Historian Jon Lauck's editorial at Middle West Review has been making the rounds on social media. The piece is behind a paywall, but here are the first couple of paragraphs: You can see it in the empty chairs. History conferences were never standing-room-only affairs, to be sure, but it was once common for 15–20 people to show up at a conference presentation. If a scholar was better-known or had a major book hot off the press it might draw in 35–40 people. Now, sometimes, … [Read more...] about History in crisis