From the Humanities to Humanism in an Era of Higher Education Reform?
Imagine yourself an early teacher of what comes to be known as the studia humanitatis,…
Author Johann N. Neem
Humanistic Visions: The Long History of Black History Month
The establishment of Negro History Week in 1926 was a natural outgrowth of more than…
George Washington in Cambridge and the Birth of a Nation
There was little or no mention of American independence when General George Washington arrived in…
From Devolution to DeVos: A Brief History of the Federal Role in American Education
The current debate over Republican President Donald Trump’s appointment of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of…
Historians Put Immigration Executive Order in Historical Context
Today on #DayWithoutImmigrants, we present a round table on immigration history. In response to President Donald Trump’s Executive…
Escaping the Robot’s Loop: Westworld and the Politics of Consciousness-Raising
Spoilers for Season 1 of Westworld below. “Some people choose to see the ugliness in this world,…
Histories in Progress: Writing and Teaching the Past as it Unfolds
“You can’t forget the bills. They have an obligation to make payments. Many NATO nations…
From the Archives… Education History
As a part Process’s month on the history of education, we peeked into the Journal…
What’s in the February issue of The American Historian?
Here’s a quick preview of the newest issue of The American Historian: The February 2017…
The Troubled History of American Education after the Brown Decision
[From the February issue of The American Historian] On May 17, 1954, when the Supreme Court…