What Im Reading 
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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.
News
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- Black Scholars Respond to Dr. Lorgia García Peña Tenure Denial at Harvard
- Historians Kirsten Weld and Erik Baker Interviewed About Harvard Graduate Worker Strike in Chronicle of Higher Education
- Kate Shaw: Andrew Johnson Was Impeached for Being a Racist Demagogue
- Bullets That Killed John F. Kennedy Immortalized as Digital Replicas by Smithsonian
- 37 books for history lovers: 11 Historians Select Their Favorite Books of 2019