January 29, 2004

Needed: historiography and educational history

After the recent spate of posts on H-Education on presentism (see the January 2004 log for the posts), I've been confirmed in a few hesitant beliefs over the last few years:

  1. There is a crying need for good historiography that's accessible to the general public; and
  2. The history of education and childhood would be a good vehicle, because everyone thinks they know something about the time since they've grown up.

I wrote a sabbatical proposal a year ago for such a project, but after it didn't get funded I'm now on to other things that have popped up since.

Posted by sdorn at January 29, 2004 01:55 PM
Comments

Sherman, after you look at my post of Feb. 23 on this site, do you have any other comments? I don't know anyone in your field, other than by their books and articles. I am preparing right now proposals for both conferences mentioned and hope to submit them soon. I am also going to email Carl Kaestle, whose Pillars of the Republic is sort of a jumping off point for my interpretation. Thanks for your prior email.

Posted by: Thomas_Hagedorn at February 23, 2004 03:34 PM