January 2017 – Maura Elizabeth Cunningham

January 24, 2017January 24, 2017 mauracunningham Ann Arbor

Women’s March Ann Arbor

I wasn’t among the thousands of women filling planes and buses headed to Washington, D.C. last weekend for Saturday’s Women’s March. Instead, I was able to participate closer to home, as Ann Arbor hosted one of the hundreds of marches in solidarity with D.C. While we may not have had the numbers of D.C., New … Continue reading Women’s March Ann Arbor

January 8, 2017January 8, 2017 mauracunningham China, Higher Education, History, Television, Weekly Wanderings, Work/Life, Writing

Weekly Wanderings: AHA FOMO Edition

▪ Four thousand historians descended on Denver this weekend for the annual American Historical Association (AHA) conference, but I wasn’t among them. Driven by a fear of missing out (FOMO), I went back and forth and back and forth about going to the conference, eventually deciding that I just don’t need to be there this … Continue reading Weekly Wanderings: AHA FOMO Edition

January 3, 2017January 3, 2017 mauracunningham History, Knitting, Philadelphia, Travel, Weekly Wanderings

Weekly Wanderings: Out with the Old, In with the New Edition

Slightly delayed due to an epic cold (now better)/holiday laziness ... ▪ Happy New Year! Like nearly everyone else I know, I am glad to see 2016 disappearing in the rearview mirror; as it was for so many other people, for me it was a year of change and disruption, expectation and disappointment. Not everything … Continue reading Weekly Wanderings: Out with the Old, In with the New Edition