From the Archives… Reconstruction at 150
The OAH’s ongoing commemoration project on the Civil War at 150 has now wrapped up.…
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Why Students Don’t Know Anything about Reconstruction: Three Modern Myths
Since the late 1990s, I have been teaching courses on the Civil War and Reconstruction.…
Remembering Reconstruction: The Memphis Massacre of 1866
We’re a nation that loves our centennials and sesquicentennials. We celebrate wars; we celebrate statehood;…
The Trouble in Nate Parker’s Southampton: The Birth of a Nation, a review
“N—s was too smart fo’ white folks to git ketched. White folks was sharp too,…
OAH/JAAS Japan Residency Program
Madeline Y. Hsu is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at…
New African American History Museum Carries on a Radical Museum Tradition
On a recent fall day at the university where I teach, maintenance crews could be…
OAH Executive Board Joins with Objections to Mexican American Studies Textbook
OAH President Nancy Cott, on behalf of the OAH Executive Board, has joined with other…
The New Wave of “What Ifs?”
Have we entered a new golden age of counterfactual history? It is too early to…
Demonstrating the Value of History
David Trowbridge (Ph.D. Kansas, 2008) is an associate professor in the Department of History at…
Using Our Training to Understand the Decline in History Enrollments
As historians, we are uniquely trained to analyze why History enrollments are down, and thus, to…