Teresa Iacobelli

Prospects for the Profession

January 25, 2012

Recently, the American Historical Association (AHA) wrapped up its annual meeting in Chicago. While I did not attend the conference, I followed a number of the posted videos, blogs and websites covering the annual event. Among the usual fare offered, this year’s conference also focused many of the discussions on the future of the history [...]

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Issues and Artifacts at the British Museum

November 9, 2011

Very recently I had the opportunity to visit the British Museum in London, England. It was a place that had long been on my “to do” list. From the scope of the building itself, to the individual objects and their imaginative presentations – the experience did not disappoint. The visit was awe inspiring and enlightening [...]

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Writing Digital History

July 13, 2011

As of December 2010, I have been engaged in a digital history project for the Rockefeller Archive Center (RAC) in New York. The project is a web history being created to coincide with the centennial of the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) in 2013. The goal of the project is to create what essentially amounts to an online [...]

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The Webby Nominees Are In

May 2, 2011

A feature of some notable Webby nominees.

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Book Review: Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout

March 23, 2011

Teresa Iacobelli presents a thoughtful review of Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout.

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Call for Proposals: “Philanthropy and the Environment”

February 13, 2011

The Rockefeller Archive Center (RAC) invites proposals for a week-long workshop on “Philanthropy and the Environment” to be held in May 2011 at its location in Sleepy Hollow, NY. Proposals are invited from scholars from across a variety of disciplines and in various stages of their career, from post-comp grad students to junior or senior [...]

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The New Huck Finn

January 6, 2011

A new edited version of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn will be published with the most offensive terms edited out. What are the merits and problems of this approach to difficult classic literature?

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This is Not About Cinnamon Toast

November 23, 2010

A discussion of the importance and possibilities of storytelling, oral history and personal memories.

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Reflection: 9/11

September 14, 2010

Today I write this on 12 September 2010, one day after 11 September 2010, and 9 years after 11 September 2001. In the midst of my first year of living in New York City, this date has caused me special occasion to pause and to take note of the nine year anniversary as I get [...]

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Place and Time: Old Photographs and New Technology

August 16, 2010

This week I was made aware of a great new website that I think not only has broad interest and appeal, but also a high level of cool. Historypin is a collaborative website where google maps and google street view is combined with user contributed photographs in order to provide the viewer with a doorway [...]

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