Christine Caccipuoti

Last year, I wrote a post selecting some of my favorite musicals that depict historical people and events. (If you missed it, you can...

It is not a pre-requisite to be associated with a scholarly institution to listen to a history podcast or to enjoy a historical fiction...

Reader, I met my foster elephant. Today, August 12th, is World Elephant Day. These twenty-four hours are designated for bringing...

I spent July on a writing retreat in a cabin – that is to say, a virtual cabin. While staying in this virtual cabin, I had one goal: to...

For the past few months I used my blog to host the #PodcastingHistory series, which sought to give established independent podcasters a...

When it came to choosing the final entry for #PodcastingHistory (for now!) I knew it needed to go to the person who started me on the...

And now for something moderately different... In #PodcastingHistory 7 we broaden our horizons with an entry from Darrin Sunstrum, who...

Welcome to #PodcastingHistory 6! COMING SOON.

#PodcastingHistory 5 is here! This time, I get to share a post with you from Wesley Livesay of The History of the Great War podcast....

Thank you to everyone who has been reading and sharing #PocastingHistory! For this installment I get to hand the blog over to Ali A....

Welcome to Guest Post 3 of #PodcastingHistory! This week I get to hand this blog over to Devon Field, creator and host of The Human...

Welcome to Guest Post 2 of #PodcastingHistory where historians take turns sharing their experiences creating a specific episode of their...

Welcome to the first installment of #PodcastingHistory! For the next several weeks my blog is going to feature guest posts from some...

I am pleased to share with you, dear readers, that in less than a month I will be using my blog to host a Guest Blog Series titled...

In the 1920s, a memoir written over a hundred years earlier by Hortense de Beauharnais, Queen of Holland, was published. Hortense’s life...

Every year when December 2nd rolls around I smile, because in the 19th century it was a very significant date for my favorite imperial...

I considered calling this post “Everything I Need to Know about History I Learned from Musical Theatre” but that would be such a gross...

2016 was not my best year. By the time fall rolled around I was in a pretty dark place: my writing was yielding less-than-stellar...

The term “Writer’s Block” is one that gets tossed around quite often in writing communities, and understandably so…yet for me the problem...

[Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769. This post is my way of marking it, so Happy Birthday, Napoleon!] When Napoleon Bonaparte...