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Category Archives: History graduate school
Remembering Arnold Shankman (1945-1983)
[NOTE: A couple of months ago, I did an online search because I was curious about the legacy of Arnold Michael Shankman, my best friend from graduate school, who died on March 1, 1983, after a lengthy battle with lymphatic cancer, at the age of … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Arnold M. Shankman, Education, Historical Reflection, History, History graduate school, Research, Retirement, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized, WP Long Read
Tagged Arnold M. Shankman, Emory University, History Teaching Career Retrospective, Winthrop College/University
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Alive and Still Bloggin’: “Retired But Not Shy” at Five
A little over a year ago, I posted an account of the evolution of this blog as it reached its fourth birthday. It’s now time to provide an update, a few months after the fifth anniversary of “Retired But Not Shy,” and the appearance … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Jim Crow, American "republicanism", American Revolution, Books, Cherokee Indians, Civil Rights Movement, George R. Gilmer, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, History graduate school, Martin Luther King, Mississippi John Hurt, Muddy Waters, Newark (Del.) High School Class of 1962, prep school teaching with a PhD, Research, Retirement, Rick Lamplugh, Ronald Reagan, Son House, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, The Blues, Uncategorized, Wilson Lumpkin, Wolves
Tagged " Hardy Jackson, "American Republicanism, Blogging, Fifth anniversary of a blog, George R. Gilmer, James Broussard, James Krefft, Mississippi John Hurt, Teaching History Backwards, Wilson Lumpkin
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A Tale of Three Books
[Note: At this point in my career, I have published three books, two of which came out this summer. I figured that at least a few of my faithful readers might be interested in where the ideas for those volumes came from.] * * … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Books, Education, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History graduate school, Prep School, prep school teaching with a PhD, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged American History, Georgia History, History graduate school, Prep school teaching with a PhD, publishing, Southern History, WP Longform
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In [Digital] Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 20: Some Online Sources
[NOTE: With the new school year upon us, I thought I would offer a post in the “In Pursuit of Dead Georgians” series that is a bit different. This one is for my fellow teachers of American and Georgia history … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Civil War, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, History graduate school, Interdisciplinary Work, Prep School, prep school teaching with a PhD, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Digital Library of Georgia, Galileo website, Georgia History, Georgia newspapers, Teaching History in prep school
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Civil Rights–and Wrongs: Reflections on The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and His Legacy
[NOTE: In the middle of last month, I began a series of posts tracing how, near the end of my teaching career, I came eagerly to embrace the opportunity to teach a one-semester elective course on the History of the … Continue reading
Posted in "The Race Beat", Books, Civil Rights Movement, Current Events, Dr. Martin Luther King, Education, Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, History graduate school, Popular Culture, Prep School, prep school teaching with a PhD, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Taylor Branch, Teaching, Uncategorized, WP Long Read
Tagged "Jim Crow South, Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff, Jr., MLK Holiday, Modern American Civil Rights Movement, Taylor Branch, The Great Migration, The Rev. Martin Luther King
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Muchas Gracias: Responding to a “Thankfulness Challenge”
[NOTE: Much of this post originated as a series of “status updates” on Facebook. I have made a few minor revisions and appended some comments.] * * * * * Day 1: A friend nominated me to undertake a ten-day “challenge,” listing … Continue reading
Posted in Episcopal Church, Historical Reflection, History, History graduate school, Newark (Del.) High School Class of 1962, Prep School, Retirement, Rick Lamplugh, Teaching, The Blues, Uncategorized, WP Long Form
Tagged "thankfulness challenge", Delaware, Education for Ministry (EFM), Emory University, High School, History Teaching, Newark, Prep school teaching with a PhD, University of Delaware, University of the South, wp longread
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The South on the Nation’s Psychiatric Couch, Again
A Review of Tracy Thompson, The New Mind of the South. New York and London: The Free Press, 2013. [NOTE: I became a historian of the South not by birth, but because a southern grad school to which I’d applied … Continue reading
Posted in Age of Jim Crow, American History, Books, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, Current Events, Georgia History, Historical Reflection, History, History graduate school, Popular Culture, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Uncategorized
Tagged Age of Jim Crow, Atlanta History, Civil Rights Movement, Southern Culture, Southern Identity, The New Mind of the South, Tracy Thompson
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The Lecture-Discussion Conundrum (History Lesson Plans, 2)
By the time I signed on to teach History at a prep school, I had spent five years learning to be a college professor; in my new job, I was expected to be a teacher. I was informed by my … Continue reading
Posted in "Education Courses", American History, Historical Reflection, History, History Curriculum, History graduate school, prep school teaching with a PhD, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged discussion, History Teaching, Lecture, Prep school teaching, Prep school teaching with a PhD, reflection
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Teaching Prep School With a PhD, 2–Survival Skills
[NOTE: In 1973, I earned a PhD in American History. Then, given the grim realities of the job market for a would-be college professor, I made a leap in the dark, signing on at a “prep school” until “something better … Continue reading
“The Thrill of the Hunt”: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (1917-2007), On History
[Note: One of the things I tried to do while editor of the History Department Newsletter (1999-2000; 2006-2010) was to keep my colleagues informed of the passing of various noted historians. Usually, I could find an obituary in a historical … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Cold War, History, History graduate school, Research, Retirement, Uncategorized
Tagged Arthur M. Schlesinger, Cold War, historian, history, Jr.
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