Televising the Revolution: Turn’s Peggy Shippen Arnold
Not long before her death in 1804, Margaret Shippen Arnold (better known as “Peggy”) lamented…
Browsing: Reviews
Escaping the Robot’s Loop: Westworld and the Politics of Consciousness-Raising
Spoilers for Season 1 of Westworld below. “Some people choose to see the ugliness in this world,…
History Professors on Screen
Is it time for Indiana Jones to move over? NBC this fall aired a new…
The Trouble in Nate Parker’s Southampton: The Birth of a Nation, a review
“N—s was too smart fo’ white folks to git ketched. White folks was sharp too,…
The New Wave of “What Ifs?”
Have we entered a new golden age of counterfactual history? It is too early to…
Suffragette
The movie Suffragette is the first feature film dramatically depicting the monumental struggle for women’s…
Ron Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton Is Not Throwing Away Its Second Shot
As someone interested enough in American history to read this blog, if you haven’t recently…
“The Ones I’m Missing”: Roots, Episode 4
Erica Armstrong Dunbar is the Blue and Gold Professor of Black Studies and History at…
“I Decided to Live”: Roots, Episode 3
Erica Armstrong Dunbar is the Blue and Gold Professor of Black Studies and History at…
“Never Let Them Put the Chains on Your Mind”: Roots, Episode 2
Erica Armstrong Dunbar is the Blue and Gold Professor of Black Studies and History at…