Native but Foreign; a conversation with historian Brenden Rensink
This week, Erstwhile editor Kerri Clement caught up with Dr. Brenden Rensink to discuss his new book, Native but Foreign.
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Citizens Betrayed: Japanese-American Internment and Camp Amache
In the first of two posts on the Japanese-internment facility, Camp Amache, Erstwhile editor, Beau Driver, discusses the early history of Japanese internment and how this led to the establishment of Camp Amache, near Granada, Colorado. His second post, on the memorialization of the camp will follow in Spring 2019. When I took my first…
“Experience teaching in a diverse setting preferred”: The pedagogical challenges of teaching at a predominantly white institution
Erstwhile’s managing editor Caroline Grego reflects on teaching at a predominantly white institution and how it has altered her pedagogical practices. When I first began applying to academic teaching jobs, I began to see this job requirement everywhere: “Experience teaching in a diverse setting is preferred.” It’s a loaded request for a search committee to…
Decolonize Your Scrolling: Indigenous Popular Culture Links
This week, contributing editor Kerri Clement provides links to pop culture roundups created by Indigenous peoples. While not strictly history, these links provide contemporary examples of Indigenous people responding, wielding, molding, or speaking to their own history. These links cover some of my favorite podcasts, artists, comics, designers, writers, and musicians. I know I have…
Landscapes of Living History: Native American Nations and the Rocky Mountain Region
This week’s guest post about national parks and Indigenous place names was written by Natasha Myhal (Citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians). She is a doctoral student in the Ethnic Studies Department at CU-Boulder and works at the Center for the American West at CU-Boulder.
The Far Right Ascendant: Links that Speak to our Emerging Global Crisis
In time for the annual celebration of all things frightening, Erstwhile contributing editor Graeme Pente brings together several recent pieces that address aspects of the rising tide of the far right around the world. Who Loves War? You Guessed Wrong In this podcast episode of Scheer Intelligence on KCRW in LA, University of Rochester PhD candidate and…
Finding an Intellectual Home: Recap of the 2018 WHA
Contributing editor Kerri Clement recounts her time spent at the Western History Conference in San Antonio.
The Colossus in the Room
Erstwhile Contributing Editor Travis R May looks at how the Alt-History of The Man in the High Castle and Wolfenstein: The New Colossus has responded to the rise of the Alt-Right in America. This post does contain spoilers for The Man in the High Castle Season 3 and Wolfenstein: The New Colossus See also our earlier coverage of The Man…
