John Carter Brown Library Director Karin Wulf reflected on her work at a Tuesday book launch event hosted by the Department ...

A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

This past summer's uproar over "Try That in a Small Town," a song by country music star Jason Aldean, is over—but with the school year underway, the controversy over the song remains an instructive ...

School history textbooks provide an important source of information for learners of history. Textbook narratives of a nation’s past often present a limited frame of reference, which impedes the aim of ...

Elon Musk donated $1 million through the Musk Foundation to support digital archaeological research into ancient Rome — a ...

Owned,' author Char Adams, a Philly native, traces the role of these shops as businesses and community hubs from 1834 to ...

It is well-documented that U.S. history textbooks have provided a limited picture of the role race and ethnicity play in the American past and present. Figuring out how to remedy that, though, has ...

The horror of slavery was barely mentioned in the history textbooks read by Baby Boomers. Public domain photo of slaves in Georgia via Wikimedia Commons As numerous new histories center racial ...