Why is Tim Walz getting so much attention in electoral coverage? @DrLisaCorrigan explains Walz's political and affective appeals and discusses the gender/race dynamics of his pick as VP.
Beyond Grievance Masculinity: Tim Walz and White Male Joy
The Student Becomes the Teacher: Tips and Advice for Your First Semester as a TA
New to TAing? Learn how to prep your first class, lead discussion, and find the support you need to make it through.
Call for Papers | History Beyond the Classroom: Undergraduate Mentorship in the 2020s
We invite innovative instructors who teach history beyond the conventions of the classroom and meet the challenges of the moment to contribute to the "History Beyond the Classroom" series .
Undergraduate Publication Mentoring
If you teach a class in which students write a research paper, give undergraduate publication mentoring a try.
Hulkamania Runs Wild at the 2024 Republican National Convention
On July 18, 2024, Donald Trump officially accepted the Republican Party’s nomination as its candidate for president. While there was no shortage of unconventional speeches at the Republican National Convention (RNC) held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one speech stuck out. Merely an hour before Trump capped off his four-day coronation, Hulk Hogan, the former star of... Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court’s Not-So-Uniquely Conservative Term
The United States has almost always been a very politically divided nation. Conservative majorities on the Supreme Court are mistakenly viewed as unique to recent years, but they are really the norm in American history. So too is political polarization the norm.
A Global History of Lies: Rumors, Conspiracy Theories, and Hoaxes–Syllabus
"A Global History of Lies" starts in the present. We consider how a confluence of technological, economic, political and social forces has reshaped the contours and possibilities of misinformation and disinformation and their role in the development of rumors, conspiracy theories, and hoaxes. We then trace the arc of conspiratorial thinking and rumors from the sixteenth century through the era of Trump, Putin, Bolsonaro, Orban, and Erdogan.
Biden v. Trump: Parallels with the Past?
Disaffected Americans living in today’s era of wealth inequality may turn to someone new as they did in the past if both Biden and Trump are nominated by their respective conventions this summer, as presumed.
Sexual Violence in American Localities: The Role of the Legal Historian
It is the responsibility of legal historians to help victims of sexual assault by linking the past and present landscapes.
Game Schedule—After a Long Battle: Congressional Response to the AIDS Epidemic, 1982–1985
See how to schedule and organize a Reacting to the Past Game, with examples from After a Long Battle: Congressional Responses to the AIDS Epidemic, 1982-1985.
Clio and the Contemporary 