This roundtable takes up old themes and new perspectives in the field of political history. Scholars engage with six questions across three main categories: the scope of the field, current debates, and teaching. The first two questions ask how we should think about political power and the boundaries of what constitute political history. The section on current debates interrogates the relationship between governing and social movements during the GAPE, and how to situate the political violence of the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill riot in historical perspective. The final section on teaching takes up two very different challenges. One question is a perennial concern about connecting with students in the classroom about political history. The other dilemma is how to respond to the growing cascade of censorship laws passed by state legislatures that prohibit the teaching of so-called “divisive concepts.”

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政治史的新方向

本次圆桌会议讨论了政治史领域的旧主题和新观点。学者们参与了三个主要类别的六个问题：该领域的范围、当前的辩论和教学。前两个问题问我们应该如何思考政治权力以及构成政治历史的界限。当前辩论的部分审视了 GAPE 期间治理运动与社会运动之间的关系，以及如何从历史角度定位 2021 年 1 月 6 日国会山骚乱的政治暴力。关于教学的最后一节涉及两个截然不同的挑战。一个问题是关于在课堂上与学生就政治史进行交流的长期担忧。