Guest post by Natalie Guajardo Several years ago, author Sean Condon and JHU Press editor Bob Brugger began discussing ideas for a book that would fit JHUP’s highly-regarded Witness to History series—short works meant to appeal to students through narrative accounts of important historical events. Since his arrival as a professor at Merrimack College, a…
Guest post by Natalie Guajardo Several years ago, author Sean Condon and JHU Press editor Bob Brugger began discussing ideas for a book that would fit JHUP’s highly-regarded Witness to History series—short works meant to appeal to students through narrative accounts of important historical events. Since his arrival as a professor at Merrimack College, a…
Over the past few issues, the journal American Jewish History has introduced a new feature to each issue—"Signposts: Reflections on Articles from the Journal’s Archive." These articles give scholars a chance to "reflect upon some of the most significant contributions that the journal has made to the field of American Jewish history," according to AJH editor…
Over the past few issues, the journal American Jewish History has introduced a new feature to each issue—"Signposts: Reflections on Articles from the Journal’s Archive." These articles give scholars a chance to "reflect upon some of the most significant contributions that the journal has made to the field of American Jewish history," according to AJH editor…
Guest post by Yasmine Kaminsky Growing up in a suburb, summer meant two things to me: ice cream and books. If I was lucky, the two came hand in hand. Most afternoons, my brother and I, snow cone devotees, strained our ears to be the first to hear “The Entertainer” play from the ice cream…