December 18, 2017
July 2018—NEH Summer Institute on the Visual Culture of the Civil War and Its Aftermath
Next July, the American Social History Project will once again host a two-week NEH Summer Institute for college and university faculty on the Visual Culture of the American Civil War and Its Aftermath. The fourth iteration of our institute will focus on the Civil War era’s array of visual media–including prints, photographs, cartoons, illustrated newspapers […]
October 4, 2017
Conexiones: Linking Berks County Latino Communities to a Larger World
Over the past year ASHP staff have been working with 14 faculty members from Reading Area Community College to assist them in incorporating Latino History and culture into their courses. As an outgrowth of ASHP’s Bridging Historias program, the Conexiones program featured presentations by leading Latino history scholars Virginia Sánchez-Korrol, Lori Flores, and Pablo Mitchell. […]
September 21, 2017
CUNY Digital History Archive Wins Archivist Round Table Award
In October 2017, ASHP’s CUNY Digital History Archive (CDHA) received the Award for Archival Achievement from the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc. Founded in 1979, A.R.T. is a not-for-profit organization representing a diverse group of more than 400 archivists, librarians, records managers and those who support archival efforts in the New York […]
February 23, 2017
Production Begins on Mission US #6
February 2017 marked the 75th anniversary of a grim moment in the history of U.S. civil rights. On February 19, 1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order authorizing the mass incarceration of more than 110,000 Japanese Americans in camps across the United States. The order was the culmination of years of discrimination against […]
February 22, 2017
Presente: Latino-Centered Learning Communities
ASHP/CML is partnering with Bronx Community College, CUNY, on the NEH-sponsored faculty development program, Presente: Latino-Centered Learning Communities. Involving 18 BCC faculty, the 18-month program is designed to deepen and expand the teaching of Latino/a history and culture across the disciplines. The program focuses on two broad themes: citizenship and the law, and racial and […]
February 22, 2017
David Jaffee, 1954-2017
nn n n n nn n n It is difficult to come up with an American Social History Project effort in the last twenty years that David Jaffee did not have a hand in. The number of ASHP/CML projects in which he participated is startling and only outdone by their variety. His vast historical knowledge, […]
February 15, 2017
“Save Hostos!” CDHA Collection Now Available
In the introductory essay for the recently completed CUNY Digital History Archive (CDHA) collection “Save Hostos!,” professor emeritus Gerald Meyer states: From the fall of 1973 until the spring of 1979, Hostos Community College became the site of one of the most prolonged and successful mass movements in New York City during the 1970s. Throughout […]
February 15, 2017
Looking at the Past and Future of Public History as ASHP Turns 35
nn n n n nn n n On October 21, 2016 ASHP/CML celebrated the 35th anniversary of its founding with a half-day symposium devoted to assessing the accomplishments, missed opportunities, and prospective future goals of U.S. public history. More than 100 people attended the event, which included two round table discussions, a keynote speech, a […]
September 17, 2016
The American Social History Project Reaches A Banner Year!
This fall the American Social History Project is old enough to run for president of the United States! The year 2016 marks the 35th anniversary of ASHP’s founding–and to commemorate this milestone in our history, we will hold a public event that celebrates our past and also reflects on the achievements, challenges, and continuing goals […]