September Issue of Historically Speaking and the History of History Departments
Randall Stephens In the coming weeks Historically Speaking subscribers will receive the latest issue. In it we have essays on American political history and reform (John Frederick Martin and F. S. Naiden), objectivity in the study of history (Judith Walzer Leavitt), Atlantic World history (Trevor Burnard), photography and the Great War (Von Hardesty), an obituary of Pauline Maier (Chris Beneke), and Evangelical Catholicism (Mark Edwards). Alongside those are interviews with scholars concerning American religious history (Larry Eskridge), and the critical years of 1979 (Christian Caryl) and 1913 (Charles Emmerson). The September issue also includes James M. Banner 's fascinating essay "The Almost Nonexistent History of Academic Departments." Writes Banner: "Department histories are almost nowhere to be found." Why is that so? Says Banner: The history of education has never found a strong place in history departments. Those aspiring historians seeking entry ...