August 23, 2022
Anne Valk Interviewed for The Thought Project
Anne Valk, a specialist in women’s history and public history, joined The Thought Project for a Pride Month conversation that touches on the curtailing of LGBTQ rights and of women’s rights by the Supreme Court and state legislators. Valk is a professor of History and director of the American Social History Project/Center for Media and […]
August 23, 2022
Scholars Weigh in on the End of Roe v. Wade
This summer, ASHP/CML Executive Director was one of several scholars who shared reactions to the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization. You can see these responses on the Graduate Center’s news page.
March 31, 2022
Save the Date — May 19, 2022 Steve Brier: Building Public Education and Democratizing Our Many Pasts
Please join us for a symposium on Thursday, May 19 to honor and explore (the recent-retiree!) Steve Brier’s critical role and contributions to CUNY, the American Social History Project, Digital Humanities, Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Program, and the School of Labor and Urban Studies. The event will open with an examination of the American Social […]
March 30, 2022
ASHP Awarded Grant from the American Historical Association
We are pleased to announce that ASHP has been awarded funding from the American Historical Association’s Grants to Sustain and Advance the Work of Historical Organizations Program, which provides relief to institutions adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This opportunity was made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through the […]
January 24, 2022
Congratulations to New Media Lab Digital Humanities Awardees
Congratulations to New Media Lab students Nicole Cote and Julia Fuller, recipients of the 2021 NYC Digital Humanities Graduate Student Digital Project Award. Three awards were given to graduate students attending any institution in New York City and the metropolitan area. The New Media Lab is proud to have supported two of this year’s recipients. […]
January 20, 2022
Call for Applications: LGBTQ+ Histories of the United States Summer Institute for Teachers
Applications are now open for our 2022 National Endowment for the Humanities summer institute “LGBTQ+ Histories of the United States.” Thirty middle and high school teachers will be selected to view presentations by and interact with noted scholars of LGBTQ+ history, teachers, and archivists, as well as their colleagues. In addition, they will go “behind […]
January 20, 2022
Department of Education’s “Hidden Voices” Materials Released to the Public
In 2020, ASHP/CML worked with the New York City Department of Education on a project to develop resources and lesson plans for their Hidden Voices program. Our work focused on incorporating significant LGBTQ+ people and events into the existing curriculum framework for elementary, middle, and high school classrooms. The project was initiated to help students […]
January 19, 2022
“Be Ready to Fight, Because it’s Worth It”: Efforts to Include LGBTQ+ History in High School Classes
On Tuesday, February 15, please join ASHP/CML for a virtual presentation by Stacie Brensilver Berman, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Teaching and Learning department at NYU Steinhardt Brensilver Berman will discuss her recent book, LGBTQ+ History in High School Classes in the United States since 1990, which details bureaucratic, organizational, and pedagogical efforts to make […]
January 19, 2022
Workshop: A Broader Spectrum: LGBTQ+ Inclusive Resources for Middle and High School History Classes
On Wednesday, March 9, please join ASHP/CML for a practitioner-focused virtual workshop led by Stacie Brensilver Berman (Visiting Assistant Professor in the Teaching and Learning department at NYU Steinhardt). Brensilver Berman will present quantitative and qualitative information on the necessity of including LGBTQ+ history in middle and high school social studies curricula, share available resources […]