academia

The Democratic Primary Field as a History Department

Professor Hickenlooper spends most of his time trying to keep Professor Warren from being the department chair and bases his courses on historiography circa 1986.

The Master Class Is Just Not That Into You

It’s been a slow news week here in Batavia, Ohio, the taint of America. Apparently the Mueller report (kind of, sort of) came out, and liberals everywhere achieved an unbelievable tantric orgasm nearly two years in the making.

To Dunk or Not to Dunk?: The Dinesh D’Souza Question

“Dunking” is a way of fighting back against those seeking to delegitimize our profession, argues historian Chris Deutsch.

What You Did to Get Through Grad School — and What We Learned

Well, in throwing out this question on Twitter, we learned a lot. Not all of it surprising — graduate […]

What Did You Do to Survive Grad School?

There are two dirty secrets about grad school, at least where money is concerned.

O Ye Biased Professors! The Question of Objectivity and Liberal Bias in the History Profession

While it is true that most history professors are somewhere on the left end of the political spectrum, there are a number of problematic assumptions at the heart of the discourse of objectivity that warrant further investigation.

Trapped in the Ivory Tower: LaDale Winling on Universities and Urban Development

We know you nasty little tweakers can’t get enough raw coverage of the SACRPH (Society for American City […]