May 9, 2024
More Awards for Mission US
The newest addition to the Mission US educational series, “No Turning Back,” is receiving wide recognition, including: 2024 Webby Awards: Official Honoree – Websites and Mobile Sites: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (for “No Turning Back”) 2024 Anthem Awards: Gold Award – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Education or Literacy Program; Silver Award – Education, Art, & […]
March 5, 2024
The American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning is hiring a new team member!
The American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning is hiring a new team member! If you have experience developing and coordinating digital history projects and a passion for teaching history, apply to become our Assistant Director of Digital Projects. Keep reading for the job description and application information. Position Overview: The American Social History Project/Center […]
October 12, 2022
NEH Summer Institute 2023 – Visual Culture of the American Civil War and Its Aftermath
ASHP/CML will host a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded institute in Summer 2023 for 25 college and university teachers to study the visual culture of the American Civil War and its aftermath. This sixth iteration of the institute will focus on the era’s array of visual media—including the fine arts, ephemera, photography, cartoons, maps, and […]
October 12, 2022
LGBTQ+ Histories of the United States: Summer 2022 NEH-sponsored Institute
This summer thirty middle and high school teachers from throughout the United States joined the ASHP/CML for a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded Summer Institute on LGBTQ+ Histories of the United States. For two weeks in July, participants met virtually for presentations by noted scholars and archivists, and for hands-on workshops focused on teaching about […]
October 12, 2022
Past/Present Update
Work is ongoing on “Past/Present,” our AHA-funded project to create teaching resources and primary source collections that help educators link history to current events. The new collections of materials will be available by the end of this school year on Social History for Every Classroom, ASHP/CML’s online resource database for K-12 educators. Over the summer […]
October 12, 2022
CUNY LGBTQIA+ Consortium
For the second year, ASHP/CML has received a small grant to participate in CUNY’s LGBTQIA+ Consortium. With funding from the City Council of NYC, the Consortium supports LGBTQIA+ training, education, programming, and archives at 14 campuses. At the Graduate Center, participants include CLAGS: the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, the Mina Rees Library, and […]
October 12, 2022
WBA: The OER Highlighted at the National Council on Public History Annual Conference
In May, Director of Online Programs Peter Mabli presented Who Built America: The OER––ASHP/CML’s upcoming free and publicly-accessible version of the WBA textbook with interactive charts and content from History Matters––at the National Council of Public History’s Annual Conference. His presentation was part of an online roundtable discussion among public historians who have created open […]
October 12, 2022
Welcome Rachel Pitkin
Rachel Pitkin is a first-year PhD student in History at the GC. Her current research interests include public and urban history, and history of women and gender in the twentieth century United States. Rachel comes to the GC with a background in education, and in teaching history/social studies. She holds an MA in Museum Studies […]
October 12, 2022
New Media Lab Reopens for In-Person Students
The NML assists doctoral students from across academic disciplines to create digital projects or tools to support their scholarly research and teaching. Lab projects integrate digital technologies into traditional academic practice, challenging scholars to develop fresh questions in their respective fields using the tools of new technology. Visit the New Media Lab website to learn […]