Blog Post

Dear H-SHGAPE subscribers,

We are pleased to share our latest post, an interview with the new SHGAPE President, Dr. Albert S. Broussard. Dr. Broussard, Professor of History at Texas A&M University, shares how he came to study the history of racial equality and racial activism in the West, how he became involved in SHGAPE, how GAPE history has changed over the last few decades, and what he sees as the future of SHGAPE and the field more broadly.

New on the Streets of Washington blog: http://www.streetsofwashington.com/2019/05/the-long-and-colorful-history-of-14th.html

Luna Sarti's (Ph.D Candidate, Italian Studies, UPenn) fascinating blog post for the Journal of the History of Ideas Blog surveys literature on the history of swimming, reminding us that our standard techniques and relationship with the water are "the result of specific political and cultural processes," some of which may give us pause.

Luna Sarti's (Ph.D Candidate, Italian Studies, UPenn) fascinating blog post for the Journal of the History of Ideas Blog surveys literature on the history of swimming, reminding us that our standard techniques are "the result of specific political and cultural processes," some of which may give us pause.

Here marks the beginning of a discussion series following ongoing contests over the placement of monuments to the Confederacy and other forms of commemoration on public grounds and examining debates over their purpose and implications.

Tobias Rupprecht
University of Exeter
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Paul Doolan
University of Konstanz

Marc-William Palen

Tom Harper
University of Surrey