Happy GBBO Finale to all who celebrate. 🎂 🎈🎉

John Lawrence, former Pelosi chief of staff and also a trained historian, is in the NYT today writing about his old boss. Worth reading. 🗃️

New from History in Focus: A look at the recent special edition of the AHR's History Unclassified—"Mistakes I Have Made." I talk with HU editors Kate Brown and Emily Callaci, plus we hear from the nine contributors to the issue. @historians.org #historypodcast

If you believe this, @cethompson.bsky.social has a book for you to read.

A beautiful reflection from my dear friend @lmansley.bsky.social about the role @nursingclio.bsky.social played in her history career after she left her PhD program. NC has been such a pivotal experience in so many of our lives, and I’m so very grateful for it. www.historians.org/perspectives...

Today’s PM roundup of book deals includes a forthcoming book about tyromancy. (Google it. You’re welcome.) What a time to be alive.

ICYMI earlier: I wrote about how much the @nursingclio.bsky.social community and our recent book has meant to me.

When director of publications @lmansley.bsky.social left her graduate program, she gave up her dream of publishing her dissertation as a book. In #AHAPerspectives, she shares how she found ways to continue her historical work outside academia and fulfill her publishing goals. 🗃️

I got a bit personal in #AHAPerspectives this month. On quitting grad school, co-editing a book, and still being a historian without the PhD. 🗃️

A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.

Gotta love local news.

i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist

Happy election day, everyone. Here in Virginia, I'm very hopeful that we end this day having elected a better governor and maintaining a Democratic majority in the General Assembly. Because state politics matter!

Scholarship on early American Jewish History? Give me your titles. Asking for a student. I'm out of my depth here.

#romancelandia, this piece is coauthored by @alexandravasti.bsky.social !

3. Utter Horror!

Anyone else get one of those Facebook class action settlements? Amazing how little the violation of our privacy is worth. But since it came via PayPal, I redistributed to mutual aid requests. So thanks to those who amplify those here.

Being historically illiterate costs us a lot.

I keep thinking about this passage from THE AGE OF INNOCENCE.

Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.

“The [MFA] has reached a historic agreement with the known descendants of David Drake (also known as Dave the Potter) regarding two monumental stoneware vessels in the MFA’s collection that were made by the enslaved potter and poet…”

Perfect little leaf.

Today! Free, open to the public, and on Zoom at 9:30 am ET.

Submitted a conference panel proposal 7 days before the deadline.

On October 29, the AHA will host a virtual Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on AI. With moderator Kathryn Cramer Brownell (Purdue Univ.) & panelists Sarah Igo (Vanderbilt Univ.), Aaron Mendon-Plasek (Purdue Univ.), & Rebecca Slayton (Cornell Univ.). Register at the link.

Apply for Postdoctoral Scholar, African American History: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

I love love this book. If you like a “Sliding Doors” type story, this one is for you.

oh my GODDDDDDDDDDD (apologies for screenshotting the hellsite, which I no longer use; I saw the link in CNN's Reliable Sources newsletter)

Due to the government shutdown, this briefing on Wednesday is moving online. But silver lining—that means you folks can attend! 🗃️

Applications are open for the #AHA26 Sinclair Workshop on Historical Podcasting. This session, limited to 10 attendees following an application, will focus on the development process for producing historical podcast. Apply at the link by November 15. 🗃️

Donated earlier this week. Join me?

It’s Intersex Awareness Day, and a great day to check out @lzreis23.bsky.social’s Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex, which has been free to download since the Naval Academy removed it from their library. 🗃️ muse.jhu.edu/book/136490

Donated earlier this week. Join me?

The guy playing guitar at the farmers market had a sign saying “tips go to feed federal families.” If you want to know how things are going in the DC region.

Turning your dissertation into a book? Check out this video for expert tips from university press editors @dwcongdon.com, @dawnd.bsky.social & Alyssa Napier, hosted by the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions.

It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.

The AHA invites proposals for a limited number of late-breaking sessions to take place in person at #AHA26. Late-breaking sessions explore major, late-breaking controversies within the discipline or the relevance of history & historical thinking to public policy & culture related to current events.

Berkeley history graduate students reimagine their campus as a public history site. Topics include CA Indigenous history, relationship between CA and Asia/Pacific, campus policing, & campus protest. This is such an amazing project! @historians.org #AHAPerspectives www.historians.org/perspectives...

“As a scrappy print publication crafted by amateurs, Punk was the embodiment of punk culture’s DIY ethic: a firm belief that individuals should express themselves by creating their own culture on their own terms.” In #AHAPerspectives, Grant Wong writes about Punk magazine. #EverythingHasAHistory 🗃️

Cosigned, the director of a small humanities publishing program within a nonprofit.

Again, your mostly non-profit mostly uni press humanities publishers are not the thing making a wreckage of scholarly publishing. Paying for their work is a good thing, and we should keep doing that.

I’ve been having a really hard time focusing on reading recently, for obvious reasons. But @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social delivered in Breakout Year. All her books are gems, but this one is really special. And you gotta love a dedication that sticks it to the jerks.

We have a fun #EverythingHasAHistory article up today at #AHAPerspectives! Grant Wong (@sc.edu) digs into Punk magazine. 🗃️

DC friends!! Join us on this Sunday on the National Mall for a teach-in in defense of history and museums, ft. an all-star line-up! We’ll be there from sun-up to sun-down. More info here: linktr.ee/historyteachin

We're doing another of these annual workshops at #AHA26 with a whole new panel: Keisha Blain, @jamellebouie.net, @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social, @kathrynbrownell.bsky.social, and @syrussolojin.bsky.social. Not recorded, so sign up today!

Want to learn how to craft a compelling op-ed? Watch “Op-Ed Writing for Historians" with @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social, @jelaniya.bsky.social, @mauracunningham.bsky.social, @franhirsch.bsky.social, @brianros1.bsky.social, & moderator @lmansley.bsky.social. #AHAOnline 🗃️

Gender & Women’s Studies at UW-Madison is currently hiring for a tenure-track position focused on gender/sexuality & AGING! We are an interdisciplinary department & welcome scholars across fields (humanities but also PSYCH, POP HEALTH, SOCIOLOGY, etc.) Deadline: Nov 11! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Nominations are now open for AAHM's Genevieve Miller Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is given annually to a member of AAHM who has retired from regular institutional affiliation or practice, with a distinguished record of support for the history of medicine. Deadline for noms: October 31, 2025