Working Historians is a podcast series that showcases the work and careers of historians in a wide variety of career fields. We hope to introduce history students and the general public to the career paths available to people who study history, introduce and promote historians to students and the public, and showcase the work that historians do on a regular basis. Hosts Rob Denning and Jimmy Fennessy can be reached at workinghistorians@gmail.com.
Episodes
Monday Nov 20, 2017
Monday Nov 20, 2017
Dr. Thomas Leary IV is an instructional designer and former Dean of Faculty and Manager of Instructional Design Quality at SNHU. Here we discuss his educational and professional background and innovations in learning science and course design.
This episode’s recommendations:
Affairs of Honor by Joanne B. Freeman (Yale, 2012): https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300097559/affairs-honor
The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock & Roll at the De Young Museum: https://deyoung.famsf.org/summer-love-art-fashion-and-rock-roll
Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History: http://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Patrick Callaway is a doctoral candidate at the University of Maine and an instructor at Southern New Hampshire University. Here he discusses his historical interests such as the United States Constitution and the early American economy, his work in a variety of history careers, and life in a history doctoral program.
This episode’s recommendations:
Fort George in Castine, ME (http://castine.me.us/welcome/history/history-of-castine/)
Peaky Blinders on Netflix (https://www.netflix.com/title/80002479)
The book and film versions of Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe series (http://www.bernardcornwell.net/series/the-sharpe-books/)
Historian David Blight on the Slate Political Gabfest (http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/gabfest/2017/11/the_manafort_indictment_the_tax_bill_and_david_blight_on_john_kelly_and.html)
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Thursday Nov 16, 2017
Patrick Callaway is a doctoral student at the University of Maine and an instructor at Southern New Hampshire University. This presentation was recorded to commemorate Constitution Day. In this presentation, recorded for Constitution Day 2017, Prof. Callaway discusses the origins of the United States Constitution, analyzes some of its important clauses, and the diverse responses to the Constitutions among the American people. He also draws some connections between the Constitution and contemporary political and social issues. In this presentation, Prof. Callaway references James H. Hutson, "The Creation of the Constitution: Scholarship at a Standstill," Reviews in American History 12:4 (Dec., 1984), 463-477. URL http://www.jstor.org/stable/2701897.
Tuesday Nov 07, 2017
Tuesday Nov 07, 2017
James Fennessy is the Associate Dean of Faculty for History at Southern New Hampshire University. Rob Denning is History Faculty Lead at Southern New Hampshire University. Here, Rob and James interview each other, because why not?
Recommendations from this episode:
Victor Lavalle, The Ballad of Black Tom (Tor, 2016): https://publishing.tor.com/theballadofblacktom-victorlavalle/9780765386618/
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's The Vietnam War series on PBS: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-vietnam-war/home/