills sound like luddites.
Yesss this and make it possible for us to have students purchase course packs.
If only.
In fact, some faculty from professional programs on our academic integrity comm have refused to give sanctions to students reported for unauthorized use bc these faculty oppose AI bans