Edward Cohn
@edward-cohn.bsky.social
historian of the Soviet Union, surveillance, and the secret police; curriculum and pedagogy nerd with a passion for the liberal arts
"When we say that advancing knowledge through research advances us as a society, as a national and global citizenry, we should mean it."
Did My Father’s World Die with Him? Grieving the Incalculable Costs of “STEM.” - The Scholarly Kitchen
Grieving my father's death feels inextricably tangled with grieving the catastrophe overtaking the whole of our research infrastructure.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
June 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"When we say that advancing knowledge through research advances us as a society, as a national and global citizenry, we should mean it."
Reposted by Edward Cohn
The @acls1919.bsky.social, AHA, & @modernlanguage.bsky.social filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the unlawful dismantling of the NEH: "Congress believed NEH to be essential to the functioning of our democracy, & the public interest would be served by honoring that determination."
ACLS, AHA, & MLA Seek Injunction to Prevent Dismantling of NEH - AHA
American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, and Modern Language Association File Motion for a Preliminary Injunction of Dismantling of National Endowment for the Humanities...
www.historians.org
May 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The @acls1919.bsky.social, AHA, & @modernlanguage.bsky.social filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the unlawful dismantling of the NEH: "Congress believed NEH to be essential to the functioning of our democracy, & the public interest would be served by honoring that determination."
Iowans: Please contact your legislators to oppose this bill! A Senate subcommittee will hear the bill on Tuesday, and you can leave comments opposing it (see the action alert for more).
The AHA urges Iowans to contact your state legislators to oppose Iowa House File 402 & its companion bill Senate File 322, which strip Iowa educators of most decisions about what college students should learn about US history. Please read our action alert for more info about this troubling bill. 🗃️
Action Alert: Iowa HF 402 / SF 322
The American Historical Association registers strong concerns about Iowa House File 402 and its companion bill Senate File 322, which is now under consideration by a Senate education subcommittee.
www.historians.org
February 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Iowans: Please contact your legislators to oppose this bill! A Senate subcommittee will hear the bill on Tuesday, and you can leave comments opposing it (see the action alert for more).
Coming in less than an hour: Want to learn more about the AHA's new working group on small liberal arts colleges? Come to our #aha25 panel!
January 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Coming in less than an hour: Want to learn more about the AHA's new working group on small liberal arts colleges? Come to our #aha25 panel!
Are you an early career scholar interested in learning more about what it's like to work at a small liberal arts college? Come to this #AHA25 session first thing on Saturday morning! It will be a chance to chat informally with SLAC faculty about what the job is like at a liberal arts school.
January 4, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Are you an early career scholar interested in learning more about what it's like to work at a small liberal arts college? Come to this #AHA25 session first thing on Saturday morning! It will be a chance to chat informally with SLAC faculty about what the job is like at a liberal arts school.
Historians at the #AHA25: come to this panel (sponsored by the AHA's working group on small liberal arts colleges) on the future of the history survey class!
Today at 3:30 PM: "W(h)ither the History Survey Course? Perspectives from Small Liberal Arts Colleges." Faculty members from small liberal arts colleges will ask if we should retain the traditional survey course, reinvent the survey, or reject it entirely. 🗃️
January 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Historians at the #AHA25: come to this panel (sponsored by the AHA's working group on small liberal arts colleges) on the future of the history survey class!
There were a lot of things that resonated with me in Kevin Dettmar's Chronicle column on support for department chairs. I especially like the idea of holding meetings of department chairs without a dean present. www.chronicle.com/article/ask-...
March 17, 2024 at 3:26 PM
There were a lot of things that resonated with me in Kevin Dettmar's Chronicle column on support for department chairs. I especially like the idea of holding meetings of department chairs without a dean present. www.chronicle.com/article/ask-...
Reposted by Edward Cohn
"Politically motivated activists may be waging a history war, but teachers are not its warriors." Please read and share these @ahahistorians.bsky.social findings with friends, neighbors, and representatives.
time.com/6917632/hist...
time.com/6917632/hist...
What History Warriors Get Wrong
A new survey shows that culture warriors on both sides have the wrong idea about what's happening in American classrooms
time.com
March 14, 2024 at 2:36 PM
"Politically motivated activists may be waging a history war, but teachers are not its warriors." Please read and share these @ahahistorians.bsky.social findings with friends, neighbors, and representatives.
time.com/6917632/hist...
time.com/6917632/hist...
One day, about ten years ago, one of my students walked up to my sheepishly and asked if it was true that I'd been banned from entering Russia because I study the KGB. (This was apparently a rumor that had been going around.) "Of course not!," I said.
March 15, 2024 at 2:53 PM
One day, about ten years ago, one of my students walked up to my sheepishly and asked if it was true that I'd been banned from entering Russia because I study the KGB. (This was apparently a rumor that had been going around.) "Of course not!," I said.