History News Network (http://hnn.us) editor David Austin Walsh speaks with professor and historian Brian Balogh at  "Recasting Presidential History," a conference at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, on October 26, 2012.

Professor Balogh is one of the organizers of the conference, a faculty member at the University of Virginia and the Miller Center, and the founder of the Center's National Fellowship program.

Here, he offers advice for aspiring young presidential historians.