Our reports from the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in Providence last weekend continue to roll in. Elise Leal is a Ph.D candidate in American history at Baylor University. She is working on dissertation on the relationship between evangelicalism, social...
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From Presidents' Failures to Their Wives' Successes
Michael David Cohen, editor of the Correspondence of James K. Polk and Research Associate Professor of History at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, checks in with another post from this weekend’s annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians. For his previous posts...
Sunday at #oah2016
Process blog concludes its excellent coverage of the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians with a Sunday wrap-up. Read it here. Here are the storified sessions: Reading to Lead: Reform Work, 1890–1940 Gendered Leadership, Missing Faces: New Directions...
Providence to Harrisburg Playlist
Here was the playlist for the ride home from the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in Providence: Outtakes from Springsteen, The Ties That Bind Box Set Podcast: In the Past Lane. Episode on political primaries Podcast: Ben...
Process Blog Recaps Saturday at #oah2016
The Process blog has posted its Saturday recap from the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians. Check it out here. Here are the sessions that have been storified. I live-tweeted the Kevin Kruse session and the Jon Butler...
Reflections From a Rookie: My First Trip to the OAH Annual Meeting
We are happy to have Dan Roeber writing for us this weekend at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in Providence. Dan is a doctoral candidate at Florida State University where he studies American Religious History in...
Who Won Awards at #oah2016?
Process blog has it covered. Here is a taste are a few of the award winners that got our attention here at The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Frederick Jackson Turner Award for the author of a first scholarly book dealing...
Editing Presidents
Michael David Cohen, editor of the Correspondence of James K. Polk and Research Associate Professor of History at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, checks in with another post from the floor of the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians. For...
Saturday at #oah2016
Thanks for reading The Way of Improvement Leads Home this weekend. Today has been a very busy day so I did not do too much blogging. I did, however, wanted to write at least one post on the day’s events....
Process Blog Recaps Friday at #oah2016
The good folks at Process, the blog of the Organization of American Historians, have been providing some very thorough coverage of this year’s annual meeting in Providence. Check out the blog’s Friday recap. Here is are the storified tweets: Plenary: Can...
History of, and at, the National Park Service
Michael David Cohen, editor of the Correspondence of James K. Polk and Research Associate Professor of History at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, checks in with another post from the floor of the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians. For...
Tomorrow: What is the Relationship Between Church and State in the Teaching of Religious History?
If you are at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in Providence and are free during the 10:50-12:20 slot on Saturday morning, please consider attending #oah16_226: “State of the Question: What is the Relationship Between Church and...
Scale and Religious Geography in Early America
I only made it to one session today at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians. I spent the morning in the book exhibit and then attended a meeting of the OAH Committee on Communication and Marketing. In...
Look What I Found in the #OAH2016 Book Exhibit
At the Oxford University Press table: At the University of Pennsylvania Press table:...
Images of the Day
American historians meet the fans of the Providence Bruins. Providence Bruins fans meet American historians....
Best Conversation of the Day
There are a lot of potential conversation partners at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians. I had some great chats today with friends and fellow historians. After attending a great session on religious geography in early America...
Process Blog Recaps Day 1 at the OAH
Process, the blog of the Organization of Historians, has done a nice job of summarizing the first day of the annual meeting (Thursday, April 7, 2016). Read the post here. Someone at Process is doing some great work storifying sessions....
The Worst President Ever
Michael David Cohen is the editor of the Correspondence of James K. Polk and Research Associate Professor of History at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. He is also writing for us this weekend from the annual meeting of the Organization of...
Made it To Providence
After a stressful six-hour drive through the pouring rain I finally made it to Providence for the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians. I thought my non-conference hotel was going to be located on an outpost somewhere, but...
Heading to the OAH in Providence
By the time you read this I will be on the road to Providence, Rhode Island for the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians. On Saturday morning I will be moderating a session titled “State of the Question:...