J. K. Rowling, History, and Revisionism
Today at The Junto, Rachel Herrmann considers the relationship between fictional wizarding pasts, the muggle present, and...
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“Daddy” Schuyler, Hamilton, and the Dakota Access Pipeline
Today at The Junto, Rachel Herrmann looks at settler colonialism in Hamilton and its relationship to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.
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Making Students Lead Discussion: Three Methods
Today at The Junto, Rachel Herrmann talks about three methods for engaging students in class...
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Seeking Sabbatical Advice
Today at the Junto, Rachel Herrmann asks for your sabbatical...
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Why the Exeter Chiefs Should Rebrand Themselves
This blog post originally appeared at the Imperial and Global Forum in June. It’s reposted with slight edits here for reasons I’ll go into below. On any given weekend, you might find yourself on a train platform, surrounded by sports fans wearing “Native American” headdresses and “war paint,” and waving inflatable tomahawks.
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Q&A with Alejandra Dubcovsky
Today at The Junto, we’re featuring an interview with Alejandra Dubcovsky about her new book, Informed Power: Communication in the Early American South, which Jessica Parr reviewed yesterday. Alejandra Dubcovsky is an Assistant Professor of History at Yale (and soon an Assistant Professor of history at UC Riverside).
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Teaching with Databases: An Early American Atlanticist’s Conundrum
Today at the Junto, Rachel Herrmann looks at using digital databases to teach early American, Atlantic, and imperial...
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March Madness 2016: Presenting your Champion
Today at the Junto, your March Madness winner is revealed.
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Junto March Madness Semi-Final Results and Finals Voting
Today at the Junto, read the results for March Madness semi-finals, and vote in the...
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Junto March Madness Elite Eight Results and Final Four Voting
Today at the Junto, we give you your Elite Eight Results, and Final Four voting...
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