New Directions in Political History
- UNCW Author/Contributor (non-UNCW co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Tara White (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW )
- Web Site: http://library.uncw.edu/
Abstract: This roundtable takes up old themes and new perspectives in the field of political history. Scholars engage with six questions across three main categories: the scope of the field, current debates, and teaching. The first two questions ask how we should think about political power and the boundaries of what constitute political history. The section on current debates interrogates the relationship between governing and social movements during the GAPE, and how to situate the political violence of the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill riot in historical perspective. The final section on teaching takes up two very different challenges. One question is a perennial concern about connecting with students in the classroom about political history. The other dilemma is how to respond to the growing cascade of censorship laws passed by state legislatures that prohibit the teaching of so-called “divisive concepts.”
New Directions in Political History
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Created on 11/15/2022
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Additional Information
- Publication
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537781422000548
- Language: English
- Date: 2022
- Keywords
- political history, historiography, social movements, imperialism, teaching