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Historians & Their Histories is a podcast by the Massachusetts Historical Society. In this series, we are introducing you to the historians who write the histories. In each episode, we sit down with a scholar who has received fellowship support from the Massachusetts Historical Society. We learn about their origin stories and ask them about why they became students of the past. And we get a sneak peek at their current projects, too.
Massachusetts Historical Society hosts Historians & Their Histories, a history show with 37 episodes published.
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories, we speak with Rachel Wiedman. She discusses her dissertation research on gender and political culture in the Civil War era North, tracing a shift in how Northerners evalua
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories , Prof. Christopher Willoughby discusses his research on racial science and medicine in antebellum America, tracing how northern medical schools, including Harvard Medical
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories, Prof. Chelsi Arellano discusses her research on the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and its ripple effects across the British Empire, with a particular focus on the Bostonian
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories , Prof. Marcus Nevius discusses his current book project, titled "Fear of a Maroon Republic: Atlantic Slave War and the Problem of Archival Absence," which builds on his ea
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories , Prof. Peter Messer discusses his research on early American political culture, focusing specifically on the local complexities of revolutionary-era events in Massachusett
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories , we speak with Boone Ayala. He discusses his research on chartered corporations as instruments of imperial rule and his work at the MHS on the 1684 revocation of the Massa
On this special episode of Historians & Their Histories , guest host Megan Kate Nelson sits down with Amy Watson, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. They discuss Prof. Watson's new
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories , Dr. Elizabeth Hines discusses her research into the relations between New England and New Netherland in the 17th century, which grew out of a broader project on Anglo-Dut
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories , Dr. Blake Grindon examines the 1777 death of Jane McCrea during the British Saratoga campaign and how this event became a powerful propaganda tool in the American Revolut
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories , Dr. Ross Nedervelt explores why Bermuda and the Bahamas held strategic significance for the United States during the Age of the American Revolution. He discusses how thes
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories , independent scholar and author Monique Hayes discusses her historical fiction novel which follows two African American brothers who take opposing paths during the America
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories , we sit down with Ethan Gonzales, a PhD candidate at the University of Virginia. Ethan discusses his dissertation project, which examines the "information ecosystem" of th
This episode features the first-ever live audience taping of the MHS podcast Historians & Their Histories. Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai, from the MHS Research Department interviews special guests about their journeys to beco
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories , Dr. Eric Paul Totten discusses his research on the Federal Department of the South, focusing specifically on New England regiments that carried conservative, anti-aboliti
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories , Alaina Scapicchio discusses her research into the public memory of the American witchcraft trials, focusing specifically on monuments, memorials, and other forms of comme
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories , Prof. Donald F. Johnson discusses his research on the experience of the American Revolution in local communities throughout North America. His work examines how the revol
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories , Professor Thomas Lecaque tells us about his current book project on holy war rhetoric in colonial America. He shows how the language and ideology of medieval crusades thr
This episode will be published on 6 October 2025. In this episode of Historians & Their Histories , we speak with Laura Clerx, a PhD candidate in the History Department at Boston College. Laura discusses her research int
On this special episode of Historians & Their Histories , guest host Megan Kate Nelson interviews Manisha Sinha, Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut. They discuss Prof. Sinha's latest public
On this episode of Historians & Their Histories , we speak with Cornelia H. Dayton, Professor of History at the University of Connecticut. Prof. Dayton discusses her research into the life of John Peters, the husband of
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