October 30, 2020
Scott Black teaches history at numerous colleges and universities, including Southern New Hampshire University. In this episode, Scott talks about his academic and professional background, his career teaching history, and the challenges and rewards of writing historical fiction.
This episode’s recommendations:
Sabaton: https://www.sabaton.net/
Various Authors, The American Yawp: https://www.americanyawp.com/
October 15, 2020
Karen Sieber is a Humanities Specialist for the Clement and Laura McGillicuddy Humanities Center at the University of Maine. In this episode we discuss her academic and professional background, the major public history research projects with which she has been affiliated, her work at the Humanities Center, and our history-related recommendations
Recommendations:
Visualizing the Red Summer http://visualizingtheredsummer.com/
Goin’ North: https://goinnorth.org/
Chicago Defender:https://www.chicagodefenderarchives.org/
African-American Civil War Soldiers Project: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/usct/african-american-civil-war-soldiers
Monroe Work Today: https://plaintalkhistory.com/monroeandflorencework/
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee: https://snccdigital.org/
Charleston Syllabus: https://www.aaihs.org/resources/charlestonsyllabus/
Christopher Tomlins, In the Matter of Nat Turner: A Speculative History (Princeton University Press, 2020), https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691198668/in-the-matter-of-nat-turner
Rob’s interview with Christopher Tomlins for the New Books Network: https://newbooksnetwork.com/christopher-tomlins-in-the-matter-of-nat-turner-a-speculative-history-princeton-up-2020/
October 1, 2020
Adam Lehman is Assistant Professor of History at Guilford Technical Community College. In this episode we discuss his academic and professional background and his research into the missed privateering opportunities of the War of 1812.
This episode’s recommendations:
Jeff Kinard, “Lectures in History: Civil War Weaponry,” C-Span, https://www.c-span.org/video/?465611-1/civil-war-weaponry
Footnoting History Teaching Guide: https://www.footnotinghistory.com/teach.html