We're looking for TWO postdoctoral scholars in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Fellowships are for two years, and the anticipated start date is July 1, 2026. The deadline to apply is NOVEMBER 1! Links in the replies below.

Congratulations to former Richards Center postdoc Jessica Wicks-Allen, whose article, "Child Apprenticeship and Black Maternal Authority following the Civil War," published in September issue of The Journal of American History: academic.oup.com/jah/article/...

2022 Brose lecturer Aaron Sheehan-Dean's book, Fighting with the Past: How Seventeenth-Century History Shaped the American Civil War, was published by UNC Press today!

Thank you everyone for attending "Inquisition, Incarceration, and Gendered Resistance in Colonial Latin America" with Dr. Amanda Summers, Global Indigeneity Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen’s University, Ontario.

Congratulations to Moyra Eaton on a successful defense of her dissertation, "The State in Stone: The U.S. Naval Asylum, Governance, and Nation Building in the Early Republic." (Very proud advisor on the left!) 🎉🎉

Congratulations Dr. Moyra Williams Eaton!! 🎉🎉 Moyra defended her dissertation on Friday.

This week we enjoyed a great community chapter workshop with predoctoral fellow Alison McCann. Congrats Alison!

Join us on October 23, 24, and 25 for the 2025 Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lectures Series. This year our lecturer is Dr. Laura F. Edwards of Princeton University. Learn more this and more upcoming events at our website: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/events/upcom...

Congratulations to Dr. J. Jacob Calhoun, who has been selected as the recipient of the Anthony E. Kaye Memorial Essay Award for 2025! Read more about Calhoun and the prize here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/news/announc...

Join us on October 23, 24, and 25 for the 2025 Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lectures Series. This year our lecturer is Dr. Laura F. Edwards of Princeton University. Learn more: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/events/upcom...

Consider joining us at the Central Pennsylvania Civil War Round Table featuring Ryan Quintana's talk "Westward How?! The Politics and Practice of Trans-Continental Travel in the Civil War Era".

We're looking for TWO postdoctoral scholars in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Fellowships are for two years, and the anticipated start date is July 1, 2026. The deadline to apply is NOVEMBER 1!

Congratulations to Cathleen Cahill, who was awarded a Lois P. Rudnick Writing Residency at the Historic Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, NM! Learn more about the residency here: www.mabeldodgeluhan.com/rudnick-writ...

SAVE THE DATE: We are excited to co-host #Harper200 Sept. 19-21. We invite you to attend in person! The weekend festivities include a dance performance, scholarly panels, poetry readings, receptions, and more. Most events are free. Learn more & register at: coloredconventions.org/harper-200-s...

Join us on September 30 for a Pennsylvania Civil War Round Table Talk with Ryan Quintana, Persun Visiting Scholar!

We had an amazing time during our first community manuscript workshop of the semester! On Wednesday, attendees workshopped a chapter from Rana Asali Hogarth's second book project. The chapter is titled “Race and War: Military Anthropometry, Colored Troops, and the Beginnings of Eugenics."

FEATURED JOB: Postdoctoral Scholar in Civil War Era, The Richards Civil War Center and the Department of History and the College of Liberal Arts, Penn State - Pennsylvania networks.h-net.org/jobs/69088/p... #edusky #academicsky #americanhistory

FEATURED JOB: Postdoctoral Scholar in African American History, The Richards Civil War Era Center, and The Africana Research Center, Penn State - Pennsylvania networks.h-net.org/jobs/69086/p... #academic #education #africanamerican

We're looking for TWO postdoctoral scholars in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Fellowships are for two years, and the anticipated start date is July 1, 2026. The deadline to apply is NOVEMBER 1! Links in the replies below.

Congratulations to Guy Emerson Mount, winner of the George and Ann Richards Prize for the best article published in @jcwe.bsky.social in 2024! Learn more: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/news/announc...

In today's Muster, Gregory Downs and Kate Masur preview the September 2025 JCWE www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/09/prev...

Applications are still open for our 2026 postdoctoral scholar positions!

Open call for Muster contributors!

In the newest Muster, @jcwe.bsky.social Book Review Editor Megan Bever has a conversation with Shae Cox Smith, Asst Professor at Texas A&M University about her book, The Fabric of Civil War Society: Uniforms, Badges, and Flags, 1859-1939: www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/08/conv...

Please share! We are looking for TWO postdoctoral scholars in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Fellowships are for TWO years, and the anticipated start date is July 1, 2026. The deadline to apply is NOVEMBER 1! Links are in the replies below.

2024-25 Richards Center/Africana Research Center Postdoctoral Scholar in African American History Allison Mitchell has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Civil Rights Studies in Africana Studies at the University of Notre Dame! Congratulations!

Congrats to 2023-2024 Richards Center Postdoctoral Scholar Nicole Viglini on her new position as Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte!

Exciting news: the 2025-26 SHA Junior Scholars Workshop Cohort includes 3 former Richards Center postdocs and 1 current postdoc affiliate! Congrats to Leigh Soares, Nicole Viglini, Jessica Wicks-Allen, and Ed Green!

Past and present intertwine in the latest post in Muster by @mgraber1.bsky.social, about the Militia Act of 1903:

A huge congratulations to former Richards Center predoctoral scholar @adamxmcneil.bsky.social!

‪Muster's @robertdbland.bsky.social discusses the JCWE June special issue on material culture with guest editors joanecashin.bsky.social‬ and Alaina E. Roberts: https://www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/07/conversation-with-june-2025-special-issue-editors-joan-e-cashin-and-alaina-e-roberts/

Congratulations to Paulina Serrano @paulinaaserrano.bsky.social (PSU PhD 2023) on winning a North American Society for Sport History’s 2025 Dissertation Prize!! 👏🏼🎉

Congrats to Hannah Hicks, Richards Center 2024-2026 postdoctoral scholar, who was awarded a travel grant from the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at PSU to present her work, "An Expert Infanticide": Mothers, Grandmothers, and Infanticide in the Post-Civil War South, at the SAWH Triennial Conference!

Congrats to Adam Xavier McNeil, Richards Center predoc ✔️Received his PhD from Rutgers➕ ✔️Postdoctoral Research Associate, The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American & African Studies, UVA➕ ✔️Assistant Professor of Africana Studies & History, Univ of Rhode Island! Well done Dr. McNeil!! 👏🏼🎉

Congratulations to A.K. Sandoval-Strausz who edited the new book, “Metropolitan Latinidad: Transforming American Urban History,” a collection of 12 essays examining the rich and multifaceted Latino experience in cities and suburbs throughout the United States. www.psu.edu/news/liberal...

Congratulations to Kathryn J. Shively, Richards Center Persun Visiting Scholar, who recently coedited with Caroline Janney, The Second Manassas Campaign! 🎉👏 Contributors include Keith S. Bohannon, Gary W. Gallagher, John J. Hennessy, Peter C. Luebke, James Marten, William Marvel, and Cecily Zander.

Congratulations to Richards Center Affiliates - Dr. Edward Green and Dr. Christopher Thrasher!! 🎉👏

The Richards Center is excited to welcome Michael Kaelin and Alison McCann to the community as the 2025-2026 predoctoral fellows. Michael is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Alison is a PhD candidate at the University of Miami. Welcome Michael and Alison! 🎉

The Richards Center is excited to welcome Ryan Quintana as the 2025-2026 Mark & Ann Persun Visiting Scholar! 🎉 Dr. Quintana is an associate professor at Wellesley College with specialties in the history of political development and the state, slavery and emancipation, and the production of space.

Congratulations to Dara Walker who received the 2025 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship!👏🎉🥳 www.psu.edu/news/liberal...

The Richards Center is excited to welcome Halee Robinson and Joshua Strayhorn to the community as the 2025-2026 incoming postdoctoral scholars. Halee will receive her PhD later this month from Princeton University and Joshua received his PhD degree from Duke University. Welcome Halee and Joshua!! 🎉

Congratulations to Rachel Louise Moran (PhD 2013 Penn State) who will become a professor of history at Texas A&M this fall! Dr. Moran also recently won the Teacher Scholar Award during The University of North Texas Salute to Faculty Excellence Awards Ceremony in April! Great job Rachel!!👏

Congratulations to @cecilynzander (PhD 2021 Penn State)who accepted a position as assistant professor of history at the University of Wyoming! Dr. Zander has also been named the series editor for @lsupress.bsky.social new "History in an Afternoon" series.

Congratulations to Bianca Dang and Christina Davidson!

Last week we had the wonderful opportunity to hear from Lori Ginzberg, Penn State professor emerita of history, about her book Tangled Journeys, in conversation with Richards Center predocs Adam McNeil & Hope McCaffrey. It was a great conversation! Check out the book: uncpress.org/book/9781469...

Congratulations to Dara Walker, affiliated faculty, who received the 2025 Oscar Handin Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies for her project "High School Rebels: Black Power, Education, and Youth Politics in the Motor City, 1966-1973"!

Congratulations to Mark Simpson-Vos @simpsonvos.bsky.social, Senior Executive Editor at UNC Press, on his upcoming retirement. Mark has been an invaluable collaborator in the Brose Lectures book series, and we are so thankful for his work over the years!

Congrats to Anne Cross, affiliated faculty, on a great chapter workshop yesterday!

Tony Frazier, faculty fellow at the Richards Center, was praised for his support of first-gen students in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "...Frazier, a professor of a comparative slavery course she took, was someone she was able to connect with and make her feel like she belonged at the university."

Congrats to postdoc Hannah Katherine Hicks for her manuscript workshop last Friday! Thank you to Kathleen Brown (University of Pennsylvania) and Sally Hadden (Western Michigan University) for joining us to workshop her great manuscript.