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In October Perspectives: Empathy and Imagination in Teaching and Researching

  • 1.  In October Perspectives: Empathy and Imagination in Teaching and Researching

    Posted 10-29-2013 01:21:00 PM
    Hello all,

    We're curious about what readers think of the issues raised by four articles in the October Perspectives on History, all of which address historical empathy and imagination from different standpoints.

    What do we do with historical empathy? Of what value is the inevitable feeling of human connection between historian and subject? What about historical treatments of living subjects? And how can we teach historical imagination without leading students to believe that history is just a playground of fictionalizations?

    We'd love to hear your reactions to the articles below,

    Thanks for participating in the Perspectives on History community,

    Allen Mikaelian
    Editor, Perspectives on History

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