Wasn’t expecting to see Bernard Bailyn

Where does this “26 colonies” figure come from? Holly Brewer counted around 40 administrative divisions: boston1775.blogspot.com/2021/10/brit... #HATM

"There are about a thousand of us"

reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."

Loving Death by Lightning on @Netflix.com. Been obsessed with Garfield for 30+ years. Wrote my high school term paper about Guiteau’s trial. I have a Garfield poster and a newspaper showing Guiteau’s execution in my office. It’s almost as if this show was made for me.

Loving Death by Lightning on @Netflix.com. Been obsessed with Garfield for 30+ years. Wrote my high school term paper about Guiteau’s trial. I have a Garfield poster and a newspaper showing Guiteau’s execution in my office. It’s almost as if this show was made for me.

I am very grateful for the recognition!

Call for Papers: Southern Cultures encourages submissions from scholars, writers, and artists for a special issue on *Religion* to be published in 2026. They want to shed light on diverse religious traditions, not simply Protestantism. Deadline: Dec 15. www.southerncultures.org/cfp-religion...

Former advisee and Binghamton PhD @jonathansjones.bsky.social publishes his amazing book OPIUM SLAVERY on the opioid crisis after the Civil War. A must read for all students of US history.

The digital version of our Winter '25 issue is now live for subscribers to read at our website: bit.ly/3JJ3U0f. Not yet a subscriber? Fix that here: bit.ly/4aERspr. #civilwarhistory #twitterstorians #history #americancivilwar

Historians! If you’re within driving distance of Gettysburg, come to the Fortenbaugh next week with David Blight, Drew Faust & Stephanie McCurry. I pushed to try a panel format this year—excited to see it come to life. www.gettysburg.edu/news/stories...

Preorder the 2nd edition of my book No Common Ground using the code 01SOCIAL30 on uncpress.org to get 30% off. @uncpress.bsky.social #confederate #monuments

I am heartbroken and horrified that the department where I received my PhD is under threat of closure. This is a dynamic and welcoming community that is at the forefront of American Studies in the UK. I encourage everyone to sign the below petition and rally behind our colleagues in Nottingham.

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 15: We are accepting applications for TWO postdoctoral fellows! Fellowships are for two years and offer competitive wages and travel funds. Start date of July 1, 2026. Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...

Two great Americans.

For all you fans of the new @netflix.com series “Death by Lightning,” here’s the table of contents for my book “The Last Lincoln Republican: The Presidential Election of 1880.” It covers much of the ground the series explores. It’s published by the University Press of Kansas.

Get a load of this . . . Formal publication date May 1, 2026 (mayday, mayday) Festivities will launch at OAH (Philadelphia, where else?) in March. @ugapress.bsky.social @jimdowns.bsky.social @agordonreed.bsky.social @nhannahjones.bsky.social and more

Pleased to share this *Opium Slavery* Author’s Corner on The Way of Improvement Leads Home. Thanks @johnfea1.bsky.social for featuring the book! 🗃️ thewayofimprovement.blog/2025/11/10/t...

Senate Democrats

Despite my low expectations, this generation of politicans continues to disappoint me with their lack of creativity and moral courage.

We've got a cover. Coming your way next June!

Very pleased to have my @oxfordacademic.bsky.social book, An Unholy Traffic, reviewed in the latest issue of the New York Review of Books. Thanks to James Oakes for taking the time to engage with it!

While we do not agree on all issues, I want to publicly thank UNC-CH Chancellor Lee Roberts for clearly stating today in Faculty Council that UNC cannot and will not sign Trump's Compact, because it raises irresolvable issues of academic freedom. That was important for faculty & students to hear.

Exciting news. We’ve got a pub date for the 2nd edition of No Common Ground & it’s in paperback! It’ll be out Feb. 1, 2026 & there’s a 30% discount on preorders by using the code 01SOCIAL30. @uncpress.bsky.social

The History Department at Gettysburg College invites applications for the Robert C. Fluhrer Distinguished Professor in Civil War Studies. gettysburg.peopleadmin.com/postings/6040

Important story in today's Los Angeles Times. Preservationists also need to mobilize now to save the Ben Shahn frescoes in the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building in Washington, which is scheduled to be sold off by the end of 2025. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Need travel reading for #2025SHA? The latest issue of the JSH is open-access and free to read: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55697 We will see you in St Pete Beach @thesouthernsha.bsky.social thesha.org/meeting

Friends, I could not be more excited to let you know that my book, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World, is out today from Penguin. I’m super proud of it and super grateful to all the scholars whose work informs it. I hope you’ll take a peek and spread the word! amzn.to/4nHkziG

After emancipation, Black schoolteacher & future Alabama state legislator William V. Turner reported to the Freedmen's Bureau that local officials were illegally withholding food assistance from Black mothers, telling them it "is not for negroes, but for the poor white women."

Folks I'm three hops away from: Bill Gates W.E.B. DuBois Howard Zinn Marilyn Monroe Vladamir Putin Donald Trump

Off the top of my head, in terms of degrees of separation I managed to get from myself to *Jimi Hendrix* in "three hops," this is a WILD assertion to make www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A series on southern history from @uncpress.bsky.social, co-edited by @drkarenlcox.bsky.social. 🗃️ uncpress.org/series/bound...

Tolkien is not perfect but he did, in fact, hate the fucking Nazis.

This is exactly the same argument — and, in parts, even the same language — that segregationists advanced to argue that white people had a “right” not to live next to people who were different from them.

Lots of you have been asking for the syllabus for the lecture course -- "America at 250" -- that I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage. Here you go: president.yale.edu/sites/defaul...

It’s officially pub day for Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America‘s First Opioid Crisis! Available at a bookshop near you. Thanks to everyone who made it possible to bring this research to life! 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social uncpress.org/978146968953...

Nobody makes a $130 million donation without expecting something in return. www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

Get in, nerds. The records of Truman's Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion (1949-1952) have been digitized. www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/fede...

Jefferson ordered the demolition of the outdoor privies at the White House. Checkmate, libs! www.whitehousehistory.org/jeffersons-w...

✍️We're excited that the November 2025 JSH will soon be out in the world. It features a special forum on teaching about the South, in the South and beyond. The issue will also be free-to-read on Project Muse. So, SHA members check your mailboxes, and watch this space.✍️ thesha.org/contents

Everything is terrible but BIG NEWS: My new author website is live! megankatenelson.com Read more about me, my books, upcoming events, and pre-order "The Westerners"!

John Adams, upon moving into the White House: “I pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this House, and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof."

Last weekend, the School honored three outstanding alumni at its annual Distinguished Alumni Awards! 🎊 Learn more about this year’s award recipients. unc.live/42TFOGn

Y’all the East Wing of the White House is gone. It’s just… gone. I wasn’t prepared for how awful it would be to see it

Here's the thing I don't understand. You can't as much as sneeze near a historic site in Washington without like 14 commissions, councils, and advisory boards giving you the okay. And everybody now is like...yup, fine with us? wtf?

I hope the next administration converts the ballroom into a food bank.

Congratulations to @jonathansjones.bsky.social on the publication of his new book with @uncpress.bsky.social. Just received my copy and it looks fantastic. uncpress.org/978146968953...

Shut it down like it’s 1802.

1)You may remember the articles criticizing liberal students for their hesitancy to make friends with conservative students—alleging that they were less open-minded than their conservative counterparts.

Indiana University students and faculty should go on strike over this blatant assault on student journalists’ First Amendment freedoms.