Reading Time: 7 minutesIn memory of the pre-pandemic world, when historians were still able to conduct archival research, I created a checklist based on my own experience.
A Platform on Representation, Engagement, and Community
Author: Katrin Kleemann
A Change of Perspective: Visiting the Places of Your Research
Reading Time: 6 minutesNow that I’m pursuing a doctoral degree in the highly interdisciplinary field of environmental history, I have come to embrace new research methods.
29 November 1783: The Night the US East Coast was Awoken by “a small shock of an earthquake”
Reading Time: 5 minutesFrom Boston to Philadelphia, in late 1783 diarists wrote about an earthquake that awoke them late at night, rattled windows, and threw china off the shelves.