11 June 1908 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Rachel Vredenburg, was born in Amsterdam. In May 1944 she was deported from #Westerbork to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.

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Were you rushing to get your ACHA Summer Research and Writing Grant application in? Good news, we have extended the deadline to March 15! For more information and to submit an application visit achahistory.org/summer-resea....

The Centre for Women’s Studies in Theology (KU Leuven) will host for International Women’s Day on 10 March 2026, 1-2pm CET, Prof. Catherine Cornille (Boston College) who will speak on “Women in Interreligious Dialogue and Theology.” To join online email [email protected].

Ah, a new book has arrived. Congratulations to Joseph Mannard on his new book! The Two Worlds of Ann Gertrude Wightt share.google/fbZIYqm5uggP...

Here is some Sunshine youtu.be/2UQP6asc8CI?... The latest from Joan Hutton.

Pilgrimage accomplished. Visited Old St. Joseph Cemetery and the Sisters of Mercy graves this afternoon. This included Mother Francis Xavier Warde's grave and those of the first Sisters of Mercy at Manchester, NH.

2-year postdoc opportunity: FCJ Postdoctoral Research Associate in the History of Catholicism at Durham University durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

"My father, an early and prominent computer scientist, passed away more than two years ago. Since then I’ve been trying to make sense of how rapidly the world that helped make him, and in turn the one he helped shape, is unraveling." 1/ scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/26/d...

26 June 1939 | Dutch Jewish girl, Helena Wilhelmina Polak, was born in Groningen. In February 1943 she was deported to #Auschwitz from Westerbork and murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection together with her younger brother Abraham.

The Conference on the History of Women Religious at the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism ended just yesterday. I think I will be processing all that I saw, heard, and most importantly learned for a good while. 1/2

#CHWR2025 1st full day! & we [really] begin! (Last night's keynote from Katharine Massam was super!] Today, 1st panels begin at 9am, I'm a chair. Later at 2pm I join @carmenmangion.bsky.social & Christopher Eads. Day ends w the work-in-progress film on Corita Kent! It is going to be #nuntastic.

In light of the Trump administration restricting access to trans-specific support on the national 988 suicide prevention hotline, I’m asking everyone to share this alternative loud and wide: The Rainbow Youth Project is here. There is always help.

"You need not caution me regarding any little remarks which you might make for to no one living [underlined in orig.] would I reveal them. I too have many things which I would like to speak to you of but yet it would not do to write about." Oh, come on Mother Agatha! Spill! #nuntastic gossip.

I have a feeling that the assholes currently running Interior are going to regret this directive in the end. There are too many smart, vindictive supporters of national parks out there. I just wish that park rangers were not caught in the cross-fire. #supportNPS

Recalling travel from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh in Dec 1843, w 1 leg a 2-night journey by stagecoach, a "heavy clumsy concern," that fit 9 people (7 sisters & 2 men) a Sister of Mercy reported: "Passing the night in it was quite a penitential exercise." Oh, sister, tell me more. #nuntastic

I love this photo! Florence Barry was amazing - more on her here: map.mappingwomenssuffrage.org.uk/items/show/311 @lselibrary.bsky.social @gillianmurphy.bsky.social @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social @ncronline.bsky.social @cushwa.bsky.social @mbfconnolly.bsky.social @achahistory.bsky.social

Tuesday, March 11, I will present for the Mercy Heritage Center. My presentation is: "Willing to Engage in the American Mission": The Irish Sisters of Mercy in 1840s Pittsburgh and Chicago. This online presentation will be at 3pm Eastern/2pm Central. The Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/810…

So, there is a pomodoro timer? Is this a thing people use when writing?

Here's a Sybstack worth following.

Archivist and historians in conversation? Can they do that? Well, we do. Fun and helpful conversation had by all. #ACHA2025 #AHA25

Here we go, #ACHA2025 starting tomorrow! @achahistory.bsky.social

If you're traveling this week, spend the travel time learning history!

Oh my stars, grades in. Wow.

In 1907, Eugene Debs joined the staff of Appeal to Reason, a Socialist newspaper based in Girard, Kansas. His wife Katherine formed personal and professional relationships with some of the women instrumental to the paper's success, especially Grace Babbitt Brewer, the head of the Appeal Army.

Mary Beth Fraser Connolly @mbfconnolly.bsky.social reviews 'Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle', by Shannen Dee Williams academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @dukepress.bsky.social

Why, yes, I did watch Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood while using the treadmill this morning. Everyone should start the day with Mr. Rogers. Refresher on how to make paper chains & lesson on how paper is made ✅️ Time to take on the day!

Hello everyone! Happy to join a healthier social media! My name is Heather Augustyn and I have written eight books on ska history. You can see more about my work at skabook.com, or connect with me here!

It's a quiet Friday night and I'm working on the final program for ACHA 2025 -- give @achahistory.bsky.social a follow, we'll be updating it soon! In the meantime, peek at all our events over on the AHA website and register here. I'm excited to see folks in New York! achahistory.org/nyc2025/ 🗃️