Recently, the National Archives launched an ambitious project aimed at using “citizen archivists” to transcribe the millions of historical documents held by the archives. With increasingly tight travel funds for historians, this initiative means important research documents, previously...
Digital Discourse
In addition to our yearly content, Essays in History hosts supplemental content throughout the year available only online. We provide historical context to current events, are introducing a blog focusing on developments in digital history and instructional technology, and ... .
Digital History Blog
Emily Senefeld
8 February 2012
In March 2011, Professor Afsaneh Najmabadi visited the University of Virginia to present her latest research in a talk entitled, "Genus of Sex: How Jins Became Sex in Iran,” co-sponsored by the Departments of History, Middle Eastern Studies, and Studies in Women and Gender. Najmabadi is Francis...
History Today
- From Ona Judge to Michelle Obama: The Historic Thread of Black Women in the White House by Tamika Richeson from University of Virginia - 5 October 2011
- Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, and the Legacy of “The Personal Is Political” by Rachel Pierce from University of Virginia - 26 September 2011
- Historical Reflections on the Current Local Food and Agriculture Movement by Laura Richardson Kolar from University of Virginia - 2 July 2011
- Romantic Entanglements: Courtesans and the Cult of Fidelity in China, 1000-1400 by Beverly Bossler from UC Davis - 20 October 2010
