<![CDATA[The Journal of American History]]>94cd4f96-a0ba-5dd0-a0a7-9bdee58be81dTue, 10 Mar 2026 13:01:18 +0000Captivate.fmOrganization of American Historianshttps://artwork.captivate.fm/50e11add-2758-4606-b154-4648bab96181/JAH-Podcast-newest-cover-art.jpgThe Journal of American HistoryOrganization of American HistoriansOrganization of American HistoriansThe Journal of American History Podcast features interviews with our authors and conversations with authors whose books on American history have won awards. Episodes are in MP3 format and will be released in the month preceding each Journal of American History (February, May, August and November). Published quarterly by the Organization of American Historians, the Journal of American History is the leading scholarly publication in the field of U.S. history and is well known as the major resource for the study, investigation, and teaching of our nation's past. For more information visit our website at http://jah.oah.org/podcast and http://www.oah.org/ or email us at jahcast@oah.org.http://jah.oah.org/falseepisodichttps://feeds.captivate.fm/jah-podcast/nopodcastLatin America and the Cuban Missile Crisis — a Blogcast EpisodeLatin America and the Cuban Missile Crisis — a Blogcast EpisodeThis Blogcast episode features Renata Keller’s blog piece, “Latin America and the Cuban Missile Crisis,” published in Process: A Blog for American History on October 7th, 2025. In this episode, our podcast host, Anna Biesecker-Mast, reads Keller’s piece, which analyzes the variety of Latin Americans’ reactions to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Read the blog here: https://www.oah.org/process/keller-latin-america-and-the-cuban-missile-crisis/

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]]>This Blogcast episode features Renata Keller’s blog piece, “Latin America and the Cuban Missile Crisis,” published in Process: A Blog for American History on October 7th, 2025. In this episode, our podcast host, Anna Biesecker-Mast, reads Keller’s piece, which analyzes the variety of Latin Americans’ reactions to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Read the blog here: https://www.oah.org/process/keller-latin-america-and-the-cuban-missile-crisis/

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]]>8880e928-9d70-41da-ad5b-6d03a900523cTue, 10 Mar 2026 09:00:00 -040012:47falsefull231312Devin Kennedy — Silent Partners: Indirect Investment and Financialization in the United States, 1950–1975Devin Kennedy — Silent Partners: Indirect Investment and Financialization in the United States, 1950–1975This podcast episode features a conversation between executive editor Stephen Andrews and University of Wisconsin-Madison history professor Devin Kennedy about his recent Journal of American History article, “Silent Partners: Indirect Investment and Financialization in the United States, 1950–1975." Listen to learn more about how exactly Americans were involved in the financialization of the United States in the second half of the twentieth century. Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaae268

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]]>This podcast episode features a conversation between executive editor Stephen Andrews and University of Wisconsin-Madison history professor Devin Kennedy about his recent Journal of American History article, “Silent Partners: Indirect Investment and Financialization in the United States, 1950–1975." Listen to learn more about how exactly Americans were involved in the financialization of the United States in the second half of the twentieth century. Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaae268

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]]>e86ecb3a-0c9f-4be8-ae55-9ca04efa85e2Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -040052:41falsefull230302Jessica Wicks-Allen—Child Apprenticeship and Black Maternal Authority following the Civil WarJessica Wicks-Allen—Child Apprenticeship and Black Maternal Authority following the Civil WarIn this episode, Ph.D. Candidate Kasha Appleton (Indiana University) talks with history professor Dr. Jessica Wicks-Allen (Arizona State University) about Wicks-Allen’s Journal of American History article, “Child Apprenticeship and Black Maternal Authority following the Civil War.” Their conversation features an important discussion of Black women’s engagement with the U.S. child apprenticeship system post-emancipation. Specifically, Wicks-Allen and Appleton delve into how Black women leveraged power and fundamentally shaped the contract process by way of their intimate knowledge of the apprenticeship system.

Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaaf094

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]]>In this episode, Ph.D. Candidate Kasha Appleton (Indiana University) talks with history professor Dr. Jessica Wicks-Allen (Arizona State University) about Wicks-Allen’s Journal of American History article, “Child Apprenticeship and Black Maternal Authority following the Civil War.” Their conversation features an important discussion of Black women’s engagement with the U.S. child apprenticeship system post-emancipation. Specifically, Wicks-Allen and Appleton delve into how Black women leveraged power and fundamentally shaped the contract process by way of their intimate knowledge of the apprenticeship system.

Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaaf094

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For more information on OAH 2026, visit: https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah2026/

]]>7adc1fbc-d860-463d-8d24-82e6191afb14Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:00:00 -040051:23falsefull229292Teaching at a Tribal College in Northern Minnesota—a Blogcast EpisodeTeaching at a Tribal College in Northern Minnesota—a Blogcast EpisodeThis Blogcast episode features Nick Timmerman’s blog piece “Lessons in History: Teaching at a Tribal College in Northern Minnesota,” first published in Process: A Blog for American History on August 12, 2025. In this episode, Timmerman (a history professor at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College) reflects on his experience teaching at a tribal college and university— and how it has informed his approach to teaching history. Read the blog post here: https://www.oah.org/process/teaching-at-a-tribal-college-in-northern-minnesota/

Music: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band’s Mabel’s Dream, 1923

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]]>This Blogcast episode features Nick Timmerman’s blog piece “Lessons in History: Teaching at a Tribal College in Northern Minnesota,” first published in Process: A Blog for American History on August 12, 2025. In this episode, Timmerman (a history professor at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College) reflects on his experience teaching at a tribal college and university— and how it has informed his approach to teaching history. Read the blog post here: https://www.oah.org/process/teaching-at-a-tribal-college-in-northern-minnesota/

Music: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band’s Mabel’s Dream, 1923

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]]>63982fcf-9d29-4e47-be99-5498b7b9ff44Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:00:00 -040011:48falsefull228282Doing Trans History Despite It All—a Blogcast EpisodeDoing Trans History Despite It All—a Blogcast EpisodeThis Blogcast episode features Myra Billund-Phibbs’s article “Doing Trans History Despite It All,” first published in Process: A Blog for American History on July 1, 2025. In this episode, Billund-Phibbs (a PhD student at the University of Minnesota) recounts her experience interviewing trans people who lived in the 1970s Midwest. Specifically, she delves into complex questions around doing collaborative oral history in the current historical moment.

Read the blog post here: https://www.oah.org/process/doing-trans-history-despite-it-all-billund-phibbs/

Music: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band’s Mabel’s Dream, 1923

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]]>This Blogcast episode features Myra Billund-Phibbs’s article “Doing Trans History Despite It All,” first published in Process: A Blog for American History on July 1, 2025. In this episode, Billund-Phibbs (a PhD student at the University of Minnesota) recounts her experience interviewing trans people who lived in the 1970s Midwest. Specifically, she delves into complex questions around doing collaborative oral history in the current historical moment.

Read the blog post here: https://www.oah.org/process/doing-trans-history-despite-it-all-billund-phibbs/

Music: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band’s Mabel’s Dream, 1923

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]]>e4d0d84f-4a4e-420c-9553-a4676182bc2aTue, 04 Nov 2025 09:00:00 -040012:46falsefull227272Women, Work, and Food—Special Episode Featuring Lara Vapnek, Tracey Deutsch, and Natasha ZaretskyWomen, Work, and Food—Special Episode Featuring Lara Vapnek, Tracey Deutsch, and Natasha ZaretskyIn this episode, Lara Vapnek (Professor of History at St. John’s University, in Queens), Tracey Deutsch (Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota), and Natasha Zaretsky (Professor of History at the University of Alabama at Birmingham) discuss the interesting intersections of their three articles, all recently published by the Journal of American History, which talk to each other on the histories women’s labor, energy, and food.

During this lively and generative conversation, Vapnek, Deutsch, and Zaretsky respond to questions like: How has the recent scholarly turn to care work shaped labor history and vice versa? What is the relationship between histories of care work and histories of capitalism? How does energy fit into new scholarship on labor and women’s history? How can self care manifest in simultaneously liberative/resistant and oppressive ways throughout history?

Music: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band’s Mabel’s Dream, 1923

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]]>In this episode, Lara Vapnek (Professor of History at St. John’s University, in Queens), Tracey Deutsch (Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota), and Natasha Zaretsky (Professor of History at the University of Alabama at Birmingham) discuss the interesting intersections of their three articles, all recently published by the Journal of American History, which talk to each other on the histories women’s labor, energy, and food.

During this lively and generative conversation, Vapnek, Deutsch, and Zaretsky respond to questions like: How has the recent scholarly turn to care work shaped labor history and vice versa? What is the relationship between histories of care work and histories of capitalism? How does energy fit into new scholarship on labor and women’s history? How can self care manifest in simultaneously liberative/resistant and oppressive ways throughout history?

Music: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band’s Mabel’s Dream, 1923

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]]>584b05d0-5910-494d-9ec1-c9907d065584Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:30:00 -040001:10:02falsefull226262New Histories of Enslavement—Panel Debrief from the 2025 OAH Conference on American HistoryNew Histories of Enslavement—Panel Debrief from the 2025 OAH Conference on American HistoryThis special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on “New Histories of Enslavement,” held at the 2025 OAH Conference on American History in Chicago. In this episode, panel chair Andrea Mosterman (University of New Orleans) and panelists Christy Clark-Pujara (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Gloria Whiting (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Cory Young (University of Iowa), and Max Speare (Saddleback College) explore new directions in the field of U.S. slavery history. Host Kasha Appleton guides the discussion through key questions: How did the myth of a free abolitionist North became embedded in national memory? What methodologies best serve the sources used tell freedom seekers’ stories? The conversation highlights different approaches to studying enslavement in the United States while showcasing each panelist's unique contributions to this evolving field.

Music: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band’s Mabel’s Dream, 1923

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]]>This special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on “New Histories of Enslavement,” held at the 2025 OAH Conference on American History in Chicago. In this episode, panel chair Andrea Mosterman (University of New Orleans) and panelists Christy Clark-Pujara (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Gloria Whiting (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Cory Young (University of Iowa), and Max Speare (Saddleback College) explore new directions in the field of U.S. slavery history. Host Kasha Appleton guides the discussion through key questions: How did the myth of a free abolitionist North became embedded in national memory? What methodologies best serve the sources used tell freedom seekers’ stories? The conversation highlights different approaches to studying enslavement in the United States while showcasing each panelist's unique contributions to this evolving field.

Music: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band’s Mabel’s Dream, 1923

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]]>25f9ada9-e621-4f53-85d4-f361e32d7f32Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -040001:00:53falsefull225252Citizenship and Belonging–Panel Debrief from the 2025 OAH MeetingCitizenship and Belonging–Panel Debrief from the 2025 OAH MeetingThis special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on “Citizenship and Belonging,” held at the 2025 OAH Conference on American History in Chicago.

In this episode, panelists Erica Lally (Georgetown University), David Dry (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Heidi Ardizzone (Saint Louis University), and Hannah Simmons (Northwestern University) explore definitions of citizenship and belonging in U.S. history. Hosted by Kasha Appleton and Marina Mecham, this debrief examines how Black and Indigenous women's citizenship claims in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries reshape our understanding of American citizenship and rights. The discussion highlights different approaches to studying citizenship and belonging, while showcasing how each panelist's research contributes to this evolving field.

Music: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band’s Mabel’s Dream, 1923

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]]>This special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on “Citizenship and Belonging,” held at the 2025 OAH Conference on American History in Chicago.

In this episode, panelists Erica Lally (Georgetown University), David Dry (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Heidi Ardizzone (Saint Louis University), and Hannah Simmons (Northwestern University) explore definitions of citizenship and belonging in U.S. history. Hosted by Kasha Appleton and Marina Mecham, this debrief examines how Black and Indigenous women's citizenship claims in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries reshape our understanding of American citizenship and rights. The discussion highlights different approaches to studying citizenship and belonging, while showcasing how each panelist's research contributes to this evolving field.

Music: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band’s Mabel’s Dream, 1923

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]]>25c0a2f7-a938-46d9-9345-15ddcd2a368bTue, 02 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -040035:35falsefull224242Unsettling Forest Histories—Panel Debrief from the 2025 OAH Conference on American HistoryUnsettling Forest Histories—Panel Debrief from the 2025 OAH Conference on American HistoryThis special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on “Unsettling Forest Histories,” held at the 2025 OAH Conference on American History in Chicago.

In this episode, Andrew Needham (New York University), Bathsehba Demuth (Brown University), Allyson LaForge (Brown University), and Mariko Whitenack (New York University) reflect on their panel session which discussed the state of forest history and the role of Indigenous ontology in the field. In this debrief dialogue, hosted by Marina Mecham and Kasha Appleton, the panelists respond to questions such as: why is it important to study forest history? What does it mean to “unsettle” forest histories and environmental histories more broadly? How are historians doing this unsettling work now? What can Indigenous ontologies contribute to the field?

Music: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band’s Mabel’s Dream, 1923

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]]>This special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on “Unsettling Forest Histories,” held at the 2025 OAH Conference on American History in Chicago.

In this episode, Andrew Needham (New York University), Bathsehba Demuth (Brown University), Allyson LaForge (Brown University), and Mariko Whitenack (New York University) reflect on their panel session which discussed the state of forest history and the role of Indigenous ontology in the field. In this debrief dialogue, hosted by Marina Mecham and Kasha Appleton, the panelists respond to questions such as: why is it important to study forest history? What does it mean to “unsettle” forest histories and environmental histories more broadly? How are historians doing this unsettling work now? What can Indigenous ontologies contribute to the field?

Music: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band’s Mabel’s Dream, 1923

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]]>7a989344-d8c1-40c0-a91d-8ac602bcc227Tue, 19 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -040027:53falsefull224242Queer Histories of the Midwest — Panel Debrief from the 2025 OAH Conference on American HistoryQueer Histories of the Midwest — Panel Debrief from the 2025 OAH Conference on American HistoryThis special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on “Queer and Trans Histories of the Midwest,” held at the 2025 OAH Conference on American History in Chicago.

In this episode, Marc Ridgell (University of Pennsylvania), Clare Forstie (Saint Paul College), Steven Louis Brawley (LGBTQ History Project in St. Louis), René Esparza (Washington University in St. Louis), and Nic Flores (University of Illinois Urbana Champagne) unpack their panel session which broadly discussed the importance of focusing on the Midwest when studying, archiving, and writing queer history. In this debrief discussion, hosted by Marina Mecham and Kasha Appleton, the panelists respond to questions such as: what can we learn about resistance and everyday resistance strategies from queer history? Why are queer archives important and what sources can people turn to to write queer histories? How does the history of the AIDS crisis shift when centering/focusing on the Midwest? Who is this historical work for and why is it important?

This panel was solicited by the OAH Committee on the Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Historians and Histories and endorsed by MHA and the WHA.

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]]>This special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on “Queer and Trans Histories of the Midwest,” held at the 2025 OAH Conference on American History in Chicago.

In this episode, Marc Ridgell (University of Pennsylvania), Clare Forstie (Saint Paul College), Steven Louis Brawley (LGBTQ History Project in St. Louis), René Esparza (Washington University in St. Louis), and Nic Flores (University of Illinois Urbana Champagne) unpack their panel session which broadly discussed the importance of focusing on the Midwest when studying, archiving, and writing queer history. In this debrief discussion, hosted by Marina Mecham and Kasha Appleton, the panelists respond to questions such as: what can we learn about resistance and everyday resistance strategies from queer history? Why are queer archives important and what sources can people turn to to write queer histories? How does the history of the AIDS crisis shift when centering/focusing on the Midwest? Who is this historical work for and why is it important?

This panel was solicited by the OAH Committee on the Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Historians and Histories and endorsed by MHA and the WHA.

Music: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band’s Mabel’s Dream, 1923

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]]>97d4c0bb-3e90-4e6a-bf3b-5037cfbbf787Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -040037:26falsefull225252Inside the JAH - The Book Review ProcessInside the JAH - The Book Review ProcessHow do books get reviewed in the Journal of American History? What criteria do editors use when selecting books for review? How are reviewers assigned, and how can you become one yourself? What constitutes a good book review according to our editors?

In this episode of the Journal of American History Podcast, Marina Mecham speaks with Assistant Editor Amy Ransford and Editorial Assistant Kasha Appleton to provide an inside look at the journal's book review process. If you've ever considered submitting a book for review or writing a review for the Journal but aren't sure about the next steps, this episode is for you!

Still have questions after listening to our Inside the JAH series? Email us at jahcast@oah.org. We plan to create another episode dedicated to answering your additional questions.

If you're interested in becoming a reviewer for the journal, please submit a reviewer data sheet linked here: https://www.oah.org/publications/jah/reviewer-data-sheet/

Music: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band’s Mabel’s Dream, 1923

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]]>How do books get reviewed in the Journal of American History? What criteria do editors use when selecting books for review? How are reviewers assigned, and how can you become one yourself? What constitutes a good book review according to our editors?

In this episode of the Journal of American History Podcast, Marina Mecham speaks with Assistant Editor Amy Ransford and Editorial Assistant Kasha Appleton to provide an inside look at the journal's book review process. If you've ever considered submitting a book for review or writing a review for the Journal but aren't sure about the next steps, this episode is for you!

Still have questions after listening to our Inside the JAH series? Email us at jahcast@oah.org. We plan to create another episode dedicated to answering your additional questions.

If you're interested in becoming a reviewer for the journal, please submit a reviewer data sheet linked here: https://www.oah.org/publications/jah/reviewer-data-sheet/

Music: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band’s Mabel’s Dream, 1923

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]]>7b79c7b3-8587-45dc-8d6d-d2a29e2a1dc6Tue, 29 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -040032:26falsefull225252Jessica Adler – Medical Diagnosis and the Contours of the Carceral StateJessica Adler – Medical Diagnosis and the Contours of the Carceral State]

Editor's note: The person Jessica refers to as "H.M." in the episode is "M.W." in the article.

Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaae267

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Editor's note: The person Jessica refers to as "H.M." in the episode is "M.W." in the article.

Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaae267

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]]>ad2cd2f5-4b3f-4100-98b3-cf1b2ee7b710Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:00:00 -040001:08:27falsefull222222Natasha Zaretsky – Women, Work, and the War on FatigueNatasha Zaretsky – Women, Work, and the War on FatigueIn this episode of the Journal of American History Podcast, Andrew Cooper speaks with Natasha Zaretsky about her article, "The War on Fatigue: Women, Work, and Energy in the 1980s," which appeared in the December 2024 issue of the Journal of American History.  Natasha shows how, during the 1980s, the United States transitioned to a dual-earner economy in which most mothers of young children worked for wages outside the home. Faced with the challenge of balancing wage labor and family responsibilities, working mothers were told that they needed to conserve, manage, and invest their physical and psychic energies wisely. Throughout the decade, employers, advertisers, physicians, psychologists, and fitness and diet gurus waged war on women’s fatigue. Natasha examines this campaign and explains how it updated American ideals of self-improvement and repurposed them to portray individual energy management as the solution to the challenges posed by working motherhood in 1980s America. In this episode, Andrew and Natasha discuss energy, gender, race, and the broader social implications of energy and feminism in the 1980s United States.

Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaae183

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]]>In this episode of the Journal of American History Podcast, Andrew Cooper speaks with Natasha Zaretsky about her article, "The War on Fatigue: Women, Work, and Energy in the 1980s," which appeared in the December 2024 issue of the Journal of American History.  Natasha shows how, during the 1980s, the United States transitioned to a dual-earner economy in which most mothers of young children worked for wages outside the home. Faced with the challenge of balancing wage labor and family responsibilities, working mothers were told that they needed to conserve, manage, and invest their physical and psychic energies wisely. Throughout the decade, employers, advertisers, physicians, psychologists, and fitness and diet gurus waged war on women’s fatigue. Natasha examines this campaign and explains how it updated American ideals of self-improvement and repurposed them to portray individual energy management as the solution to the challenges posed by working motherhood in 1980s America. In this episode, Andrew and Natasha discuss energy, gender, race, and the broader social implications of energy and feminism in the 1980s United States.

Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaae183

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

X: @thejamhist Facebook: The Journal of American History

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]]>8ce2bae0-fea3-44c5-b619-1632e6214985Thu, 30 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -040051:18falsefull221212Tracey Deutsch – Julia Child and Gendered Labor at MidcenturyTracey Deutsch – Julia Child and Gendered Labor at MidcenturyIn this episode of the Journal of American History Podcast Andrew Cooper speaks with Tracey Deutsch about her article, "The Vigorous Approach to Cooking: Julia Child, Domesticity, and Gendered Labor at Midcentury," which appeared in the December 2024 issue of the Journal of American History.  Tracey shows how Julia Child reframed laborious, elaborate cooking as a middle- and even upper-class activity. Rather than inward-focused family dinners overseen by thoughtful wives and mothers, these meals were outward facing—ways to welcome other couples, and new ideas, into one’s home. For Child and growing numbers of home chefs, cooking came to be understood as so important that it lay outside women’s realm, and hence outside the realm of work at all. Andrew and Tracey discuss archives, Julia Child, race, and the broader social implications of changing perceptions of food and cooking.

Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1093jahist/jaae182

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>In this episode of the Journal of American History Podcast Andrew Cooper speaks with Tracey Deutsch about her article, "The Vigorous Approach to Cooking: Julia Child, Domesticity, and Gendered Labor at Midcentury," which appeared in the December 2024 issue of the Journal of American History.  Tracey shows how Julia Child reframed laborious, elaborate cooking as a middle- and even upper-class activity. Rather than inward-focused family dinners overseen by thoughtful wives and mothers, these meals were outward facing—ways to welcome other couples, and new ideas, into one’s home. For Child and growing numbers of home chefs, cooking came to be understood as so important that it lay outside women’s realm, and hence outside the realm of work at all. Andrew and Tracey discuss archives, Julia Child, race, and the broader social implications of changing perceptions of food and cooking.

Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1093jahist/jaae182

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>68ba39b6-bfea-4842-abf6-ba22538fd657Thu, 19 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -040052:17falsefull220202Inside the JAH – The Submission ProcessInside the JAH – The Submission ProcessHow do you submit an article? What does peer review look like? Why might the JAH accept or reject a piece? What happens after your article has been submitted? In this episode of the Journal of American History Podcast Marina Mecham speaks with Executive Editor Stephen Andrews and Production Editor Andrew Cooper to take you behind the scenes of the submission process at the journal. They walk through the entire process from submission to publication. Marina also asks Steve and Andrew questions about article publication sent to us from graduate students. Whether you're considering submitting an article to the JAH or just curious about the publication process, then this episode is for you!

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]]>How do you submit an article? What does peer review look like? Why might the JAH accept or reject a piece? What happens after your article has been submitted? In this episode of the Journal of American History Podcast Marina Mecham speaks with Executive Editor Stephen Andrews and Production Editor Andrew Cooper to take you behind the scenes of the submission process at the journal. They walk through the entire process from submission to publication. Marina also asks Steve and Andrew questions about article publication sent to us from graduate students. Whether you're considering submitting an article to the JAH or just curious about the publication process, then this episode is for you!

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>1d849714-82f1-4c6f-875b-dc0c5c1b6a0aTue, 26 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -040046:28falsefull218182Lara Vapnek—The Labor of Infant FeedingLara Vapnek—The Labor of Infant FeedingIn this episode of the Journal of American History Podcast Andrew Cooper speaks with Lara Vapnek about her article, "The Labor of Infant Feeding: Wet-Nursing at the Nursery and Child's Hospital, 1854–1910," which appeared in the June 2022 issue of the Journal of American History. Lara explains how the labor of infant feeding shaped the meaning of motherhood by examining the practice of wet-nursing at the Nursery and Child’s Hospital (1854–1910) in New York City. Elite women who volunteered as hospital managers positioned themselves as moral mothers, detached from the bodily labor of breast feeding and responsible for the welfare of poor white mothers and children. The impoverished immigrant women served by the institution had little choice but to work as wet nurses. Institutional records reveal the dependence of elite women on wet nurses, the precarity of poor women’s motherhood, and the vulnerability of their infants. Andrew and Lara discuss wet nursing as an issue of labor, race, and class in the northeastern United States, and the affective implications of violent work.

Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaac119

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]]>In this episode of the Journal of American History Podcast Andrew Cooper speaks with Lara Vapnek about her article, "The Labor of Infant Feeding: Wet-Nursing at the Nursery and Child's Hospital, 1854–1910," which appeared in the June 2022 issue of the Journal of American History. Lara explains how the labor of infant feeding shaped the meaning of motherhood by examining the practice of wet-nursing at the Nursery and Child’s Hospital (1854–1910) in New York City. Elite women who volunteered as hospital managers positioned themselves as moral mothers, detached from the bodily labor of breast feeding and responsible for the welfare of poor white mothers and children. The impoverished immigrant women served by the institution had little choice but to work as wet nurses. Institutional records reveal the dependence of elite women on wet nurses, the precarity of poor women’s motherhood, and the vulnerability of their infants. Andrew and Lara discuss wet nursing as an issue of labor, race, and class in the northeastern United States, and the affective implications of violent work.

Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaac119

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>595a5664-ba24-4b83-a94a-126ac6a3184aTue, 24 Sep 2024 08:00:00 -040050:49falsefull217172Responding to Rape – Panel Debrief from the 2024 OAH Conference on American HistoryResponding to Rape – Panel Debrief from the 2024 OAH Conference on American HistoryOver the past two decades, scholars have begun to document the centrality of sexual assault in the U.S. political landscape. There has been significant research on how sexual assault (and anti-rape activism) shaped the long civil rights movement, military occupations, and the dynamics of modern feminism. However, scholars are only recently considering how the politics surrounding sexual assault have defined major state institutions, i.e., the military and the prison system. Likewise, stories of anti-rape activism and community organizing are often overshadowed by narratives that emphasize courtroom dramas and legal proceedings. In this episode, , Ruth Lawlor, R.M. Douglas, Catherine Jacquet, and Jana Lipman demonstrate the necessity of incorporating sexual assault, and activists’ resistance to it, in our understanding of 20th century institutions.

Read more about the session here: https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah24/sessions__trashed/session/?id=5218

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>Over the past two decades, scholars have begun to document the centrality of sexual assault in the U.S. political landscape. There has been significant research on how sexual assault (and anti-rape activism) shaped the long civil rights movement, military occupations, and the dynamics of modern feminism. However, scholars are only recently considering how the politics surrounding sexual assault have defined major state institutions, i.e., the military and the prison system. Likewise, stories of anti-rape activism and community organizing are often overshadowed by narratives that emphasize courtroom dramas and legal proceedings. In this episode, , Ruth Lawlor, R.M. Douglas, Catherine Jacquet, and Jana Lipman demonstrate the necessity of incorporating sexual assault, and activists’ resistance to it, in our understanding of 20th century institutions.

Read more about the session here: https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah24/sessions__trashed/session/?id=5218

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>a5a3c372-5624-4f82-bafa-18dc87f5f39fTue, 13 Aug 2024 08:00:00 -040029:59falsefull216162Neither the One nor the Other – Panel Debrief from the 2024 OAH Conference on American HistoryNeither the One nor the Other – Panel Debrief from the 2024 OAH Conference on American HistoryThis special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on "Neither the One nor the Other: The Native South in a Black and White World after 1900," held at the 2024 OAH Conference on American History.

In this episode, Angela P. Hudson, Denise E. Bates, Dixie Ray Haggard, Robert Caldwell, and Daniel Usner unpack their panel session, which examined how, after 1900, numerous state- or federally-acknowledged, unrecognized, or transplanted Native American groups remained the South despite the efforts of the federal and state governments to remove them in the past. Most non-Natives chose to disregard these indigenous people. Non-Natives justified their position by claiming “true” southern Natives were extinct or removed. Panelists explore the the persistence of Native communities in the South and their resistance to the marginalization and injustice imposed on them by Jim Crow segregation in this conversation.

This panel was endorsed by the OAH Committee on the Status of ALANA Historians, ALANA Histories, and the Agricultural History Society.

Read more about the session here: https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah24/sessions__trashed/session/?id=5273

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>This special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on "Neither the One nor the Other: The Native South in a Black and White World after 1900," held at the 2024 OAH Conference on American History.

In this episode, Angela P. Hudson, Denise E. Bates, Dixie Ray Haggard, Robert Caldwell, and Daniel Usner unpack their panel session, which examined how, after 1900, numerous state- or federally-acknowledged, unrecognized, or transplanted Native American groups remained the South despite the efforts of the federal and state governments to remove them in the past. Most non-Natives chose to disregard these indigenous people. Non-Natives justified their position by claiming “true” southern Natives were extinct or removed. Panelists explore the the persistence of Native communities in the South and their resistance to the marginalization and injustice imposed on them by Jim Crow segregation in this conversation.

This panel was endorsed by the OAH Committee on the Status of ALANA Historians, ALANA Histories, and the Agricultural History Society.

Read more about the session here: https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah24/sessions__trashed/session/?id=5273

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>fb074c10-3733-43b6-8fdd-37740b242668Tue, 06 Aug 2024 08:00:00 -040036:59falsefull215152Getting the Story Straight – Panel Debrief from the 2024 OAH Conference on American HistoryGetting the Story Straight – Panel Debrief from the 2024 OAH Conference on American HistoryThis special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on "Getting the Story Straight: Queering Regional Identities," held at the 2024 OAH Conference on American History.

In this episode, La Shonda Mims and Wesley Phelps have a conversation with Marina about the importance of regionality in histories of queerness and HIV/AIDS, and how the dearth of attention to areas of the United States beyond east coast cities incorrectly homogenizes and erases queer experiences. This conversation came from Mims's and Phelps's panel session, which locates queerness in regions typically depicted as bastions of straightness. Together, they argue that queerness not only occurs everywhere, but has lasting implications that emanate outward to the national scale. Phelps’s paper interrogates the depiction of AIDS activist Ron Woodroof in the film Dallas Buyers Club and argues that the movie’s historical inaccuracies reveal an attempt to straight-wash what should be a queer narrative of regional identity. Katie Batza was unable to join the conversation, but their work is still present in this conversation. Batza’s paper queers the heartland region by examining the radical potential of religious institutions, which are often associated with the region’s straightness and political conservatism.

Read more about the session here: https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah24/sessions/session/?id=5395

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>This special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on "Getting the Story Straight: Queering Regional Identities," held at the 2024 OAH Conference on American History.

In this episode, La Shonda Mims and Wesley Phelps have a conversation with Marina about the importance of regionality in histories of queerness and HIV/AIDS, and how the dearth of attention to areas of the United States beyond east coast cities incorrectly homogenizes and erases queer experiences. This conversation came from Mims's and Phelps's panel session, which locates queerness in regions typically depicted as bastions of straightness. Together, they argue that queerness not only occurs everywhere, but has lasting implications that emanate outward to the national scale. Phelps’s paper interrogates the depiction of AIDS activist Ron Woodroof in the film Dallas Buyers Club and argues that the movie’s historical inaccuracies reveal an attempt to straight-wash what should be a queer narrative of regional identity. Katie Batza was unable to join the conversation, but their work is still present in this conversation. Batza’s paper queers the heartland region by examining the radical potential of religious institutions, which are often associated with the region’s straightness and political conservatism.

Read more about the session here: https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah24/sessions/session/?id=5395

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>eb9a7799-6ca4-49ce-a0dd-8556afd7c9c6Tue, 30 Jul 2024 05:00:00 -040029:06falsefull214142Missing Histories of Sexual Assault – Panel Debrief from the 2024 OAH Conference on American HistoryMissing Histories of Sexual Assault – Panel Debrief from the 2024 OAH Conference on American HistoryThis special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on "Missing Histories of Sexual Assault," held at the 2024 OAH Conference on American History.

In this episode, Katherine Ott, Rebecca Campbell, Lourdes Inoa Monegro, and Royleen J. Ross continue their important conversation about the lack of study, care, and affect surrounding sexual assault in history. Historical silences around sexual assault are ongoing and appalling. Although the cultural contexts, politics, and consequences of sexual assault are relevant to every field and time period, historians seldom include it as an analytical factor. This roundtable addresses critical issues that are missing from historical analysis, outdated interpretations, and the significance of race, gender, and disability and other starting points for writing sexual assault into history.

Between episode and production, Royleen J. Ross started a new position. She is enrolled at the Pueblo of Laguna, and currently serves as the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 45 president. She is a member of the Division 35/45 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Task Force. From a cultural psychology lens, Dr. Ross provides training through Pretty Fire Consulting LLC.

Read more about the session here: https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah24/sessions/session/?id=5506

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>This special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on "Missing Histories of Sexual Assault," held at the 2024 OAH Conference on American History.

In this episode, Katherine Ott, Rebecca Campbell, Lourdes Inoa Monegro, and Royleen J. Ross continue their important conversation about the lack of study, care, and affect surrounding sexual assault in history. Historical silences around sexual assault are ongoing and appalling. Although the cultural contexts, politics, and consequences of sexual assault are relevant to every field and time period, historians seldom include it as an analytical factor. This roundtable addresses critical issues that are missing from historical analysis, outdated interpretations, and the significance of race, gender, and disability and other starting points for writing sexual assault into history.

Between episode and production, Royleen J. Ross started a new position. She is enrolled at the Pueblo of Laguna, and currently serves as the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 45 president. She is a member of the Division 35/45 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Task Force. From a cultural psychology lens, Dr. Ross provides training through Pretty Fire Consulting LLC.

Read more about the session here: https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah24/sessions/session/?id=5506

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>aeeb140e-b6c0-47ba-b97b-b2949ef10d08Tue, 23 Jul 2024 05:00:00 -040031:57falsefull213132Sovereignties in the Atlantic World – Panel Debrief from the 2024 OAH Conference on American HistorySovereignties in the Atlantic World – Panel Debrief from the 2024 OAH Conference on American HistoryThis special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on "Sovereignties in the Atlantic World: Black and Indigenous Intersections," held at the 2024 OAH Conference on American History.

Historians of Indigenous peoples and historians of the African diaspora do not engage with each other often enough. Both sets of specialists generally presume that their fields operate by distinctive, and possibly incommensurate, analytics. Historians of Native America stress the importance of sovereignty, which underscores the nationhood of Indigenous peoples. The obvious counterpoint to sovereignty is subjection: conquest and the ways that sovereignty persists within colonization. By contrast, historians of the African diaspora have stressed a different dyad of slavery and freedom. Rooted in the transatlantic slave trade, the plantation complex, and the racialization of labor relations, these scholars center the violence of racial bondage and probe the ways that enslaved people sought liberation in ways small and large. In this episode, Miguel A. Valerio, Matthew Kruer, Hayley Negrín, Shavagne Scott, and Alycia Hall challenge the assumption that these frameworks are incommensurate and argue that both fields have much to gain through conversation. They proceed from the basic question: what happens when we think of slavery and sovereignty as two sides of the same conceptual coin?

Read more about the session here: https://oah.org/conferences/oah24/sessions/session/?id=5525

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>This special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on "Sovereignties in the Atlantic World: Black and Indigenous Intersections," held at the 2024 OAH Conference on American History.

Historians of Indigenous peoples and historians of the African diaspora do not engage with each other often enough. Both sets of specialists generally presume that their fields operate by distinctive, and possibly incommensurate, analytics. Historians of Native America stress the importance of sovereignty, which underscores the nationhood of Indigenous peoples. The obvious counterpoint to sovereignty is subjection: conquest and the ways that sovereignty persists within colonization. By contrast, historians of the African diaspora have stressed a different dyad of slavery and freedom. Rooted in the transatlantic slave trade, the plantation complex, and the racialization of labor relations, these scholars center the violence of racial bondage and probe the ways that enslaved people sought liberation in ways small and large. In this episode, Miguel A. Valerio, Matthew Kruer, Hayley Negrín, Shavagne Scott, and Alycia Hall challenge the assumption that these frameworks are incommensurate and argue that both fields have much to gain through conversation. They proceed from the basic question: what happens when we think of slavery and sovereignty as two sides of the same conceptual coin?

Read more about the session here: https://oah.org/conferences/oah24/sessions/session/?id=5525

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>5a642c71-5081-489f-8c8b-57ac9ce45884Tue, 16 Jul 2024 05:00:00 -040028:55falsefull212122Queering Work – Panel Debrief from the 2024 OAH Conference on American HistoryQueering Work – Panel Debrief from the 2024 OAH Conference on American HistoryThis special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on "Queering Work: LGBT Labor Histories," held at the 2024 OAH Conference on American History.

In this episode, Lane Windham, Alex Melody Burnett, Ryan Patrick Murphy, and Shay Olmstead continue their important conversation about queer and trans workers, "hauntings" in queer history, and "queerbossing." LGBT historians have long focused on leisure and nightlife, but the workplace is also fundamental for understanding the queer past. Fear of job loss was one of the most salient aspects of living a queer life for much of the 20th century, and utterly shaped how LGBT people moved through the world. In some occupational settings, jobs could also affirm gender nonconformity and were also a key place where gay or trans people found each other. 

This panel was solicited by LAWCHA.

Read more about the session here: https://oah.org/conferences/oah24/sessions/session/?id=5525

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>This special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on "Queering Work: LGBT Labor Histories," held at the 2024 OAH Conference on American History.

In this episode, Lane Windham, Alex Melody Burnett, Ryan Patrick Murphy, and Shay Olmstead continue their important conversation about queer and trans workers, "hauntings" in queer history, and "queerbossing." LGBT historians have long focused on leisure and nightlife, but the workplace is also fundamental for understanding the queer past. Fear of job loss was one of the most salient aspects of living a queer life for much of the 20th century, and utterly shaped how LGBT people moved through the world. In some occupational settings, jobs could also affirm gender nonconformity and were also a key place where gay or trans people found each other. 

This panel was solicited by LAWCHA.

Read more about the session here: https://oah.org/conferences/oah24/sessions/session/?id=5525

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>d78e4005-6bef-431d-bb16-a50577f8998dTue, 09 Jul 2024 05:00:00 -040024:14falsefull211112Nursing for the Common Good – Panel Debrief from the 2024 OAH Conference on American HistoryNursing for the Common Good – Panel Debrief from the 2024 OAH Conference on American HistoryThis special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on "Nursing for the Common Good: Health Activism, Social Justice, and the History of Nursing Work," held at the 2024 OAH Conference on American History.

In this panel, Kara Dixon Vuic, Cory Gatrall, Karissa Haugeberg, and Charissa Threat continue their important contribution to the conference. They consider nursing as political history, and how studying nursing leads to significant historiographical interventions in labor, political, and medical history. Their panel investigates how nurses have confronted issues as diverse as health, poverty, racism, gender, and the environment. The panel also examines how the nursing profession has responded to and reflected on these issues and how historians have understood the relationship between nursing, health crises, and community activism.

This panel was endorsed by LAWCHA.

Read more about the session here: https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah24/sessions/session/?id=5379

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>This special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on "Nursing for the Common Good: Health Activism, Social Justice, and the History of Nursing Work," held at the 2024 OAH Conference on American History.

In this panel, Kara Dixon Vuic, Cory Gatrall, Karissa Haugeberg, and Charissa Threat continue their important contribution to the conference. They consider nursing as political history, and how studying nursing leads to significant historiographical interventions in labor, political, and medical history. Their panel investigates how nurses have confronted issues as diverse as health, poverty, racism, gender, and the environment. The panel also examines how the nursing profession has responded to and reflected on these issues and how historians have understood the relationship between nursing, health crises, and community activism.

This panel was endorsed by LAWCHA.

Read more about the session here: https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah24/sessions/session/?id=5379

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>0c9a74bf-db8c-45bf-a866-117717a3e5e1Tue, 02 Jul 2024 05:00:00 -040028:23falsefull210102New Carceral Histories – Panel Debrief from the 2024 OAH Conference on American HistoryNew Carceral Histories – Panel Debrief from the 2024 OAH Conference on American HistoryThis special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on "New Carceral Histories: Legacies of Punishment before the Era of Mass Incarceration," held at the 2024 OAH Conference on American History.

In this panel, Maile Arvin, Abigail Kahn, Halee Robinson, Derek Taira, and Walter Stern continue their important conversation about ethics and violence in historical research, generated from the papers they presented on this panel. These works critically consider both how we conceive of the carceral state and the purposes of punishment in the era prior to mass incarceration—to extract labor, to assimilate, to destroy kinship ties, and to construct the boundaries of who belongs in the United States empire. Besides providing a temporally distinct perspective, these works unite historiographical traditions that are often siloed—histories of incarceration, colonialism, and education—and, in doing so, highlight the interdependence of the penal system, American empire, and formal schooling in defining and enforcing the boundaries of belonging in American society. By being in service to disenfranchised voices in history, and highlighting the interconnectedness of incarceration, education, and colonialism, this panel seeks to inform and recast current debates on incarceration and abolitionism.

This panel was endorsed by the OAH Committee on the Status of ALANA Historians and ALANA Histories, OAH–JAAS Collaborative Committee, WHA, and SHGAPE.

Read more about the session here: https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah24/sessions/session/?id=5220

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>This special panel debrief edition of the Journal of American History Podcast features a conversation on "New Carceral Histories: Legacies of Punishment before the Era of Mass Incarceration," held at the 2024 OAH Conference on American History.

In this panel, Maile Arvin, Abigail Kahn, Halee Robinson, Derek Taira, and Walter Stern continue their important conversation about ethics and violence in historical research, generated from the papers they presented on this panel. These works critically consider both how we conceive of the carceral state and the purposes of punishment in the era prior to mass incarceration—to extract labor, to assimilate, to destroy kinship ties, and to construct the boundaries of who belongs in the United States empire. Besides providing a temporally distinct perspective, these works unite historiographical traditions that are often siloed—histories of incarceration, colonialism, and education—and, in doing so, highlight the interdependence of the penal system, American empire, and formal schooling in defining and enforcing the boundaries of belonging in American society. By being in service to disenfranchised voices in history, and highlighting the interconnectedness of incarceration, education, and colonialism, this panel seeks to inform and recast current debates on incarceration and abolitionism.

This panel was endorsed by the OAH Committee on the Status of ALANA Historians and ALANA Histories, OAH–JAAS Collaborative Committee, WHA, and SHGAPE.

Read more about the session here: https://www.oah.org/conferences/oah24/sessions/session/?id=5220

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>76fc1d85-e000-4ac8-9022-b3e0dc0a1a2cTue, 25 Jun 2024 05:00:00 -040030:15falsefull2992On the Map — a Blogcast EpisodeOn the Map — a Blogcast EpisodeThis Blogcast Episode features Carleigh Beriont's article, "On the Map," first published in Process: A Blog for American History on December 12, 2023.

In this episode, Beriont recovers the hidden history of the Marshall Islands, and how this area "has been central to U.S. security and military interests since the Second World War." She explains how the United States nuclear testing and resulting destruction of Bikini Atoll, its people, and the surrounding area has had lasting political and environmental impacts.

Read the Blog here: https://www.processhistory.org/on-the-map-beriont/

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>This Blogcast Episode features Carleigh Beriont's article, "On the Map," first published in Process: A Blog for American History on December 12, 2023.

In this episode, Beriont recovers the hidden history of the Marshall Islands, and how this area "has been central to U.S. security and military interests since the Second World War." She explains how the United States nuclear testing and resulting destruction of Bikini Atoll, its people, and the surrounding area has had lasting political and environmental impacts.

Read the Blog here: https://www.processhistory.org/on-the-map-beriont/

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>a688161e-7d31-4304-ba5c-232a882fa948Tue, 21 May 2024 07:00:00 -040017:38falsefull2882Britain Hopkins—The Origins of the Student Loan Industry in the United StatesBritain Hopkins—The Origins of the Student Loan Industry in the United StatesIn this episode of the Journal of American History Podcast Stephen Andrews speaks with Britain Hopkins about her article, "The Origins of the Student Loan Industry in the United States: Richard Cornuelle, United Student Aid Funds, and the Creation of the Guaranteed Student Loan Program," which appeared in the March 2024 issue of the Journal of American History. Through a consideration of key legislation and actors, Britain contributes to understandings of the origins of the student loan industry and student loan indebtedness in the United States. The article highlights how private organizations and actors—such as the American Bankers Association and the Volker Fund—worked with the Johnson and Nixon administrations to establish student loans as a primary means of funding higher education. These private-federal partnerships increasingly sought to commodify student loans on financial markets, thereby tethering access to higher education to previously excluded groups to market incorporation. The article thereby identifies the origins of student loan indebtedness as a legacy of the Johnson administration’s Great Society agenda. Stephen and Britain discuss neoliberalism, debt, and behind the scenes creation of this article. They also the historicize student debt and the complex, multifaceted issues that historically constructed the current student debt crisis.

Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaad351

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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#JAHCast

]]>In this episode of the Journal of American History Podcast Stephen Andrews speaks with Britain Hopkins about her article, "The Origins of the Student Loan Industry in the United States: Richard Cornuelle, United Student Aid Funds, and the Creation of the Guaranteed Student Loan Program," which appeared in the March 2024 issue of the Journal of American History. Through a consideration of key legislation and actors, Britain contributes to understandings of the origins of the student loan industry and student loan indebtedness in the United States. The article highlights how private organizations and actors—such as the American Bankers Association and the Volker Fund—worked with the Johnson and Nixon administrations to establish student loans as a primary means of funding higher education. These private-federal partnerships increasingly sought to commodify student loans on financial markets, thereby tethering access to higher education to previously excluded groups to market incorporation. The article thereby identifies the origins of student loan indebtedness as a legacy of the Johnson administration’s Great Society agenda. Stephen and Britain discuss neoliberalism, debt, and behind the scenes creation of this article. They also the historicize student debt and the complex, multifaceted issues that historically constructed the current student debt crisis.

Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaad351

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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#JAHCast

]]>dd869955-161e-4e57-8a0d-d22bcdf25114Mon, 29 Apr 2024 05:30:00 -040001:06:37falsefull2772Hesitancy against Hope: Reactions to the First Polio Vaccine — a Blogcast EpisodeHesitancy against Hope: Reactions to the First Polio Vaccine — a Blogcast EpisodeThis Blogcast Episode features Stephen E. Mawdsley's article, "Hesitancy against Hope: Reactions to the First Polio Vaccine," first published in Process: A Blog for American History on January 9, 2024.

In this episode, Mawdsley uses the development of the Polio Vaccine to explicate the history public health campaigns and vaccine hesitance in the United States. He shows that "hesitancy and opposition can be effectively challenged through education and outreach initiatives that reach wider demographics to help reduce the incidence of disease."

Read the Blog here: https://www.processhistory.org/mawdsley-hesitancy-against-hope-reactions-to-the-first-polio-vaccine/

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>This Blogcast Episode features Stephen E. Mawdsley's article, "Hesitancy against Hope: Reactions to the First Polio Vaccine," first published in Process: A Blog for American History on January 9, 2024.

In this episode, Mawdsley uses the development of the Polio Vaccine to explicate the history public health campaigns and vaccine hesitance in the United States. He shows that "hesitancy and opposition can be effectively challenged through education and outreach initiatives that reach wider demographics to help reduce the incidence of disease."

Read the Blog here: https://www.processhistory.org/mawdsley-hesitancy-against-hope-reactions-to-the-first-polio-vaccine/

Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>b67d045b-5ccb-4917-abfb-f552e4947807Wed, 10 Apr 2024 05:30:00 -040017:19falsefull2662Joshua A. McGonagle Althoff—Managing Settlers, Managing NeighborsJoshua A. McGonagle Althoff—Managing Settlers, Managing NeighborsIn this episode of the Journal of American History Podcast Amy Ransford speaks with Joshua A. McGonagle Altoff about his article, "Managing Settlers, Managing Neighbors: Renarrating Johnson v. McIntosh through the History of Piankashaw Community Building," which appeared in the March 2024 issue of the Journal of American History. The foundational 1823 Supreme Court case Johnson v. McIntosh drew from a 1775 negotiation between land speculators and Peeyankihšiaki (Piankashaw people) to subjugate Indigenous sovereignty to the plenary powers of Congress. This negotiation is usually framed as a “purchase,” but when read alongside a history of Peeyankihšia community building, it becomes clear that Peeyankihšia people intended to negotiate the right to live within, rather than own, their homelands. By moving away from the idea of a “purchase,” Joshua reveals how Peeyankihšiaki were preparing for prosperity, not declension, in the late eighteenth century. Amy and Joshua discuss sources, research, and behind the scenes creation of this article, and also the importance and implications of collaboration in historical research. 

Read the article here: https://www.oah.org/publications/jah/

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]]>In this episode of the Journal of American History Podcast Amy Ransford speaks with Joshua A. McGonagle Altoff about his article, "Managing Settlers, Managing Neighbors: Renarrating Johnson v. McIntosh through the History of Piankashaw Community Building," which appeared in the March 2024 issue of the Journal of American History. The foundational 1823 Supreme Court case Johnson v. McIntosh drew from a 1775 negotiation between land speculators and Peeyankihšiaki (Piankashaw people) to subjugate Indigenous sovereignty to the plenary powers of Congress. This negotiation is usually framed as a “purchase,” but when read alongside a history of Peeyankihšia community building, it becomes clear that Peeyankihšia people intended to negotiate the right to live within, rather than own, their homelands. By moving away from the idea of a “purchase,” Joshua reveals how Peeyankihšiaki were preparing for prosperity, not declension, in the late eighteenth century. Amy and Joshua discuss sources, research, and behind the scenes creation of this article, and also the importance and implications of collaboration in historical research. 

Read the article here: https://www.oah.org/publications/jah/

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]]>92c8cea2-a16e-46f8-a5fe-f19f56b4c403Tue, 26 Mar 2024 07:00:00 -040001:23:06falsefull2552Guåhan and the CHamoru People — a Blogcast EpisodeGuåhan and the CHamoru People — a Blogcast EpisodeThis Blogcast Episode features Kristin Oberiano's article, "Guåhan and the CHamoru People," first published in Process: A Blog for American History on October 31, 2023.

In this episode, Oberiano shows "how the politics of writing history is inextricable from the moments and movements that shaped us."

Read the Blog here: https://www.processhistory.org/oberiano-guahan-and-the-chamoru-people/

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In this episode, Oberiano shows "how the politics of writing history is inextricable from the moments and movements that shaped us."

Read the Blog here: https://www.processhistory.org/oberiano-guahan-and-the-chamoru-people/

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]]>f50a0f26-e203-4a08-ab68-d375817592a8Tue, 19 Mar 2024 07:00:00 -040016:48falsefull2442Yevan Terrien—Enslavement, Freedom, and Belonging in Early New OrleansYevan Terrien—Enslavement, Freedom, and Belonging in Early New OrleansIn this episode of the Journal of American History Podcast Steven Andrews speaks with Yevan Terrien about his article, "“Baptiste and Marianne’s Balbásha’: Enslavement, Freedom, and Belonging in Early New Orleans, 1733–1748," which appeared in the September 2023 issue of the Journal of American History. Yevan Terrien’s microhistory of slavery and marronage (slave desertion) focuses on the remarkable case of Baptiste and Marianne, Chickasaw-descendant siblings who grew up as captives in eighteenth-century New Orleans. Despite running away sixty-one times over nine years, they remained enslaved and, upon reaching adulthood, were eventually sold. Their actions helped them forge cultural ties to their Indigenous people and a network of Native, African, and European relations in French colonial Louisiana. As evidenced by their mapped desertions, Baptiste and Marianne succeeded in breaking their social isolation, including from each other, while petitioning with their feet for the freedom once promised them. Steve and Yevan discuss sources, research, and behind the scenes creation of this article, and also the significance and implications of this type of research in the broader historiography. 

Read the Article here: https://academic.oup.com/jah/article/110/2/230/7281085

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]]>In this episode of the Journal of American History Podcast Steven Andrews speaks with Yevan Terrien about his article, "“Baptiste and Marianne’s Balbásha’: Enslavement, Freedom, and Belonging in Early New Orleans, 1733–1748," which appeared in the September 2023 issue of the Journal of American History. Yevan Terrien’s microhistory of slavery and marronage (slave desertion) focuses on the remarkable case of Baptiste and Marianne, Chickasaw-descendant siblings who grew up as captives in eighteenth-century New Orleans. Despite running away sixty-one times over nine years, they remained enslaved and, upon reaching adulthood, were eventually sold. Their actions helped them forge cultural ties to their Indigenous people and a network of Native, African, and European relations in French colonial Louisiana. As evidenced by their mapped desertions, Baptiste and Marianne succeeded in breaking their social isolation, including from each other, while petitioning with their feet for the freedom once promised them. Steve and Yevan discuss sources, research, and behind the scenes creation of this article, and also the significance and implications of this type of research in the broader historiography. 

Read the Article here: https://academic.oup.com/jah/article/110/2/230/7281085

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]]>2b53bd11-9a7e-4244-8fa5-8b6615c67b70Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:00:00 -040057:36falsefull2332The Machiavelli of the Mexican American People: Steelworkers, the Catholic Church, and Building Political Power — a Blogcast EpisodeThe Machiavelli of the Mexican American People: Steelworkers, the Catholic Church, and Building Political Power — a Blogcast EpisodeThis Blogcast Episode features Emiliano Aguilar's article, "The Machiavelli of the Mexican American People: Steelworkers, the Catholic Church, and Building Political Power," first published in Process: A Blog for American History on March 28, 2023.

In this episode, Aguilar demonstrates the importance of education and union organizing in creating political power in the Latin American neighborhoods of East Chicago in the mid-20th century.

Read the Blog here: https://www.processhistory.org/aguilar-machiavelli-of-the-mexican-american-people/

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]]>This Blogcast Episode features Emiliano Aguilar's article, "The Machiavelli of the Mexican American People: Steelworkers, the Catholic Church, and Building Political Power," first published in Process: A Blog for American History on March 28, 2023.

In this episode, Aguilar demonstrates the importance of education and union organizing in creating political power in the Latin American neighborhoods of East Chicago in the mid-20th century.

Read the Blog here: https://www.processhistory.org/aguilar-machiavelli-of-the-mexican-american-people/

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]]>f25fd1dc-c5a4-4abc-8635-1578cb296685Mon, 01 Jan 2024 08:00:00 -040015:49falsefull2222Digital Queers: How Computers Transformed LGBTQ Life in the United States — a Blogcast EpisodeDigital Queers: How Computers Transformed LGBTQ Life in the United States — a Blogcast EpisodeThis Blogcast episode features Avery Dame-Griff's article "Digital Queers: How Computers Transformed LGBTQ Life in the United States," first published in Process: A Blog for American History on June 29, 2023.

In this episode, Dame-Griff examines how the internet and digital communication created new ways for LGBTQ individuals to find and create community, and activists to organize in faster and bigger ways from the 1980s to the present.

Read the Blog here: https://www.processhistory.org/dame-griff-how-computers-transformed-lgbtq-life/

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]]>This Blogcast episode features Avery Dame-Griff's article "Digital Queers: How Computers Transformed LGBTQ Life in the United States," first published in Process: A Blog for American History on June 29, 2023.

In this episode, Dame-Griff examines how the internet and digital communication created new ways for LGBTQ individuals to find and create community, and activists to organize in faster and bigger ways from the 1980s to the present.

Read the Blog here: https://www.processhistory.org/dame-griff-how-computers-transformed-lgbtq-life/

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]]>df49065d-5681-44fd-ac7d-190709d2d421Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -040015:35falsefull2112Coming Soon… JAH Podcast Returns!Coming Soon… JAH Podcast Returns!Music: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band's Mabel's Dream, 1923

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]]>23544e3f-2c56-4759-af0e-08e8f082e6ecTue, 12 Dec 2023 10:00:00 -040000:32falsefull22September 2019September 20191147a747-e146-4f3d-8a3e-c4aa3e4694a9Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:00:00 -040001:02:31falsefullGuest host Dr. Mireya Loza, Assistant Professor in Food Studies at New York University, interviews Dr. Verónica Martínez-Matsuda Assistant Professor of Labor Relations, Law, and History at Cornell University, about her article "For Labor and Democracy: The Farm Security Administration's Competing Visions for Farm Workers' Socioeconomic Reform and Civil Rights in the 1940s", which appears in the September 2019 issue of the Journal of American History.June 2019June 2019d20b9708-6e92-411b-acee-ee975f8ef626Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:00:00 -040042:32falsefullGuest host Dr. Susan Eva O'Donovan, Associate Professor of History at the University of Memphis, interviews Dr. Aaron R. Hall, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Minnesota about his article "Slaves of the State: Infrastructure and Governance through Slavery in the Antebellum South" which appears in the June 2019 issue of the Journal of American History.March 2019March 2019ec8dcb0b-5f96-417f-9575-a7c9822ff644Tue, 21 May 2019 12:00:00 -040048:03falsefullGuest host Dr. Max Felker-Kantor, Visiting Assistant Professor of American and African American history at Ball State University, interviews Dr. Anne Gray Fischer, Visiting Assistant Professor of history at Indiana University and Assistant Editor at the Journal of American History, about her article "'Land of the White Hunter': Legal Liberalism and the Racial Politics of Morals Enforcement in Mid-century Los Angeles," which appears in the March 2019 issue of the Journal of American History.December 2018December 20189c8243ea-5a71-49e3-a516-4fad3c611e88Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:00:00 -040029:31falsefullExecutive Editor Benjamin Irvin interviews Dr. Jamie Pietruska about her article, “‘A Tornado is Coming!’: Counterfeiting and Commercializing Weather Forecasts from the Gilded Age to the New Era,” which appears in the December 2018 issue of the Journal of American HistorySeptember 2018September 201880168bdd-48a5-4265-af03-d5806ef20ae5Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:00:00 -040046:12falsefullGuest host Robyn C. Spencer speaks with author Lisa Levenstein and Beijing Women's Conference attendee Loretta Ross about Levenstein's article, which appears in the September 2018 issue of the Journal of American History.June 2018June 201883f98aea-5e25-4991-bcea-37a7ea9aa626Mon, 20 Aug 2018 12:00:00 -040044:08falsefullSpecial guest host Dr. Kali Gross, Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of History at Rutgers University, speaks with Garret Felber, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Mississippi, about his article in the June 2018 issue of the Journal of American HistoryMarch 2018March 201805bb0f74-0cf0-49b2-8af6-218e31bef06dWed, 18 Apr 2018 12:00:00 -040034:00falsefullBenjamin Irvin, executive editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Thomas A. Guglielmo, Associate Professor of American Studies at George Washington University, about his article appearing in the March 2018 issue of the JAH.December 2017December 2017703504db-b1b5-4645-9f68-63d776c21fc2Tue, 02 Jan 2018 12:00:00 -040059:49falsefullBenjamin Irvin, executive editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Anne Macpherson, associate professor of history at the College of Brockport, SUNY, and Michael Staudenmaier, visiting assistant professor of history and Latin American and Latino/a studies at Aurora University, about their articles appearing in the December 2017 issue of the JAH.December 2016December 2016cfd4c609-2606-4f70-9cb3-8407b1ac0262Wed, 04 Jan 2017 12:00:00 -040029:05falsefullEd Linenthal, executive editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Matt Garcia, director of the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. In this episode they discuss his article appearing in the December 2016 issue of the JAH.September 2016September 20162f5a1c11-cd29-4521-8343-56e55c33cafcWed, 31 Aug 2016 12:00:00 -040029:46falsefullEd Linenthal, executive editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Tyson Reeder, volume coeditor for The Joseph Smith Papers in Salt Lake City, Utah. In this episode they discuss his article appearing in the September 2016 issue of the JAH.June 2016June 2016e0ee3fd9-dba1-4561-8839-89e0c4d2b300Mon, 06 Jun 2016 12:00:00 -040039:06falsefullEd Linenthal, executive editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Nina Silber, Professor of History at at Boston University. In this episode they discuss her article appearing in the June 2016 issue of the JAH.May 2016May 2016ef0c0001-3cee-4dd4-af24-f275ba46357bWed, 25 May 2016 12:00:00 -040040:35falsefullEd Linenthal, executive editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Robert Orsi, the first holder of the Grace Craddock Nagle Chair in Catholic Studies at Northwestern University. In this episode they discuss Professor Orsi's new book, History and Presence.March 2016March 20167a3dd579-0d7f-4f36-8a64-19362c0cf81aWed, 17 Feb 2016 12:00:00 -040026:32falsefullEd Linenthal, executive editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Yael A. Sternhell, Assistant Professor of History and American Studies at Tel Aviv University. They discuss her article appearing in the March 2016 issue of the JAH.December 2015December 20155989c7b9-6581-427d-ba02-42db336bca77Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:00:00 -040035:23falsefullEd Linenthal, executive editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Edward E. Curtis IV, Millennium Chair of the Liberal Arts and Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). They discuss his article appearing in the December 2015 issue of the JAH.September 2015September 201564701c6b-0052-41fc-ae1f-4a92196ccd49Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:00:00 -040034:26falsefullEd Linenthal, executive editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Rebecca Jo Plant, associate professor at the University of California, San Diego, and co-author along with Frances M. Clarke, senior lecturer at the University of Sydney.June 2015June 2015fbb9d541-088e-4c2f-8031-7e4593646091Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:00:00 -040031:17falsefullEd Linenthal, executive editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Kelly Lytle Hernandez, associate professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Heather Ann Thompson, professor of history at the University of Michigan. In this episode they discuss the JAH special issue, "Historians and the Carceral State."April 2015April 201529481cfc-c766-4b78-acdd-08b534b219dbThu, 26 Mar 2015 12:00:00 -040047:15falsefullEd Linenthal, executive editor of the Journal of American History speaks with Christian G. Appy, Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In this episode they discuss Professor Appy's new book American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity.March 2015March 2015c6133ca9-e696-42e4-b716-7d4fdbe295c1Mon, 09 Mar 2015 12:00:00 -040036:08falsefullEd Linenthal, executive editor of Journal of American History, speaks with Rachel Hope Cleves, Associate Professor of History at the University of Victoria. In this episode they discuss her article, "What, Another Female Husband?": The Prehistory of Same-Sex Marriage in America which appears in the March 2015 issue of the JAH.December 2014December 2014eda34049-8111-4d73-af03-fdd6e5080822Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:00:00 -040035:02falsefullEd Linenthal, editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Michael J. Pfeifer, author of "At the Hands of Parties Unknown? The State of the Field of Lynching Scholarship", a State of the Field essay appearing in the December 2014 issue of the JAH.November 2014November 20141b83a89f-0581-4eba-b030-3e495b4499f7Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:00:00 -040036:49falsefullEd Linenthal, executive editor of Journal of American History, speaks with Anne Sarah Rubin, Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. In this episode they discuss her new book, Through the Heart of Dixie: Sherman's March and American Memory. Her online exploration of Sherman's March can be found at www.shermansmarch.org.October 2014October 20145109f185-b272-4813-9af3-79870ca004e9Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:00:00 -040047:51falsefullEd Linenthal, executive editor of The Journal of American History, speaks with Ari Kelman, the McCabe Greer Professor of History at Penn State University and the author of A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek. You can read more about the author and the book at http://arikelman.org/.September 2014September 20146b429e37-ca67-4a98-8236-c8f89de072dbThu, 25 Sep 2014 12:00:00 -040053:29falsefullStephen Andrews, managing editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Christopher J. Phillips, NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study, author of The New Math and Midcentury American Politics. His article appears in the September 2014 issue of the Journal of American History.June 2014June 2014dd9a0a13-3e45-48b1-b732-66990e6a2378Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:00:00 -040045:02falsefullStephen Andrews, managing editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Barbara Young Welke, University of Minnesota, author of The Cowboy Suit Tragedy: Spreading Risk, Owning Hazard in the Modern American Consumer Economy. Her article appears in the June 2014 issue of the Journal of American History.July 2014July 2014ca853f58-c419-4681-88af-cad6efed6e8cMon, 02 Jun 2014 12:00:00 -040051:18falsefullStephen Andrews talks with Alan Taylor, the Thomas Jefferson Chair in American History at the University of Virginia and the author of The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832. In this podcast they discuss how the institution of slavery, enslaved people, and white Virginians were affected by the experience of the American Revolution and the War of 1812. (Recorded in June 2014.)March 2014March 2014caf3f0cf-1a04-4f28-8bfe-8aef8aa0f393Fri, 28 Feb 2014 12:00:00 -040042:58falsefullEd Linenthal, editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Susan L. Carruthers, Professor of History at Rutgers University, Newark, author of "Produce More Joppolos": John Hersey's A Bell for Adano and the Making of the "Good Occupation". Her article appears in the March 2014 issue of the Journal of American History.January 2014January 20148a540919-1c5a-4b51-a14f-81f2ee7c0fbbFri, 14 Feb 2014 12:00:00 -040055:51falsefullEd Linenthal, editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Richard Rubin, author of The Last of the Doughboys, The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War. You can read more about the author and the book at http://www.richardrubinonline.com/.December 2013December 2013f7cde9ab-3ca6-4028-be4e-256101629eacWed, 27 Nov 2013 12:00:00 -040037:41falsefullEd Linenthal, editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Etienne Benson, author of "The Urbanization of the Eastern Gray Squirrel in the United States". His article appears in the December 2013 issue of the JAH.September 2013September 20138ecbc689-bb4f-4989-9611-f1524444e12fThu, 03 Oct 2013 12:00:00 -040032:19falsefullEd Linenthal, editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Sarah E. Cornell, author of "Citizens of Nowhere: Fugitive Slaves and Free African Americans in Mexico, 1833-1857". Her article appears in the September 2013 issue of the JAH.June 2013June 2013d46693c5-8bc8-4317-b963-7ec0637c15e7Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -040032:19falsefullEd Linenthal, editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Paul Sutter, author of "The World With Us: The State of American Environmental History", a State of the Field essay appearing in the June 2013 issue of the JAH.April 2013April 20130823c562-f3cc-4383-90da-61ca302ef0ccTue, 09 Apr 2013 12:00:00 -040001:00:51falsefullEd Linenthal, editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with a panel about the OAH's report examining the practice and presentation of American history in the National Park Service and at its sites. Participants include: Dave Thelen, Indiana University (Emeritus) and one of the report authors; Anne Mitchell Whisnant, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and one of the report authors; Katie Bliss, National Park Service; Seth Bruggeman, Temple University; Todd Moye, University of North Texas; Cathy Stanton, Tufts University; and Julia Washburn, National Park Service.March 2013March 201307868444-fd7c-4944-8997-6ed71a439a4aFri, 08 Mar 2013 12:00:00 -040020:00falsefullEd Linenthal, editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Sarah Miller-Davenport, doctoral candidate in the Department of History at the University of Chicago and author of "Their blood shall not be shed in vain": American Evangelical Missionaries and the Search for God and Country in Post-World War II Asia. Her work appears in the March 2013 issue of the Journal of American History.January 2013January 201305de6da0-443d-4f82-b8c3-9b3bbf29dab3Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:00:00 -040058:59falsefullEd Linenthal speaks with James G. Blight, CIGI Chair in Foreign Policy Development and Professor at Balsillie School of International Affairs and with Janet Lang, Research Professor at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. They discuss the reexamination of the Cuban missile crisis and their book projects found at http://www.armageddonletters.com/December 2012December 201264ff7d8d-95ca-47c8-9cec-d9df52edf699Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:00:00 -040034:55falsefullEd Linenthal, editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Tyler Anbinder, Professor of History at George Washington University and author of "Moving Beyond Rags to Riches" New York's Famine Irish Immigrants and Their Surprising Savings Accounts. His work appears in the December 2012 issue of the Journal of American History.September 2012September 2012040b87f9-498a-4ced-99b2-bef1f6fe563fFri, 03 Aug 2012 12:00:00 -040030:03falsefullEd Linenthal, editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Matthew Pehl, Assistant Professor of History at Augustana College and author of "Apostles of Fascism," "Communist Clergy," and the UAW: Political Ideology and Working-Class Religion in Detroit, 1919-1945. His work appears in the September 2012 issue of the Journal of American History.June 2012June 2012165a7974-ab66-4d01-99aa-40ae3f61a59eFri, 01 Jun 2012 12:00:00 -040034:30falsefullEd Linenthal, editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Brian C. Black, Karen R. Merrill, and Tyler Priest, the Consulting Editors and participants in this special issue of the JAH titled Oil in American History. Their work appears in the June 2012 issue of the Journal of American History.March 2012March 20129d973d32-2871-4a5c-ba54-c466d4bcf88cTue, 24 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -040030:46falsefullEd Linenthal, editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Matthew Avery Sutton, author of "Was FDR the Antichrist? The Birth of Fundamentalist Antiliberalism in a Global Age". The essay appears in the March 2012 issue of the Journal of American History.December 2011December 20110cfc8bc9-74a5-46b9-9cfc-49d2d60a3f60Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:00:00 -040022:14falsefullEd Linenthal, editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Kim Phillips-Fein, author of the State of the Field essay "Conservatism: A State of the Field". The essay appears in the December 2011 issue of the Journal of American History.September 2011September 201199c9df9d-c423-48e5-b803-383acea71c01Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:00:00 -040039:13falsefullJohn Nieto-Phillips, associate editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Professor Samuel Truett, co-author with Pekka Hämäläinen of "On Borderlands". The essay appears in the September 2011 issue of the Journal of American History.June 2011June 2011ddc1d3c5-d512-48c3-9bd8-6bf42d265f4bTue, 10 May 2011 12:00:00 -040031:30falsefullEd Linenthal, editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Professor Beverly Gage, author of the forthcoming State of the Field essay “Terrorism and the American Experience”. The essay appears in the June 2011 issue of the Journal of American History.March 2011March 2011778a3bb4-24ad-406a-ae0b-cf5c8f8a1b5fTue, 01 Mar 2011 12:00:00 -040033:28falsefullStephen D. Andrews, associate editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Rachel Louise Moran, author of the article Consuming Relief: Food Stamps and the New Welfare of the New Deal. The article appears in the March 2011 issue of the Journal of American History.December 2010December 2010f4fd93d5-a588-47a5-a33c-b559f133b4ffTue, 30 Nov 2010 12:00:00 -040047:56falsefullKhalil G. Muhammad, associate editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Heather Ann Thompson, author of the article Why Mass Incarceration Matters: Rethinking Crisis, Decline, and Transformation in Postwar American History. The article appears in the December 2010 issue of the Journal of American History.September 2010September 2010fad5d957-9744-4437-ba41-8b8c4397cffcFri, 27 Aug 2010 12:00:00 -040024:47falsefullJohn Nieto-Phillips, associate editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Professor Virginia Sánchez Korrol, a participant in the Interchange titled Latino History: An Interchange on Present Realities and Future Prospects. The article appears in the September 2010 issue of the Journal of American History.June 2010June 2010ece86ee1-5cb1-4865-aeb0-631db5e483aaMon, 03 May 2010 12:00:00 -040027:01falsefullEd Linenthal, the editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Professor Terri L. Synder, author of the forthcoming article "Suicide, Slavery, and Memory". The article appears in the June 2010 issue of the Journal of American History.March 2010March 20109e52a0dd-8840-40ad-b564-62b5c43a7fcbFri, 12 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -040030:43falsefullEd Linenthal, the editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Professor Scott E. Casper, the contributing editor for the Journal’s “Textbooks and Teaching” section. They discuss the March 2009 installment, "Teaching U.S. History Abroad," in which ten authors from around the world write about their experience teaching U.S. history outside the United States.December 2009December 20092e432d05-aba9-49cf-8853-0902ae3d194dMon, 09 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -040033:03falsefullEd Linenthal, editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Professor Peniel Joseph about his state of the field article, “The Black Power Movement: A State of the Field”. The article appears in the December 2009 issue of the Journal of American History.September 2009September 2009915d3a5e-4272-49b2-8f2b-708e70203e0fMon, 03 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -040025:00falsefullEd Linenthal, editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Professor Matthew Pinsker about his state of the field article, “Lincoln Theme 2.0”. The article appears in the September 2009 issue of the Journal of American History.June 2009June 2009e6ee744c-6385-4c9c-83be-87d8d3226ddaMon, 11 May 2009 12:00:00 -040023:35falsefullStephen Andrews, associate editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Professor Julie C. Ott about her article, “The Free and Open People’s Market:” Political Ideology and Retail Brokerage at the New York Stock Exchange, 1913–1933.” The article appears in the June 2009 issue of the Journal of American History.March 2009March 20095cf5f1a0-1552-44dd-a6b5-fa569fb6e916Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:00:00 -040024:34falsefullEd Linenthal, editor of the Journal of American History, speaks with Professor Thomas W. Zieler about his article, “The Diplomatic History Bandwagon: A State of the Field.” The article appears in the March 2009 issue of the Journal of American History.December 2008December 2008745dad96-dc2b-4337-88dd-d17a59dda826Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:00:00 -040025:59falsefullAssociate editor and professor of history at Indiana University, John Nieto-Phillips speaks with Professor James Meriwether about his article, “‘Worth a Lot of Negro Votes’: Black Voters, Africa, and the 1960 Presidential Campaign.” The article appears in the December 2008 issue of the Journal of American History and is also the focus of the December 2008 “Teaching the JAH” online supplement.