How many “reallys” does it take Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales to describe how he feels about Edward Owens? Three. In an interview on a recent edition of the podcast Tech Therapy, Wales (who admitted up front he hadn’t heard of the work my students had done), said, “Things like that really, really, really annoy me.”…
Tag: Student Work
Grad Student Final Projects
The students in my graduate seminar “Teaching History in the Digital Age” began presenting their final projects last night and I’m very pleased with both the diversity of their work and with the degree of thinking about historical thinking that their projects reflect. To give you an idea of what they’re working on, here are…
The Business of (Business) History
A new blog worth taking a look at is the Business History Matters brought to you by the folks at the History Factory. I came across this one via a push from one of the blog’s creators, but already knew of the History Factory because one of their interns interiewed me for their spring newsletter….
What History Majors Can Do
Over the years lots of people–many of them my students–have asked me what one can do with a major in history. There are the obvious answers, of course, like teach in the schools, work in public history, go to law school, etc. Early this semester I had the good fortune to be interviewed by a…