Weekly Post
Weekly Friday posts for all paying subscribers.
“Fighting Side by Side”: Competing Global Visions and the Great War, 1914-1918
A discussion of how we can teach a more global First World War and integrate critiques of the war.
“Live in the Vale of Peace”: Religion and the Mughals During the Reign of Aurangzeb, 1658-1707
A discussion of how to teach the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb using paintings and primary sources.
“Three Very Bad Aspects”: Europeans and the Mughals During the Reign of Shah Jahan, 1628-1658
A discussion of how the Mughals during the reign of Shah Jahan viewed Europeans.
“A Devotee of Dervishes”: The Mughal Empire During the Reign of Jahangir, 1605-1627
A discussion of how to use paintings of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir to teach about the Mughal Empire in the seventeenth century.
“A Great City”: Akbar and Fatehpur Sikri
A discussion of how to use paintings of Fatehpur Sikri to teach about the Mughal Emperor Akbar.
“Marvelously Regular and Geometric Gardens”: Babur and the Founding of the Mughal Empire
A discussion of Babur, the first Mughal Emperor, as a gardener.
“We Were Not Free”: American and Japanese Imperialism, c.1860 - c.1940
A discussion of how to teach American and Japanese imperialism using sources from the Philippines and Korea.
“A Period of Hatred and Despair”: Middle East and North Africa in the Era of New Imperialism, c.1830 - c.1940
A discussion of how to teach New Imperialism in the Middle East and North Africa
“Among a Kindred People”: The Pacific Islands in the Era of New Imperialism, c.1840 - c.1930
A discussion of teaching resistance to New Imperialism in the Pacific Islands in world history courses.
“We Begged the White Men to Leave Us Alone”: Teaching Africa in the Era of New Imperialism, c.1880 - c.1840
A discussion of how to teach New Imperialism in Africa.
