Doing History

Doing History talks to scholars of early America about the process and progress of historical scholarship.

014 History and Historians in the Public 04/27/2020

014 History and Historians in the Public 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. /episode/index/show/doinghistory/id/14030483

013 The History of Genealogy 04/20/2020

013 The History of Genealogy 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. /episode/index/show/doinghistory/id/14030324

012 How Genealogists Research 04/13/2020

012 How Genealogists Research 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. /episode/index/show/doinghistory/id/13732628

011 How Historians Publish History 04/06/2020

011 How Historians Publish History 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. /episode/index/show/doinghistory/id/13732385

010 How Historians Write About History 03/30/2020

010 How Historians Write About History 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. /episode/index/show/doinghistory/id/13732205

009 How to Organize Your Research 03/23/2020

009 How to Organize Your Research 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. /episode/index/show/doinghistory/id/13621751

008 How to Research History Online 03/16/2020

008 How to Research History Online Sharon Block, a Professor of History at the University of California-Irvine, serves as our guide through how historians conduct historical research online. /episode/index/show/doinghistory/id/13538465

007 The History of History Writing 03/04/2020

007 The History of History Writing 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. /episode/index/show/doinghistory/id/13416545

006 How Historians Read Historical Sources 03/02/2020

006 How Historians Read Historical Sources What do historians do with historical sources when they find them? /episode/index/show/doinghistory/id/13341371

005 What Is a Historic Source 02/24/2020

005 What Is a Historic Source Historians research the past through historical sources. /episode/index/show/doinghistory/id/13159643

004 How Archives Work 02/17/2020

004 How Archives Work Historians research history in archives. /episode/index/show/doinghistory/id/13159562

003 How Historians Research 02/10/2020

003 How Historians Research How did enslaved African and African American women experience slavery? /episode/index/show/doinghistory/id/13048124

002 How Historians Find Their Research Topics 02/01/2020

002 How Historians Find Their Research Topics A look at how average, poor, and enslaved men and women lived their day-to-day lives in the early United States with historian Simon P. Newman. /episode/index/show/doinghistory/id/12977276

001 Why Historians Study History 01/22/2020

001 Why Historians Study History History 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? And how do they come to know what they know? This is the first episode in the Doing History series. /episode/index/show/doinghistory/id/12851033

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