There’s Nothing New about the “New Slavery”
About 45.8 million people in 167 countries live in some form of modern slavery according…
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Could you briefly describe your book and how you created it? Keisha N. Blain: The…
Black and White in the Free State of Jones
I’ll confess: I was fully prepared to be disappointed with the recently-released Free State of…
Teaching the JAH: Robert Michael Morrissey on “The Power of the Ecotone”
“Rethinking early Native American history is a difficult enterprise,” Robert Morrissey argues. “Myths and stereotypes…
Free State of Jones Capsizes Lost Cause Myths
Reconstruction is perhaps the least understood period in American history, a distinction that has been…
The Paradox of Gun History
I recently completed a book on the history of the gun industry, culture, and the…
Can Faculty Labor Unions Stop the Decline of Tenure?
Popular discussions of higher education in the United States today are primarily organized around narratives…
Consumed Nostalgia
Can you briefly describe your book Consumed Nostalgia? The uses and meanings of memory and nostalgia…
Teaching the Pulse Massacre
The tragic shooting at Pulse, a popular gay nightclub in Orlando, requires that we look…
Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.
Chris Rasmussen graduated from Grinnell College and received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University. He is…