Empire State Engagements

02/06/2024

We are excited to announce our latest episode, with Dr. Lauren Kozakiewicz. We discuss her new book from SUNY Press: Ladies' Day at the Capitol. 🗽

An in-person conversation with Lauren Kozakiewicz of the University at Albany about her new book, Ladies' Day at the Capitol: New York’s Women Legislators, 1...

01/24/2024

We're pleased to present our latest episode: a conversation with New York State Museum senior historian and curator of economic history Brad Utter about a recently acquired ca. 1890 Button hand fire engine.

An in-person conversation with New York State Museum senior historian and curator of economic history Brad Utter. We discuss a recent addition to the museum...

01/04/2024

We're excited to share our newest episode: an in-person conversation with New York State Museum clothing and textile curator Connie Frisbee Houde. We discuss a wedding dress and mother of the bride dress from 1935; we look at how the dresses were displayed in the museum's recent exhibition, the story behind the women who wore these gowns, and finally a fun video of how the mannequins are dressed!

An in-person interview with New York State Museum clothing and textile curator Connie Frisbee Houde. We discuss a wedding dress and the mother of the bride'...

12/24/2023

The New York History Conference is still accepting proposals that deal with the history, culture, economy, politics, geography, anthropology, or archaeology of New York State. We also welcome proposals that use New York’s history as a lens to under-stand a regional, national, or international issu...

12/19/2023

Part two of our conversation with New York State Historian Devin Lander!

Part two of our conversation with New York State Historian Devin Lander. (Part one av...

12/15/2023

We're excited to share our latest episode: an in-person conversation with New York State Historian Devin Lander about the history of his office, his work on the New York History Journal, and the New York Minute in History podcast. Part 2 premieres next week!

Part one of our in-person conversation with New York State Historian Devin Lander, co-editor of New York History and host of “A New York Minute In History” P...

12/08/2023

We're excited to share our newest episode: an in-person conversation with Ashley Hopkins-Benton of the New York State Museum on a recently acquired Singer sewing machine & the experiences of immigrant women in Chinatown & New York's garment industry.

An in-person conversation with Ashley Hopkins-Benton, senior historian and curator in social history at the New York State Museum. We discuss her newest add...

11/28/2023

We're back!

We are excited to begin premiering new content over the next few weeks, including a series of in-person interviews at the
New York State Museum!

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05/25/2023

Congratulations to Empire State Engagements intern emeritus on her graduation from ! Maddie will be pursuing graduate work in education at this fall!

05/25/2023

Congratulations to Empire State Engagements intern emeritus Caylee Larios on her graduation from ! Caylee will be pursuing graduate work in history at this fall!

12/10/2022

"Babe Ruth Gets Political" now available online for viewing and CTLE credit!
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/education/videos/babe-ruth-gets-political-sports-and-identity-politics

Grab some peanuts and Cracker Jack and view this engaging program presented by Dr. Robert Chiles! Discover how Ruth's support for presidential nominee Al Smith was a new and exciting development in politics and showed the growing importance of sports in American culture.
Teachers can earn 1 hour of CTLE credit by completing the online form.

06/08/2022

I am pleased to announce that, by popular demand, Empire State Engagements is now available as a podcast, to help make our content more broadly accessible. Episodes from season one will be re-premiering as podcasts throughout the summer. Check it out on your favorite platform, and be sure to subscribe!

Empire State Engagements is a long-form interview program created, hosted, and produced by Dr. Robert Chiles, featuring interviews with scholars of all facets of New York State history and culture. The Empire State Engagements Podcast presents accessible, audio-only versions of the YouTube interview...