014 History and Historians in the Public
Doing History
Not all historians work to publish their findings about history in books and articles. Some historians work to convey knowledge about history to the public in public spaces and in public ways. Listen to our interview with Lonnie Bunch, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, on why it’s important for historians to reach multiple audiences with their work and how museums allow them to reach those audiences.
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013 The History of Genealogy
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Karin Wulf, a Professor of History at William & Mary and the Executive Director of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, reveals why early Americans were interested in genealogy and how they practiced it; Early American and European institutions that encouraged early Americans’ interest in family history; And, why it’s important for both historians and genealogists to understand the history of genealogy.
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012 How Genealogists Research
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In this episode of the “Doing History: How Historians Work” series, we investigate the world of genealogical research with Joshua Taylor, President of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society and a professional genealogist.
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011 How Historians Publish History
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During our conversation, William and Mary Quarterly Editor Joshua Piker reveals an overview of why historians view history as a process; Different publication opportunities for historians and how publication fits within the process of history; And a look at what it takes to publish in the premier journal of early American history and culture.
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010 How Historians Write About History
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In this episode, we explore how historians write about history with John Demos, the Samuel Knight Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University and an award-winning historian.
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009 How to Organize Your Research
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In this episode, Billy Smith, a Professor of History at Montana State University, leads us on an exploration of how historians organize and access their research.
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008 How to Research History Online
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Sharon Block, a Professor of History at the University of California-Irvine, serves as our guide through how historians conduct historical research online.
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007 The History of History Writing
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In this episode, Michael McDonnell, an Associate Professor of History at the University of Sydney, takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of secondary historical sources and how historians use them to add to our knowledge about the past. Mike reveals who the Anishinaabeg peoples were and how they lived during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; And, what historians mean by historiography and how they use it to research and write new history books and articles.
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006 How Historians Read Historical Sources
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What do historians do with historical sources when they find them?
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005 What Is a Historic Source
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Historians research the past through historical sources.
info_outlineHistory is about people, but what do we know about the people behind history’s scenes?
Who are the people who tell us what we know about our past?
How do they come to know what they know?
Today, we begin our “Doing History” series with an episode about historians and why they do the work that they do featuring Rebecca Onion, History Writer at Slate.com and visiting scholar at Ohio State University, Alan Taylor, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Thomas Jefferson Chair of American History at the University of Virginia, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and 300th Anniversary University Professor of History at Harvard University, and Caroline Winterer, Director of the Stanford University Humanities Center and co-author of the Mapping the Republic of Letters Project.
Doing History Series
This episode is part of the "Doing History: How Historians Work" series.
“Doing History” episodes will introduce you to historians who will tell you what they know about the past and reveal how they came to their knowledge.
This series originally aired on Ben Franklin’s World with host Liz Covart. Both shows are produced by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.