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 […]
January 15, 2021
Welcome Jubilee!
In spring, 2021, Jubilee Marshall will join the ASHP/CML as an intern and will work on adding new collections to Social History for Every Classroom (formerly HERB). Jubilee is a graduate student in Archives and Public History at New York University. Previously, she served as an English Teaching Assistant in the Czech Republic through the […]
January 15, 2021
Welcome Evan!
The ASHP/CML is happy to introduce Evan Rothman, who will serve as a Graduate Assistant and contribute to the production of the OER version of Who Built America? Evan is a first-year PhD student in History. Before coming to the Graduate Center, he was a labor organizer with K-12 and higher education unions. Evan’s current […]
November 20, 2020
Apply Now — June-July 2021 NEH Summer Institute, Visual Culture of the American Civil War and Its Aftermath
This July, the American Social History Project will once again host an NEH Summer Institute for college and university faculty on the Visual Culture of the American Civil War and Its Aftermath. The institute will be a ten-day remote program taking place between June 28 and July 14, 2021. Postponed this year due to Covid-19, […]
October 15, 2020
Understanding Elections in U.S. History: A New Resource Page from the American Social History Project
Every election is consequential and determining who has the right to vote has been a struggle since the founding of the nation. Over the course of U.S. history, the stakes of some elections have been higher than others, especially in times of a national political, social, economic, or health crisis. Elections can also indicate the […]
September 21, 2020
July 2021 Virtual Institute – Visual Culture of the American Civil War and Its Aftermath
The American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning at The Graduate Center, CUNY, will host a National Endowment for the Humanities institute in Summer 2021 for 25 college and university teachers to study the visual culture of the American Civil War and its aftermath. Postponed this year due to Covid-19, this fifth iteration of […]
September 18, 2020
LGBTQ+ Curriculum Project for NYC Department of Education Completed
Over the past six months, ASHP/CML worked with 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 […]
September 18, 2020
REMINDER: “Epidemics in U.S. History” and “Historicizing Black Resistance in the U.S.” Resource Pages
We would like to remind everyone of the two online resource pages our team developed over the spring and summer months: Epidemics in U.S. History The rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus in the United States and around the world leaves many of us seeking ways to place the pandemic in historical context. ASHP/CML has […]
September 17, 2020
Coming Event on Ghost River: Decolonization Through Artistic Reinterpretation
On October 7, the Publics Lab at the Graduate Center will host a conversation with the historians and artists behind Ghost River. Ghost River: The Fall and Rise of the Conestoga (Red Planet Books and Comics, 2019) is a graphic novel about the Paxton massacres of 1763. However, as the title suggests, the Paxton vigilantes […]