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3 Great Books About Commodity History

October 25, 2023

From the editors: Since its creation, Not Even Past has published hundreds of reviews covering a wide range of periods, places, and issues. In this series, we draw from our archives to suggest three great books focused broadly on a single topic. In this article, we present three fascinating and important studies related to Commodity […]

3 Great Books about Japan

October 18, 2023

From the editors: Since its creation, Not Even Past has published hundreds of reviews covering a wide range of periods, places and issues. In this series, we draw from our archives to suggest three great books focused broadly around a single topic. In this article, we present three fascinating and important studies related to Japan. […]

Notes from the Field

October 13, 2023

Notes from the Field is a series with a long history at NEP. In this latest iteration, the series has three broad areas of focus. First, Notes from the Field is designed to take readers into unexpected corners of the world’s great archives and to explore the experience of working there. We aim to describe […]

Notes from the Field: The Strange Case of Thome Corea

October 9, 2023

From the editors: Notes from the Field is a series with a long history at NEP. In this latest iteration, the series has three broad areas of focus. First, Notes from the Field is designed to take readers into unexpected corners of the world’s great archives and to explore the experience of working there. We […]

October 1973: Nixon’s decision to resupply Israel

October 4, 2023

Note: This article was written and published before Hamas’ brutal attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. “500 tanks!” exclaimed Henry Kissinger. The national security advisor-cum-secretary of state did not want to believe what he was hearing from the Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz as he recounted the losses sustained by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) […]

Making Sense of the Major: Studying History at College

September 29, 2023

From the Editors: This is a new series designed to introduce the experience of studying History at college from the student’s perspective. It is designed to demystify the discipline and to make it more accessible to all students. Whenever I tell someone I’ve just met that I’m a history major, they say something along the […]

Picturing My Family: A World War II Odyssey

September 27, 2023

“Picturing My Family” is a new series at Not Even Past. As a Public History magazine, we aim to make History more accessible by publishing research features and other articles. But, of course, History doesn’t reach us solely through words. It lives on in images, too. A good photograph transmits as much information as a line […]

“Texas, Our Catholic Texas”?

September 13, 2023

Please join UT Libraries, Texas Catholic Historical Society, The Summerlee Foundation, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections and The Institute of Historical Studies for: “Carlos E. Castañeda’s ‘Catholic’ Texas?” Wed & Thu, Sep. 20-21, SRH.1, Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, Second Floor Conference Room) Texans may remember singing the state song, “Texas, Our Texas,” during their state history classes in […]

Fear and Lust in the Desert, or How Lies, Deception, and Trickery Made California a Date Palm Monopoly

September 8, 2023

From the editors: The Digest: Food in History is a new series from Not Even Past that focuses on the exciting field of food history . Across these pieces, contributors will explore the intimate intersections between food, people, ecologies, and history. The Digest: Food in History will publish a range of research connected to food production, distribution, and consumption and […]

Last Seen: Teaching about Slavery through the Lens of the Domestic Slave Trade and Family Separation

September 7, 2023

History education has been under attack recently. Or, more specifically, efforts to accurately teach the painful, brutal history of slavery are under attack. Teaching the hard history of slavery has long been a problem in American classrooms. Recently, the battle over state curriculum standards has intensified as some seek to revive a version of history […]

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