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Historians Must Contextualize the Election for Voters (template)

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created by Annie Evans (Freeman template) on February 29, 2020

Historians Must Contextualize the Election for Voters

This information is crucial for getting the election right.

by Joanne Freeman via Made by History on February 24, 2020

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'The Academy Is Largely Itself Responsible for Its Own Peril'

Jill Lepore on writing the story of America, the rise and fall of the fact, and how women’s intellectual authority is undermined.

by Evan Goldstein, Jill Lepore via The Chronicle of Higher Education on November 13, 2018

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Why (Some) Historians Should Be Pundits

The question isn’t whether they have anything of value to offer. It’s whether they can avoid partisan vituperation along the way.

by Julian E. Zelizer, Morton Keller via The Atlantic on June 26, 2017

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Historians Shouldn’t Be Pundits

Comparing Donald Trump to Nixon and Hitler might be good for TV, but bad for history.

by Moshik Temkin via New York Times on June 26, 2017

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Making History Go Viral

Historians used the Twitter thread to add context and accuracy to the news cycle in 2018. Here’s how they did it.

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on December 11, 2018

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Your Tweet / #originalhashtag go here!