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The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media leverages technology to democratize history.

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August 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This past weekend, Kristin Jacobsen (right), and graduate students Savannah Scott (left) and John Peyton (not pictured), participated as judges in the Viginia District Competition of National History day.

Learn more about National History Day here: nhd.org/en/
March 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Former director of RRCHNM, Mills Kelly, is giving a talk titled "Joining College and Community through the Digital Humanities." The talk will take place at Saint Louis University on March 28, 2025, from 6-7pm and is open to the public.
February 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Things are moving along with the Graffiti Houses Project! Here are some photos of the measuring and imaging processes used to document the historic graffiti.

Photo credit: Matthew Kaiser, City of Fairfax, VA, taken January 17.
January 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
An information session for Early Modern Mapathons is taking place on Friday, January 31. The Mapathons are held by GMU and Virginia Tech and will teach participants how to geo-reference historic maps, create shapefiles, and more.
Sign up for the session here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Nate Sleeter, RRCHNM's director of educational projects chaired a panel at the American Historical Association's annual meeting.

Read more about the summer institute, "Unpacking the History of Higher Education in the United States" that inspired the panel here: rrchnm.org/teaching-and...
January 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
RRCHNM has received a generous year-end donation from our colleagues and friends at Digital Scholar. Their gift helps support the Director’s Innovation fund as well as the RRCHNM Endowment. Read more about the donation here: rrchnm.org/.../digital-...
December 18, 2024 at 2:33 PM
We recently kicked off work on a National Endowment for the Humanities grant that will build and publish a digital archive focused on soldiers’ graffiti found in Civil War-era structures located in the greater Northern Virginia region. Read more about the grant here: rrchnm.org/.../rrchnm-r...
December 13, 2024 at 2:56 PM
This Giving Tuesday your gift to RRCHNM will help create innovative histories, share free educational resources, and support the next generation of digital historians. Give now and help us democratize history: securemason.gmu.edu/s/1564/GID2/...
December 3, 2024 at 4:46 PM
We hope to see you in two weeks at our Fall Open House! Register here to join us on Friday, September 27th from 4:30 - 6:30pm: airtable.com/appCTQZLKPTy...
September 13, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Coming Winter 2025: Finding Jane Austen Podcast! 🎙️ RRCHNM's R2 Studios, in collaboration with Dr. Anne Fertig, is going to delve into the woman behind the legend in this latest podcast series, just in time for Austen's 250th birthday. Read more: rrchnm.org/news/coming-...
September 4, 2024 at 8:05 PM
RRCHNM's Fall Open House will be Friday, September 27th from 4:30 - 6:30pm. RSVP here to join us: airtable.com/appCTQZLKPTy...
September 3, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Welcome to our homebase @dh2024.bsky.social!!! Our team has been working very hard behind the scenes to make this happen, and we're so glad you're here to experience it. #DH2024
August 6, 2024 at 11:32 PM
RRCHNM and R2 Studios has received a generous gift from the David Bruce Smith Family Foundation in support of our upcoming narrative history podcast Antisemitism, U.S.A, a podcast about the history of antisemitism in America. Read more here: rrchnm.org/news/antisem...
May 10, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Congratulations to @jmotis.bsky.social, @jasonheppler.org, and @srober30.bsky.social on your recent publications! Hearing about your books and celebrating with a well deserved cake was a great way to round out the semester at RRCHNM.
May 8, 2024 at 7:55 PM
📝 Learn More about RRCHNM's recent National Endowment for the Humanities award which will support RRCHNM and seven local partners in their efforts to preserve and share Civil War graffiti with the public. rrchnm.org/news/rrchnm-...
April 26, 2024 at 3:00 PM
📝 Learn More about RRCHNM's recent National Endowment for the Humanities award which will support the production of the second season of Worlds Turned Upside Down, our #podcast about the history of the American Revolution: rrchnm.org/news/rrchnm-...
April 23, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Solar eclipse break 😎
April 8, 2024 at 7:54 PM
The Religious Ecologies team has successfully digitized and uploaded over 50% of the 232,000 schedules collected by the 1926 Census of Religious Bodies! This is a significant project milestone. See the full list of denominations currently available here: rrchnm.org/news/religio...
March 26, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Congratulations, Dr. Greta Swain! 🎓
December 15, 2023 at 4:02 PM
Episode 3 of Worlds Turned Upside Down: The Triumph is here! 🎧 Following three years of stinging defeats in the Seven Years' War, the British begin to turn the tide against the French in North America largely because Indigenous peoples decided the war should end.
www.r2studios.org/show/worlds-...
November 14, 2023 at 6:50 PM
This Veteran’s Day, we are pleased to highlight the partnership between RRCHNM and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA). We are honored to support their mission. Read about this valued partnership here: rrchnm.org/news/a-veter...
November 11, 2023 at 5:05 PM
We are approaching our thirtieth anniversary! To honor that occasion, Roy Rosenzweig's pioneering work and work being done now, we are hosting an open-house event, hors d'oeuvres included, on November 11 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm. Register today and join us! alumni.gmu.edu/s/1564/GID2/...
November 1, 2023 at 7:33 PM
Happy Halloween, from RRCHNM! 🎃
October 31, 2023 at 2:03 PM