September 14, 2021
Welcome Maggie, Our New Graduate Assistant!
This semester ASHP/CMLwelcomes Maggie Schreiner as our new graduate assistant. Maggie is a first year PhD student in History at The Graduate Center. Maggie has over a decade of experience working in archives and public history settings, and is an adjunct faculty member in the Archives and Public History program at NYU. Maggie’s current research […]
September 14, 2021
“Military History and the LGBTQ+ Community”: A New Collection on Social History for Every Classroom
Over the summer ASHP/CML published a new collection on Social History for Every Classroom, our database of primary documents, classroom activities, and other teaching tools in U.S. history. “Military History and the LGBTQ+ Community”(https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/exhibits/show/lgbtq-military-history) explores the multitude of ways members of the LBGTQ+ community impacted and were affected by service in the United States military. […]
September 13, 2021
Upcoming Event: The Three Mothers
On October 27, ASHP/CML will co-sponsor an event organized by the PublicsLab, featuring Anna Malaika Tubbs for a discussion of her groundbreaking and critically acclaimed book The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation. In this “dynamic blend of biography and manifesto” (The New […]
September 9, 2021
ASHP/CML Awarded NEH Grant for LGBTQ+ Summer Institute
In August, ASHP/CML was notified that it was selected to receive a $190,000 NEH grant to coordinate a summer institute focused on LGBTQ+ Histories of the United States. The two-week summer institute will take place at the Graduate Center in July 2021, bringing together about two dozen middle and high school teachers for an immersive […]
January 29, 2021
ASHP/CML Awarded Humanities NY Grant for Queer Public History Podcast Series
We are pleased to announce that Humanities New York has awarded ASHP/CML a grant of $5,000 for Spaces, Places, and Faces: Exploring Queer Public History. The grant will be used to research and develop a podcast series that looks at how the work of historians, activists, educators, and archivists have preserved and reclaimed the telling […]
January 27, 2021
Teaching Elections and Mob Violence in US History: A New Teaching Resource from ASHP/CML
American Social History Project/Center for Media Learning has developed a list of teaching resources and reflection questions to contextualize the recent attempted insurrection in Washington, DC, and connect it to broader themes and moments in US History. On January 6, 2021, an angry mob stormed Washington, DC to stop the certification process of the recent […]
January 27, 2021
ASHP/CML Develops Online History Curriculum for the NYC Department of Education
The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected teaching and learning throughout New York City. With public school closures due to the virus, K-12 educators have been forced to reimagine their teaching styles to accommodate for the new reality of remote learning. In order to help ease this transition, ASHP/CML and other organizations have been working with […]
January 22, 2021
CDHA Awarded Grant from METRO Library Council
The CUNY Digital History Archive (CDHA) is grateful to receive an Equity in Action grant from the Metropolitan New York Library Council. The grant will support the digitization and curation of historical materials documenting three movements to make access to public higher education more equitable toward and inclusive of New York’s diverse residents. Working under […]
January 15, 2021
ASHP/CML Welcomes New Interns
This spring, the ASHP/CML welcomes Beau Lancaster, who will be an intern contributing to the production of new podcast episodes. Beau is a master’s degree candidate for Public History and Archives Studies at New York University. Beau conducts historical research and presentations for multimedia platforms. He has a Youtube Channel, “The Shady Historian,” about Queer […]