
Christopher BergRocky Mountain College of Art and Design · Department of Liberal Arts
Christopher Berg
PhD, MA (Hons)
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Introduction
Chris is a historian of education interested in the historical development and dialogue surrounding history and social studies education in the United States since the late-nineteenth century and a history professor specializing in pre-modern World history. His research and writing focuses on creating a "usable" past that meets the needs of an educated public in the 21st century. Chris co-edited (with Theodore Christou) The Palgrave Handbook of History and Social Studies Education (2020).
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This article examines a sampling of AHA presidential addresses that collectively concern the purposes of studying history. As individual artifacts, they document the particular anxieties of each outgoing president. Together, they note the relevance of history to one's own life and to the life of the state even as they express concern for the dimini...
Institutions offering online courses and degrees often develop requirements for faculty to student interactions; yet, these requirements may not align student preferences for faculty engagement. This research expanded the work on an earlier study by Shaw, Clowes, and Burrus (2017), A Comparative Typology of Student and Institutional Expectations of...
History was once prized in public education but, over time, has slowly fallen to the fringes of the curriculum. Many institutions have struggled to solicit and maintain student interest in history majors and many students merely take “history” as a general education or liberal arts elective. The reasons explored here for why students should study h...
Institutions offering online courses and degrees often develop requirements for faculty to student interactions; yet, these requirements may not align student preferences for faculty engagement. This research expanded the work on an earlier study by Shaw, Clowes, and Burrus (2017), A Comparative Typology of Student and Institutional Expectations of...
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the rapidly growing field of online education experienced an even greater surge, sparking increased interest in the particulars of effective digital pedagogy. Effective approaches include useful facilitator guidance, well-structured course design and productive instructor feedback. In addition, there is evidence to...
Institutions offering online courses and degrees often develop requirements for faculty-to-student interactions; yet, these requirements may not align student preferences for faculty engagement. This chapter expanded the work on an earlier study by Shaw, Clowes, and Burrus, “A Comparative Typology of Student and Institutional Expectations of Online...
“This handbook’s comparative approach to examining history education and its excellent theoretical underpinning in terms of education theory, historiography, and the pedagogy of history combine to produce a sophisticated handbook that will benefit practitioners while stimulating further research in the field.”
—Stephen Morillo, Charles Boal Ewing C...
History was once prized in public education but, over time, has slowly fallen to the fringes of the curriculum. Many institutions have struggled to solicit and maintain student interest in history majors and many students merely take "history" as a general education or liberal arts elective. The reasons explored here for why students should study h...
Institutions offering online courses and degrees often develop requirements for faculty-to-student interactions; yet, these requirements may not align student preferences for faculty engagement. This chapter expanded the work on an earlier study by Shaw, Clowes, and Burrus, “A Comparative Typology of Student and Institutional Expectations of Online...
Who were the mysterious Urartu? What happened in Japan in the period of the Samurai? What do we know about the Battle of Blue Waters? What included the Byzantine kitchen? Why Americans colonists revolted against Britain? How crucial was the Irish Question in twentieth-century British politics? Was Eleftherios Venizelos' decision for the landing in...
The pursuit of a doctorate is a rite of passage that requires a student to successfully
navigate the transition from “student” to “scholar.” One area of practice that is often
marginalized, however, is the role of ethics. Though there is no formal coursework in ethics, its
importance cannot be understated. This essay examines the conceptual role of...
The island of Britain may be small geographically but its proverbial reach touched every corner of the globe by the end of the nineteenth century. Exploration had been the impetus behind the Age of Discovery and the news of far-away lands intrigued governments and captivated the masses. Britain knew that the future lay in across these vast expanses...
Current reflective practices in the social studies are examined in light of how these strategies can add value and meaning to social studies curriculums. Many of these reflective practices were introduced within teacher education programs' social studies methods courses, to expose pre-service teachers to innovative teaching practices that could be...
This article re-examines the Orientalist Debate from the 1960s to the present. It highlights the Western response to Eastern critiques of Orientalism and draws special attention to the pivotal role played by Bernard Lewis in this debate. This article treats the debate as a spirited conversation whose material essence and future direction were defin...
Relationships were of great importance during the late medieval period. There was little more valued or honored than a relationship entered upon by mutual assent and trust. The rise of feudalism required that such oral contracts, rich in symbolic meanings, be entered upon to the benefit of both parties. Loyalties were secured for the promise of pro...
Texas is in the midst of an identity crisis. Some historians, such as Walter Buenger in Path to a Modern South, argue that Texas has a strong connection to the South. Others, like Glen Ely in his new book Where the West Begins, contend that Texas – especially West Texas – is closely linked to the American West. Moreover, some historians believe tha...
Historians have not been kind to Tejanos—at least until the present generation. Many have marginalized or maligned them to diminish their importance in Texas history, or to rewrite Texas history to emphasize Anglo achievements. Andrés Tijerina, in Tejano Empire: Life on the South Texas Ranchos (Clayton Wheat Williams Texas Life Series), brings Teja...
The First World War was a terrible experience that most soldiers were shocked by once they became active participants. How were soldiers’ able to cope with the grim realities of this war? How were they able to keep going in spite of losing close friends and comrades in one battle after another? How were they able to function as a soldier, much less...
An ailing economy handcuffed the Byzantine army and its
eventual collapse restricted the army’s scope to merely
defensive operations, thereby sealing the fate of the Byzantine
Empire. In The Late Byzantine Army: Arms and Society, 1204-
1453, Mark Bartusis argues that the success
or lack thereof of the Byzantine army had a direct causal relationship...
J. E. Lendon in his book, Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of
Battle in Classical Antiquity, uses Greek and Roman
culture to explain fundamental changes in the conduct of
war. Lendon persuasively argues that competition and an
obsession with the ancient past were the guiding principles of
Greek warfare. Likewise, Roman warfare was characterized by an...
The greatest cavalry force in the medieval period was not the knight, but the steppe warrior. In Warriors of the Steppe, Erik Hildinger focuses on the nomadic steppe cultures and their peculiar method of war. Their environment and way of life was the key to their success against settled civilizations. The predominant method of war in the West was s...
The primary cause of Rome’s fall was not internal weakness, as some historians have argued, but the deterioration of the Roman army. Arther Ferrill in his book, The Fall of the Roman Empire: The Military Explanation, believes twentieth-century sensibilities have clouded the issue of Rome’s fall discounting the military mechanism that made Rome a su...
The Byzantine army was the preeminent fighting force of the Middle Ages. In two complementary books, Timothy Dawson examines the two dominant arms of the Byzantine army, the infantrymen and the cavalrymen in the Byzantine Infantrymen: Eastern Roman Empire c. 900-1204 and Byzantine Cavalrymen c. 900-1204. Dawson utilizes a topical approach to guide...
An Empire surrounded by enemies cannot defend itself by military might alone. It is for this reason that the Byzantines have been unjustly labeled as diplomatic charlatans and schemers intent on the destruction of her enemies. In his book The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire, Edward Luttwak seeks to restore the luster of Byzantium’s tarnished...