Using primary sources can be a powerful and evocative way to engage students in history. However, students can sometimes have trouble understanding or analyzing primary sources. The following ...

Imagine that you have selected an object, but have no clues and no living witnesses to solve your history mystery. What then? Don’t give up hope. Here’s when thinking like a detective can come in ...

Five peer reviews of Assistant Professor of History Maura Dykstra’s first book allege that the text misrepresents sources and mistranslates documents. In “Uncertainty in the Empire of Routine,” which ...