Call for Authors:

* Teaching History with Comedy

* Teaching History with Race Films

Professional Resource Guides to be published by The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, as part of the Film and History series

Queries & Proposals:  Cynthia J. Miller, series editor • [log in to unmask]


Film and television are increasingly significant as purveyors of the past for students, shaping their understandings of not only historical events and figures, but the social and cultural contexts in which they are situated.  In response to the growing need for historical film and television literacy, the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is seeking authors for a new mini-series of professional books focused on teaching history with a variety of genres, to be published as part of its rapidly growing “Film and History” book series. These single-volume professional works will be marketed to college, university, and high school faculty and libraries.

With several "Teaching History with …” volumes already under consideration, we are currently seeking proposals for single-author guides on: 

Teaching History with Comedy
Teaching History with Race Films

Each volume (150-160 pp) should be a designed as an accessible, jargon-free resource guide that introduces the reader to methods of teaching history through a single film genre.  Contents should include the following (sample outlines from other volumes are available):

* The Genre and History

A comprehensive introduction to the genre

Key themes, concepts, periods

Interconnections between the genre and history

* Pedagogy

Constructing significant teaching and learning objectives

Challenging and building students’ understandings of the past

Developing analytical and interpretive skills through the genre

Understanding the genre’s films as cultural critique

Issues of historical accuracy and historical narrative within the genre

* Materials

Sample course projects, discussion questions, assignments, syllabi, and study guides

Overviews and guides for classroom use of key films in the genre

Suggested supplemental materials: further/background reading, primary sources, music, art, etc.


* Please note that these are not edited volumes seeking contributions, but co-authored proposals are welcome.

Authors interested in writing one of these volumes should submit a proposal including: 1) A brief statement of interest, including prior teaching history with film experience; 2) A tentative table of contents 3) A brief CV; 4) A writing sample tied to one of the volume’s components. Proposals for any given volume will be accepted until the volume is assigned. Authors may submit proposals for multiple volumes, but each proposal should be complete in itself.

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