4 groundbreaking books, 1 dynamic roundtable: Frens-String’s Hungry for Revolution, Stoll’s Profit, Alvarez’s Border Land, Border Water, and Bsumek’s The Foundations of Glen Canyon Dam. Join all four for "A Roundtable on Environmental History" Thu. Sep. 25, 2-3:30pm, Info/Register: bit.ly/EH-RT-IHS.

Thursday! "A Roundtable on Environmental History" f. Joshua Frens-String, @markstoll.bsky.social, C. J. Alvarez, & @embsumek.bsky.social —scholars reshaping how we think about infrastructure, borders, the environment, and so much more. Sep. 25. 2-3:30pm, Hybrid. Info/Register: bit.ly/EH-RT-IHS.

Join us this Thursday Sep. 25 at 2-3:30pm, online and in-person - Info/Register: bit.ly/EH-RT-IHS. Free + open to the public.

Join IHS this Monday, Sep. 15, at Noon! "Cold War Chronicles: A Digital Resource for Research and Teaching on the Eastern Bloc in the LBJ Era" A talk by Mary Neuburger Mon. Sep. 15 | Noon-1:30pm GAR 4.100 & Zoom Livestream Info/Register: bit.ly/NeuburgerIHS www.cold-war-chronicles.com

Today @ Noon! Join us for "The Age of Choice" by Dr. Sophia Rosenfeld-- online and in-person! • Mon, Sept 8, 12–1:30pm CDT • GAR 4.100 + Zoom • Info/Reg: bit.ly/RosenfeldIHS • More: sophiarosenfeld.com

Tomorrow! Join us for our opening event of the new year! Dr. Sophia Rosenfeld (Penn), presents "The Age of Choice" - online + in-person! • Mon, Sept 8, 12–1:30pm CDT • GAR 4.100 + Zoom • Info/Reg: bit.ly/RosenfeldIHS • More: sophiarosenfeld.com

Ahead of our program launch this Monday, check out some recommended readings by/about our keynote speaker, Dr. Sophia Rosenfeld, University of Pennsylvania, and her new book "The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life"@princetonupress.bsky.social (2025): www.instagram.com/p/DOO_yJlgRS_/

📅 📖 @utaustinihs.bsky.social in @uthistory.bsky.social ‪invites you to: "The Age of Choice" A talk by Sophia Rosenfeld Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History University of Pennsylvania ‪ Monday September 8 | 12:00-1:30pm | GAR 4.100 & Zoom | Info/Register: bit.ly/RosenfeldIHS

Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize & a NYT Editors’ Choice, Dr. Sophia Rosenfeld’s The Age of Choice (Princeton, 2025) is earning acclaim. Hear her keynote Mon, Sept 8, 12–1:30pm CDT, GAR 4.100 + Zoom. Info/Reg: bit.ly/RosenfeldIHS

Join IHS for the launch of its 2025–26 program, with a keynote address by Dr. Sophia Rosenfeld (Penn), author of The Age of Choice (Princeton, 2025). • Mon, Sept 8, 12–1:30pm CDT • GAR 4.100 + Zoom • Info/Reg: bit.ly/RosenfeldIHS • More: sophiarosenfeld.com

Kicking off our 2025–26 program with Dr. Sophia Rosenfeld (Penn), on how “choice” became synonymous with freedom—and its consequences. • Mon, Sept 8, 12–1:30pm CDT • GAR 4.100 + Zoom • Info/Reg: bit.ly/RosenfeldIHS

Award-winning research + new faculty positions for '24-25 IHS Postdocs Isabelle Headrick & Jesse Ritner! Read about their successes and view a list of IHS internal postdoc placements since the initiative launched 10 years ago! bit.ly/4m82KbV.

🥳 Big news! We’re excited to welcome Diana Heredia‑López & Alina Scott as our 2025–26 Postdoctoral Research Fellows. 🖋️ From cochineal dye to Wampanoag petitions, their work is bold, original & deeply rooted in community. 🔗 Meet them here: bit.ly/4lBH0FB @uthistory.bsky.social

✨ We’re excited to share some big news! Please join us in welcoming Dr. Yoav Di‑Capua as our new Director and celebrating the 2025–2026 Research Cohort. This group brings fresh ideas, new projects, and vibrant energy to our community. We can’t wait for the year ahead! Read more here 👉 bit.ly/46czlZG

📣 Curious about digital history? Join us Mon. Apr. 28 for Digital History Foundations: ClioVis Training & Discussion, a hands-on intro to building digital timelines using ClioVis! 🕛 Noon–1:30pm CT | GAR 4.100 & Zoom 🔗 bit.ly/cliovis-ihs-2025

📣 Call for Applications! The Americas is now accepting applications for the 2025–26 Vault Associate! The Vault Associate will curate a guide to a historiographical issue based on articles from The Americas archives, culminating in an original essay published on the journal website.

🌍📁 How can scholars of the Cold War Middle East work around limited archival access? Benjamin Allison’s paper, "East by East," explores how Communist archives in Eastern Europe offer new pathways into the region’s history. 🗓️ Monday, April 21 🕐 12:00–1:15 PM 📍 GAR 4.100 & Zoom 🔗 bit.ly/43Lprgs?r

Up next in our Works in Progress series: Clifton Sorrell presents "Surviving Conquest and Negotiating Sovereign-Freedom in the Montes," a chapter on maroon communities, empire, and the fight for Jamaica, 1655–1660. 🗓️ Thursday, April 17 🕐 1:00–2:15 PM 📍 GAR 4.100 & Zoom 🔗 bit.ly/4lmN9FQ?r

🔥📚 Our Works in Progress series kicks off April 14 with Camila's "Fire and Preservation," a chapter analyzing the unfulfilled plans of the General Archive of Papers at the end of the Viceregal period in New Spain. 🗓️ Apr 14 ⏰ 12–1:30PM 📍 Zoom 🔗 bit.ly/42JyzjB?r

Join us for IHS Workshop, "The Role of History in the Aftermath of Violence" w/ Dr. Monica Muñoz Martinez (@uthistory.bsky.social). 🗓 Mon, April 7 | 12–1:30 PM 📍 GAR 4.100 & Zoom Attendance is limited to UT History & IHS guests. RSVP for in-person or virtual attendance: ⬇️ 🔗 bit.ly/4lbsC7l

🎉 We’re kicking off the #MindingsSymposium this week at @utaustin.bsky.social! A huge thank you to our organizers, who brought together an incredible lineup: 🔹 Dr. Matysik (@uthistory.bsky.social) 🔹 Dr. Falkoff (Italian Studies) 🔹 Dr. Baker (English) Join us as we explore the boundaries of mind! 🧠🔍

Join us for an IHS workshop, "Balancing on the Edge of the Abyss": 📅 March 24, 2025 ⏰ 12:00–1:30 PM CT 📍 GAR 4.100 & Zoom Dr. Tatjana Lichtenstein (UT Austin) explores daily life in an intermarried Jewish/non-Jewish family during WWII. RSVP for in-person or virtual attendance: ⬇️ 🔗 bit.ly/3FENtj2

📢 Join us for "Transforming Research with @tropy.bsky.social," a talk by PhD Candidate Raymond Hyser! Learn how this open-source tool can help you organize and annotate research photos. 🗂️📸 📅 Mon, Mar 10 ⏰ 12–1:30 PM 📍 GAR 4.100 & Zoom #DigitalHumanities #ResearchTools #Tropy

Join us March 4 for a talk by @eyalw.bsky.social: "Family Planning, Birth Control, and Cold War Ideologies in Military Brazil." ⏰ 2–3 PM CT | 📍 GAR 4.100 & Zoom. Learn how population control, Cold War politics & racial doctrines shaped health in dictatorship-era Brazil. 🔗 More info: bit.ly/3QvQuVa

Titas Chakraborty’s brilliant first book, Empire of Labor: How the East India Company Colonized Hired Work, is out next month from @ucpress.bsky.social! 📖 Check it out: bit.ly/3QzkwHt. As an IHS Fellow (2017-18), she explored labor, migration & resistance in Bengal under EIC rule.

📢In her Texas Observer interview, IHS alumna @yaelschacher.bsky.social explores how asylum emerged as an exception within restrictive immigration systems, shaped by WWII & the Holocaust. Her IHS project (2017-18) traced the prehistory of U.S. asylum & the role of religious prejudice in shaping it.

Welcome to the BlueSky account for the Institute for Historical Studies at UT Austin! 🎉 We’re excited to bring you the latest IHS news & events. This spring, we have a great lineup—with events both in-person & via Zoom. Take a sneak peek at our calendar: bit.ly/3ZcsdXH, with even more to come!