WIGH Fellows Presentations (via Zoom): "The Future of History"

Date and Time

April 23, 2020
01:30PM - 02:30PM EDT

Location

online only

"The Future of History"
Stephen Ortega, WIGH Visiting Fellow; Associate Professor of History, Simmons University

 

The purpose of history writing has changed significantly over time. What was once an applied practice became more academic and subject to university norms in the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. The current existential threats and the new ways in which information is delivered and received in the twenty-first century necessitates rethinking historical content and narrative if the discipline is to remain viable in the future. 

Please contact wigh@wcfia.harvard.edu for the Zoom link and password.