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
Thursday Feb 22, 2018
Defining the Museum of the 21st Century (and Other News)
Thursday Feb 22, 2018
Thursday Feb 22, 2018
An intermission of sorts, wherein Rob discusses some of the interesting things coming soon for the podcast and Southern New Hampshire University’s online history program. Of particular note is an upcoming symposium on “Defining the Museum of the 21st Century: Evolving Multiculturalism in Museums in the United States,” which SNHU is hosting in conjunction with the International Conference for Museology on September 14, 2018. Links: “Defining the Museum of the 21st Century” Symposium website: https://spark.adobe.com/page/s8rn34Jgnohic/ History Soundbites Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-399142700/sets/history-soundbites Filibustering History Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/FilibusterHist Filibustering History YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2BOWpayQhZOQM576L6qxG2LPF8ou8Nhm Rob Denning can be reached at snhuhistory@gmail.com or r.denning@snhu.edu. James Fennessy can be reached at j.fennessy@snhu.edu.
Wednesday Feb 14, 2018
Everett Dague - Command Historian, U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy
Wednesday Feb 14, 2018
Wednesday Feb 14, 2018
Dr. Everett Dague is the Command Historian for the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas, and is an instructor at SNHU. In this episode of Filibustering History, James and Rob talk to Everett about his academic and professional background, the importance of the USASMA to the modern Army, and a bit on the history of non-commissioned officers in the modern military.
This episode’s recommendations:
The NCO Leadership Center of Excellence and U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy’s Non-Commissioned Officer Heritage and Education Center: http://usasma.armylive.dodlive.mil/united-states-army-hertiage-center-of-the-noncommissioned-officer/
Douglas Skopp, Shadows Walking: A Novel (2010): https://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Walking-Douglas-R-Skopp/dp/1439231990
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, 2 vols. (1885): https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4367/4367-h/4367-h.htm
Slate interview with Ron Chernow on his Grant: http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/i_have_to_ask/2017/11/ron_chernow_on_alexander_hamilton_ulysses_s_grant_and_writing_about_powerful.html
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
Dr. Ryan Tripp presents "Ancient Settled and Established Constitution: The Narragansett"
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
Dr. Ryan Tripp presents "Ancient Settled and Established Constitution:" Enlightened Commentaries on the Narragansett Ancient Constitution by Matthew Robinson, Esq.
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
Ryan Tripp - Adjunct History Faculty, Southern New Hampshire University
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
Wednesday Jan 31, 2018
Ryan Tripp teaches for Southern New Hampshire and other institutions and he hosts a podcast for the New Books Network’s Native American Studies channel. In this episode of Filibustering History we talk about his background, his research interests, and his presentation on Matthew Robinson for the History Soundbites podcast.
This episode’s recommendations:
A dozen or so books from Ryan!
Ciaran O’Neill, Catholics of Consequence: Transnational Education, Social Mobility, and the Irish Catholic Elite, 1850-1900 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014), https://global.oup.com/academic/product/catholics-of-consequence-9780198707714?lang=en&cc=us.
Arthur Quinn, The Rivals: William Gwin, David Broderick, and the Birth of California (New York: Crown Publishers, 1994; Lincoln, Nebraska: Bison Books, 1997), http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/9780803288515/.
Dr. Tripp's podcast episodes are listed at http://newbooksnetwork.com/?s=ryan+tripp