I was driving down the road last night and the sound of bugs splattering on the car sounded like rain.

Would love to publish an essay on Gordon Wood’s life work on @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social! Any one interested? @asheeshks.org?

Sometimes the research process brings you into unusual spaces like an eighteenth-century French dovecote built for the royal family…

Picked up @davidandress.bsky.social’s lovely, well-written book at Shakespeare and Co today in Paris. The prose, as with all of his books, is something to admire.

In 2018, I heard a story of tunnels beneath Columbus, Ga. They were used to transport enslaved peoples before the Civil War, this person told me. What followed was my pursuit of the truth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzbP...

A eulogy is often the first—and oftentimes the only—biography written about a person.

Reality is just a mirror of our senses. Love live catcopus

“History is not merely a collection of dates and events; it is a rich tapestry woven by countless individuals across centuries.” In a 2024 #AHAPerspectives piece, @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social#AHAPerspectivesdelivers end-of-year remarks to his department. 🗃️

In the age of AI, I find myself becoming quite fond of and sympathetic to sloppy but honest undergraduate prose.

I've been awarded a research fellowship to work with the Gimon Collection on French Political Economy at the Stanford University Libraries! Going to be looking at 18th century pamphlets on agrarian reform for my book project, The Great Pigeon Massacre of 1789. @stanfordulibraries.bsky.social

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, and moderator @lmansley.bsky.social. #AHAOnline 🗃️

Normalize reviewing as a form of procrastination.

So excited to see the cover for this fascinating, touching book on the hist of schoolhouses in the south, beautifully co-authored by my brilliant colleague & spouse, @abegibson.bsky.social, & his pops Benny Gibson. The Vanishing Schools of Franklin County: A History of Public Education in Rural VA

Every time I feel like I screw up as a parent, I remind myself that Hemingway used to leave his kid with his cat as a babysitter.

Rumors are that it’s finally happening…

🗣️ New publication! In this introduction, @nagonzalezq.bsky.social and I revisit the historiography on refugees and explore how the category of “refugee” (or its historical equivalent) was constructed in Atlantic and Mediterranean societies (18th–19th c.) ... www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

@bryanbanksphd.bsky.social pitches me the best pedagogy pieces. Don't miss the latest in #AHAPerspectives!

Age of Revolutions has had the same look for a decade. It was time for a refresh. New Design! Same Revolutionary Content! ageofrevolutions.com

Images don’t just document history—they create it. In “Maduro Captured: On Film and Mythmaking” @danielrunnels.bsky.social examines photography, mythmaking, and the construction of public authority. ageofrevolutions.com/2026/03/16/m...

It's really fun to be citing my friends while fleshing out footnotes for the chapter draft. If you haven't read @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social 's Write to Return: Huguenot Refugees on the Frontiers of the French Enlightenment, I highly recommend it.

🎉🇫🇷The call is open for the 2026-2027 Gustave Gimon Collection on French Political Economy short-term visiting fellowship at Stanford University Libraries. Deadline: March 15, 2026. guides.library.stanford.edu/gimoncollect... Reach out with any questions about the collection or the fellowship.

Advice: End virtual meetings with "last one off the call is a rotten egg." Trust me.

If the closing word is written by the inimitable Lynn Hunt, the volume is edited by @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social ans @cindyermus.bsky.social - who wouldn’t want to devour this volume that just arrived! (and we are in it as well 🤗)

Enter by 11:59 PM EDT on Friday, March 13 for your chance to win a copy of Carl P. Borick's Backcountry Resistance: South Carolina's Militia and the Fight for American Independence! ageofrevolutions.com/2026/03/09/b...

Teaching classes on the history of revolutions? Consider assigning this book and couple it with essays from @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social.

@bryanbanksphd.bsky.social always bring us great pedagogical pieces. Check out his latest in #AHAPerspectives.

One day I wanted to engage students in my history class in a way that would make an impact. I wrote an article for this month’s issue of Perspectives on History (American Historical Association) that will blow you away about it! Read the pdf version here: www.historians.org/wp-content/u...

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 🗃️

It's meant so much to have Robert Darnton's support over the last 10 years. For @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social and now for our @uvapress.bsky.social collection of essays. I read him in college, became enamored with cultural history, & dared to read sources differently to write histories from below.

Pick up your Age Of Revolutions companion collection! Great essays drawn from essays that first appeared on the site and others unique to the book! upress.virginia.edu/title/10176/

My copy of the newly published 'The Global Age of Revolutions' arrived in the post yesterday! My chapter is called 'The Bastille and the Roundabout: the revolutionary past of the gilets jaunes'

Just a reminder of the deep humanist roots @tlecaque.bsky.social brings to his work. This is a good reminder to not lose sight of lived experience in our historical writing. Bravo Thomas!

What if the American Revolution was also a supply‑chain crisis? This post rethinks independence through the lens of logistics, scarcity, and survival—using Nova Scotia (1783–1794) as a revealing case study. 👉 Read more: ageofrevolutions.com/2026/02/23/a...

among my favorite French Revolution details: the King's cousin, the Duke of Orleans, was so shook by the events of the revolution that he not only voted to execute his cousin but legally changed his name to Equality Phil.

One of the toughest obstacles to this volume was selecting which pieces from @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social to include. There are so many great essays. The volume is meant to be read alongside the website! www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...

Read an interview with the editors! www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...

🥳 Happy Book Birthday to The Global Age of Revolutions edited collection, from @cindyermus.bsky.social & @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social - the two founders of @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social & two fabulous people and scholars. More info on how they seek to rethink the Age of Revolutions in the post! 🗃️

Use the code 10VABOOKS for 30% off paperback and ebook!

One of the toughest obstacles to this volume was selecting which pieces from @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social to include. There are so many great essays. The volume is meant to be read alongside the website! www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...

This will be great! 🗃️

If you're interested in a little background for The Global Age of Revolutions: A History from 1650 to Today, check out this Author's Corner with the editors! @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social @uvapress.bsky.social

Happy #pubday to "The Global Age of Revolutions: A History from 1650 to Today," edited @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social and @cindyermus.bsky.social! Redrawing the map and resetting the clock of the Age of Revolutions www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10176/ @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social #skystorians

I remember sitting by the banks of the Chatahoochee River, talking with @cindyermus.bsky.social about this volume. We knew we had the themes to publish the volume from @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social for such a book. As it turned out, it’s better than either of us imagined!

My TedX talk is live! Let’s critically engage with folklore. Spread the word! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzbP...

What did “Terror is the order of the day” mean during the French Revolution? A new AoR piece breaks down the political pressures, popular demands, & revolutionary logic behind this infamous 1793 declaration—and why it mattered far beyond the guillotine. 👉 ageofrevolutions.com/2026/02/09/w...

In 2018, I heard a story of tunnels beneath Columbus, Ga. They were used to transport enslaved peoples before the Civil War, this person told me. What followed was my pursuit of the truth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzbP...

My TedX talk is live! Let’s critically engage with folklore. Spread the word! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzbP...

Excited my research is out here and freely accessible!! Thanks Itinerario and my excellent editors @thomasmareite.bsky.social and @nagonzalezq.bsky.social! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

It is finally out! Happy to share that my article “Returning to Colombia: The Category of Émigré in the Consolidation of Republican Regimes during the Age of Revolutions” has been published by Itinerario in First View. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...