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The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) is excited to announce that R2 Studios has received a $10,000 grant from the Dr. Scholl Foundation to advance the studio’s mission to democratize access to history thr…

250 years after her birth, Jane Austen remains a giant in the cultural zeitgeist. Her works have been adapted hundreds of times over multiple mediums, and she remains one of the most popular writers in the English language. Yet little is known about…

Introducing Antisemitism, U.S.A.: A History podcast from the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media and R2 Studios The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) at George Mason University is excited to annou…

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) is excited to announce that R2 Studios has received a $50,000 gift from the David Bruce Smith Foundation to support Antisemitism, U.S.A., our forthcoming narrative podcast s…

RRCHNM’s R2 Studios is thrilled to announce that Siena College’s  McCormick Center for the Study of the American Revolution has generously invested $3,000 in support of our latest podcast, Worlds Turned Upside Down. Worlds Turned U…

R2 Studios at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) is excited to announce that Jim Ambuske, Jeanette Patrick, and Mills Kelly have been awarded $272,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of our lates…

Every hike has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Some are short, some are long. In the case of the Appalachian Trail, one of those hikes can last less than an hour, or it can stretch almost 2,200 miles. On October 5, 2021, the team at RRCHNM&rs…

The John Carter Brown Library Supports the Production of Worlds Turned Upside Down RRCHNM’s R2 Studios is thrilled to announce that The John Carter Brown Library (JCB) has generously invested $10,000 in support of our latest pod…

Edward Cogswell was never meant to appear in Worlds Turned Upside Down. The drummer, who enlisted in Captain Canfield’s Company of the 4th Connecticut Regiment on March 31, 1758, was a soldier I’d never heard of when I sat down to write…

RRCHNM’s R2 Studios is thrilled to announce that the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission has generously awarded $10,000 in support of our latest podcast, Worlds Turned Upside Down. Worlds Turned Upside Down tel…