100 episodes
Working Historians Robert Denning and James Fennessy
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5.0 • 6 Ratings
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Working Historians is a podcast series that showcases the work and careers of historians in a wide variety of career fields. The podcast’s primary goals are to introduce history students and the general public to the career paths available to people who study history, to introduce and promote historians to students and the public, and to showcase the work that historians do on a regular basis.
Rob Denning and James Fennessy host Working Historians. James was Associate Dean for History at Southern New Hampshire University’s Global Campus but now works for the federal government. Rob is currently Associate Dean for Liberal Arts at SNHU, primarily responsible for the online undergraduate and graduate history programs. Although the hosts have connections to SNHU, the podcast is not a production of SNHU and does not claim to represent SNHU in any way.
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How Do I Write a History Research Paper?
In this final episode of our series on how historians research and write on historical topics, the panel tackles the writing process: How do you organize your thoughts and get past that dreaded blank page?
Speaker timeline:
00:54 - Matt Schandler 06:36 - CB Repass07:55 - Ryan Tripp10:03 - Allison Millward12:42 - Eric Greisinger14:22 - Rob Denning17:49 - Ryan Tripp18:59 - CB Repass20:14 - Matt Schandler21:43 - Rob Denning -
How Do I Develop a Thesis Statement?
In this fifth episode of our series on how historians research and write on historical topics, the panel tackles thesis statements: What are they, why they are important, and how do you develop them?
Speaker timeline:
00:51 - Matt Schandler04:56 - Eric Greisinger05:17 - Rob Denning06:05 - CB Repass06:15 - Rob Denning06:38 - Eric Greisinger06:44 - Rob Denning07:26 - Ryan Tripp08:15 - CB Repass08:49 - Allison Millward09:46 - Rob Denning11:07 - Eric Greisinger11:39 - Rob Denning -
How Do I Find Primary Sources for a History Research Project?
In this fourth episode of our series on how historians research and write on historical topics, the panel explains how they identify relevant primary sources that will help them go beyond the existing secondary source literature. We will discuss different ways to search for relevant and useful primary sources, how to determine which primary sources might be more useful or important than others, and the historian’s ethical responsibility to be familiar with as much of the primary source base as possible.
Speaker timeline:
02:15 - CB Repass04:14 - Eric Greisinger05:11 - Ryan Tripp06:00 - Matt Schandler10:40 - Rob Denning13:23 - Matt Schandler15:20 - Allison Millward17:18 - Eric Greisinger17:32 - Rob Denning19:08 - CB Repass21:11 - Ryan Tripp21:34 - Rob Denning22:28 - Eric Greisinger -
How Do I Find Secondary Sources for a History Research Project?
In this third episode of our series on how historians research and write on historical topics, the panel explains how they tackle the potentially vast body of existing secondary sources that will help them provide context on the research project. We discuss different ways to search for secondary sources, how to determine which secondary sources might be more useful or important than others, and the historian’s ethical responsibility to be familiar with the entire existing literature on the topic.
Speaker timeline:
02:42 - CB Repass03:20 - Matt Schandler07:31 - Allison Millward08:14 - Eric Greisinger09:11 - Matt Schandler11:08 - Allison Millward11:45 - CB Repass13:07 - Allison Millward14:14 - Ryan Tripp15:02 - Eric Greisinger15:21 - CB Repass15:34 - Rob Denning18:13 - Matt Schandler20:27 - Ryan Tripp21:35 - Rob Denning -
How Do I Develop a Historical Research Question?
In this second episode of our series on how historians research and write on historical topics, the panel tackles the importance and selection of a good research question, which will guide the historian throughout the research process.
Speaker timeline:
01:00 - CB Repass01:48 - Eric Greisinger02:13 - CB Repass02:28 - Matt Schandler03:09 - Allison Millward04:48 - Rob Denning05:55 - CB Repass06:15 - Ryan Tripp06:51 - Rob Denning08:14 - Matt Schandler11:53 - CB Repass12:00 - Rob Denning -
How Do I Find a History Research Topic?
With this episode we are launching a new series on how historians research and write on historical topics, starting with the selection of a research topic and ending with the writing process. In this first episode, a panel of historians discuss the initial selection of a research topic.
Speaker timeline:
00:58 - CB Repass01:58 - Ryan Tripp02:48 - Allison Millward04:31 - Eric Greisinger05:31 - Allison Millward05:36 - Rob Denning06:10 - CB Repass06:47 - Eric Greisinger07:10 - Ryan Tripp07:51 - Matthew Schandler11:05 - Rob Denning13:24 - Matthew Schandler15:10 - Rob Denning16:05 - Matthew Schandler
Customer Reviews
An Excellent History Podcast!
The host’s of this podcast present history in a way that can be easily understood and enjoyed by all! I highly recommend this podcast!