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Living Donors and the Maintenance of Legacy
It’s 95 degrees and about 75% relative humidity. I’m hunched over a box of documents in the un-air-conditioned attic of… READ MORE
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Re-envisioning Historic Fort Snelling: Confessions of a Fort Employee
I wake up most mornings thrilled to go to work. I relish the rare opportunity to engage in positive dialogue… READ MORE
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“Slave for a Day” and the Tensions in Historiography (Part II: Peter Kotowski)
“[It] is often forgotten that the concept of social death is a distillation from Patterson’s breathtaking survey – a theoretical abstraction that… READ MORE
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“Slave for a Day”: Perspectives on Interpreting Slavery (Part I: William Ippen)
There has been no paucity of reactions to Hampton National Historic Site’s “Slave for a Day” event, which took place… READ MORE
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Interpreting a Legend at the Field Museum
The Genghis Khan exhibit at the Chicago’s Field Museum, open until September 3, 2012, draws visitors by posing the question,… READ MORE
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