Randall Stephens The latest issue of HS is now up on the Project Muse site .  It is a longer issue than normal, featuring two forums, five...

Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe British North America developed from a landscape of religions into a nation of races over the course of the eight...

Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe I found my way to this topic via a peculiar trajectory that began along the Cam under the tutelage of Quentin Skinn...

Over the last five years the HS blog has featured a variety of posts on history teaching, curriculum, group assignments, writing, and more. ...

Steven Cromack “Selfie” is the 2013 word of the year. In many ways, its definition encapsulates the identity of the generation that made i...

. "Ancient Ancestors Come to Life," National Geographic , January 3, 2014 See our ancient ancestors come to life through paleo...

Craig Gallagher In anticipation of going to my first American Historical Association conference this past weekend in Washington D.C., I s...

Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe I am as giddy as a child at the prospect of a snow day. Others fret about climate change when they see -40 windchil...

Elliot Brandow Old books smell delicious, apparently like a combination of grass and vanilla . Browsing the stacks offers us a chance not ...

Steven Cromack Emperor Constantine I. Detail of the mosaic in Hagia Sophia. Christmas is a fascinating holiday, and one ...

Heather Cox Richardson Pundits have sunk their teeth into a fight recently over whether or not Santa was white. After Fox News commentator...

Jonathan Rees I’ve written previously here  about the good and bad sides of suddenly being able to access the world’s biggest libraries th...