Robert S. Levine is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Maryland. This interview is based on his new book, The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (W. W. Norton & Company, 2021). JF: […]
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The Author’s Corner with Eric Herschthal
Eric Herschthal is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Utah. This interview is based on his new book The Science of Abolition: How Slaveholders Became the Enemies of Progress (Yale University Press 2021). JF: What led you to write The Science […]
The Author’s Corner with Christopher Grasso
Christopher Grasso is Professor of History at the College of William & Mary. This interview is based on his new book, Teacher, Preacher, Soldier, Spy: The Civil Wars of John R. Kelso (Oxford University Press, 2021). JF: What led you […]
The Author’s Corner with Elizabeth Kimball
Elizabeth Kimball is Assistant Professor of English at Drexel University. This interview is based on her new book, Translingual Inheritance: Language Diversity in Early National Philadelphia (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021). JF: What led you to write Translingual Inheritance? EK: […]
The Author’s Corner with Kate Mulry
Kate Mulry is Assistant Professor of History at California State University, Bakersfield. This interview is based on her new book, An Empire Transformed: Remolding Bodies and Landscapes in the Restoration Atlantic (NYU Press, 2021). JF: What led you to write […]
The Author’s Corner with James Byrd
James Byrd is Professor of American Religious History, Chair of the Graduate Department of Religion and Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. This interview is based on his new book, A Holy Baptism of […]
The Author’s Corner with Kelly Jones
Kelly Jones is Assistant Professor of History at Arkansas Tech University. This interview is based on her new book, A Weary Land: Slavery on the Ground in Arkansas (University of Georgia Press, 2021). JF: What led you to write A […]
The Author’s Corner with Crawford Gribben
Crawford Gribben is Professor of History at Queen’s University Belfast. This interview is based on his new book, Survival and Resistance in Evangelical America: Christian Reconstruction in the Pacific Northwest (Oxford University Press, 2021). JF: What led you to write […]
The Author’s Corner with Robert Wooster
Robert Wooster is recently retired as Regents Professor of History at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, where he taught for thirty-five years. This interview is based on his new book, The United States Army and the Making of America: From Confederation […]
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2024 Pulitzer Prize-winners announced
Here are few of the winners that caught my eye: HISTORY (Winner): Jacqueline Jones, No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era. See our Author’s Corner interview with Jacqueline Jones here. […]
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When I started my career as a professor and historian I never thought I would get into the business of asking for money. After twelve years of blogging at The Way of Improvement Leads Home, I decided it was time […]
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There is no better time to support our work than right now! Over the last several months we have been working hard, led by our digital specialist Ben Martin, to bring a more user-friendly experience to Current. If you poke around the […]
Buy history books written by independent scholars
Some of you are familiar with the online magazine Contingent. Historian Erin Bartram has put together a great team of historians who do not work in tenure-track history teaching jobs at colleges and universities. I encourage you to check it […]
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Recently someone asked me about the most pressing financial needs at Current. Great question. Here are few: We are currently paying our writers, but we would like to pay them more! We are bringing-on some additional editors and copy-editors and […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Jen Glaze, “A Meditation on Doomscrolling, Picnics, and the Ukrainian-Russian Conflict“ Adam Jortner, “The Better Angels of Our Democracy“ Christopher Shannon, “Christian Nationalisms, Easter Risings“ Daniel K. Williams, “Abortion and […]
Penn Today features Emma Hart, new director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies
We covered this back in June 2020, but Penn Today is finally getting around to covering the appointment of Emma Hart, the new director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies. (She has also appeared at The Author’s Corner!) […]
How to connect with Current
In January 2022, Current added several new features: We opened-up the comments section for patrons. We published a new masthead and announced our board of Contributing Editors. We introduced a “Long Form” feature. (Check out our first piece here). The […]
Happy birthday to The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog!
The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog turns thirteen today! In human years we are officially a teenager, but in blog years we are ancient! 🙂 It’s been a year of transitions at the blog. In March we left www.thewayofimprovement.com […]