My Friday afternoon session at the AHA annual meeting was much more productive, largely because it was more focused on things Russian and East European. That meant the audience was there to learn about content resources rather than about “tech tools” as in my morning session. Steve Barnes presented his Gulag project, which is now close to done. There was a…
Tag: Eastern Europe
Undergraduate research apprenticeship
I just found out today that I’ll have an “apprentice” next semester to help me with writing about June 4, 1989. Ms. Kristin May, one of our brightest undergraduate history majors, will be paid by the University to work as my apprentice with the understanding that she will not only do her own research as…
Spend Two Weeks With Us Next Summer
I’m pleased to announce that my former colleague Matt Romaniello and I will be co-hosting an NEH Summer Seminar for high school teachers here at George Mason University during the last two weeks of July 2008. The seminar–Making Sense of 1989–is designed for high school teachers who want to deepen their understanding of the momentous…
Sworn Virgins in the Classroom
Sworn virgins? What could this post be about? Last night I was incredibly fortunate to be able to host the Albanian author and documentary filmmaker Elvira Dones who screened her new documentary Sworn Virgins for our students and then led a discussion of the film. The film was really a perfect teaching tool. Because it…