Author Archives: Teresa Brown

Camaraderie and the Core (on Zoom)

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Teresa Brown

A few weeks ago I started my senior year. Unlike any scenario I could have imagined 3 years ago when I began my journey at Columbia, I find myself seated in front of my laptop, some 2,895 miles from New … Continue reading →

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REU – What does it mean, and what does it stand for?

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Teresa Brown

So far, all of my posts have focused on historical research. But I started my journey at Columbia with the intention to major in mathematics and no plans to take a single history class. In the spring of my freshman … Continue reading →

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Research in Your Own Backyard: Using Archives at Columbia and in NYC

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Teresa Brown

My first experience making use of a historical archive was spring of my sophomore year. I was taking a course called Making of the Modern American Landscape and we were assigned a final paper with little in terms of a … Continue reading →

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HU OSA 300-60-1: Finding What You Are(n’t) Looking For

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Teresa Brown

While in Budapest and working at the Open Society Archives, I was paired with a junior researcher who works primarily on the history of cybernetics (the science of communications and control systems in both machines and living things) during the … Continue reading →

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Digital and Physical Archives: An Exploration of Budapest through Research

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Teresa Brown

At times, the internet creates the illusion that the whole world is available at our fingertips, the illusion that anyone can become an expert in anything. Other times, its many shortcomings are far more obvious. Take for example a side … Continue reading →

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