The #JERFall2025 issue is out now through @uncpress! Keep an eye out for related content and author info over the next few weeks! Check the Fall issue out in print with a @SHEARites membership or @ProjectMUSE at: muse.jhu.edu/journal/295

Department of Interior orders NPS to remove slavery-related information across multiple sites. Items flagged for removal include the famous 1863 "Scourged Back" photograph and over 30 signs at Harpers Ferry. View this and other changes on The Panorama: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/09/17/o...

Read the last "Teaching the Early Republic" #JERPano post! Molly Nebiolo explains how student mapping projects boost classroom engagement in "Connecting Across Time and Space: Using Maps and Memory to Teach the Eighteenth Century." Available on The Panorama: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/09/16/u...

I was impressed with this approach to the survey, which uses Yawp. From @thejerpano.bsky.social thepanorama.shear.org/2025/01/09/c...

Who gets to be called a revolutionary? This #JERPano lesson by Shannan Mason challenges students to rethink political participation by centering the ways women labored, resisted, and survived throughout the Revolutionary era. Explore it on The Panorama: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/09/08/l...

The cause and significance of the pending closure of the Iowa State Historical Society is examined in the latest "Early Republic Tracker" post for The Panorama. View this and other changes to the historical landscape and infrastructure on the #JERPano: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/09/08/i...

The #JERPano is spotlighting our "Teaching the Early Republic" series! Check out (or submit your own) reflections, ruminations and creative solutions to teaching some of the most complex issues in American history today on The Panorama: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/09/04/t...

This #LaborDay, explore how even after emancipation "free" labor wasn’t truly free in the #JERPano Summer '25 issue, the "Free State and Slavery," which explores how Northern states used law & policy to control Black labor. Login and download at: muse.jhu.edu/article/963421

Help document changes to American history in public spaces & gov sites with the #JERPano! The Early Republic Tracker is tracing these alterations - from NPS reviews and funding cuts to library updates. Submit or view on The Panorama: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...

Teaching the EAR - “How to Use SNL’s “Washington’s Dream” (2023) Skit in the Early American History Survey” Aleandra Garret's offers tips for bringing a dose of pop culture into the classroom by using the SNL skit, "Washington's Dream." Read at the #JERPano: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/08/22/h...

Teaching the EAR, “A Dramatis Personae for the American Revolution” Our Authors explain how a cast of characters becomes an effective pedagogical tool to help students understand complex historical events like the American Revolution. Read #JERPano at: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/08/11/d...

"The Original Gerrymanders" is live on the #JerPano! Kevin Vrevich offers historical context for thinking about gerrymandering through recent redistricting plans by Texas Republicans. Read this and other reflections on The Panorama: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/08/01/g...

"Discussing Slavery and Freedom in the U.S. I Survey" Read the latest contribution to the #JERPano "Teaching the Early Republic" series, in which Steven Peach discusses the ways primary source analysis boosts engagement in the history survey course. Panorama: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/07/29/s...

Over a dozen slavery-related displays at Independence National Park including the President's House, Benjamin Franklin Museum and Independence Hall face federal content review. View this and other changes on the #JerPano Early Republic Tracker: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/07/29/c...

Happening now! The #SHEAR2025 President's Plenary! Come join us in Brown University's Solomon Center. Followed by a reception at 6:30 in the John Hayes Library on campus.

“Arts and Crafts Day in the Research Seminar” In the latest installment of the "Teaching the Early Republic" series for the #JERPano, Robert Smith demonstrates the power of material culture to engage students in the classroom. Read on The Panorama thepanorama.shear.org/2025/07/14/a...

The latest #ComPano piece to the #JERPano is live! Richard Newman’s “No Place of Grace” reflects on how the power of place can be harnessed to tell the story of free-state slavery at historical sites outside the South. Read on The Panorama at: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/07/07/n... #JERPano

Still need to register for #SHEAR2025? You're in luck! Online registration has been extended until midnight tonight - July 6th, 2025. To register and view all the great events the #JERPano is sponsoring, visit: shear.org/annual-meeti...

Cory James Young, in a #Compano piece to his #JERPano article on hereditary term slavery in Pennsylvania, considers the significance of some silences in slavery's archive. Read the companion piece on The Panorama: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/06/30/a...

What does it mean to teach Lincoln in an era of division and doubt? Writing for the #JERPano Teaching The Early Republic Series, David N. Gellman explores how historical education prompts deeper civic reflection and honest engagement with the past. Read at: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/06/25/l...

Your friendly JER reminder: There’s still time to register for the 46th Annual #SHEAR2025 Meeting, taking place in Providence, July 17–20, 2025: shear.org/annual-meeti... Submissions also remain open for #JERPano “Teaching the Early American Republic” series: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/06/04/c...

#SHEAR2025 is coming! Be sure to join the #JERPano this July in Providence, RI. It’s a chance to catch new early American scholarship, network, and get a sense of where the field is headed. To view this year's program and register, visit: shear.org/annual-meeti...

The Summer 2025 #JERPano special issue, “Free State and Slavery,” is now out! This issue challenges a clear free/slave state divide prior to the Civil War. Exploring how “free” states used law and policy to coerce and enslave Black people after emancipation. Read: muse.jhu.edu/article/963421

1) Most recent update on @thejerpano.bsky.social history tracker: NPS is asked to post signs allowing people to submit feedback on any interpretations that portray US history/landscapes negatively-- the goal is to erase honest histories from our public spaces...

The #JERPano invites contributions to our new series, "Teaching the Early American Republic!" We welcome thoughtful reflections on pedagogy, innovative lesson plans, source reviews, or the challenges faced in the classroom by June 30th. For guidelines, visit: thepanorama.shear.org/write-for-us/

Help the #JERPano document critical threats to public history. Like the withdrawal of a $460,000 federal grant to conserve more than 3,000 African-American-made quilts (c1860s), which, without preservation, now risk irreversible decay. View this change at: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/06/10/p...

The #JERPano seeks contributors for a new series, "Teaching the Early American Republic." We invite reflections on classroom experiences, lesson plans, source reviews, or challenges in 500 to 1000 words by June 30th. For posting guidelines, visit us at: thepanorama.shear.org/write-for-us/

Read “Digitization of Sources and the American Revolution” by Miriam Liebman! As the semiquincentennial approaches, Liebman comments on historiographical shifts relating to women's and diplomatic history in the era of the Revolution. Explore at the #JERPano: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/06/02/d...

Join the "Getting the Most out of Conferences" Workshop which aims to discuss key issues around attending conferences! Taking Place Today 4pm EST / 1pm PST To register go to: t.co/hd8rKR7LKb

"What's past is prologue" - The Tempest, Act II Scene I The Panorama invites historians of early America to contribute essays that bring depth to our understanding of the present. Learn more about writing for the #JERPano or submit a proposal and CV: thepanorama.shear.org/write-for-us/

Register for the #JERPano Conference Paper to Article Workshop at #SHEAR2025. Submit at: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/28/j...

Historians at Brown University and Tribal members from across New England are launching a project they hope will bring awareness to the historic enslavement of Indigenous people in North America.

Beginning our #JERSpring2025 "Meet the Author" series is John K. Bardes! Learn more about John's article, "“A New Way of Smuggling Free Negroes”: Black Unauthorized Workers and the Police Power in Antebellum New Orleans" and check it out through @projectmuse.bsky.social and @uncpress.bsky.social ⬇️

Check out the Early American Tracker! The #JERPano invites academic historians, public historians, federal workers, teachers, and concerned citizens to submit evidence of changes made to the Early American historical record. Visit The Panorama at: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...

The Journal of the Early Republic is thrilled to announce the "From Conference Paper to Article Workshop," held 9-2pm Weds, Aug 20th Get feedback from #JERPano editors and revise toward publication Submit a CV and title by June 30th 2025. For details visit: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/28/j...

Lincoln is 404 at the White House. Things not where they should be? Say something! View this alteration and help document other changes to the digital landscape on the #JERPano Early Republic Tracker: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/21/w...

Submit nominations for the AHA’s awards and prizes by May 15. The AHA recognizes outstanding historical work of many types, including exceptional books, distinguished teaching and mentoring, film, and digital projects and resources. 🗃️

CFP. SHEAR invites scholars to apply for the 6th Annual Biography Workshop, July 17, 2025 at Brown. Sessions include chapter workshopping and reflections on subject choice, structure, and archival gaps. Call now live on the #JERPano: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/15/s...

Check out the Early American Tracker! The #JERPano invites academic historians, public historians, federal workers, teachers, and concerned citizens to submit evidence of changes made to the Early American historical record. Visit The Panorama at: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...

The Early Republic Tracker is now live! This new initiative from the #JERPano documents efforts to alter or erase interpretations of early U.S. history at public sites, national parks, and federal websites through citizen contributions. Visit the site at: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...

Starting your second book? You don’t have to do it alone. SHEAR’s Second Book Writers’ Workshop meets July 17 in Providence during #SHEAR2025. Apply by May 4 to join a community of peers and a space for feedback, support, and momentum. Details at #JERPano: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/07/s...

Need some light in our dark times? Come to the @thejerpano.bsky.social sponsored panel chaired by @kcarterjackson.bsky.social on "Joy and Pleasure in the Early Republic." 10:30am today #OAH25. Check out the line up below. @burrite.bsky.social @scribnerumcp.bsky.social @kirstenwood.bsky.social

Very grateful that @uncpress.bsky.social and @projectmuse.bsky.social have made my article on religion, politics, and how/where/when/why American Protestant Christians drew the line between the two freely accessible.

How have religion and politics shaped each other in American history? Emily Conroy-Krutz explores their entanglement in the Early Republic—and its echoes in today’s debates over LGBTQ rights. Read her #JERPano spotlight on the Panorama thepanorama.shear.org/2025/03/26/c...

Starting off the #JERSpring2025 issue is @econroykrutz.bsky.social's new article, "“Between Two Fires” Defining Politics and Religion in the ABCFM Debate over Slavery." Thanks to @uncpress.bsky.social & @projectmuse.bsky.social, Emily's article is freely accessible: muse.jhu.edu/pub/12/artic...

Loved having the opportunity to reflect on my JER article on religion and politics (and my dislike of Rufus Anderson) for @thejerpano.bsky.social thepanorama.shear.org/2025/03/26/c...

My latest article is out in @thejerpano.bsky.social This is the story of one immigrant, Mathew Carey, and how he grappled with exceptionalist, exclusionary narrative of the American founding, to claim a place for Catholics in the United States. muse.jhu.edu/pub/12/artic... @iehs.bsky.social

Before we get started with promotion for our #JERSpring2025 issue, the #JER and #JERPano are thrilled to welcome Dr. Shannan Mason to the editorial team as our incoming social media editor! Look out for exciting new content from her beginning this summer, and learn more about Shannan’s work⬇️

The #JERSpring2025 issue is out now from @uncpress! Check it out via @ProjectMUSE or in print with a @SHEARites membership, and keep an eye out for related content over the next few weeks! muse.jhu.edu/issue/54409

Last call to send in your applications to join the #JER team as our senior editorial assistant. Details at the #JERPano: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/01/14/w...