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Worlds Turned Upside DownEpisode 18: The ResurrectionFourteen years after British forces conquered New France during the Seven Years’ War, Parliament’s passage of the Quebec Act in 1774 resurrects old fears of French Catholic tyranny in Protestant British America. Featuring: Katherine Carté, Christian Ayne Crouch, Brad Jones, and Jeffers Lennox. Voice Actors: Jan Hoffmann, Craig Gallagher, Emmanuel Dubois, Grace Mallon, Bertrand van Ruymbeke, Adam Smith, Anne Fertig, Annabelle Spencer, and Patrick Long. Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske. Music by Artlist.io This episode was made possible with support from a 2024 grant from the National Endowment for the Hu...
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Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 60: Those Guardians of LibertyDr. Lauren Duval joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Elizabeth Drinker to her husband Henry dated February 26, 1778. In 1777, not long before the British Army occupied Philadelphia, the Continental Congress exiled Henry and 19 other prominent Quaker men. In this letter, Elizabeth provides Henry with an update on life in occupied Philadelphia and the Scottish officer who has recently taken up quarters in the Drinker home. Lauren Duval is an assistant professor of history at the University of Oklahoma and a Gibson Fellow in Democracy at the University of Virginia's Karsh Institute of Democracy. Her research has b...
2025-07-1533 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 60: Those Guardians of LibertyDr. Lauren Duval joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Elizabeth Drinker to her husband Henry dated February 26, 1778. In 1777, not long before the British Army occupied Philadelphia, the Continental Congress exiled Henry and 19 other prominent Quaker men. In this letter, Elizabeth provides Henry with an update on life in occupied Philadelphia and the Scottish officer who has recently taken up quarters in the Drinker home. Lauren Duval is an assistant professor of history at the University of Oklahoma and a Gibson Fellow in Democracy at the University of Virginia's Karsh Institute of Democracy. Her research has b...
2025-07-1533 min
Outdoor Cats PodcastEpisode 30: Mr. Midgley’s MortarTo celebrate the fourth, Chris and I go full porch mode, eschewing the news of the day to focus instead on Worcester’s messy, turbulent, amazing relationship with the Fourth of July, a Purge-like affinity built into our DNA going back to the industrial revolution. We read from an entire chapter about the city’s July 4 celebrations a century ago in Roy Rosenzweig’s Eight Hours For What We Will, the best book ever written about this city. Because it’s pretty hard to find, having been out of print for decades, here’s a scan of the chapter in questio...
2025-07-051h 16
The BroadsideThe other Declaration of IndependenceJuly 4th, 1776 is arguably the most important date in American history. That's when citizens of the colonies declared total independence from Great Britain for the very first time. But what if it wasn’t the first? This week, we travel down the rabbit hole of North Carolina’s Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and entertain a couple of shocking possibilities: either someone’s lying — or we may need to rethink everything we know about American independence.This episode originally published on July 4, 2024.Featuring:Dave Fleming, author of “Who's Your Founding Father?: One Man’s Epic Quest to Unco...
2025-07-0318 min
Writing Westward Podcast076 - Jason Heppler - Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech UrbanismA conversation with historian Jason Heppler about their book
Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism
(University of Oklahoma Press, Environment in Modern North America Series, 2024)
Dr. Jason A. Heppler is a historian and digital historian, currently working as Senior Developer at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media and an adjunct professor of history at George Mason University. He earned a BA in history from South Dakota State University and an MA and PhD in history from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Prior to h...
2025-07-011h 03Worlds Turned Upside DownEpisode 16: The TeaBritish Americans' unquenchable thirst for tea and a looming financial disaster for the East India Company leads to a new crisis in North America when seven tea-laden ships are sent to the colonies in 1773, inspiring Bostonians to dump much of the cargo in Boston Harbor. Featuring: Benjamin Carp, James Fichter, Deepthi Murali, and Mary Beth Norton. Voice Actors: Craig Gallagher, Margaret Hughes, Grace Mallon, Norman Rodger, Annabelle Spencer, and John Turner. Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske. Music by Artlist.io This episode was made possible with support from a 2024 g...
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200: Tech Tales FoundZotero: The Unsung Hero of Academic Freedom and a David vs Goliath Tech BattleThis episode of 'Tech Tales Found' dives into the unexpected journey of Zotero, a free and open-source reference management tool that began as an academic project and evolved into a global phenomenon. Hosts Amanda and Jason explore how Zotero was born in 2006 at George Mason University’s Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media as a Firefox browser extension designed to simplify citation management. The software quickly gained traction by offering powerful features like automatic citation capture, bibliography generation in multiple styles (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.), and seamless integration with word processors through its Cite-While-You-Write functionality. But Zotero’s ri...
2025-06-0621 min
The History on Film PodcastUnreal EstateRoss and Ryan are joined by filmmakers Derek Murphy and Mitchell Zemil, creators of the MeansTV documentary series "Preserving Worlds". They discuss the preservation of early, obsolete, or obscure online games, and the communities that are dedicated to their continuation. We look at the challenges of maintaining and documenting these games, why it's so important, pitch a Florida-based social networking game, and much more!FURTHER READING:Bollmer, Grant. Theorizing Digital Cultures.Cohen, Daniel and Roy Rosenzweig. Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web.
2025-06-021h 48Worlds Turned Upside DownEpisode 15: The Heavens FallThe detainment of a West African-born enslaved Virginian named James Somerset in London leads to a court case decided by England's most powerful judge that challenges the foundations of slavery in the British Empire. Featuring: Christopher Brown, Trevor Burnard, Julie Flavell, and Chernoh Sesay, Jr. Voice Actors: Amber Pelham, Anne Fertig, Gillian MacDonald, Norman Roger, Craig Gallagher, and Adam McNeil. Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske. Music by Artlist.io This episode was made possible with support from a 2024 grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities. Help oth...
2025-05-311h 19Worlds Turned Upside DownEpisode 14: The CorruptionMonths after the Boston Massacre, British Americans calling themselves "Regulators" launch a rebellion in western North Carolina that threatens to engulf the colony in revolution and civil war. Featuring: Abby Chandler, Marjoleine Kars, Cynthia Kierner, and Nathan Schultz. Voice Actors: Sarah Donelson, Evan McCormick, Norman Rodger, John Terry, and Peter Walker. Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske. Music by Artlist.io This episode was made possible with support from a 2024 grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities. Help other listeners find the show by leaving a 5-Star Ra...
2025-05-061h 26Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 59: The Scheme I Undertake with ChearfulnessDiane Ehrenpreis joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Martha Jefferson to a Mrs. Madison dated August 8, 1780 in which Jefferson encourages women to join together and raise funds to support the Continental soldiers. This letter is one of only four known correspondences in Jefferson’s hand. In this episode, Diane and Katy discuss some of the ways Jefferson’s words have been misinterpreted in the past. Diane Ehrenpreis is the Curator of Decorative Arts and Historic Interiors at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. She has worked in the Curatorial Department at Monticello for twenty-three years, researching and building the c...
2025-04-2241 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 59: The Scheme I Undertake with ChearfulnessDiane Ehrenpreis joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Martha Jefferson to a Mrs. Madison dated August 8, 1780 in which Jefferson encourages women to join together and raise funds to support the Continental soldiers. This letter is one of only four known correspondences in Jefferson’s hand. In this episode, Diane and Katy discuss some of the ways Jefferson’s words have been misinterpreted in the past. Diane Ehrenpreis is the Curator of Decorative Arts and Historic Interiors at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. She has worked in the Curatorial Department at Monticello for twenty-three years, researching and building the c...
2025-04-2241 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 58: Our Unnatural Enemies May Be Turned From UsDr. Emily Sneff joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Polly Palmer to John Adams dated 4 August 1776, in which Palmer thanks Adams for sending her one of the earliest printings of the Declaration of Independence. In this episode, Gehred and Sneff explore Palmer and Adams’s lifelong friendship, their experience getting inoculated for smallpox together, and military movements during the War for Independence. Dr. Emily Sneff is a historian and leading expert on the United States Declaration of Independence. She is a consulting curator for exhibitions planned for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration in 2026 at th...
2025-03-2749 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 58: Our Unnatural Enemies May Be Turned From UsDr. Emily Sneff joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Polly Palmer to John Adams dated 4 August 1776, in which Palmer thanks Adams for sending her one of the earliest printings of the Declaration of Independence. In this episode, Gehred and Sneff explore Palmer and Adams’s lifelong friendship, their experience getting inoculated for smallpox together, and military movements during the War for Independence. Dr. Emily Sneff is a historian and leading expert on the United States Declaration of Independence. She is a consulting curator for exhibitions planned for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration in 2026 at th...
2025-03-2749 min
One Show At A Time, A Yellow Balloon ExperienceEpisode #177 Roy D.This week we hear from Roy D. or as you may know him The Good Baklava Guy - and no, this isn’t a sponsored shout-out- it's "Dude in recovery who has the message that if you do the work, you can live a wonderful life." https://datcmediacompany.com/one-show-at-a-time"It wooks if you wook it" Shirt: https://whyyoujam.com/products/it-wooks-unisex-t-shirtNEW "One Show At a Time" Merch! https://whyyoujam.com/collections/yellow-balloon-swagFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/muchobliged Instagram: @JahJunkie One Show at a Time...
2025-03-101h 09Worlds Turned Upside DownEpisode 13: The MassacreIn response to rioting and protests over the Townshend Acts, the British deploy four regiments to Boston, leading to a deadly shooting on March 5, 1770, a massacre that wounds a family. Featuring: Serena Zabin and John McCurdy. Voice Actors: Anne Fertig, Grace Mallon, Evan McCormick, Adam McNeil, and Nate Sleeter. Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske. Music by Artlist.io This episode was made possible with support from Richard H. Brown and Mary Jo Otsea. Find the official transcript here. Help other listeners find the show by le...
2025-03-071h 27Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 57: Those Tumultuous Assemblies of MenDr. Cynthia Kierner joins host Kathryn Gehred to discuss a 1778 letter from Richard Henry Lee to his sister Hannah Lee Corbin. In a lost letter, Hannah previously expressed her frustrations that widows are being taxed without representation. In this response, Richard explains the cultural and legal barriers that prevent Hannah and other widows from voting. Dr. Cynthia Kierner is a professor of history at George Mason University. She is a a specialist in the fields of early America, women and gender, and early southern history. She is the author of many books and articles including The Tory's Wi...
2025-02-2542 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 57: Those Tumultuous Assemblies of MenDr. Cynthia Kierner joins host Kathryn Gehred to discuss a 1778 letter from Richard Henry Lee to his sister Hannah Lee Corbin. In a lost letter, Hannah previously expressed her frustrations that widows are being taxed without representation. In this response, Richard explains the cultural and legal barriers that prevent Hannah and other widows from voting. Dr. Cynthia Kierner is a professor of history at George Mason University. She is a a specialist in the fields of early America, women and gender, and early southern history. She is the author of many books and articles including The Tory's Wi...
2025-02-2542 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 56: The Most Dreadful Of All EnemiesDr. Jacqueline Beatty joins host Kathryn Gehred to discuss The Petition of Belinda from 1783 in which Belinda Sutton petitions The Massachusetts General Court for the funds left to her by her enslaver Isaac Royall after he fled the colonies during the Revolutionary War. Beatty and Gehred discuss Sutton’s use of poetic language to describe her kidnapping and enslavement. Dr. Jacqueline Beatty is an Associate Professor of History at York College of Pennsylvania, where she teaches courses in Early American, Women’s and Gender, and Public History. Her book, In Dependence: Women and the Patriarchal State...
2025-01-2838 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 56: The Most Dreadful Of All EnemiesDr. Jacqueline Beatty joins host Kathryn Gehred to discuss The Petition of Belinda from 1783 in which Belinda Sutton petitions The Massachusetts General Court for the funds left to her by her enslaver Isaac Royall after he fled the colonies during the Revolutionary War. Beatty and Gehred discuss Sutton’s use of poetic language to describe her kidnapping and enslavement. Dr. Jacqueline Beatty is an Associate Professor of History at York College of Pennsylvania, where she teaches courses in Early American, Women’s and Gender, and Public History. Her book, In Dependence: Women and the Patriarchal State...
2025-01-2838 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 55: An Insurrection Was Hourly ExpectedRamin Ganeshram joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss excerpts from Janet Shaw’s Journal of a lady of quality; being the narrative of a journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal, in the years 1774 to 1776. Ganeshram and Gehred explore life under martial law in North Carolina and the fear and paranoia among white colonists because of a supposed insurrection by enslaved people. Ramin Ganeshram is the executive director of the Westport Museum for History and Culture in Westport, Connecticut. She is an award winning journalist and historian, and she specializes in addressing how public hi...
2024-12-2047 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 55: An Insurrection Was Hourly ExpectedRamin Ganeshram joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss excerpts from Janet Shaw’s Journal of a lady of quality; being the narrative of a journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal, in the years 1774 to 1776. Ganeshram and Gehred explore life under martial law in North Carolina and the fear and paranoia among white colonists because of a supposed insurrection by enslaved people. Ramin Ganeshram is the executive director of the Westport Museum for History and Culture in Westport, Connecticut. She is an award winning journalist and historian, and she specializes in addressing how public hi...
2024-12-2047 minWorlds Turned Upside DownEpisode 12: The ConspiracyIn the wake of the Stamp Act Crisis, the British chart a new course for empire in North America by imposing taxes on paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea, pitting British Americans against Parliament…and each other. Featuring: Patrick Griffin, Zara Anishanslin, Rosemarie Zagarri, and Christopher Minty. Voice Actors: Adam Smith, Melissa Gismondi, Grace Mallon, Jeanette Patrick, Anne Fertig, Hayley Madl, Alexandra Miller, Beau Robbins, Norman Rodger, Kathryn Gehred, and Evan McCormick. Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske. Music by Artlist.io This episode was made possible with support from an a...
2024-12-181h 19Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 54: I Am Frightened When I Look At HerMary Wigge joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Lucy Flucker Knox to her husband General Henry Knox in which she describes how she spends her days during the Revolutionary War. Lucy, a wealthy Tory's daughter whose parents and siblings fled to England, expresses her loneliness and longing for Henry, who is with the army in Philadelphia. Wigge is a Research Editor at the Papers of James Madison and was previously an editor with The Papers of Martha Washington and The Papers of George Washington. Lucy Knox to Henry Knox, Boston, Massachusetts, 23 August 1777. The Gi...
2024-11-2639 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 54: I Am Frightened When I Look At HerMary Wigge joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Lucy Flucker Knox to her husband General Henry Knox in which she describes how she spends her days during the Revolutionary War. Lucy, a wealthy Tory's daughter whose parents and siblings fled to England, expresses her loneliness and longing for Henry, who is with the army in Philadelphia. Wigge is a Research Editor at the Papers of James Madison and was previously an editor with The Papers of Martha Washington and The Papers of George Washington. Lucy Knox to Henry Knox, Boston, Massachusetts, 23 August 1777. The Gi...
2024-11-2639 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryBonus: A Humble Origin StoryIn this bonus episode of Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant, Kathryn Gehred dives into the podcast's origin story. While working as an editor of the Papers of Martha Washington, Gehred became very familiar with how people wrote letters in the 18th and early 19th centuries. She noticed that people often abbreviated the closing of their letters which she found very relatable. This inspired the podcast and why Gehred presents women through an entire letter or another document, offering a deeper understanding of their personalities. Find the official transcript here. Your Most Obedient & Humble Serv...
2024-11-0503 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryBonus: A Humble Origin StoryIn this bonus episode of Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant, Kathryn Gehred dives into the podcast's origin story. While working as an editor of the Papers of Martha Washington, Gehred became very familiar with how people wrote letters in the 18th and early 19th centuries. She noticed that people often abbreviated the closing of their letters which she found very relatable. This inspired the podcast and why Gehred presents women through an entire letter or another document, offering a deeper understanding of their personalities. Find the official transcript here. Your Most Obedient & Humble Serv...
2024-11-0503 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 53: By Being Almost MurderedDr. Maeve Kane joins Kathryn Gehred to explore Konwatsi'tsiaienni Molly Brant’s life during the American Revolution. Brant was a member of the Wolf Clan of the Mohawk Nation, one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Kane and Gerhred discuss Brant’s pivotal diplomatic efforts to maintain the Mohawk’s alliance with the British during the American War for Independence, and the turmoil Indigenous women like her faced during Sullivan’s Campaign in the late 1770s, as they read two letters from Brant to her step-son-in-law, Daniel Claus. Kane is an Associate Professor of History and the D...
2024-10-2943 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 53: By Being Almost MurderedDr. Maeve Kane joins Kathryn Gehred to explore Konwatsi'tsiaienni Molly Brant’s life during the American Revolution. Brant was a member of the Wolf Clan of the Mohawk Nation, one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Kane and Gerhred discuss Brant’s pivotal diplomatic efforts to maintain the Mohawk’s alliance with the British during the American War for Independence, and the turmoil Indigenous women like her faced during Sullivan’s Campaign in the late 1770s, as they read two letters from Brant to her step-son-in-law, Daniel Claus. Kane is an Associate Professor of History and the D...
2024-10-2943 minWorlds Turned Upside DownEpisode 11: The ResistanceWith the Stamp Act defeated, the Sons of Liberty in New York City celebrate by raising a Liberty Pole in tribute to George III, William Pitt, and Liberty, provoking a violent confrontation with British soldiers quartered in the city's barracks, who see the wooden mast as a monument to mob rule and a symbol of sedition. Featuring: Wendy Bellion, Shira Lurie, Jon Kukla, Patrick Griffin, Brad Jones, Christopher Minty, and John McCurdy Voice Actors: Adam Smith, Melissa Gismondi, Mills Kelly, Nate Sleeter, Anne Fertig, and Dan Howlett. Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske.
2024-10-221h 16Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistorySeason 4: A Season of RevolutionWe are excited to announce that on October 29 Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant will be back with Season Four. This season, we're exploring revolutionary America through the words written by women. We'll follow along in letters as women questioned their loyalties, challenged authority, sought freedom, and aided and resisted revolutionary change. We're going to dive into the lives of Indigenous women, Scottish women, plantation owners, milliners, women who were enslaved, loyalists, patriots and so much more. We've interviewed leading scholars and have great stories to share with you. Join us on this Season of Revolution wherever you listen to...
2024-10-2201 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistorySeason 4: A Season of RevolutionWe are excited to announce that on October 29 Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant will be back with Season Four. This season, we're exploring revolutionary America through the words written by women. We'll follow along in letters as women questioned their loyalties, challenged authority, sought freedom, and aided and resisted revolutionary change. We're going to dive into the lives of Indigenous women, Scottish women, plantation owners, milliners, women who were enslaved, loyalists, patriots and so much more. We've interviewed leading scholars and have great stories to share with you. Join us on this Season of Revolution wherever you listen to...
2024-10-2201 min
Religion &Religion & AntisemitismAntisemitism has deep roots in American history and has continued to shape popular and political culture in the contemporary moment. Yet in many mainstream discussions in the United States, we often talk about it as if it were something new. This panel—featuring the authors of and experts featured on the podcast Antisemitism, U.S.A.—will discuss the long history of antisemitism, and how the fields of religious studies and American religious history think through the significance of that form of discrimination and violence in relation to the rest of American history. Join us for a conversation at the i...
2024-09-2450 minWorlds Turned Upside DownEpisode 10: The StampIn the mid-1760s, British fears that a new war with France was only a matter of time leads King George III and his ministers to draw up plans for a permanent army in North America, and a Stamp Tax on the colonies to pay for it, sparking massive protests in British America and beyond. Featuring: Jon Kukla, Patrick Griffin, Brad Jones, Abby Chandler, Alexandra Montgomery, Wendy Bellion, and Cassandra Britt Farrell. Voice Actors: Adam Smith, Beau Robbins and Mills Kelly. Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske. Music by Artlist.io
2024-09-131h 13
Geschichten aus der GeschichteGAG464: Die Entstehung des Central ParksEine Geschichte über die Gründung eines ikonischen Bauwerks
Wir springen in dieser Folge in die Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. New York City ist mittlerweile eine der reichsten Städte der Welt, aber im Vergleich zu den Städten Europas fehlt es der Stadt an Kultur. Das und einige weitere Gründe werden die Stadtregierung davon überzeugen, dass die Stadt vor allem eines benötigt: einen Park.
Wir sprechen in dieser Folge darüber, wie das vonstattenging und weshalb nicht alle davon profitierten.
Erwähnte Folgen
GAG173: Der gefährliche Garten von Vaux-le-Vicomte – https://gadg.fm/173
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2024-08-141h 00Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryVotes for Women!Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant has been nominated for the Women in Podcasting Awards! We would really appreciate it if you would vote for the podcast in the history category. Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant is up against some GREAT podcasts, so your support would be really meaningful! Your vote would go a long way in helping the podcast gain visibility and get these letters out into the world. Here's how to vote: Step 1: Click on the link to vote by October 1, 2024 www.womenpodcasters.com/vote Step 2: Find the History category drop-down menu and select o...
2024-08-1302 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryVotes for Women!Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant has been nominated for the Women in Podcasting Awards! We would really appreciate it if you would vote for the podcast in the history category. Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant is up against some GREAT podcasts, so your support would be really meaningful! Your vote would go a long way in helping the podcast gain visibility and get these letters out into the world. Here's how to vote: Step 1: Click on the link to vote by October 1, 2024 www.womenpodcasters.com/vote Step 2: Find the History category drop-down menu and select o...
2024-08-1302 minWorlds Turned Upside DownEpisode 9: The SugarIn the 1760s, Jamaica and the islands of the British Caribbean were the crown jewels of Britain's American Empire. And as King George III's ministers searched for solutions to a vexing imperial puzzle and moved to counter a pernicious threat in the aftermath of the Seven Years' War, they looked west from London, to the islands of sugar. Featuring: Trevor Burnard, Abby Chandler, Mary Draper, Jon Kukla, Andrew O’Shaughnessy, and Brooke Newman. Voice Actors: Anne Fertig, Norman Rodger, Dan Howlett, Nate Sleeter, and Beau Robbins. Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske Mu...
2024-07-271h 09
Antisemitism, U.S.A.: A HistoryEpisode 10: Between Hate and HopeIn August 2017, white supremacists marched on Charlottesville, VA to silence the Jews, Black Americans, and other minorities whom they feared would “replace us.” The Unite the Right Rally was one of many ominous signs of persistent antisemitic attitudes and violence in the United States, but in this history of hate, some Americans found reason to hope. Featuring: Yair Rosenberg, Jonathan Greenblatt, Mehnaz Afridi, and David Sorkin Narrated by Mark Oppenheimer Written by John Turner and Lincoln Mullen This series is made possible with support from the Henry Luce Foundation and the David...
2024-07-1138 minAntisemitism, U.S.A.: A HistoryEpisode 9: David and GoliathIn the decades following the Six-Day War in 1967, anti-Zionism gained momentum in American academia and led to the rise of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement on college campuses. Nearly sixty years later, the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel, revealed how antisemitism and progressive critiques of Israel’s war in Gaza could find a home in American universities. Featuring: Rachel Fish, Cary Nelson, Michael Feuer, Alana Mondschein, Adena Kirstein, and Yair Rosenberg Narrated by Mark Oppenheimer Written by John Turner and Lincoln Mullen This series is made possible with support from the...
2024-07-1151 minAntisemitism, U.S.A.: A HistoryEpisode 8: The Synagogue of SatanIn the early 1970s, two powerful men, President Richard Nixon and evangelist Billy Graham, held secret Oval Office conversations about Jews. “America’s Pastor” and the 37th President of the United States didn’t consider themselves antisemites, but they dredged up stereotypes and traded in conspiracy theories shared by many Americans about the “good Jews”: Jews who were too smart, too powerful, and all too willing to corrupt the nation’s morals. Featuring: Yaakov Ariel, Daniel Hummel, and Jonathan Greenblatt Narrated by Mark Oppenheimer Written by John Turner and Lincoln Mullen This series is m...
2024-07-1139 minAntisemitism, U.S.A.: A HistoryEpisode 7: The Houses We Live InIn post-war America, Bess Myerson became the first Jewish woman to win the Miss America competition, but she confronted bigotry and exclusion far more daunting than any pageant. Meanwhile, changing demographics of urban neighborhoods and the emerging civil rights movement led to unprecedented tensions between American Jews and African Americans in New York. Featuring: Kristen Fermaglich, Pamela Nadell, Britt Tevis, Jonathan Greenblatt, Jerald Podair, Charles Isaacs, and Glen Harris Narrated by Mark Oppenheimer Written by John Turner and Lincoln Mullen This series is made possible with support from the Henry Luce Fo...
2024-07-1149 minAntisemitism, U.S.A.: A HistoryEpisode 6: Lower than AnimalsDespite the rise of Nazi Germany in the 1930s and the threat of renewed war in Europe, most Americans remained resolutely opposed to higher levels of Jewish immigration. Even as Jews faced persecution and genocide, antisemitic beliefs delayed American efforts to assist Jewish refugees and resettle concentration camp survivors, with tragic results. Featuring: Bradley Hart, Rebecca Eberling, and Joseph Bendersky Narrated by Mark Oppenheimer Written by John Turner and Lincoln Mullen This series is made possible with support from the Henry Luce Foundation and the David Bruce Smith Foundation. An...
2024-07-1141 minAntisemitism, U.S.A.: A HistoryEpisode 5: ConspiraciesAt the turn of the 20th century, conspiracy theories about Jews ran rampant in American society. Many Americans – from the famed automaker Henry Ford to officers in the U.S. Army – believed that Jews controlled media, dominated international banking, and were conspiring to foment a communist revolution in the United States. Featuring: Yair Rosenberg, Victoria Saker Woeste, and Joseph Bendersky Narrated by Mark Oppenheimer Written by John Turner and Lincoln Mullen This series is made possible with support from the Henry Luce Foundation and the David Bruce Smith Foundation. Antise...
2024-07-1144 minAntisemitism, U.S.A.: A HistoryEpisode 4: ExclusionIn Gilded Age America, immigration from Europe rapidly grew the nation’s Jewish population, convincing many Americans that Jews were a dangerous and undesirable race. As lawmakers debated ways to restrict immigration, business owners denied service to Jews in hotels, resorts, and other public accommodations. Featuring: Mitchel Hart, Zev Eleff, Britt Tevis, Jonathan Sarna, and Alan Kraut Narrated by Mark Oppenheimer Written by John Turner and Lincoln Mullen This series is made possible with support from the Henry Luce Foundation and the David Bruce Smith Foundation. Antisemitism, U.S.A. is a...
2024-07-1136 minAntisemitism, U.S.A.: A HistoryEpisode 3: Merchants and MoneyThe California gold rush enticed many Jewish merchants west in search of prosperity in the mid-19th century, but their success drew unwelcome attention from state legislators, who passed laws requiring all businesses to close on the Christian Sabbath. Meanwhile, in the early Jim Crow South, Jewish peddlers and landowners faced resentment and violence, sometimes lethal. Featuring: Jeremy Zeitlin, David Sehat, Rachel Kranson, Zev Eleff, Jonathan Sarna, and Patrick Mason Narrated by Mark Oppenheimer Written by John Turner and Lincoln Mullen This series is made possible with support from the Henry L...
2024-07-1139 minAntisemitism, U.S.A.: A HistoryEpisode 2: Moral CitizensIn 1809, North Carolina lawmakers tried to stop Jacob Henry from taking his seat in the state legislature because he was Jewish. Many Americans believed that Jews like Henry couldn’t be moral citizens in a Protestant America, and this inspired them to donate vast sums of money in the early nineteenth century to religious societies dedicated to converting Jews into good Christian citizens. Featuring: David Sehat, David Sorkin, and Susanna Linsley Narrated by Mark Oppenheimer Written by John Turner and Lincoln Mullen This series is made possible with support from the Hen...
2024-07-1137 minAntisemitism, U.S.A.: A HistoryEpisode 1: No Sanction to BigotryBefore the American Revolution, Sephardic Jews like Aaron Lopez found economic opportunity and religious freedom in Newport, Rhode Island, but not full citizenship, nor the right to vote. What promise did an independent United States hold for American Jews and their hope that President George Washington would preside over a new nation that “to bigotry gives no sanction?” Featuring: Yair Rosenberg Narrated by Mark Oppenheimer Written by John Turner and Lincoln Mullen This series is made possible with support from the Henry Luce Foundation and the David Bruce Smith Foundation. Ant...
2024-07-1128 minThe BroadsideThe other Declaration of IndependenceJuly 4th, 1776 is arguably the most important date in American history. That's when citizens of the colonies declared total independence from Great Britain for the very first time. But what if it wasn’t the first? This week, we travel down the rabbit hole of North Carolina’s Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and entertain a couple of shocking possibilities: either someone’s lying — or we may need to rethink everything we know about American independence.Featuring:
Dave Fleming, author of “Who's Your Founding Father?: One Man’s Epic Quest to Uncover the First, True Declaration of Independence”
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2024-07-0418 min
Drafting the PastJason Heppler Wants Tools That Fit His QuestionsWelcome back to Drafting the Past. This is a show about the craft of writing history. In this episode, host Kate Carpenter interviewed historian and web developer Dr. Jason Heppler. Kate has been following Jason’s work and career path for some time now and was so excited to talk with him about his new book, Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism, which came out earlier this year. Jason is a developer-scholar at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. He has worked on a whole bunch of co...
2024-06-1849 minWorlds Turned Upside DownEpisode 8: The TradeAt the dawn of a new era after the Seven Years’ War, British officials envision commerce and colonies as the key to British independence and its rising glory, but trade in commodities and manufactured goods comes at an awful price. Featuring: Emma Hart, Scott Miller, Ann Smart Martin, Hannah Knox Tucker, Hannah Farber, and Zara Anishanslin Voice Actors: Anne Fertig and Adam Smith Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske Find the official transcript here. Music by Artlist.io Help other listeners find the show by leaving a 5-Star Ra...
2024-06-081h 14Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 51: O Women of America!Woman's Political Future - An Address by Frances E. W. Harper to the Chicago World's Fair, 20 May 1893. In which Harper champions morality, civil rights, and civic duty in Jim Crow America. Featuring Chole Porche, Ph.D. candidate in the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia. Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant is a production of R2 Studios, part of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. Find the official transcript here.
2024-05-2235 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 51: O Women of America!Woman's Political Future - An Address by Frances E. W. Harper to the Chicago World's Fair, 20 May 1893. In which Harper champions morality, civil rights, and civic duty in Jim Crow America. Featuring Chole Porche, Ph.D. candidate in the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia. Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant is a production of R2 Studios, part of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. Find the official transcript here.
2024-05-2235 minAntisemitism, U.S.A.: A HistoryIntroducing Antisemitism, U.S.A.: A HistoryAntisemitism has deep roots in American history. Yet in the United States, we often talk about it as if it were something new. We’re shocked when events happen like the Tree of Life Shootings in Pittsburgh or the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, but also surprised. We ask, “Where did this come from?” as if it came out of nowhere. But antisemitism in the United States has a history. A long, complicated history. A history easy to overlook. Join us on Antisemitism, U.S.A., a limited podcast series hosted by Mark Oppenheimer, to learn just how deep t...
2024-05-1701 minWorlds Turned Upside DownEpisode 7: The DivideWith a blueprint in place for transforming British America into an empire of order, George III's goverment begins sending an army of cartographers to map North America, while diplomats in the colonies open negogiations with native nations to draw a boundary line between British and Indigenous America. Featuring: Max Edelson, Maeve Kane, and Alexandra Montgomery Voice Actors: Amber Pelham, Nate Sleeter, James Craggs, Luke Jenson-Jones, and Beau Robbins Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske. Find the official transcript here. This episode is made possible with support from the Virginia American R...
2024-05-021h 01Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 50: The Feathers are the only Tolerable OnesMartha Washington to Eleanor Parke Custis, c. February 1797. In which Washington warns her granddaughter that her dress may not arrive from Philadelphia in time for a Virginia ball. Featuring Dr. Alexandra Garrett, Assistant Professor of History, St. Michael's College. Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant is a production of R2 Studios, part of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. Find the official transcript here.
2024-04-1639 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 50: The Feathers are the only Tolerable OnesMartha Washington to Eleanor Parke Custis, c. February 1797. In which Washington warns her granddaughter that her dress may not arrive from Philadelphia in time for a Virginia ball. Featuring Dr. Alexandra Garrett, Assistant Professor of History, St. Michael's College. Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant is a production of R2 Studios, part of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. Find the official transcript here.
2024-04-1639 minWorlds Turned Upside DownEpisode 6: The ProclamationAgainst the backdrop of Pontiac's War in North America, George III's ministers in London draw on lessons learned in colonial Nova Scotia to begin drafting a blueprint for transforming British America into an empire of order. Featuring: Fred Anderson, Matthew Dziennik, Max Edelson, and Alexandra Montgomery Voice Actors: Grace Mallon and Beau Robbins. Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske. Find the official transcript here. This episode is made possible with support from the John Carter Brown Library, an independent research library located on the campus of Brown University. M...
2024-03-231h 05Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 48: Political Subjects are too often at VarianceElizabeth Willing Powel to Elizabeth Parke Custis, February 28, 1816. In which Powel advises Martha Washington's pro-French granddaughter to avoid talking about politics with pro-British family members. Featuring Samantha Snyder, Research Librarian & Manager of Library Fellowships at the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon, and Dr. Cassandra Good, associate professor of History at Marymount University and author of First Family: George Washington's Heirs and the Making of America (2023). Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant is a production of R2 Studios at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.
2024-02-2133 minYour Most Obedient & Humble Servant: A Women's HistoryEpisode 48: Political Subjects are too often at VarianceElizabeth Willing Powel to Elizabeth Parke Custis, February 28, 1816. In which Powel advises Martha Washington's pro-French granddaughter to avoid talking about politics with pro-British family members. Featuring Samantha Snyder, Research Librarian & Manager of Library Fellowships at the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon, and Dr. Cassandra Good, associate professor of History at Marymount University and author of First Family: George Washington's Heirs and the Making of America (2023). Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant is a production of R2 Studios at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.
2024-02-2133 min
InfoTecarios PodcastInfoTecarios Podcast 177: Convocatoria de propuestas ARCH (con Thomas Padilla )
Thomas Padilla ocupa la posición de Deputy Director, Archiving and Data Services en Internet Archive.
A lo largo de su carrera, Thomas se ha centrado en la promoción del conocimiento abierto y el avance del uso computacional responsable de las colecciones del patrimonio cultural.
Tiene una amplia experiencia en la dirección de colecciones como esfuerzos de datos, así como esfuerzos que promueven el uso de la IA en organizaciones de patrimonio cultural.
Es miembro del Consejo Asesor del Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media.
Miembro de la Junta Asesora Nacional, Archivo de Documentos de la I...
2024-02-031h 04Worlds Turned Upside DownEpisode 5: The UprisingAs the British began to assert control over North America in the wake of the Seven Years' War, the actions of British American settlers and the messages of a native prophet convinced some Indigenous peoples throughout the Ohio Country and beyond that resistance through force was the best way to preserve their sovereignty and usher in the revitalization of their communities. Featuring: Fred Anderson, George Ironstrack, Maeve Kane, and Hayley Madl. Voice Actors: Anne Fertig, Kathyrn Gehred, David Mckenzie, Loren Moulds, Angel-Luke O’Donnell, Norman Rodger, and Brandon Tachco. Narrated by Dr. Jim Amb...
2024-01-311h 14Worlds Turned Upside DownEpisode 4: The EmpireGreat Britain's conquest of New France in North America and its victory in the Seven Years' War inspired British subjects on both sides of the Atlantic to look forward to a future they could see but through a glass darkly, as they struggled to make sense of the world that lay ahead, and the cost of the war they had won. Featuring: Fred Anderson, Christian Ayne Crouch, Max Edelson, Kathleen DuVal, Patrick Griffin, and Jon Kukla. Voice Actors: Norman Roger, Anne Fertig, Nicholas Cole, Spencer McBride, and John Turner. Narrated by Dr. Jim...
2023-12-121h 11
Access 2 Perspectives – Conversations. All about Open Science CommunicationResearch Organization Registry (ROR) - the identifier for research institutions and universities - a spotlight on AfricaAmanda French
ORCID: 0000-0002-4325-1809
Dr. Amanda French is the Technical Community Manager for the Research Organization Registry (ROR) at Crossref, where she works to promote the adoption of ROR to make information about research organizations cleaner and easier to exchange between systems. Dr. French is a well-known project director and community manager in digital humanities and scholarly communication. During the first year of the pandemic, she served as Community Lead at The COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic, working with more than 800 volunteers to collect and publish key COVID-19 data. Earlier, she managed t...
2023-12-121h 04Worlds Turned Upside DownEpisode 3: The TriumphFollowing three years of stinging defeats in the Seven Years' War, the British begin to turn the tide against the French in North America in no small measure because Indigenous peoples decided the war should end. Featuring: Fred Anderson, Christian Ayne Crouch, Matthew Dziennik, Julie Flavell, John McCurdy, and Serena Zabin. Voice Actors: Dan Howlett, Alexandre Rios-Bordes, Michael Newton, Brandon Tachco, and Emmanuel Dubois. Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske. Find the official transcript here. Music by Artlist.io Help other listeners find the show by leaving a 5...
2023-11-141h 19Worlds Turned Upside DownEpisode 2: The NadirFollowing the outbreak of the Seven Years' War in North America, the British and French begin mobilizing for war and appoint commanders-in-chief to lead the war effort, only to clash with colonists over how power, authority, and honor should be used in the colonies. Meanwhile, Indigenous peoples like the Haudenosaunee and the Delaware weigh their options as the fighting engulfs eastern North America. Featuring: Fred Anderson, Katherine Carté, Christian Ayne Crouch, Patrick Griffin, Hayley Madl, and John McCurdy Voice Actors: Alexandra Krebs, Grace Mallon, Spencer McBride, Norman Rodger, Alexandre Rios-Bordes, Nate Sleeter, and Emmanuel Dubois....
2023-10-181h 20Worlds Turned Upside DownEpisode 1: The BalanceIn the 1750s, tensions between the British, the French, and Indigenous peoples over control of the Ohio Country in North America lead to the outbreak of a global war with revolutionary consequences. Featuring: Fred Anderson, Christian Ayne Crouch, Max Edelson, Patrick Griffin, George Ironstrack, and Maeve Kane. Voice Actors: Norman Rodger, Alexandre Rios-Bordes, and Emmanuel Dubois. Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske. Find the official transcript here. Music by Artlist.io Help other listeners find the show by leaving a 5-Star Rating and Review on Apple, Spotify, Podchaser, o...
2023-09-251h 11Worlds Turned Upside DownSeason One Trailer: The CrisisSeason One of Worlds Turned Upside Down, "The Crisis," follows the stories of American colonists, Indigenous peoples, and Europeans as they grappled with the revolutionary consequences of Great Britain's victory in the Seven Years' War (1756-1763). After celebrating Britain's triumph over the French in the war, Americans began questioning British new policies in its wake, while Indigenous and enslaved people struggled to make sense of their own place in Britain's enlarged American empire. Season One begins September 26, 2023. Narrated by Dr. Jim Ambuske. Music by Artlist.io Help other listeners find the s...
2023-09-1203 min
VMHC LecturesVirginia’s Lost Appalachian TrailOn August 3, 2023, Mills Kelly gave a lecture about his book, Virginia’s Lost Appalachian Trail. For over two decades, hikers on the Appalachian Trail in Virginia walked through some of the most beautiful landscapes of the southern Appalachian Mountains. Then, in 1952, the Appalachian Trail Conference moved 300 miles of the trail more than 50 miles to the west. This change was the single largest rerouting of the AT in its long history. Lost in that move were opportunities for hikers to scramble over the Pinnacles of Dan, to sit on Fisher’s Peak and gaze out over the North Carolina Piedmont, or to c...
2023-08-101h 01Worlds Turned Upside DownIntroducing Worlds Turned Upside DownIntroducing Worlds Turned Upside Down, a podcast about the history of the American Revolution. Coming fall 2023 from R2 Studios. Learn more at www.r2studios.org. Worlds Turned Upside Down tells the story of the American Revolution as a transatlantic crisis and imperial civil war through the lives of people who experienced it. For many modern citizens of the United States, “the cause of America” that gave birth to a new nation in 1776 and the heroic stories we tell ourselves about its founding remains “in great measure the cause of all mankind.” But for the people who lived thr...
2023-07-1201 min
2 Complicated 4 HistoryIntertwined: Slavery at George Washington’s Mount VernonIsaac S. Loftus and Dr. Lynn Price Robbins welcome the talent behind the award-nominated podcast, “Intertwined: The Enslaved Community at George Washington’s Mount Vernon”—co-writers Jeannette Patrick and Dr. Jim Ambuske, and narrator Brenda Parker. The eight-part podcast, which tells the story of the more than 577 people enslaved by George and Martha Washington at Mount Vernon, zooms in past statistics and generalities to present biographies of the people who lived in a state of slavery.Everything you need to follow and learn more here: https://linktr.ee/2c4h_podcastRelevant Links:
Jim Ambuske...
2023-04-181h 00
Sport in HistoryAlec Hurley - Sport and microhistory in Rochester, NYThis episode features a paper given by Alec Hurley at the British Society of Sport History's Sport & Leisure History seminar at the Institute of Historical Research in London.Though sport clubs are universal, there exists – as nineteenth century French diplomat Alexis DeTocqueville claimed – a uniquely American disposition toward the formation of associations. This presentation will examine the role of nineteenth-century urban sports clubs through the nexus of place, space, and cultural identity. In doing so, I will bring together digital history, urban history, and local community histories to understand cultural relationships in a post-industrial city. Literature on smaller industrial areas, as o...
2023-02-191h 03
People Hidden In HistoryFlora MacDonald - An 18th Century Life in 2 RevolutionsSend us a textFlora MacDonald (1722-1790) played a role in two different revolutions, first in Scotland and later in North Carolina during the Revolutionary War. She was most famously known for hiding Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) to avoid being captured by government troops after the Battle of Culloden (1746), and of course putting her own life at risk. And later, she and her husband, through the offer of land in North Carolina, arrived just before the Revolutionary War commenced, and were on the British side. You will also learn of the change in...
2022-12-3043 minMonticello PodcastsA Washington Fish TaleWas it a relaxing retreat? A working vacation? Or a merely intriguing story that it is really more about how we like to view U.S. history than what actually happened?
In this episode of In the Course of Human Events, Frank Cogliano, a professor of American history at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, shares an oft-repeated story about a fishing trip taken by George Washington the summer of 1790, possibly with Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Helping him break it down are Kate Brown, assistant professor of American history at Western Kentucky University, and Jim Ambuske, of the Roy Rosenzweig...
2022-12-2924 min
Drafting the PastAbby Mullen Finds FocusIn this episode, host Kate Carpenter interviews historian Dr. Abby Mullen, assistant professor of history at the United States Naval Acadmey. In her former role at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, Abby not only worked on software designed for historians, but she also created and hosted a narrative history podcast, Consolation Prize, which looked at U.S. diplomacy through the lens of the country's consuls. Kate and Abby talk about what it takes to write for a listening audience, the joys of using Tropy to manage primary source research, and much more.
2022-10-1137 min
Virginia Outdoor Adventures: Hiking, Camping, Kayaking, Local Travel and more!Bonus Episode: The Green Tunnel Podcast with Mills KellyIn this bonus episode, I’m sharing another fantastic Virginia-based podcast called, The Green Tunnel, which is a show about the history of the Appalachian Trail. You may already know that Virginia contains more miles of the Appalachian Trail than any other state, with 544 miles of the trail right here in Virginia. If you’re a history buff like me and you love hiking and the outdoors, this is a show you don’t want to miss. The Green Tunnel is one of my favorite podcasts to enjoy, usually when I’m driving to my next outdoor adventure...
2022-06-2833 min
"Jester" Section HikerMills Kelly (Grandaddy Spartan)Mills Kelly, host of The Green Tunnel podcast, joins Jester to chat about his journey on the Appalachian Trail that began as a kid in 1971. Mills refers to himself as a lifetime AT Section Hiker and enjoys learning and sharing the history of the AT. You will hear in their conversation Mills referring to various historical landmarks along the trail and responds to one of Jester's questions with an answer that came from Myron Avery back in 1937. Mills Kelly is also a historian and College Professor at George Mason University. Mills...
2022-01-1543 min
Leadership and Legacy: Conversations at the George Washington Presidential Library210. Winning a Consolation Prize with Dr. Abby Mullen (Summer Repeat)Consuls are essential to American foreign relations. Although they may not be as flashy or as powerful as an Ambassador like Thomas Jefferson or John Quincy Adams, they’re often the go-to people when an American gets in trouble abroad or when a trade deal needs to get done. Consuls operate in cities and towns throughout the world, helping to advance American interests and maintain good relations with their host countries, all while helping you replace your lost passport. Much has changed about the consular service since the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when a consul could earn fees for his se...
2021-09-1650 min
Consolation PrizeNews update: R2 Studios!We're under "new" management! Not really, we're just joining a new division of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, R2 Studios.
2021-09-1503 min
The Green TunnelThe Green Tunnel: TrailerWelcome to The Green Tunnel, a podcast about the history of the Appalachian Trail. From R2 Studios, a division of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, we're bringing you the history of the most iconic long-distance hiking trail in the United States. Listen now and follow us wherever you get your podcasts!
2021-09-1301 min
Competência em Informação InstrumentalGerenciadores de referência: o que são, para que servem?Mendeley: software gratuito de gerenciamento de citações e referências disponibilizado pela Elsevier, uma empresa global de informações analíticas, de origem holandesa, que visa contribuir para o progresso da Ciência. Esse recurso permite armazenar, organizar, gerar e compartilhar referências coletadas em diversas bases de dados. Também apresenta versões on-line e para computadores. Permite a integração com os editores de texto para geração automática de citações e referências. É um recurso presente na maioria das universidades e seu acesso se dá por www.mendeley.com.
Zotero: software gratuito de...
2021-05-2012 min
ITPS PodcastEpisode 7: Digital HumanistsThis month’s episode of Public History in a Virtual Age explores the wide world of digital history. Though defined by the use of computers to explore history, digital history includes a broad range of mediums, from computational analysis to virtual exhibits to podcasting. The digital approach is best known for its impact on accessibility, allowing history to be shared by the click of a button. Today, we’ll be speaking with two digital historians to learn about their unique approaches to the field, how digital work can be used to support and augment more traditional history, and the chal...
2021-02-221h 01
Consolation PrizeEpisode 6: Making a Good First EmpressionWithin a year of the end of the American Revolution, the United States sent a ship to China, where the government hoped Americans could start a robust (and lucrative) trade. Samuel Shaw was the supercargo on that first voyage of the Empress of China. On his next voyage to Canton, he went as the U.S. consul, charged with helping the United States gain a foothold in the China trade. On behalf of the United States, he had to make a good impression---all the while knowing that the United States might not make such a good trading partner. ...
2020-12-1529 min
Leadership and Legacy: Conversations at the George Washington Presidential Library187. Winning a Consolation Prize with Dr. Abby MullenConsuls are essential to American foreign relations. Although they may not be as flashy or as powerful as an Ambassador like Thomas Jefferson or John Quincy Adams, they’re often the goto people when an American gets in trouble abroad or when a trade deal needs to get done. Consuls operate in cities and towns throughout the world, helping to advance American interests and maintain good relations with their host countries, all while helping you replace your lost passport. Much has changed about the consular service since the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when a consul co...
2020-12-1050 min
The SydcastHistorian Eric Foner on the Modern Legacy of the Civil War, Lincoln, and ReconstructionEpisode SummaryHistorian and optimist Eric Foner grew up through McCarthyism and the Civil Rights Movement and learned that one of the best ways to interpret history is that no matter how things are there is an opportunity to make them better. Syd and Eric talk about how the issues of the past are the issues of today, the dangers of romanticizing our history, and how some things never change. Professor Foner gives an unvarnished primer in American History and you might be surprised at how current it sounds, in this episode of The Syd...
2020-07-1357 min
Reframing HistorySharon Leon and Digital PathwaysIn this episode, I spoke with my colleague Dr. Sharon Leon. Leon is an Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University, where she teaches about digital and public history and is developing a digital project related to enslaved communities in Maryland. Prior to joining the History Department at MSU, Leon spent over thirteen years at George Mason University working in the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media as Director of Public Projects. In that position, she oversaw dozens of award-winning collaborations with libraries, museums, and archives around the country. In our conversation, we talked about her...
2020-02-2537 min
AHR InterviewSharon Leon Part 1: A Better History of Digital HistoryIn this two-part interview, we speak with Michigan State University historian Sharon Leon. Known for her work in American religious history and in digital public history, before moving to MSU Leon spent over a decade at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University where she oversaw numerous award-winning digital projects as well as served as director for the web publishing platform Omeka, a tool whose ongoing development she continues to oversee. Her long list of digital history scholarship includes numerous chapters and articles on topics ranging from digital public history to critiques of...
2020-01-1528 min
Class Time with Dr. LovellUnit 2 - Mining Ourselves for HistoriesAn overview of Unit 2 of Experiencing Public History, including readings by Roy Rosenzweig, Anna Harris, Megan Warin and Simone Dennis, as well as Michael Twitty — Featuring host Dr. Kera Lovell from the University of Utah.
2019-05-2508 min
Digital CampusEpisode #118 – Predicting the Past – 2015 Year in ReviewIn the 2015 installment of the Digital Campus Year in Review podcast, regulars Dan Cohen, Amanda French, Tom Scheinfeldt, and Stephen Robertson look back at 2015 and predict the big news of 2016. Cheers went out to the NEH/Mellon Humanities Open Book Program, Congress (c.1965), the retirement of James Billington as Librarian of Congress, and the US Court of Appeals decision in favor of Google Books. Eliciting jeers were the Ad-blocker controversy, the behavior of Proquest (with Amanda dissenting), and the news that Jennifer Howard has left the higher education beat.
Much of what the group predicted for 2015 came to pas...
2015-12-1900 minDigital CampusEpisode #117 — What Can You Do With iPads & Smartphones?Dan’s visit to the Apple Store prompts a discussion of the new iPad Pro, and just what you can and can’t do on Apple’s tablet. Are we all just too old to give up our laptops for tablets? The New York Times and Google recently teamed up to deliver another way to use your smartphone – for virtual reality, via Google Cardboard. Is this the beginning of an expansion of VR? Or is it just the View-Master of Mills’ and Stephen’s youth reborn? Finally, we discussed the recent study of media use by tweens and teens by Common Sense...
2015-11-1900 minDigital CampusEpisode #116 — The Last Episode Ever About that Google Books Case (or is it?)Great timing for us, as we record the podcast on the very day the US Appeals Court rules that yes, scanning in-copyright books for the purpose of creating an online index of them is indeed a transformative and therefore fair use. Huzzah! The way is clear for all kinds of things now. We also talk about a new digital humanities / libraries tool called BigDIVA that launched today, discussing mainly its plan to become a subscription-based paid service. That leads into a brief digression on the recent patent win by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation against Apple, which could potentially...
2015-10-2000 minDigital CampusEpisode #115 – The Mills is in Basel EditionThe regulars (Stephen, Tom, Amanda, and Dan) are back for a new semester and a new season of Digital Campus in which we wave to Mills as he jaunts about Europe. We also talk about some of the summer and early autumn’s big news, including the NEH ODH’s project directors meeting, the 50th anniversary of the NEH, Librarian of Congress James Billington’s retirement, and the George Mason University History Department’s new digital dissertation guidelines. Other mentions include:
– UConn historical musical instruments project
– John Donne’s 1622 sermon for Gunpowder Day: Virtual Paul’s Cross Project
2015-10-0600 minDigital CampusEpisode #114 – What to do with your (digital) scholarshipOn this episode — #114, not #115 as Stephen mistakenly claims in the introduction — the full crew of regulars, Dan Cohen, Amanda French, Stephen Robertson and Tom Scheinfeldt discuss the MLA’s new repository, the AHA’s draft guidelines for assessing digital scholarship, and the tenth anniversary of YouTube. But first Dan talked about his visit to the White House, and Amanda described her new job as Director of Research and Informatics for the Virginia Tech Libraries. And Mills needed to know, did Dan wear an Apple watch to meet the President?
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Open e-books initiative (or Dan goes t...
2015-05-1100 minDigital CampusEpisode #113–You Can’t Trust Everything on the WebOn this episode of Digital Campus, host Mills Kelly, along with Dan Cohen, Amanda French, and Stephen Robertson discuss the role of technology in the classroom and some of history’s most teachable moments courtesy of the US Postal Service.
To begin, everyone weighs in on the Maya Angelou stamp controversy and whether or not quotation inaccuracies are getting worse because of the internet. Then the crew discusses a recent survey by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which found that only 20% of college and university professors have used “high-tech teaching methods.” Dan argues that the majority of professor...
2015-04-1300 minDigital CampusEpisode #112 – Digital Campus ClassicAlong with Dan Cohen and Tom Scheinfeldt, Mills Kelly hosted this classic episode of Digital Campus devoted entirely to technology. Mills, Dan, and Tom discussed the demise of Internet Explorer and IE’s replacement, Spartan, which is meant to complement and facilitate Microsoft’s new operating system. Then the discussion moved to the Apple watch and how such a technology might be adapted for higher education. In continuing with the Apple theme, Mills, Dan, and Tom then talked about the new MacBook that is going to have only one port. Mills reminded the listeners that Steve Jobs is in fact de...
2015-03-2300 minDigital CampusPodcast #111 – The Next Big ThingAfter a long break, our podcast regulars, Stephen Robertson and Mills Kelly, were led by Amanda French in our first 2015 podcast. After a quick check-in on their current projects, the group kicked it off with a review of the winter academic conferences. Next, they discussed the announcement that Stanford University Press was awarded funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the publishing of interactive scholarly works. On the subject of digital scholarship, Amanda mentioned the Humanities Open Book project which was recently funded by both the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Mellon Foundation. Shifting the...
2015-02-2300 minDigital CampusEpisode #110 – 2014 in Review‘Twas the last podcast of 2014 and on this episode of Digital Campus, Amanda, Tom, Dan, and Stephen discussed their “Cheers and Jeers” for the year (with RRCHNM Digital History Fellow Amanda Regan filling in for Mills). MLA, IMLS, FCC, and the lack of a government shutdown won the praise of the group, but Twitter could not stand up to the pressures of 2014.
After describing the good and the bad of the year, the group discussed their predictions from 2013. While Mills’s prediction that an Amazon drone would be shot out of the sky in Texas did not come true...
2014-12-1900 minDigital CampusEpisode #109 – What Do Fabio and Naked Laptops Have in Common?This Digital Campus episode was recorded live by Chris Preperato during Friday’s second afternoon session of the RRCHNM’s 20th Anniversary Conference and was produced by Anne Ladyem McDivitt and Alyssa Toby Fahringer. Mills Kelly, Stephen Robertson, and Tom Scheinfeldt joined host Dan Cohen to recap the earlier sessions of the day, including discussions on failure, ECHO, History Makers, pedagogy, and digital humanities centers’ websites. The floor was opened for a question and answer session, and audience participants and those on Twitter asked about Tom’s laptop’s dearth of stickers, how to convey scholarship to a broad audience, and...
2014-11-1800 min
LibraryLab003: The Digital CitationIt starts with an idea: You're a scholar and you use the web to search for sources. How can you collect your sources and their metadata without having to copy, paste, reformat? Or spend your starving researcher's budget on some proprietary software?
That's only the beginning for Zotero, a free, open-source plug-in for web browsers developed by the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.
Zotero allows researchers to do much more than harness the power of the web to save citations. There is also a robust social component that allows researchers to share their...
2012-08-2827 min