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
Wednesday Mar 28, 2018
Jeffrey Henry - Museum Professional
Wednesday Mar 28, 2018
Wednesday Mar 28, 2018
Jeffrey Henry is a recent graduate of the Master of Arts program in public history at Southern New Hampshire University and is currently working on projects for a number of institutions, including the Fruitlands Museum in Massachusetts and the American Antiquarianism Society. In this episode of Filibustering History we talk about his background, networking with museum professionals, and digitizing old periodicals for the AAS.
Wednesday Mar 21, 2018
Wednesday Mar 21, 2018
Dr. Joe Faykosh presents "A Party in Peril: Franklin Roosevelt, the Democratic Party, and the Circular Letter of 1924"
Wednesday Mar 14, 2018
Joshua Peabody - Senior Archaeologist, Stantec Consulting Services
Wednesday Mar 14, 2018
Wednesday Mar 14, 2018
Josh Peabody is a Senior Archaeologist in the Sacramento branch of Stantec Consulting Services. In this episode of Filibustering History we talk about his background, the history of the field of cultural resources management, and opportunities for historians to work in that field.
This episode’s recommendation:
Superfight: The History Deck https://store.skybound.com/products/superfight-the-history-deck
Wednesday Feb 28, 2018
Erin Greenwald - Curator of Programs, New Orleans Museum of Art
Wednesday Feb 28, 2018
Wednesday Feb 28, 2018
Dr. Erin Greenwald is the Curator of Programs for the New Orleans Museum of Art. In this episode of Filibustering History, Erin talks about her academic and professional background, her experience planning and curating the Purchased Lives exhibit at the Historic New Orleans Collection, and how public history exhibits and institutions respond to changing political and social climates.
This episode’s recommendations:
The Transatlantic Slave Trade Database: http://www.slavevoyages.org/
I, Tonya (film): http://www.itonyamovie.com/
Fire and Fury books mixup: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/01/08/toronto-profs-fire-and-fury-book-now-a-bestseller-thanks-to-donald-trump_a_23327825/
The New Orleans Museum of Art’s website is https://noma.org/