Matthew J. Tuininga is Professor of Christian Ethics and the History of Christianity at Calvin Theological Seminary. This interview is based on his new book, The Wars of the Lord: The Puritan Conquest of America’s First People (Oxford University Press, […]
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The Author’s Corner with Eran A. Zelnik
Eran A. Zelnik is a Lecturer in the Department of History at California State University, Chico. This interview is based on his new book, American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man’s Democracy, 1750–1850 (Johns Hopkins […]
The Author’s Corner with Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor
Ellen Hartigan-O’Connor is Professor of History and Associate Dean for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars at the University of California, Davis. This interview is based on her new book, America Under the Hammer: Auctions and the Emergence of Market Values (University […]
The Author’s Corner with Christopher E. Hendricks
Christopher E. Hendricks is Professor of History at Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus. This interview is based on his new book, The Colonial Towns of Piedmont North Carolina (University of Tennessee Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write The […]
Peter Wood’s “Black Majority” turns 50
When I started teaching colonial American history twenty-five years ago, Peter Wood’s Black Majority: Race, Rice, and Rebellion in South Carolina was on the syllabus. I used to teach it alongside Edmund Morgan’s American Slavery-American Freedom. (Today my students no […]
The Author’s Corner with Jane E. Calvert
Jane E. Calvert is Director and Chief Editor of The John Dickinson Writings Project. This interview is based on her new book, Penman of the Founding: A Biography of John Dickinson (Oxford University Press, 2024). JF: What led you to […]
The Author’s Corner with Christopher R. Pearl
Christopher R. Pearl is Associate Professor and Chair of History at Lycoming College. This interview is based on his new book, Declarations of Independence: Indigenous Resilience, Colonial Rivalries, and the Cost of Revolution (University of Virginia Press, 2024). JF: What led you […]
Were the Puritans “Christian nationalists”?
I encourage you to read Bob Smietana’s piece at Religion News Service. It is titled, “We tried Christian nationalism in America. It went badly.” It’s a good piece of reporting on modern-day Christian nationalists like Charlie Kirk, Al Mohler, and […]
The Author’s Corner with Andrew Lipman
Andrew Lipman is Associate Professor of History at Barnard College, Columbia University. This interview is based on his new book, Squanto: A Native Odyssey (Yale University Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write Squanto? AL: Squanto began as an offshoot of […]
The Author’s Corner with Frances Kolb Turnbell
Frances Kolb Turnbell is Instructor of History at the University of North Alabama and editor of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly. This interview is based on her new book, Spanish Louisiana: Contest for Borderlands, 1763–1803 (LSU Press, 2024). JF: What led you […]
The Author’s Corner with Jean Dennison
Jean Dennison is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington. This interview is based on her new book, Vital Relations: How the Osage Nation Moves Indigenous Nationhood into the Future (University of North Carolina Press, 2024). JF: What […]
The Author’s Corner with Cara Rogers Stevens
Cara Rogers Stevens is Associate Professor of History at Ashland University. This interview is based on her new book, Thomas Jefferson and the Fight against Slavery (University Press of Kansas, 2024). JF: What led you to write Thomas Jefferson and the […]
The Author’s Corner with Linford D. Fisher, Sheila M. McIntyre, and Julie A. Fisher
Linford D. Fisher is Associate Professor of History at Brown University, Sheila M. McIntyre is Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York at Potsdam, and Julie A. Fisher is a historian, educator, and editor. This interview […]
The Author’s Corner with John William Nelson
John William Nelson is Assistant Professor of History at Texas Tech University. This interview is based on his new book, Muddy Ground: Native Peoples, Chicago’s Portage, and the Transformation of a Continent (University of North Carolina Press, 2023). JF: What […]
The Author’s Corner with Stuart McKee
Stuart McKee is Associate Professor of Design at the University of San Francisco. This interview is based on his new book, Indigenous Enlightenment: Printing and Education in Evangelical Colonialism, 1790-1850 (University of Nebraska Press, 2023). JF: What led you to […]
The Author’s Corner with Edward Gray
Edward Gray is Professor of History at Florida State University. This interview is based on his new book, Mason-Dixon: Crucible of the Nation (Harvard University Press, 2023). JF: What led you to write Mason-Dixon? EG: After writing two short biographical studies, […]
Copper spoon found at Jamestown
This is a great little Facebook post from the Jamestown Rediscovery Project: What’s an archaeologist’s white whale? A copper alloy spoon, apparently! Director of Archaeology Dave Givens always wanted to find a copper spoon – it was one thing he […]
The Author’s Corner with Scott Douglas Gerber
Scott Douglas Gerber is Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University and Associated Scholar at Brown University’s Political Theory Project. This interview is based on his new book, Law and Religion in Colonial America: The Dissenting Colonies (Cambridge University Press, […]
The Author’s Corner with Mairin Odle
Mairin Odle is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in American Studies at the University of Alabama. This interview is based on her book, Under the Skin: Tattoos, Scalps, and the Contested Language of Bodies in Early America (University […]
The Author’s Corner with Mark Valeri
Mark Valeri is the Reverend Priscilla Wood Neaves Distinguished Professor of Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis. This interview is based on his new book, The Opening of the Protestant Mind: How Anglo-American Protestants Embraced Religious Liberty (Oxford […]