Reconstructing the American Home: Western Boardinghouses on the Comstock Lode — Nicole Martin

U.S. History at 250–Radicalism, Rebellion, and Revolution in the Atlantic World

This special OAH conference panel debrief episode is the final of our U.S. History at 250 series. It features a conversation from the panel, “Radicalism, Rebellion, and Revolution in the Atlantic World,” between Max Flomen (West Virginia University), Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra (University of Texas at Austin), Margaret Newell (The Ohio State University), Erin Stone (University of West Floria), and Miller Wright (University of Maryland). Listen to hear them discuss shifting geographies and chronologies of the Age of Revolutions, issues of sovereignty and autonomy, and sources and methodologies that historians can bring into the classroom. Bluesky: @oah.org | Facebook: The Journal of American History #JAHCast

U.S. History at 250–American Revolution International

This special OAH conference panel debrief episode is the third in our U.S. History at 250 series. It features a conversation from the panel, “American Revolution International,” between Honor Sachs (University of Colorado Boulder), Brian DeLay (UC Berkeley), Sarah M. S. Pearsall (Johns Hopkins University), Nathan Perl-Rosenthal (University of Southern California), and Christopher L. Brown (Columbia University). Listen to hear them discuss the impact of the world on the American Revolution and future directions of the field. Bluesky: @oah.org | Facebook: The Journal of American History #JAHCast

U.S. History at 250–Native Nations, the Declaration of Independence, and the Revolutionary Era

This special OAH conference panel debrief episode is the second in our U.S. History at 250 series. It features a conversation about “Native Nations, the Declaration of Independence, and the Revolutionary Era” between Elizabeth Ellis (Princeton University), Philip Deloria (Harvard University), Kathleen DuVal (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), and Samantha Seeley (University of Richmond). Listen to hear them talk more about Native Nations and the Revolutionary Era. Bluesky: @oah.org | Facebook: The Journal of American History #JAHCast

U.S. History at 250–Public History and the American Revolution

This special OAH conference panel debrief episode is the first in our U.S. History at 250 series. It features a conversation about “Public History and the American Revolution at 250” between Dr. Karin Wulf (Director of the John Carter Brown Library Director and Professor of History at Brown University) and Dr. Andrew Davenport (Vice President for Research and Saunders Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello). Listen to hear their perspectives on public history and the value of teaching history in the contemporary moment. Bluesky: @oah.org | Facebook: The Journal of American History #JAHCast

Reconstructing the American Home: Western Boardinghouses on the Comstock Lode — Nicole Martin

This podcast episode features a conversation between JAH associate editor Dr. Amy Ransford and Dr. Nicole Martin about her recent JAH article “Reconstructing the American Home: Western Boardinghouses on the Comstock Lode” published in the September 2025 issue. Listen to learn more about the important role of boarding houses and boarding house women during Reconstruction in the West. Martin also challenges assumptions about the “home” in the context of rising domesticity and the moral Christian home in the early nineteenth century. Read Martin’s JAH article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaaf098 [https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaaf098] Bluesky: @oah.org | Facebook: The Journal of American History #JAHCast