The past is never dead. It's not even past
by Ana Cecilia Calle In honor of the centennial of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, the 2022 Lozano Long Conference focuses on archives with Latin American perspectives in order to better visualize the ethical and political implications of archival practices globally. The conference was held in February 2022 and the videos of all the presentation will […]
by Rodrigo Salido Moulinié In honor of the centennial of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, the 2022 Lozano Long Conference focuses on archives with Latin American perspectives in order to better visualize the ethical and political implications of archival practices globally. The conference was held in February 2022 and the videos of all the presentation will […]
Robert Runyon was an astoundingly prolific photographer of the Texas-México borderlands at the turn of the twentieth century. The University of Texas at Austin hosts over 14,000 photographs donated by the Runyon family, along with related manuscript materials. Much of the collection is available digitally, and the Briscoe Center for American History also houses Runyon’s […]
“Considering how likely we all are to be blown to pieces by it within the next five years, the atomic bomb has not roused so much discussion as might have been expected.” – George Orwell, 1945. In 2020, an extensive collection of atomic bombing photographs was acquired by UT Austin’s Briscoe Center for American History. […]
by Janette Nuñez In honor of the centennial of the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, the 2022 Lozano Long Conference focuses on archives with Latin American perspectives in order to better visualize the ethical and political implications of archival practices globally. The conference was held in February 2022 and the videos of all the presentation will be […]
This interview was first published in 2018 by the Toynbee Prize Foundation. Named after Arnold J. Toynbee, the foundation seeks to promote scholarly engagement with global history. The original interview can be accessed here. This interview is published here as part of a new collaboration with the Toynbee Prize Foundation. Introductory comments by Collin Bernard, […]
by David Rahimi Before moving to the final dissertation stage of the PhD, graduate students in History must first pass their comprehensive exams (also known as orals, qualifying exams, or comps). These are designed in part to show mastery of a student’s chosen teaching and research fields. Experiences vary depending on how the student and […]
IHS podcasts are a new podcast series initiated by the Institute for Historical Studies’ Director, Dr. Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra. This episode highlights the scholarship of Madeline McMahon, post-doctoral fellow in the Department of History at the University of Texas at Austin. Each episode features Dr. Cañizares-Esguerra and Ashley Garcia, a PhD Candidate in History at UT Austin. […]
By Ronald Davis In 1921, while reflecting on the height of the cattle drive era, between 1865 and 1895, then President of the “Old Time Trail Drivers’ Association” of Texas, George W. Saunders, estimated that “fully 35,000 men went up the trail with herds . . . about one-third were negroes and Mexicans.”[1] Eminent historians […]
History and Philosophy of Science Talks – Friday, October 29, 2021 Rebecca Onion is a Slate staff writer and the author of Innocent Experiments: Childhood and the Culture of Popular Science in the United States (University of North Carolina Press, 2016). The following links connect to articles referenced in the talk: https://slate.com/human-interest/the-vault http://www.rebeccaonion.com/clips/ https://www.vqronline.org/criticism/2014/10/letters-note https://slate.com/technology/2020/02/women-hand-washing-more-than-men-why-coronavirus.html https://slate.com/culture/2020/03/coronavirus-medicare-for-all-history-pandemic-social-safety-net.html https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/05/1918-pandemic-cultural-memory-literature-outka.html https://slate.com/technology/2019/02/spanish-flu-women-nurses-heroism.html https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/07/contagion-guilt-school-reopening-covid.html […]