Talking about Digital History and the SHA
At the Southern Historical Association Conference in November 2013, I was asked by Ian Binnington and David Herr, editors of the H-South discussion network and fellow historians of the South, to sit…
Long uncomfortable silence
Serial just ended. Like most people, I listened to the entire series, and looked forward to each new podcast on Thursdays. Like most people, I also have an opinion about…
Finishing Up the Semester with a Big Thank You
It has been an incredible semester. We’ve opened an amazing building that thousands of people have already used, submitted one grant and are working on another, created a new First-Year Seminar…
Revised Digital History Review Guidelines
Thanks to all those who offered advice on my last post, especially Sheila Brennan and Matthew Lincoln. The new guidelines I submitted are copied below. They are still heavily based…
Hunting and gathering in the stacks
A few weeks ago, I got an email saying the Simpson Library will be culling its art-related collection (everything in the Ns), and went there to see which books I…
