PROJECTS

HISTORY MATTERS

The US survey course on the Web

911 DIGITAL ARCHIVE

Histories of September 11, 2001

WORLD HISTORY MATTERS

Primary sources in world history

ECHO

Exploring and collecting history

LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY

Exploring the French Revolution

HISTORY NEWS NETWORK

Headlines in historical context

THE LOST MUSEUM

Antebellum life and culture in 3D

BLACKOUT HISTORY PROJECT

Lights out in NYC, 1965 & 1977

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Interpreting by translation

HYPERTEXT SCHOLARSHIP IN AMERICAN STUDIES

Four digital essays

HISTORY NEWS NETWORK

HISTORY NEWS NETWORK

Now affiliated with CHNM, History News Network (HNN) is a web-based magazine that features articles by historians of all political persuasions. The site places current events in historical perspective. Edited by Rick Shenkman, HNN is regularly read by tens of thousands of historians and people interested in the intersection of the past and the present.

PROJECTS

WHO BUILT AMERICA? 1 & 2

US History, 1876-1946 on CD-ROM

ENGLISH MATTERS

A magazine for teachers and students of English

THE GMU DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY & ART HISTORY

Home to CHNM and other good things

JOURNAL OF SOCIAL HISTORY

One of the most widely cited history journals in the US

BUILDING THE WASHINGTON METRO

An online exhibit

PHD PROGRAM IN HISTORY AT GMU

“A doctorate with a difference”

DC AREA AMERICAN CULTURE SCHOLARS

An online directory

PROJECTS

HISTORY MATTERS

The US survey course on the Web

911 DIGITAL ARCHIVE

Histories of September 11, 2001

WORLD HISTORY MATTERS

Primary sources in world history

ECHO

Exploring and collecting history

LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY

Exploring the French Revolution

HISTORY NEWS NETWORK

Headlines in historical context

THE LOST MUSEUM

Antebellum life and culture in 3D

BLACKOUT HISTORY PROJECT

Lights out in NYC, 1965 & 1977

DECLARATION

Interpreting by translation

HYPERTEXT SCHOLARSHIP IN AMERICAN STUDIES

Four digital essays

TOOLS

SCRIBE

A note-taking application designed especially with historians in mind

SURVEY BUILDER

A tool that builds on-line surveys, especially applicable to oral histories

SCRAPBOOK

An application allowing students to create collaborative, on-line scrapbooks

POLL BUILDER

Create on-line polls of all kinds for free

SYLLABUS FINDER

Find and compare syllabi on any topic

RESOURCES

GUIDE TO HISTORY DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE WORLD

Searchable database linking to roughly 1,200 history departments around the world.

GUIDE TO HISTORY WEB SITES

Searchable and indexed database of more than 5,000 US and world history sites

ESSAYS ON HISTORY & NEW MEDIA

Essays on theoretical and practical aspects of using history in digital form

FEATURES

EPISODES IN HISTORY

“Famous” episodes in world history, including images, movie clips, and sound

CONVERSATIONS WITH HISTORIANS

Audio interviews with historians, writers, and others who use history

VOICES FROM THE PAST

Audio documents presenting the “voice” of history—either speeches or oral histories.

SIDELIGHTS ON HISTORY

Features focusing on amusing episodes from the past that make a serious point

RECOMMENDED READING

Professional historians suggest the best (and over-rated) books

PUZZLING OUT THE PAST

Puzzles and quizzes that will put your thinking cap to the test

MAPPING THE PAST

Using JT Imaging tech to explore large-format images and maps

ABOUT

CENTER FOR HISTORY & NEW MEDIA

george mason university
fairfax, VA 22030
703|993|4585
email: chnm@gmu.edu

STAFF

Roy Rosenzweig, Director

Mike O’Malley, Associate Director

Paula Petrik, Associate Director

T. Mills Kelly, Associate Director

Kelly Schrum, Assistant Director

Dan Cohen, Co-Director, ECHO

Tom Scheinfeldt, Managing Director, September 11 Digital Archive

Elena Razlogova, Webmaster

Heran Sereke-Brhan, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Women and World History

Eleanor Greene, Project Director, Teaching American History