HSTA 306… HSTA 306: Response to Baptist 31 Mar 2017 For historians, a book review is an opportunity both to assess the quality of a historical work and to place the author’s argument in conversation with other scholarship. At its…
Commentary On the Start of a New Semester 16 Jan 2017 Tomorrow is the first day of classes at my university. Last Friday, the campus was almost eerily quiet, but by the time I arrive at my office in the morning,…
Commentary… Public Education and Private Access 12 May 2016 On Monday of this week I found out that I'm going to need to change many of the research assignments I use in my courses-. For years, the Boston Public Library has provided…
HIST 120… Over-Identification and the History of the Present 3 Jan 2016 Having recently finished teaching a course on autobiographies and memoirs, I took a break during the holidays ... to read multiple memoirs. Oh well. One of them came on the…
HSTA 304… Perfectly Practical Tips for Using Twitter 17 Sep 201518 Sep 2015 Jointly authored by Liz Covart and Joseph Adelman. Twitter is a deceptively simple tool. With just 140 characters to work with, it can seem at times like it takes barely any work…
HSTA 304… Accessing the Early American Imprints Database 9 Sep 201518 Sep 2015 What follows is a rudimentary guide to how to access the Early American Imprints database, with a brief background on what it is and the steps to take to find…
Joseph M. Adelman 