Who We Are:
We love movies. And we love history. What Historians At The Movies does is use movies to talk about the histories behind our favorite films. It’s deep dives into the stories that link us all. Sometimes it’s serious. Sometimes it’s silly. But it’s always fun. You should join in.
About Jason Herbert
Jason is the creator and host of Historians At The Movies site and podcast. He holds a Ph.D. in American History from the University of Minnesota and was named a Kentucky Colonel by Governor Andy Beshear in 2022. Jason speaking engagements, in the US and internationally, have led to a book under contract (University of Oklahoma Press) about early Florida. He taught high school while writing his doctoral dissertation, then served as an ethnographer in Florida, and more recently as a Tribal Liaison for the United States Forest Service. More than that, Jason loves movies and history. He grew up on Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Goodfellas and Heat. And he LOVES building community...and that’s what HATM is.
HATM Watch Parties
In 2018, Historians At The Movies was born when Jason led the first Historians At The Movies watch party to live tweet National Treasure. HATM has continued to watch movies together every weekend since then.
Playing along is easy. Follow at #HerbertHistory or #HATM on Bluesky, and push play on each week’s movie at exactly 8pm eastern. Then just tweet along tagging your posts with #HATM so everyone can join in on the fun.