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Official Bluesky account for the history department at the University of Connecticut
THIS WEEK! Join UConn History as we host Rose Miron for two talks about her work as Vice President for Research and Education for the Newberry Library.
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Folks if you would like to listen in, I did a podcast on the new book with the wonderful
@mkn.bsky.social
for the Massachusetts Historical Society.
#theriseandfallofthesecondamericanrepublic
audio book is selling at a promotional discount, link in the comments!
www.masshist.org/podcast/hath...
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Massachusetts Historical Society: The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic with Manisha Sinha
https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-18-Sinha
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ICYMI: our own
@profmsinha.bsky.social
discussed her most recent book on The Long View last week! Check it out here:
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What a showing out of UConn graduate students at the 2025 SHEAR conference!
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The extended UConn History family had a great time at
@shearites.bsky.social
this past weekend! Special congratulations to
@profmsinha.bsky.social
on a successful term as SHEAR President!
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UConn History at Shear 2025 | Department of History
Over the weekend of July 17-20, the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic held their annual conference in Providence, Rhode Island, where UC ...
https://history.uconn.edu/2025/07/21/uconn-history-at-shear-2025/
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Have a great weekend at the 2025 SHEAR meeting to the UConn faculty and grads in attendance, including our own Maisha Sinha, who is the current president of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic!
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PUB DATE today folks happy to have written the foreward to Sylvia Frey's classic on black resistance in the south during the American Revolution, one of my favorite books in grad school.
@princetonupress.bsky.social
did a great job with the new edition.
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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Water from the Rock
A multifaceted history of Black resistance during the War of Independence
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691237787/water-from-the-rock?srsltid=AfmBOooGBSDg0GTqVaMqJ5d8o5jfBuk5jpLBcuiBktSVHRCCvwKzk5fn
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Congratulations to the UConn History faculty, grads, and affiliates attending the annual SHAFR Conference in Arlington, VA! Frank Costigiola Bradley Simpson Grace Easterly Gabrielle Westcott
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3 months ago
Folks avoid the heat and join us for this zoom webinar today
www.americanancestors.org/events/march...
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The March to Freedom for All Americans, 1860-1920 – A Panel Discussion Featuring Authors Bennett Parten and Manisha Sinha | American Ancestors
https://www.americanancestors.org/events/march-freedom-all-americans-1860-1920-panel-discussion-featuring-authors-bennett-parten-and
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this wonderful piece from
@profmsinha.bsky.social
gets to what was truly great about lincoln — his open mind and great capacity for moral growth
www.theunpopulist.net/p/abraham-li...
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Abraham Lincoln Wasn't Born an Abolitionist, He Became One
We live in polarized times when freedom is threatened but this Juneteenth we should remind ourselves that we have overcome far worse
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/abraham-lincoln-wasnt-born-an-abolitionist
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Congratulations to Mamiri Imai of
@uconnhistory.bsky.social
for being selected and completing the Sex Gender and Print seminar at the American Antiquarian Society!
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4 months ago
My interview for a blog series to discuss my Graduate Assistantship with
@uconnhumanities.bsky.social
and share advice about applying skills to different positions. I also talked about my work with EPOCH (w/
@uconnhistory.bsky.social
) and
@shearites.bsky.social
.
career.uconn.edu/blog/2025/06...
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Enhancing Career Readiness: Doctoral Students at Work Featuring Timothy Brown, Graduate Assistant at the Humanities Institute
How his Graduate Assistantship has contributed to PhD student, Timothy Brown’s, career readiness.
https://career.uconn.edu/blog/2025/06/09/enhancing-career-readiness-doctoral-students-at-work/
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4 months ago
Historian here presidential pardon is in the Constitution but the founders did not imagine they could be solicited through bribes or upend the rule of law. My take here.https://www.wfsb.com/2025/05/28/former-connecticut-governor-john-rowland-receives-pardon-by-president-trump/
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Former Connecticut Gov. Rowland receives pardon from President Trump
Former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland received a pardon from President Donald Trump.
https://www.wfsb.com/2025/05/28/former-connecticut-governor-john-rowland-receives-pardon-by-president-trump/
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Check out
@profmsinha.bsky.social
featured in a recent
@nytimes.com
piece! Link below:
history.uconn.edu/2025/05/27/m...
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Manisha Sinha Featured in the New York Times | Department of History
Prof. Manisha Sinha was quoted in a May 25 New York Times piece, looking back at the murder of George Floyd and the 2020 movement for Black lives. Prof. Sin ...
https://history.uconn.edu/2025/05/27/manisha-sinha-featured-in-the-new-york-times/
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More exciting work from Prof. Vernal! Check it out here:
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5 months ago
Grades submitted, semester is over! Thanks to my wonderful undergraduate students who nominated me for the Provost’s teaching and mentorship award. And to top it this relatively nice review of
#theriseandfallofthesecondamericanrepublic
@nybooks.com
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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One Brief Shining Moment | Adam Hochschild
In the sweltering days of early July 1913, more than 50,000 men gathered for a most unusual reunion. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/05/29/one-brief-shining-moment-rise-and-fall-of-the-second-american-republic/
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We’re thrilled to announce that Frank Costigliola has been named a co-winner of the Sharon Harris Book Award, from
@uconnhumanities.bsky.social
! Details below:
history.uconn.edu/2025/05/05/1...
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Frank Costigliola's Recent Book Wins Sharon Harris Book Award | Department of History
Congratulations to Professor Frank Costigliola, whose recent biography of US diplomat and strategist George Kennan was just named a co-winner of the Sharon ...
https://history.uconn.edu/2025/05/05/11535/
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Historian here quotes in this article in
@theguardian.com
on Trump’s first hundred days and yes it’s going worse than you imagined.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump 100 days: White House action plan makes Project 2025 look mild
Donald Trump tried to distance himself from the radical rightwing blueprint for government during the campaign but its prescriptions are all over the administration’s agenda
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/02/project-2025-trump-100-days
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Check out this special addition of the Journal of Vietnamese Studies, featuring our own Nu-Anh Tran!
online.ucpress.edu/jvs/issue/20/2
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Volume 20 Issue 2 | Journal of Vietnamese Studies | University of California Press
https://online.ucpress.edu/jvs/issue/20/2
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PSA for any of our Arkansas followers!
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Check out this awesome event TOMORROW (4/22)! Details below:
isanet-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Our Ecological World: Oceans & Waterways. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Part of the Thinking Globally in 2025 Series. Historically, oceans and waterways have both connected and divided human interaction. This pattern continues in the contemporary ways that oceans and wate...
https://isanet-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3rVvrU4GR7iR1hTDK4Ulew#/registration
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Unfortunately we are having technical difficulties with the livestream for the
#DraperSeries
. We are working hard to get a working stream, and will have a full recording available, when the event concludes.
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Today’s the day! The
#DraperSeries
is happening from 4-6 Join Greg Grandin,
@laurenfturek.bsky.social
, Moon-Ho Jung,
@bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social
, and
@profmsinha.bsky.social
for a discussion of American imperialism and its present-day implications! RSVP Here:
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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We’re closing in on the release of our own
@emmaamador.bsky.social
’s new book, published by
@dukepress.bsky.social
! Out soon!
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We are so excited to welcome
@laurenfturek.bsky.social
, Greg Grandin, and Moon-Ho Jung to Storrs to join our own
@profmsinha.bsky.social
and
@bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social
TOMORROW (4/17) for the Spring 2025
#DraperSeries
! RSVP for livestream here:
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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So excited to see my
@uconnhistory.bsky.social
colleague’s work out in the world.
@emmaamador.bsky.social
www.dukeupress.edu/the-politics...
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The Politics of Care Work
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We’re so excited to announce the launch of a new book edited by Prof. Jeffrey Ogbar, with essays by Prof. Fiona Vernal and Prof.
@melanienewport.bsky.social
! Check out the details below, from
@politicsprose.bsky.social
:
politics-prose.com/jeffrey-ogbar
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Jeffrey Ogbar — Black Movement: African American Urban History Since the Great Migration — at Conn Ave
https://politics-prose.com/jeffrey-ogbar
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Huge congratulations to our own Dr. David Evans for successfully defending his PhD dissertation!
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Manisha Sinha
6 months ago
Hey
#skystorians
if you are in Worcester, Massachusetts join us today evening at the College of the Holy Cross.
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Upcoming Lectures from Prof. Manisha Sinha | Department of History
Prof. Manisha Sinha will be giving a series of lectures, this April, beginning on April 8 in New Haven, CT. Check out event details below: April 8, 2025: Bo ...
https://history.uconn.edu/2025/04/07/upcoming-lectures-from-prof-manisha-sinha/
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Folks wish me luck this week, today at the New York Historical at 6.30 pm, tomorrow I will be delivering the Bosworth Memorial lecture in American History at Yale in New Haven (poster below), Thursday at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Friday at the Nau center in UVA, Charlottesville.
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Check out this interview with historian
@profmsinha.bsky.social
on the parallels between today and the nineteenth century. 🗃️
www.salon.com/2025/04/04/f...
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From the Confederacy to The Gilded Age: Manisha Sinha on the "sorry history" that inspires MAGA
Manisha Sinha spoke to Salon about Donald Trump's 19th-century vision and America's history of radical resistance.
https://www.salon.com/2025/04/04/from-the-confederacy-to-the-gilded-age-manisha-sinha-on-the-sorry-history-that-inspires-maga/
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TOMORROW: Foreign Policy Seminar, featuring Christopher Nichols! Details below:
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Check out tomorrow’s UCHI fellow talk!
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Some great news for your Monday morning: Wednesday workshops resume THIS WEEK in the Wood Hall Basement Lounge!
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Folks if you are in DC join us for the Abraham Lincoln symposium tomorrow!
fords.org/event/abraha...
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The Annual Abraham Lincoln Institute Symposium — Ford's Theatre
The Abraham Lincoln Institute and Ford’s Theatre Society present a free symposium focused on the life, career and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln.
https://fords.org/event/abraham-lincoln-institute-symposium/
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Exciting event TODAY in Southport! Details below:
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More exciting news! Info below for a webinar TODAY featuring Prof. Sinha:
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Check out this exciting opportunity from UCONN’s Curriculum Lab! Details below:
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Alexis Dudden Article about Firebombing of Tokyo Published in Economist | Department of History
Earlier this month, Alexis Dudden's article, "Alexis Dudden on the Firebombing of Tokyo and on Post-war Struggles to Keep it Remembered," was ...
https://history.uconn.edu/2025/03/11/alexis-dudden-article-about-firebombing-of-tokyo-published-in-economist/
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Check out our own Andy Horowitz, right here:
www.ctpublic.org/2025-02-27/w...
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Watch: 'The Charter After The Oak' captures conservation and display of legendary CT document
At the center of the legend of Connecticut’s Charter Oak is this 363-year-old document, which gave royal approval to America’s first written framework of self-government.
https://www.ctpublic.org/2025-02-27/watch-the-charter-after-the-oak-captures-conservation-and-display-of-legendary-ct-document
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7 months ago
Join UConn historian Alexis Dudden tmw March 6, 2025 at 5:30pm to discuss the recent martial law crisis in South Korea, and South Korean relations with the Trump Administration. Join us! Registration link:
uconn-cmr.webex.com/weblink/regi...
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Some photos from
@profmsinha.bsky.social
’s lecture, this week!
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Our own
@d-squared.bsky.social
will be speaking at the University of Florida on March 4! Check out the details below:
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Check out our own Prof. Jason Chang, featured here!
www.greenwichsentinel.com/2025/02/10/m...
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‘My Story, Our Future’ Exhibit Celebrating South Asian American Youth Voices Opens
Greenwich Historical Society in partnership with the India Cultural Center (ICC) and UConn Asian and Asian American Studies Institute (AAASI) unveiled the stude
https://www.greenwichsentinel.com/2025/02/10/my-story-our-future-exhibit-celebrating-south-asian-american-youth-voices-opens/
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To our California followers, check out
@profmsinha.bsky.social
this Thursday!
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🚨🚨webinar TODAY! 🚨🚨 Registration info below:
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Deirdre Cooper Owens Named Scholar In Residence at Occidental College | Department of History
Professor Deirdre Cooper Owens has been named the Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence at Occidental College in Los Angeles California. ...
https://history.uconn.edu/2025/02/11/deirdre-cooper-owens-named-scholar-in-residence-at-occidental-college/
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Jeffrey Ogbar Interviewed by KPFA | Department of History
On the 1st of February, Professor Jeffrey Ogbar was interviewed by KPFA 94.1, a radio station based in California. The episode, titled "Carry the Light ...
https://history.uconn.edu/2025/02/10/jeffrey-ogbar-interviewed-by-kpfa/
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In yet more exciting UConn History news:
www.oxy.edu/news/deirdre...
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Deirdre Cooper Owens Named 2025 Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence
Cooper Owens, a historian, teacher, and reproductive justice advocate, is an associate professor of history and Africana studies at the University of Connecticut.
https://www.oxy.edu/news/deirdre-cooper-owens-named-2025-stafford-ellison-wright-black-alumni-scholar-residence
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