A cool find from NW SA tonight! @mysanantonio.com @expressnews.com

Panelists talk about how we have to be comfortable being uncomfortable in talking about hard histories. Balance self care and doing this hard work. We must use our anger and balance it with hope. We need to find value in what makes us feel anger and pain and discomfort.

There is power in hearing in the Witte Museum's Dr. Michelle Cuellar Everidge assert unequivocally that Texas was built on the economy of slavery...especially in the current moment where the politicization of history does not guarantee us access to these fundamental truths.

Do we celebrate or commemorate Juneteenth? How and why? Do we discuss hard questions on that day or put them aside. AGR digs into these questions in Black Texas and beyond.

hiiiii @kcarterjackson.bsky.social is on bluesky give her all your follows!

So excited to hear @agr.bsky.social to cap off an incredible day of history and reflection.

@kcarterjackson.bsky.social citing Stephanie Camp is like a nesting doll filled with amazing historians doing such incredible work.

"refusal is collective" Kellie Carter Jackson

Dr. Kimberlyn Montford sharing about spirituals as texts, and I love that she doesn't even need media, she just uses her own voice to sing her examples. She's talking about three kinds of spirituals - sorrowful songs, joyful songs, and coded songs to share info.

Dr. Mekala Audain with an incredible presentation on freedom seekers and the difficulties of escape including distorted ideas about distance, getting lost, and environmental / landscape challenges (getting water, human and animal predators, harsh terrain)

I will always love everything Cat writes.

A very cool panel on land, law, and slavery made up with my colleague Teresa Van Hoy and one of our alums Eddie Paniagua at the Witte Museum's Conference on Texas. They're joined by Ronald W. Davis II and Sandra Ogogor

So excited to be at the Witte Museum's conference on Texas today. First up this morning is Dr. Daina Ramey Berry, “Endurin’ de Freedom War:” Slavery and Emancipation in Texas—A Complex History

Bumping this back to the top of my feed! I've added quite a few people so if it's been awhile, check back in :)

Finally made a #Blackademics starter pack! Let continue to build community here. This is part of #Blacksky so please show your appreciation to the architect, @rudyfraser.com

Yesterday I went to a preview event at the Witte Museum for an upcoming conference focused on the ongoing legacies of slavery in Texas on December 5 and 6. They have scholarships for students and teachers and notably includes a keynote by Annette Gordon-Reed! www.wittemuseum.org/conference/

@lwieck.bsky.social also has written multiple #AHAPerspectives articles. The most recent was on the history of BART in San Francisco.

My department is running a tenure track search in Public History for someone who focuses on Latine or Indigenous History. PLEASE share widely; and reach out with questions. I'm more than happy to sell the benefits of joining our really vibrant program. www.careers.luc.edu/postings/29664

Feeling stuck coming up with good assignments that can't be completed with AI but don't require in-class work? I present: the book hunt. A simple but very useful exercise that went over well with my intro class this semester. cassandragoodhistorian.com/2024/11/12/t... 🗃️

Looking for an NYT subscriber who could help me get a pdf of this article please? timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...

Share something good that's happened to you this week! I had my favorite trio of breakfast tacos today: bean & cheese, egg & nopal, and potato, egg, & avocado...and they made me feel a little less angry.

US Urban History starter pack. I know I probably missed a bunch of really talented people, so please add and suggest folks. @urbanrenewal.bsky.social @lizgreenspan.bsky.social go.bsky.app/ADP275m

Now that I understand starter packs better, I made one for the conversation I want to have. It's Digital Public History. A pack of public historians who work primarily in a digital medium or digital humanists who focus on public engagement. If that's you too, lemme know. bsky.app/starter-pack...

OK academic Bluesky, remember: > Sharing publications is great, bragging about productivity is unnecessary > Teaching is really hard, shaming students is really bad > Won't live-skeeting conferences be fun?! > No one is an expert in generative AI anything, tech cant save higher ed > Alt text always

Ok folks, resharing some key starter packs in the Venn Diagram of my fields: Two American studies packs from @americanstudier.bsky.social go.bsky.app/JrsmRyd go.bsky.app/3bDjpiA Two digital humanities packs from @literaturegeek.bsky.social go.bsky.app/8cjAx6v go.bsky.app/RMU7bAd

One of my favorite readings for museum day in intro to public history!

Reminder, due Dec 1! Cover letter and CV only for first round!

Hello! I began a starter pack with some folks working on Latina/o/x Studies, it's broadly defined and a work in progress for sure. Please share and also send more recommendations of folks to include! go.bsky.app/Rmi3sGW

"Nuyorican and Diasporican Visual Art," a new collection edited by Arlene Dávila and Yasmin Ramirez, provides a critical survey of Puerto Rican art production in the United States from the 1960s to the present. Read the intro for free now: ow.ly/byOu50U4ChM

Sharing for all the new people on Bluesky! *Black DH Projects & Resources* an open community list of 600+ links and counting! bit.ly/Black-DH-List Add yours, and then help us learn about someone else's work too? #BlackSky

Hi friends! I've been trying really hard to keep this list diverse. Recommendations welcome, especially of BIPOC & queer (etc.) public historians whose voices you'd like to see elevated here! go.bsky.app/53FhZd1

Here's the start of gathering a bunch of fantastic public historians' accounts together. go.bsky.app/53FhZd1 DM or comment with people I'm missing! #publichistory #publichistorians #starterpack

We are hiring for an Associate or Full Professor with expertise in Latino/Mexican American/Hispanic Texas and Southwest! stmarytx.applicantpro.com/jobs/3522164

Historians/people interested in modern Texas and the border! Please see this extremely thoughtful reporting on the history of the Texas Farmworkers Union. #skystorians #twitterstorians www.texasstandard.org/texas-farm-w...

come work with me! also feel free to reach out with questions; i am not on the search committte #AcademicJob #history 🗃️

Friday Night Frights

Really important work by @ahahistorians.bsky.social !! I encourage you to take the time to read through this!

Ongoing dialogue among academic historians, teachers, administrators, curriculum developers, and the public can sharpen collective understandings of the difference between good historical questions and the questions that history can’t answer. (8/10)

Here's the start of gathering a bunch of fantastic public historians' accounts together. go.bsky.app/53FhZd1 DM or comment with people I'm missing! #publichistory #publichistorians #starterpack

JOB! The Department of History at Knox College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in American Black history beginning September 1, 2025. We are open to all specialities, sub-specialties, and time frames. apply.interfolio.com/154828

So excited for the WHA coming up soon!!

So what are we doing over here these days... 👀

My AHA colleagues and I are grateful to @lwieck.bsky.social, who gave us a great Mission burrito recommendation. What she didn’t mention is that restaurant’s outer wall houses the mural she discussed in her #AHA24 article!

Happy January.

Anyone know of anything LIKE Made by History but with a more diverse author base?

History friends: does anyone have any fun/interesting/unusual ways they teach a survey class? Looking for inspiration! (Mine will be approx 25 students and second half of US Survey)

I haven't been to a family Thanksgiving since 2016...should I pack my "history should be uncomfortable" shirt or my "corn beans squash the patriarchy" shirt for Thanksgiving?

The world that could have been where gophers ran BART.

@mebrett.bsky.social heyyyy