In this special OAH conference panel debrief episode, we revisit a conversation from the panel, “Material Histories of Politics in the Nineteenth-Century United States,” between panel chair Laura F. Edwards (Princeton University), Moyra Williams Eaton (Pennsylvania State University), Whitney Martinko (Villanova University), and Hope McCaffrey (Pennsylvania State University). Tune in to hear them discuss why material history matters, what material archival sources can reveal, and where the fields of legal and material history are headed.

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Want to learn more about our history blog, Process? Have a short form piece of historical scholarship you want to publish? This special episode features a conversation between Journal of American History assistant editor Amy Ransford, and editorial assistants Jessie Day-Lucore, Hayden Kolowrat, and Kelly Mueller. Listen as they talk through best practices for submitting to Process and how the blog team evaluates submissions.

Check out Process at: https://www.oah.org/process/

Here are the links to the mentioned Process pieces:

Bonnie M. Miller, “Imperial Feasting: Representations of Food and Consumption in the Political Cartoons of the Spanish-American War of 1898” at: https://www.oah.org/process/miller-imperial-feasting-representations-of-food-and-consumption-in-the-political-cartoons-of-the-spanish-american-war-of-1898/

Myra Billund-Phibbs, “Doing Trans History Despite It All” at: https://www.oah.org/process/doing-trans-history-despite-it-all-billund-phibbs/

Nick Timmerman, “Lessons in History: Teaching at a Tribal College in Northern Minnesota” at: https://www.oah.org/process/teaching-at-a-tribal-college-in-northern-minnesota/

Submit to the blog here: https://www.oah.org/process/call-for-submissions/

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Check out The American Historian magazine at: https://www.oah.org/tah/

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This special OAH conference panel debrief episode features a conversation from the panel, “Queer Archives in the Digital Age,” between Lisa Arellano (Mills Institute, Northeastern University), Anne Rubenstein (York University), Pablo Mitchell (Oberlin College), Tom Hooper (York University), Joy Ellison (University of Rhode Island), and Elissa Branum (Rutgers University, New Brunswick). Listen to them reflect on key takeaways from their panel, including the complexity of representing historical queer experiences, the utility of the digital archive “Queer Pasts” as pedagogical material, and the process of working with a digital archive as researchers. Bluesky: @oah.org | Facebook: The Journal of American History #JAHCast

You can find all of the panelists' digital curations at Queer Pasts.