Call for Proposals: Completing Clemson University History

Editors, Dr. Joshua Catalano and Dr. Rhondda R. Thomas  Clemson University, which was built by mostly African American convicted laborers on US Statesman John C. Calhoun’s Fort Hill Plantation, has started the important process of critically engaging with its history. Part of this effort must include scholarly research that reexamines and uncovers the untold histories …

Announcing a New Doctoral Program in Digital History

I am very excited to announce that the new Digital History doctoral program at Clemson University will be going live in the fall of 2022. I have been involved in this effort since my arrival at Clemson as a lecturer in 2018. For the past several years I worked closely with Pam Mack to develop …

Mining Eleanor Roosevelt’s My Day Columns

This post is co-written by Amanda Regan and Joshua Catalano. It is cross-posted on Mandy’s blog. Two weeks ago, Amanda Regan and I participated in the Collections as Data Hack-to-Learn event sponsored by the Library of Congress, George Washington University, and George Mason University. For the event, George Washington University, the Library of Congress and the …

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