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Talking to the Dead: Spiritualists and Seances
During my time working on the American Religious Ecologies project I became focused on female ministers and other types of religious leadership that appear in the Census. This interest aligns well with my dissertation research, which focuses on female preachers in the nineteenth century and their bo
Exploring True Crime in Early Modern Europe in the Classroom
This semester I’m using my expertise on crime and violence in a new way: I’m teaching an upper-level undergraduate course “True Crime in Early Modern Europe.” When we think of the true crime genre, we tend to think of documentaries, Netflix shows, Pulp Fiction, and podcasts, to name just a f
Revolutionary Beginnings
We all know how the American Revolution ends, but do we really understand its beginnings? In the mid-1750s, far from Philadelphia, New York, Boston, or Charleston, and farther still from London, Paris, or Madrid, the choices made by British settlers, French colonists, and Indigenous peoples in a pla
Jessica Otis Receives NEH Funding To Develop and Host Summer Institute On DH Methods
Jessica Otis of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) in collaboration with Ashley Sanders of UCLA, have been awarded funding as part of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities program. This grant will facilitate an
Nate Sleeter and Kelly Schrum Receive NEH Funding To Host Summer Faculty Institute
Dr. Nate Sleeter, of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM), and Dr. Kelly Schrum, of the Higher Education Program (HEP), at George Mason University have been awarded funding as part of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Institutes for Higher Education Faculty program
Amanda Madden Receives NEH Funding to Create a Digital Edition of Goro Dati’s Sfera
Amanda Madden of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM), in collaboration with Carrie Beneš of New College of Florida, Laura Ingallinella of the University of Toronto, and independent scholar Laura Morreale, have been awarded a major grant as part of the National Endowment for
Nate Sleeter Becomes RRCHNM’s Director of Educational Projects
The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media is pleased to announce that Dr. Nate Sleeter has become our new Director of Educational Projects. The K–12 and college educational resources that RRCHNM makes freely available to teachers, students, and parents regularly receive millions of visit
RRCHNM Past, Present, and Future
The first time that I came across the name Roy Rosenzweig was in the textbook for a class titled simply, “Historiography.” The book discussed Rosenzweig’s 1983 book, Eight Hours for What We Will, as a key work in American labor history. Since Eight Hours is a history of workers in Worcester, M
Passing the Baton
At the 2001 annual meeting of the American Historical Association, Roy Rosenzweig dumped a cup of coffee on me. He didn’t mean to, of course, but he did. It happened in the days when search committees often interviewed job candidates in hotel rooms and I was there to interview for a job at George
RRCHNM Receives Additional Funding to Create More Teaching Guides
Library of Congress funding for these teaching guides builds upon earlier work that supports new prospective teachers as they teach difficult subjects in history. RRCHNM is proud to announce funding from the Teaching with Primary Sources program from the Library of Congress for 2023-24. With these f