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A Medievalist Goes Public – Laura Michele Diener writes for Yes! Magazine

October 13, 2015February 7, 2019

Laura Michele Diener is an associate professor of history at Marshall. She works on medieval textile history, and I first met her when she gave a terrific presentation on using textile creation in the classroom. Recently, though, I’ve become aware of her public writing on contemporary issues. One of my theories about academics turning to … Continue ReadingA Medievalist Goes Public – Laura Michele Diener writes for Yes! Magazine

A National Women’s History Museum Without Historians of Women

April 30, 2014February 7, 2019

In the New Republic, historian Sonya Michel has written a scathing indictment (with a response and followup) of the “National Women’s History Museum,” a group dedicated to making a real museum on the Mall in D.C. According to the piece (and many other historians, including – full disclosure here – my mother), the NWHM has gone out of … Continue ReadingA National Women’s History Museum Without Historians of Women