Making History Podcast

Past Tense podcast with Adam Arenson, part 2

Jana Remy — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:06:11 +0000

This episode of the Making History podcast is the second half of Adam Arenson’s talk at the Past Tense seminar, “This is Not How My Book Starts: Looking Back at Writing and Framing.” Adam is the author of The Great Heart of the Republic: St. Louis and the Cultural Civil War.

Click here for the full schedule of the 2011-2012 Past Tense seminar series

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Event: Writing History with Michael Blaakman at Yale University, Jan. 26

Jana Remy — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:51:57 +0000

Martha Bradstreet and the “Epithet of ‘Woman’”: A Story of Land, Libel, Litigation, and Justifying “Unwomanly” Behavior in the Early Republic

A Writing History Workshop with Michael Blaakman

Thursday, January 26
12:30pm
HGS 302

In 1824, Martha Bradstreet, a woman of distinguished pedigree but limited means, filed thirty-five suits in federal court to reclaim a lost inheritance: a vast tract of land in and around Utica, New York. This microhistory reconstructs Bradstreet’s struggle, including her dramatic divorce, her embroilment in malice suits, her campaign to prove title against a phalanx of alleged squatters, and her crusade to impeach a federal judge. Along the way, the paper analyzes the strategic ways that Bradstreet justified her “unwomanly” actions, in an effort to better understand how women resolved the dissonances between lived reality and prescriptive gender ideology in nineteenth-century America.

Come join us for a discussion of Michael’s paper, and of the issues related to characterization, the balance of narrative and argument, and the uses and shortcomings of microhistory. We hope to see you Thursday!

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-22

Jana Remy — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:10:00 +0000

Happily expecting a crowd! Fri 1/20 at @theHuntington: Peter Stallybrass on "What is a Book?" http://t.co/Qk5hV2uv @janaremy @adamarenson #
History writers: upcoming Past Tense seminar with Peter Stallybrass on Jan 20th, noon, @TheHuntington. Info/RSVP here: http://t.co/gOnoNcaO #

Past Tense podcast with Adam Arenson, part 1

Jana Remy — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:24:59 +0000

This episode of the Making History podcast is the first half of Adam Arenson’s talk at the Past Tense seminar, “This is Not How My Book Starts: Looking Back at Writing and Framing.” Adam is the author of The Great Heart of the Republic: St. Louis and the Cultural Civil War.

Click here for the full schedule of the 2011-2012 Past Tense seminar series

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-04

Jana Remy — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 04:10:00 +0000

RSVP now! Fri 12/9 at @theHuntington: Carla Zecher on "Early Modern Writing about Music" http://t.co/Qk5hV2uv #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-23

Jana Remy — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 04:10:00 +0000

RT @janaremy: An excellent write-up of the #mobilityshifts conference that I attended last week http://t.co/wyt68ttl #

Past Tense podcast: Miriam Pawel

Jana Remy — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:51:14 +0000

The latest podcast is now out! This episode features journalist-historian Miriam Pawel, speaking at the Past Tense seminar at the Huntington Library.

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-11

Jana Remy — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 04:10:00 +0000

Glad for the continued support of USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute & the Institute on California and the West for Past Tense #
RT @JenHoward: @JSTOR makes pre-1923 U.S. journal content free, encourages "broad use": http://t.co/oGWKa7e #JSTOR #
MT @janaremy: Working with @adamarenson to finalize the 2011-2012 speaker calendar for the Past Tense @TheHuntington. Such a great lineup! #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-28

Jana Remy — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 04:10:00 +0000

Past Tense seminar@theHuntington with @adamarenson and @janaremy — catch up on 2010-11 podcasts, see 2011-2012 dates http://t.co/e1HOkTa #

Past Tense Seminar: 2011-12 Dates and 2010-11 Podcasts

Adam Arenson — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:58:39 +0000

The 2011-2012 schedule for the Past Tense seminar is in the works; we have dates, listed below, and we are discussing logistics with our speakers.

Our new time is Fridays at noon, so we can have lunch and discuss our writing while the sun still shines. All events will be held at the Huntington Library, on: October 28; November 18; December 9; January 20; February 17; March 23; April 27; and May 18. The dates are also on this Google Calendar.

Details will follow soon — here, and on the websites of the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute and the USC-Huntington Institute on California and the West.

In the meantime, access to podcasts from two of last semester’s speakers — David Blight and Marni Sandweiss — can be found here on iTunes.

Enjoy, and see you soon!

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