The #PublicHistory Educator’s Meet Up is an informal, 45-minute zoom gathering, centered on an organizing question or theme. For our first meeting of the semester, join us for a "therapy session" on November 19 at 4 pm Eastern! Register at: https://community.ncph.org/event/educator-therapy#PublicHistory

Public historians, I am running for the NCPH Board of Directors, and I hope you will support me. Reach out to me with your ideas about the future of public history! ncph.org/wp-content/u...

What's the most misunderstood book in your field?

Looking through some old notebooks, I am reminded that in 2016, I drafted an opinion piece arguing that Hillary Clinton would be a much better candidate than Donald Trump for all things historic preservation. abcnews.go.com/Politics/ame...

Police in California are investigating the theft of more than 1,000 items from a museum's collection including metalwork jewelry, Native American baskets and everyday items like athletic trophies that tell the story of the Golden State. https://cnn.it/4qGojUq

After my book Bone Rooms came out, I was asked to do several October-Spooky-Halloween-type events. I chose to turn these invites down, but the asks always got me thinking about the ethics of reaching wider audiences through dark histories this time of year.

A 21st century Lost Cause approach to history. Erase. Whitewash. Repeat.

MFA Boston returns works by 19th-century enslaved artist David Drake to his heirs - The Art Newspaper - International art news and events share.google/AxiuWlyoaOrZ...

Burglars stole more than 1,000 items, including jewelry and historic artifacts, from the Oakland Museum of California this month in a major art heist now being probed by a special FBI team.

'A brazen act': More than 1,000 artifacts stolen in Bay Area museum heist www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

Deep Hanging Out as Historical Research Methodology: The National Anthropological Archives at the Smithsonian Institution - histanthro.org/bibliography... #Smithsonian #Archives

My hot take for the day is that not every office on campus needs to send me a weekly newsletter.

History faculty at Columbia & Barnard decrying the harassment of @mark-bray.bsky.social: "This is the first case in recent memory of a historian who has fled the country after receiving death threats on account of the history that they teach."

Feeling grumpy about #PublicHistory? Join us on Tuesday, October 14 to commiserate with those working in the field or looking for a job in it. https://community.ncph.org/event/SpookyGrumpyHour#PublicHistory

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Read this book it’s more relevant than ever @samueljredman.bsky.social

Museums Under Pressure: A Crisis of Funding, Relevance, and Resilience - artinottawa.org/museums-unde...

Judith Butler is being targeted by the US government. We must stand up | Joel Swanson

White House’s review of Smithsonian content could reach into classrooms nationwide - apnews.com/article/smit...

My book, The Museum: A Short History of Crisis and Resilience, is just $2.99 on Kindle right now.

White House’s review of Smithsonian content could reach into classrooms nationwide - apnews.com/article/smit...

The Natural History Museum is seeking a lead designer for a feasibility study focusing on the refurbishment of its Western Galleries.

Now on YouTube - Samuel J. Redman - The Museum: A Short History of Crisis and Resilience - The Brainwaves Video Anthology - youtu.be/qwYytYr0Y2M?... #museums #history #crisis #Smithsonian

Now on YouTube - Samuel J. Redman - The Museum: A Short History of Crisis and Resilience - The Brainwaves Video Anthology - youtu.be/qwYytYr0Y2M?... #museums #history #crisis #Smithsonian

NBC News - As Trump takes aim at the Smithsonian, meet the woman racing to visit every exhibit - www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

NBC News - As Trump takes aim at the Smithsonian, meet the woman racing to visit every exhibit - www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The Slavery North fellowship program welcomes national & international students, artists, scholars, providing them with space, funding, time, community to produce transformative research outcomes. 3 positions slaverynorth.com/job/fellowsh... UMass Amherst #slavery

Let's pitch a TV show where I visit all the woke artifacts that the Smithsonian is no longer allowed to collect.

Smithsonian insiders continue to privately express support for the museum's present leadership team. They are also shaking their heads at the level of apparent "review" put forward by the White House.

I recently spoke to Jeremy Hobson about the current administration's assault on the Smithsonian Institution - www.listentothemiddle.com

US: White House wants to eliminate "partisan narratives" from museums - www.correiobraziliense.com.br/mundo/2025/0...

If any journalists would like to talk about this outrageous conspiracy theory, I have plenty of things to say . . . www.rawstory.com/eric-burliso...

There's lots that's concerning in this White House effort to try to dictate content and curatorial decisions to the Smithsonian. One thing that irks me is that it's predicated on a totally false understanding of what Americans want from history. /1 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Good morning. Here is the cover and all 11 essays of new special issue of the TNR by historians ighting back against Trump administration's assaults on history, museums, archives, libraries. No surrender among historians. newrepublic.com/magazine?utm...

I spoke to the New York Times about recent changes to Smithsonian exhibition labels. Now paging: Beverly Serrell ! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/a...

If any journalists would like to talk about this outrageous conspiracy theory, I have plenty of things to say . . . www.rawstory.com/eric-burliso...

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"That puts increased pressure on the chief justice. “The chief justice has a really interesting aspect in this new political moment in the U.S.” In the past, “different justices have mostly been a figurehead — no longer.”

@samueljredman.bsky.social called the moment unprecedented. “We have never encountered a political assault — a direct frontal assault on the Smithsonian in this way. The Board of Regents has become more important politically than it has in any previous moment.”

"When SCOTUS becomes a focus of the Smithsonian’s attention, the overlap in the chief justice’s roles can become more awkward. Fogel: “I don’t think it’s been a place that’s politically fraught in the sense that the administration is demanding that somebody be fired."

"Roberts cajoled @thesmithsonian.bsky.social into loaning Louis Armstrong’s trumpet so Wynton Marsalis could play it at a court ceremony. “We got the trumpet for him & it was such a joy to watch him play & think of the history behind it,' calling it “a great ‘side-gig,’ & I’m happy to have it."

@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social: “All of a sudden it becomes a political battleground & that’s disorienting for a lot of people, but if you’re the chief justice it’s got to be challenging for a lot of reasons. I think he’s well aware of the awkwardness.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

In Smithsonian Role, John Roberts Encounters History, Pandas and Trump - www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

Blair LM Kelley selected as next president and director of the National Humanities Center. bit.ly/4lNr9nl

War on universities, war on science, war on knowledge