Category: Commentary
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Accessibility and the Post-Pandemic Conference
It’s July, which means that academic conferences are in full swing—and for the first time in three years, largely happening as in-person events. My home organization, SHEAR, meets this weekend in New Orleans. I won’t be there. In my case, it’s a combination of the expense of getting and staying there combined with anxiety about…
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My Fresh Take on the Declaration
Last year, the Declaration Resources Project at Harvard published a feature with twenty-four historians re-reading the Dunlap broadside edition of the Declaration of Independence and then offering brief remarks in their experience. It makes for compelling reading, as scholars who have read and taught the Declaration sometimes for decades come at the document with new…
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This is just like that time when…
A response to the recent New York Times op-ed decrying the use of historical analogies.
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Focusing While Commuting
Having a conference within commuting distance is a good time to reflect on how students manage commuting during the semester.
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Public Education and Private Access
Is it better to have loved and lost (a research database) than never to have had access at all?
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What If My Voice Doesn’t Matter?
Participating in a university-wide teach-in on the Black Lives Matter movement has made me rethink how to approach national issues in a college setting.
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The Romance of the Pony Express
I woke up this morning to several notifications from friends that today’s Google Doodle celebrates the 155th anniversary of the first delivery to California by the Pony Express. It’s always great to highlight a little postal history, I say. The Pony Express is part of America’s romantic imagination of itself, with the image of young riders…
Joseph M. Adelman 