What Im Reading

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• 12/29/19
  

  "There is a historian in each one of us:" Historian Anna Müller on the Experiences that Have Shaped Her Scholarship

  by Erik Moshe

  “History was pulling me in with incredible force. All I wanted was to understand the changing reality, and history seemed to hold the keys to understanding.”

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• 11/17/19
  

  The Used Bookstore Find that Inspired A History of Dress and Fashion

  by Erik Moshe

  Linda Przybyszewski on her work as a historian--including her history of women's fashion and dressmaking. 

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• 10/20/19
  

  American Historian Claire Arcenas on John Locke, Teaching, and More

  by Erik Moshe

  “The past’s distance—and nearness—informs how we do history.”

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• 7/28/19
  

  History is a Verb, Something You Do: An Interview with Mark Doyle

  by Erik Moshe

  “History can help us understand the structural forces that foster suspicion, prejudice, resentment, and violence, and once we understand those forces we can begin to make better choices not just about how we live our own lives, but how we order our societies.”

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• 7/21/19
  

  History Provides a Critical Thinking ‘Toolbox’ for Students: An Interview with Ortal-Paz Saar

  by Erik Moshe

  “It may not be long before distinguishing true history from its other forms becomes impossible, and worse: irrelevant. My hope is that we, and the student generations we help shaping, will be able to prevent this.”

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• 7/7/19
  

  Who Says Historians Can’t Travel Back in Time?

  by Erik Moshe

  “Both astrophysicists and historians can travel back in time, but only historians can do anything about the past.” An interview with Carnegie Mellon University historian Ricky Law.