Blog A Met Exhibit, Fallen Statues, and Historical Thinking In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Andrew Bolton created an exhibit based on time…Rebecca KoerselmanJuly 13, 2020
Blog Transgressions and Sanctification Americans love a tragedy and redemption story. To use religious language, many of us might call this narratives of transgression…Rebecca KoerselmanJune 29, 2020
Blog Stamped From the Beginning On the floor for the U.S. Senate, debating a bill to fund education for black Americans, Senator Jefferson Davis explained…Rebecca KoerselmanJune 15, 2020
Blog Medicine, Meals, and a Woman Named Mary In 1883, Mary Mallon immigrated to New York City. Alone. At the age of 14, Mary left her home in…Rebecca KoerselmanMay 18, 2020
Blog Blue Mascara Lisa was one of our favorite babysitters. Her family lived in our neighborhood and Lisa included us in the neighborhood…Rebecca KoerselmanApril 20, 2020
Blog An Extraordinary Response Toshiko Sasaki worked as a clerk at the East Asia Tin Works factory. She made breakfast for her family, cleaned…Rebecca KoerselmanMarch 9, 2020
Blog A Brief History of Social Justice, Part II A few weeks ago, I gave an overview of the ways that Christians wrestled with reforming American society. What is…Rebecca KoerselmanFebruary 24, 2020
Blog A Brief History of Social Justice, Part I Whether or not we are willing to admit it, we are all reformers in some way. Most of us spend…Rebecca KoerselmanFebruary 10, 2020
Blog Teaching…Activism (?) Historian and international relations theorist E.H. Carr famously defined history this way: “My first answer, therefore, to the question, What…Rebecca KoerselmanJanuary 27, 2020
Blog The Unexpected One of my favorite sounds in the world is the deep laughter of children. A few nights ago, while reading…Rebecca KoerselmanDecember 30, 2019