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.
Read MoreIn 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
Read MoreThis episode introduces the term historiography and explains its centrality to the practice of history.
Read MorePracticing 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.
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