We have had fun over the years with the Junto early American history March Madness tournament. In 2017, I chided the selection committee for undermining democracy. Back in 2016, I was mad at the selection committee for putting my Journal of...
Junto March Madness
The 2019 Junto March Madness is Here!
This year the Junto blog is staging a March Madness-style competition to decide the best digital project in early American history. A taste: It’s once again March and that can only mean one thing at The Junto: our March Madness tournament. We...
Congratulations Alejandra Dubcovsky!
Dubcovsky’s book, Informed Power: Communication in the Early American South, is the winner of the 2017 Junto March Madness tournament. This year the tournament focused on books on early American history published since 2014. If you would like to learn more about Dubcovsky’s...
The Junto's Blatant Attempt to Undermine Democracy
The Junto March Madness tournament is back. This year Junto March Madness is covering books in early American history published since 2014. But there are a few changes from past years that will certainly raise the ire of your inner...
Edmund Morgan Wins Junto March Madness
A few years ago Morgan’s book American Slavery/American Freedom won the Junto March Madness tournament devoted to the best books in early American history. This year Morgan’s 1972 “Slavery and Freedom: The American Paradox” won the best article in early American...
One and Done
In case you haven’t seen the First Round results in the 2016 Junto March Madness tournament, my article “The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian’s Rural Enlightenment (JAH 2003) lost to Jon Butler’s “Enthusiasm Described and Decried: The Great Awakening...
Did You Vote Today?
The last I checked there are no presidential primaries scheduled for today. But there is still voting to be done. Head over to the Junto blog and cast your vote for the best academic journal article published in the field...
The "Rural Enlightenment" Lands a Spot in the Junto March Madness Tournament
My 2003 Journal of American History article “The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian’s Rural Enlightenment” landed a spot in the 2016 Junto blog’s March Madness tournament focuses on journal articles. We landed in the “History of Ideas” bracket as the...
I Think I Just Found My Campaign Manager
Jay Eldred is a “book-reading, coffee-drinking, marathon-running history teacher who blogs at Running in My Head. Let’s make @JohnFea1 a March Madness Champion! https://t.co/JT1LIsBgcg pic.twitter.com/oWkpi2PzqL — Jay Eldred (@JayEldred) March 5, 2016 I don’t think I have ever met Jay, but...
The Junto March Madness Tournament is Back
This year, the good folks at The Junto blog are focusing their annual March Madness tournament on journal articles. Head over to the Junto and nominate your three favorite early American history articles. And don’t forget to nominate: John Fea,...
“Solid Defense Winning Over Crowd-Appealing Dunking”
First of all, let it be known that I have always took pride in being a solid defensive post player. Yes, I have thrown down the occasional dunk, but I am much more satisfied by holding my opponent to 1...