Not Even Past is a digital magazine that serves as a robust platform for Public History with a global reach. It was founded in 2010 and developed by academics in the Department of History at the University of Texas at Austin. Not Even Past has three main goals. We aim, first, to bring great History writing to the public. The faculty and graduate students in the Department of History are committed to making our research freely accessible to anyone interested in History. Not Even Past serves as an important platform for this effort. While our readership fluctuates, the magazine and its companion podcast, 15 Minute History, consistently reach a broad and diverse audience. With over two million words of published content, the magazine functions, at the same time, as a reliable and regularly updated resource for History online. We publish in-depth research features, book and film reviews, teaching and course profiles, and stories that shed light on intriguing corners of the past. Although much of our content comes from scholars associated with the University of Texas at Austin, we also publish the work of academics and students from different institutions across the world.
Second, Not Even Past provides a way for past graduates and supporters of the History program to stay in contact with the department and the full range of its activities. Finally, the magazine is a key part of the History department’s wider commitment to Public History. Not Even Past would not be possible without the immense contribution of its talented Associated Editors (listed below), who were all graduate students in the History program. The magazine also provides a vehicle for undergraduate and graduate students across the department and the university more broadly to share their research and develop essential skills in Public History.
The title of the magazine reflects our professional and ethical commitment to bringing the work of professional historians into a public conversation that illuminates the importance of the past in shaping our actions, values, and beliefs in the present. In short, we believe that the past is never dead, it’s not even past.
The development of the magazine since its creation in 2010 can be seen below:
The video below was produced to mark Not Even Past‘s 10 year anniversary in 2010.
Not Even Past has collaborated with multiple partners across the University of Texas at Austin. These include the Institute for Historical Studies, the Harry Ransom Center and LLILAS Benson.
Not Even Past produces 15 Minute History which is intended for teachers, students and anyone interested in history. This far-reaching podcast was launched by Dr. Joan Neuberger and Dr. Christopher Rose and quickly became one of the most popular academic podcasts online.
NEP also features podcasts from This is Democracy, a forward-looking podcast developed by Dr. Jeremi Suri, the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. The past offers hope for the present and the future, if only we can escape the negativity of our current moment. Each show offers a way to do that. This is Democracy brings together thoughtful voices from different generations to help make sense of current challenges and propose positive steps forward. Its goal is to advance democratic change, one show at a time.
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NOT EVEN PAST wishes to thank the following for their support: the Department of History Visiting Committee, Josiah Daniel III, the current and former deans of the College of Liberal Arts, Gary Susswein and Kathleen Aronson at COLA, College of Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services, Tim Fackler and Joe TenBarge at LAITS, Rick Geyer, Alan Tully, Jackie Jones, Daina Ramey Berry, Joel Kocher and the College of Liberal Arts.
All content © 2010-present NOT EVEN PAST and the authors, unless otherwise noted.
The views and opinions expressed in articles or videos published on Not Even Past are those of the individual author(s) or presenter(s) and do not necessarily reflect the policy or views of the editors at Not Even Past, the UT Department of History, the University of Texas at Austin, or the UT System Board of Regents. Not Even Past is an online magazine rather than a peer-reviewed academic journal. While we make efforts to ensure that factual information in articles was obtained from reliable sources, Not Even Past is not responsible for any errors or omissions.