Bobby Lee
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Historian of the United States, mostly 19th c., colonialism, land, GIS
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My latest article just published and is open access, for now at least. Itās about how Brown got reparations for property made by slaves after the American Revolution. šļø
direct.mit.edu/tneq/article...
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Justice for the Edifice: Praying Compensation for Rhode Island College, 1770ā1800
In 1770, Rhode Island College, now Brown University, erected the biggest building in Providence. Donations tied to the slave trade funded the College Edifice, now University Hall. Some donors grew ric...
https://direct.mit.edu/tneq/article/98/2/138/131239/Justice-for-the-Edifice-Praying-Compensation-for
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honor sachs
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Looking for a speaker for your 250 event? Want to better understand how the heck we got here? Call your local early American historian!
civics.shear.org
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Home - SHEAR Civics Exchange
āPublic opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one.āā James Madison, 1791 Welcome [ā¦]
https://civics.shear.org/
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gratefullysarah
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The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is home to the stunning Cuypers Library, the largest and oldest art history research library in the Netherlands
#museum
#rijksmuseum
#travel
#books
#library
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Brian DeLay
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So excited to see FREEDOM ROUND THE GLOBE out in the world, by my brilliant friend Sarah Pearsall. It's *really* good. But don't take my word for it...
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Gautham Rao 90 + 10
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It is publication day for my book, White Power: Policing American Slavery. Hereās the unboxing, with a trip down memory lane. Thanks so much to those who helped make this a reality, esp. my amazing agent Dani Segelbaum,
@dgershenowitz.bsky.social
@uncpress.bsky.social
@sonyabonczek.bsky.social
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Dr. John R. Legg
5 days ago
The Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University New Orleans shared my Indigenous America digital class project on LOYNO's website and socials. Very grateful that our collaborative work stood out to university administration. More here:
cas.loyno.edu/news/may-15-...
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Dr. Legg Guides Freshman/Sophomore Research Projects | Loyola University New Orleans
Indigenous America is a WordPress-based digital exhibit that highlights mostly team-based research projects created by first- and second-year students in Dr. John Legg's Indigenous America course. Stu...
https://cas.loyno.edu/news/may-15-2026_dr-legg-guides-freshmansophomore-research-projects
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Ad Hoc Special Committee of the Board declares
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Hannah Alpert-Abrams
6 days ago
I promised myself when I left my position at NEH that after a year had passed, I'd write something about my experience as an un/under/employed former fed. Here it is:
halperta.com/public%20wri...
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Sabbatical
In March of 2025, I left my job as a Senior Program Officer at the National Endowment for the Humanities.
https://halperta.com/public%20writing/sabbatical/
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Some very good news
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This is the funniest headline photo combo. There are like 8 books on that shelf
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...
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Late Supreme Court Justice David Souterās Hopkinton home hits market with personal book collection
The late David Souter's home in Hopkinton is on the market for $1 million. The former U.S. Supreme Court Justice died in 2025. He was 85.
https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026-05-11/supreme-court-justice-david-souter-hopkinton-home-for-sale
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Brendan Greeley
9 days ago
You can pre-order The Almighty Dollar now! People are saying it's a very good book.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634502...
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Clarence Thomas fuming rn
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āAmong 97Ā·1 million verified references, we identified 4046 fabricated references across 2810 papersā Every paper with a fabricated reference should be retracted.
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR
about 2 months ago
Stolen Representation by Michael P. Olson This book uses a tremendous amount of new historical data to illuminate how voting rights shape legislative representation. š
https://cup.org/4tt9W6u
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Seems like all the university presses are having huge spring sales right nowā¦.
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All those Chuck Norris jokes shoulda been about John Brown
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This looks really good
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Kendra Boyd
20 days ago
Grateful my book Freedom Enterprise received Honorable Mention for the Jon Gjerde Prize!
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John Garrison Marks
20 days ago
More book events + a commencement address at University of Lynchburg this month! Been a busy but fun spring so far.
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Frank Cogliano
21 days ago
Nice surprise waiting for me when I got home. Launching next month!
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āāI think, academically, I would describe it as a load of old phooey," says Grosvenor, who believes a lot of art historical colleagues are too nervous to speak out.ā
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Scientists believe they have found previously unknown sketch of Anne Boleyn
A computer science team believes they have discovered a previously unknown sketch of King Henry VIII's second wife - but not everyone is convinced.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9pz53e891o
22 days ago
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Joanne Freeman
23 days ago
The impact of the Voting Rights Act on Black representation in the House. Pretty damn clear.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How the Voting Rights Act Bolstered Black Representation in the House (Gift Article)
See more charts on how the passage of the landmark law in 1965 helped increase Black representation in the U.S. House, especially in the South, according to a Times analysis.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/30/us/politics/voting-rights-act-black-population-congress.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fFA.kzeQ.M5-cy_d2QXOh&smid=bs-share
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Shocking but not surprising. Voting Rights Act just got eviscerated by the Supreme Court
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Supreme Court limits use of race in drawing electoral maps
The decision will make it more difficult to successfully challenge legislative maps for diluting the voting power of racial minorities.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyw3p7xv4wo
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Linford Fisher
26 days ago
People, it is PUBLICATION DAY for Stealing America!! It is officially available to purchase online or in your favorite local bookstore. Come snag your own book cover cookies at RiffRaff in Providence this evening! I'll be joined by my friend and colleague, Mack Scott @ 7 pm.
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Eladio Bobadilla
26 days ago
It's officially release day for Dangerous Migration. You can still order here
www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
and get 30% off with promo code S26UIP.
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Dangerous Migration
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p089220
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Love me some art world drama. Read to the end
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
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The 'internationally acclaimed' French sculptor who is nowhere to be found
An Australian gallery has been selling sculptures as the work of an "internationally acclaimed" French artist. But the Paris backstory doesnāt stack up.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-25/in-search-of-the-missing-artist-jean-paul-mangin/106593220?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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Need to stop checking NEH related news. Itās always bad
www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
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Oregon Humanities back in court after feds continue withholding funds - Portland Business Journal
The organization won a ruling against the administration in August but about 60% of the 2025 grant funding has yet to be delivered.
https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2026/04/20/oregon-humanities-judge-summary-judgment.html
30 days ago
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Zoe Griffith
about 1 month ago
Hi everyone! My book, Egypt's Mediterranean, came out with
@ucpress.bsky.social
on Tuesday šš It's a new look at how Egypt fit into the political economy of the Ottoman Empire and eastern Mediterranean. Please enjoy the *beautiful* cover art by Mohamed Gohar (@mohamed.gohar on IG)
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Rick Herrera
about 1 month ago
Job openings. Assistant/Associate Editors, Massachusetts Historical Society, Papers of John Adams.
masshist.org/job-announce...
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Massachusetts Historical Society: Job Announcements
https://masshist.org/job-announcements
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H.P.
about 1 month ago
āWenn ich untergehe, laĆt meine Bilder nicht sterben.ā Der Maler Felix Nussbaum beendete u.versteckte am 18. April 1944 sein letztes von ihm fertiggestelltes Bild in seinem Brüsseler Versteck.Kurz danach wurde er entdeckt und zusammen mit seiner Frau Felka Platek verhaftet, deportiert,ermordet ļæ¼ ļæ¼
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Cambridge is very flat except for these chalk pits
about 1 month ago
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society
about 1 month ago
Carlton C. Qualey Memorial Award Lila Teeters Knolle, āIndians Now Taxed: Citizenship and Taxation in Settler-Colonial South Dakotaā
#OAH26
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David Waldstreicher
about 1 month ago
Tomorrow at OAH in Philadelphia, commenting on papers about crowd action and the Revolutionary era by VanJessica Gladney, Grant Stanton and
@bencarp.bsky.social
-- & thinking and talking about Ed Countryman whose subtle, dialectical take on crowds and politics entranced me and sent me on my journey.
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Crazy stat from 1975: 5% of the population in the US owned nearly 2/3 of the privately held land. Wonder what it is today...
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An in-depth analysis worth reading
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The Organization of American Historians
about 1 month ago
Congratulations to our award winners at #OAH26! Weāre proud to recognize the outstanding scholarship, teaching, and service across our community. See the full list of awardees here:
https://ow.ly/R5nY50YLwkY
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Very sad. Few places like this. Was like a northern New College before that one got destroyed by different means
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about 1 month ago
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Theyāre trying to clip out the fact that the early guides were slaves
eu.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...
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An 'American story': Can Mammoth Cave's full history survive Trump?
Mammoth Cave National Park, infused with Black history, is under order from the president to review how it tells stories of slavery and segregation.
https://eu.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2026/04/09/at-ky-mammoth-cave-one-familys-history-questioned-under-trump/89182265007/
about 1 month ago
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The US used to have a federal balloon-school, now look at it
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Some good news
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
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Federal ruling says no changes can be made to slavery exhibit at President's House in Old City
A new ruling issued by a federal judge on Thursday orders that the Trump administration cannot remove or change any of the slavery exhibit again.
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/presidents-house-slavery-exhibit-panels-ruling/4383094/?amp=1
about 1 month ago
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Tisa Wenger
about 1 month ago
Iām delighted to have my new book featured on The Way of Improvement Leads Home!
@uncpress.bsky.social
@emaisner.bsky.social
@catehodorowicz.bsky.social
thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/04/06/t...
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The Authorās Corner with Tisa Wenger
Tisa Wenger is Professor of American Religious History at Yale Divinity School. This interview is based on her new book, Spirits of Empire: How Settler Colonialism Made American Religion (Universitā¦
https://thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/04/06/the-authors-corner-with-tisa-wenger/
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New evidence indicates Native Americans were playing dice at least 12,000 years ago, many millennia before evidence of their appearance in the Middle East or Europe
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Probability in the Pleistocene: Origins and Antiquity of Native American Dice, Games of Chance, and Gambling | American Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Probability in the Pleistocene: Origins and Antiquity of Native American Dice, Games of Chance, and Gambling
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-antiquity/article/probability-in-the-pleistocene-origins-and-antiquity-of-native-american-dice-games-of-chance-and-gambling/E38C7B1F4CE7F417D8EFAC5AFEEF20A2
about 1 month ago
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society
about 2 months ago
***Immigration and Ethnic History Society YouTube Channel*** Please visit the IEHS YouTube channel to watch clips from our past virtual events, including book talks, panel discussions, and more. These clips are great teaching tools!
www.youtube.com/@iehs_org
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society
https://www.youtube.com/@iehs_org
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Megan Kate Nelson š
about 2 months ago
Want to read an excerpt from the Prologue of THE WESTERNERS before committing to the whole book? If so, get thee to
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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lithub.com/frederick-ja...
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Frederick Jackson Turnerās Groundbreaking Frontier Thesis Was a Flop When He First Read It
Chicago. July 1893. It was already warm when Mae Turner left the University of Chicago campus and joined some friends to spend the day at the Columbian Exposition (known more popularly as the Worldā¦
https://lithub.com/frederick-jackson-turners-groundbreaking-frontier-thesis-was-a-flop-when-he-first-read-it/
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique
about 2 months ago
This is a really important piece, which I would commend to anyone interested in the future of creativity under finance capitalism. The pressures on the art world are in some ways distinct from those encroaching on the humanities but there are also plenty of overlaps.
doi.org/10.1162/OCTO...
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Great feeling to open a library book and know youāll never get a 404 error
about 2 months ago
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American Philosophical Society
about 2 months ago
The APS is hiring! We are seeking a special project fellow to assist with research on the Societyās Thomas Jefferson Garden, located just across the street from Independence Hall. Find more information and apply here:
https://bit.ly/4sjEjv6
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Samuel J. Redman
about 2 months ago
100 days from the release of my new book, Tarnished Promises: Indian Peace Medals in North America. Please feel free to reach out if you'd like to learn more or discuss a future speaking opportunity.
upcolorado.com/university-p...
#history
#nonfiction
#books
#medals
#NativeAmericanHistory
#museums
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Trying to appreciate the small things, like not having to wear gloves on my bike commute home today for the first time this year
about 2 months ago
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Thereās a long record of US leaders threatening to annihilate whole groups of people for refusing to bend the knee. In the revolutionary era the common threat leveled at Indigenous nations was āextirpationā. See
www.jstor.org/stable/10.53...
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āTo Extirpate the Indiansā: An Indigenous Consciousness of Genocide in the Ohio Valley and Lower Great Lakes, 1750sā1810 on JSTOR
Jeffrey Ostler, āTo Extirpate the Indiansā: An Indigenous Consciousness of Genocide in the Ohio Valley and Lower Great Lakes, 1750sā1810, The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 72, No. 4 (October 2015),...
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5309/willmaryquar.72.4.0587
about 2 months ago
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This is why I love footnotes
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