Archiving Social Media Conversations of Significant Events
This is a rough proposal for another session at 2009 THATCamp that grew out of conversations with a number of people in my network about the role of social media in the recent events in Iran. I propose...
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Banner Lecture for VHS
I was truly honored when the Virginia Historical Society, a wonderful museum and archive, asked me to give one of the famous Banner Lectures on my book. Oddly enough, though I’ve presented various...
View ArticleThinking about Public History Projects: A DIY history toolkit
My good friend, Leslie, begins a new tenure-track job this fall in Idaho. She recently asked for input on her next big project. If you haven’t read the post yet, you should. The gist is as follows:...
View ArticleThe Assignment for Recreating the historical MWC Classroom
As I discussed in this post, my US Women’s History since 1870 class will be working on a project in which the ultimate goal is to be able to recreate a class session or two from the middle of the 20th...
View ArticleVote now on the UMW decade sites
The research sites on the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s that my US Women’s History students have created as part of our project to re-create the Mary Washington college classroom experience are now up...
View ArticleWomen’s History Class Projects, continued
So, a semester’s work of work comes down to tomorrow. As I’ve discussed before, my Women’s History since 1870 course has spent the semester researching and creating a classroom from the mid-20th...
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