Working Historians

Working Historians is excited to broadcast the proceedings of "Theoretical Museology in US and Tribal Contexts," a symposium organized and hosted by the International Committee for Museology (ICOFOM), International Council of Museums - US (ICOM-US), the Association of African American Museums (AAAM), and Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU). The symposium was held online on August 27 and 28, 2020.

To kick off the symposium, Robert Denning provides opening remarks, Bruno Brulon Soares presents “Theoretical Museology and Community Practice: A Post-Colonial Approach,” and Jessie Ryker-Crawford presents “Re-Adjusting Museum Theoretics (and Hence, Practice,) to Include Indigenous Community Needs and Values.”

Sarah Estee teaches history at Southern New Hampshire University. In this episode, Rob and Sarah discuss the use of film as a teaching tool in history courses, and touch on some of the more notorious history-based films in recent decades (ahem, 300…).

This episode’s recommendations:

Robert Rosenstone, History on Film/Film on History (Pearson, 2006)

Disgraceland Podcast: https://www.disgracelandpod.com/

Noble Blood Podcast: http://noblebloodtales.com/

Hardcore History Podcast: https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/ 

AHA job report: https://www.historians.org/ahajobsreport2020 

Dr. Gregory Robinson teaches history for Southern New Hampshire University. In this episode we discuss his career teaching high school students, his research into Native American trickster gods and other aspects of mythology, his brief stint as a playwright, and the connections he has drawn between history and motorcycles.

This episode’s recommendations:

Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States (Harper Collins, 2015)

Seamus Heaney, Beowulf: A New Verse Translation (Farrar, Strous, and Giroux, 2000)

Gar Alperovitz, Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Potsdam (Pluto Press, 1994) 

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., A Thousand Days: JFK in the White House (Houghton Mifflin, 1965)

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Violence: America in the Sixties (New American Library, 1968)

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., “Origins of the Cold War,” Foreign Affairs 46:1 (October 1967)

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., The Crisis of Confidence: Ideas, Power, and Violence in America (1969)

Vikings (TV Show)

New Books Network

Larry Tye is a journalist and the Director of Health Coverage Fellowship, which helps print, radio, TV, and online journalists and editors better cover health care issues. He also recently published Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Joe McCarthy. In this episode, we discuss the book, Larry’s background, and his perspective on the state of journalism during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Links:

Larry Tye, Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Joe McCarthy (Houghton Mifflin, 2020)

Health Coverage Fellowship