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I thought you all might enjoy a collection of articles and books centered around one person. Annette Gordon-Reed is the Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School and is also on the faculty in the school of Arts and Sciences. In 1997, she wrote Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy, and… Continue reading Historian Spotlight: Annette Gordon-Reed
Stephen Dove is an Assistant Professor of History here at Centre College where he teaches Latin American history. Thanks for sharing your classroom with us, Stephen! Korean pianists do not normally play a prominent role in my Latin American history courses, but this week that changed. I am the type of professor who views the… Continue reading DACA in the History Classroom
Happy Labor Day! My colleagues and I are celebrating.....at work. Like many private colleges and universities, Centre is open on Labor Day. Some people are surprised to discover that institutions like ours aren't closed because it is a national holiday. Labor Day IS a national holiday, but that doesn't mean that private companies or college… Continue reading Labor Day and the Private College
I told my students on Monday that it feels strange that the people and things I study have suddenly become so relevant. Two years ago in my Civil War class we talked at length about confederate memorials and while my students were interested (I think), they did not see the continued existence of such monuments… Continue reading Confederate Monument Round-Up
Yes, I needed that exclamation point. I ran into a student last week who asked when the first day of school stop being exciting. I told her I'd let her know if I ever found out, but it certainly hasn't happened yet. The first day of class, however, is hard for professors. Students tend to… Continue reading The First Day!
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