writing history

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  4/5/2022
  

  Review: Researching and Writing History in the Digital Age

  by Steven Mintz

  Zachary Schrag's new Princeton Guide to Historical Research is a fresh update to discussions of historical method that meshes with the urgent pursuit of relevance in the discipline and the involvement of history in public political debate.

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• SOURCE: World Socialist Website
  1/20/2022
  

  Jack Rakove on Writing History, and the 1619 Project

  The Stanford historian emeritus gives a wide-ranging interview about his career, the American revolution, writing history, and his disagreements with the 1619 Project. 

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• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  7/13/2021
  

  Autobiography with Scholarly Trimmings

  by Zachary M. Schrag

  "The autobiographical tradition has served historians well, as both scholars and teachers. Our personal experiences—and those of our ancestors, biological or fictive—inspire our research, help us make sense of the past, and guide our students to questions that drive their curiosity and passion."

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  2/16/2021
  

  Can Historians Be Traumatized by History? (Content Warning)

  by James Robins

  "If the historian—the very person supposed to process the past on behalf of everyone else—struggles with trauma, then it is little surprise that societies as a whole struggle to face the violence of how they were formed and how they prevailed."

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  1/29/2021
  

  Scholars Talk Writing: Louis P. Masur

  The Rutgers professor discusses the process of writing and the need for historical training to include multiple modes of writing and narrative. 

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• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  10/26/2020
  

  Partners in Scholarship: A Historian’s View of Trends in Scholarly Publishing

  by Mary Lindemann

  The AHA's president discusses ongoing change in the world of scholarly publishing as historians consider shorter manuscripts and electronic publication media. 

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• 9/1/19
  

  Writing Fiction about Real People

  by Gill Paul

  The best novels about real people make us re-evaluate the subject and perhaps alter our preconceived ideas.

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• 2/24/19
  

  The Many Joys of Writing History

  by Walter G. Moss

  It is the chance to stand back and observe the whole human story, with all its tragedies and comedies, and like Shakespeare think “What a piece of work is man!”