Practicing History is a podcast devoted to a broad approach to studying history — from research to teaching to methodology to theory. Practicing History is particularly interested in the manifold ways that humans make their history. As such, it is concerned not only with how professionals construct histories but how we all make history anew every day – through retelling and reimagining it and by the very fact that we are ourselves historical actors.
Practicing History Podcast Episode 9: Public History with Cheryl Jimenez-Frei
In this episode, I sit down with Cheryl Jimenez-Frei, Assistant Professor in History of Latin American and Latinx Studies at University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. We discuss Dr. Jimenez-Frei’s research on monuments, commemoration, and memory in Argentina and think about it in relation to the controversies over Civil War monuments in the United States. We reflect upon the practice of public history and chat about our joint work doing oral histories as part of the COVID-19 Oral History Project and the Journal of the Plague Year: A COVID-19 Archive.
8 Apr 2020
Practicing History Podcast Episode 8: The 1918 Influenza
Continuing our series on plagues, outbreaks, and pandemics in history, we discuss the 1918 influenza pandemic, which killed millions across the globe between 1918 and 1920. My guest for this episode is Lia Paradis, Associate Professor of History and co-Director of the Stone House Center for Public Humanities at Slippery Rock University.
30 Mar 2020
Practicing History Podcast Episode 7: The Antonine Plague
Continuing our series on plagues, outbreaks, and pandemics in history, we discuss the Antonine Plague, which hit Rome in the 2nd century CE. This plague had a mortality rate of 25% and devastated Rome's military, its cities, and its economy. My guest for this episode is Liz Thill, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at IUPUI.
18 Mar 2020
Practicing History Podcast Episode 6: The Plague of Athens in 430 BCE
Today’s episode looks at the plague that hit Athens in 430 BCE. Described by Thucydides in his book The Peloponnesian War, this outbreak devastated Athenian society and killed tens of thousands of people. We will do a close reading of Thucydides’ text, which examines the duties and virtue of the individual in relationship to the city-state.
9 Jul 2019
Practicing History Podcast Episode 5: Primary Sources
In this episode, I discuss the nature and use of primary sources in historical interpretation. This is a good introduction for those interested in more than just a textbook definition of historical sources
2 Jul 2019
Practicing History Podcast Episode 4: Correlation
Today's episode is the second of a two-part series on correlation and causation. You can listen to them as standalone episodes, but I think that they do a good job at reinforcing each other.
25 Jun 2019
Practicing History Podcast Episode 3: Causation
This episode examines the role of causation in historical narrative. Examining the work of David Hume, it asks us to consider what we mean by cause-and-effect.
17 Jun 2019
Practicing History Podcast Episode 2: Introducing Historiography
This episode introduces the term historiography and explains its centrality to the practice of history.
6 Jun 2019
Practicing History Podcast Episode 1: What is History?
This is the first episode of Practicing History. It introduces the podcast and asks, "What is History?"
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