By Zoya Brumberg How will the moment of time in which you live be remembered? Will Occupy Wall Street or the anti-Trump movement be written into history as the 1968 of the 21st century? Are our lives a turning point in the political, economic, or social conditions of the modern world? For Rutgers University History […]
Front Porch Gatherings
By Zoya Brumberg East Austin has only recently become home to craft cocktail bars, yoga studios, high-end vintage clothing stores, art house movie theaters, and food trucks lauded by the New York Times dining section. For someone new to Austin, unfamiliar with its complex history, it is difficult to imagine that these neighborhoods were intentionally […]
Remembering Lincoln
Do your great-great-great-grandparents remember where they were on the evening of April 14, 1865? Though this may not be a question most of us ask ourselves, it is one that might be answered by exploring the digital archives of the Remembering Lincoln project. The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln left a mark not only on […]
Star Parties
By Zoya Brumberg The ever-shifting positions of the planets and stars scattered across the night sky have invited the curiosity of their onlookers since the age of antiquity. They have acted as tools of navigation for travelers and as guidance for astrologers. Modern astronomy developed over centuries, searching for clues into the nature of the […]
Sexing History
By Zoya Brumberg Some people may not consider history to be the sexiest topic, but for podcast hosts Lauren Gutterman and Gillian Frank, the histories of sex and sexuality are unique keys to understanding both the past and the present. Sexing History brings these lesser-known stories of history to life through short-form podcast storytelling rather […]