The Lerner-Scott Prize is given annually by the Organization of American Historians (OAH) for the best doctoral dissertation in U.S. women’s history. The prize is named for Gerda Lerner and Anne Firor Scott, both pioneers in women’s history and past presidents of the OAH. A dissertation must be completed during the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 to be eligible for the 2018 Lerner-Scott Prize. The prize will be presented at the 2018 OAH Annual Meeting in Sacramento, California, April 12–14. Applications must be submited by October 2, 2017. Visit www.oah.org/programs/awards/lerner-…

This documentary follows the creation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s pop culture Broadway phenomenon "Hamilton" and the U.S. history behind it. Interviews with former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, as well as Questlove, Jimmy Fallon, Nas, Stephen Sondheim, and more.

A state capitol that Thomas Jefferson designed to resemble a Roman temple, the home of Henry Ford’s first assembly line, the first indoor regional shopping mall, an airport with a swooping concrete roof that seems to float on air — these are among the buildings surveyed in this cross-country journey to 10 influential works of American architecture. Meet the daring architects who imagined them and learn the shocking, funny and even sad stories of how they came to be. They changed the way we live, work, worship, learn, shop and play. Geoffrey Baer hosts.The series continues in following weeks…

Have conceptions of Santa Claus as a religious symbol, barred “the most popular holiday mascot” (Fajardo, 2018) from your public school? Hear anecdotes about Santa’s secular identity along with scholarly “origin stories” about four Black Santas. Pedagogical ideas for sociocultural and socioeconomic curricular explorations will also be provided. Speaker: Danné Davis, Associate Professor, Montclair State University