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“Historians have become more visible in American public life than they have been in decades.”
“I think that misses what readers are seeking.”
“No occasion tests that skill more than a historical anniversary.”
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“Anniversaries widen the audience for scholarship.”
“That is not a lesser form of historical work.”
“They create moments when readers are unusually willing to revisit histories they thought they already understood.”
“The best anniversary books do not confirm public memory; they unsettle it.”
“That doesn’t erase what Richardson’s larger body of work has accomplished, but her popularity doesn’t put her above the kind of scrutiny any historian’s argument should face.”
“Yet it also means that years of archival work can disappear behind the stories they helped make possible.”
“They encourage historians to return to familiar events armed with new archives, different methods, and fresh questions.”
“In 2013, the nation marked the fortieth anniversary of the Upstairs Lounge fire, then the deadliest attack on gay people in U.S.”
“Their public writing grows directly out of their scholarship, and it has not been rewarded without cost.”
“The risk runs in the opposite direction from the one Kelaidis describes.”
“Political opponents accuse them of undermining cherished national myths, while fellow historians often challenge their interpretations, evidence, or framing.”
“I insisted on a byline because historians do more than locate forgotten facts.”
“Lepore’s recent writing on the Constitution has reframed public discussions surrounding the nation’s 250th anniversary by reminding readers that the framers expected the Constitution to be amended rather than preserved in amber.”
“Nor are public historians insulated from criticism.”
“American History Association of University Presses historians jim downs public history public intellectuals semiquincentennial Jim Downs Jim Downs has two books out this year: he is co-editor of US History at the 250th: From the Revolution to the History Wars (University of Georgia Press) and author of Medicine by the People: How Ordinary People Changed American Healthcare (Norton).”
“____________________________ University Presses Reflect on the American Semiquincentennial Association of University Presses (AUPresses) members share a commitment to advancing knowledge and have long published scholarly works that contribute to understanding many complex subjects, particularly in the humanities and social sciences.”
“They synthesize decades of research into prose that remains faithful to the complexity of the past.”
“The historians in it are doing what public history should do at its best: offering context and open questions rather than a verdict.”