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Historian. Teacher. Author. Cheesehead. Springnut. drbenwright.com
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Stopped by the launch for the new American Yawp at
#OAH2026
. It releases in early summer, but the old version will remain available to not mess up classes in progress. Thanks
@ben-wright.bsky.social
@josephllocke.bsky.social
Also it was great to finally meet
@theotherrbg.bsky.social
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Stanford University Press
7 days ago
Hello
#OAH2026
! Interested in the second edition of The American Yawp? We have advance copies available at our booth along with some lovingly designed buttons. Supplies are limited, so stop by before they disappear
@ben-wright.bsky.social
@oah.org
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SUP Mktg Dir
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#OAH
folk - we're super excited to be able to share advance copies of the revised edition of The American Yawp - limited quantities at our booth, so please come by to check them out! (Plus some snazzy buttons!) Books will be in our warehouse shortly - ready for Fall semester orders.
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Lauren Tilton
about 1 month ago
Join
@taylor-arnold.bsky.social
and me for a postdoc to expand distant viewing! 2 years. Awesome liberal arts college. Great city. Option to teach 1-2 courses a year for extra pay. Thanks to Mellon for the opportunity! Happy to answer any questions.
richmond.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff_...
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Erin Grievances
2 months ago
Well, let's give it a shot again and see what we get.
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Adjunct pay/working conditions AY25-26
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Rebecca Brenner Graham
3 months ago
shouldāve included mutual aid in the original post
www.miracmn.com
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MIRAC - Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee
https://www.miracmn.com/
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Cameron Blevins
3 months ago
Thinking a lot about how the traditional publishing timeline makes it incredibly hard for the humanities to grapple with what Gen AI means for their discipline. I was just reading Julie Mujic's "Generative AI and Civil War Primary Sources" from most recent issue of Civil War History. +
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John Garrison Marks
3 months ago
Hi, Iām John Marks, Iām a public historian and writer. Iāve been helping history museums prepare for the nationās 250th anniversary for 9 years now. Despite everything else happening in history, Iām still excited about this anniversaryāand you should be too. Hereās why. š§µ /1
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Karin Wulf
4 months ago
Friends, I hope youāll share this widely. The
@jcblibrary.bsky.social
is hiring 2 3-yr research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas. Info is here and Iām happy to take questions offline:
brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-...
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If anyone attending AHA/ASCH in Chicago wants to join a viewing party lmk
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steven monacelli
5 months ago
I'm proud to be a board member of The Retrograde and I am deeply concerned about how UT Dallas is seeking to punish one of its editors for doing what any good editor does.
www.dallasobserver.com/opinion/ut-d...
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UT Dallas is Trying to Punish a Student Editor for Editing
UT Dallas has consistently been accused of free speech violations in recent years.
https://www.dallasobserver.com/opinion/ut-dallas-punishes-editor-restricts-free-speech-40623414/
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Ariel Ron
5 months ago
The Clements Center for Southwest Studies invites fellowship applications for the 2026-2027 academic year. For more info and to apply:
www.smu.edu/dedman/resea...
If you're interested of have questions, feel free to contact me directly.
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steven monacelli
5 months ago
I'll be joining Refusing to Forget for this important and timely panel on the ongoing battle for historical truth in Texas
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Miriam Posner
6 months ago
Whatever strategy youāre about to suggest, weāve thought about it.
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ChatGPT Harm Reduction for Writing Assignments
ChatGPT Harm Reduction for Writing Assignments Because this document has escaped containment, a couple points of explanation. I wrote this for myself and a few colleagues as we work out how to handle...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jHFFVDGAfgu-4jt8wX6ypEJWeR5Brws5fiI6DK6d8Hc/edit?usp=drivesdk
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Laura Ansley
6 months ago
Due to the government shutdown, this briefing on Wednesday is moving online. But silver liningāthat means you folks can attend! šļø
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American Historical Association
6 months ago
Undergraduates: submit to
#AHA26
's Undergraduate Poster Session by October 22. The Poster Session is an opportunity for undergraduates to share their research with peers and established scholars in a visual format. šļø
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Presenting Undergraduate Research at the Annual Meeting - AHA
Learn how to submit a proposal to present your undergraduate thesis or research at the AHA annual meeting.
https://www.historians.org/events/annual-meeting/resources-and-guides/undergraduates-at-the-annual-meeting/presenting-undergraduate-research-at-the-annual-meeting/
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Jim Ambuske
7 months ago
This January,
@danieljstory.bsky.social
, Alexandra Levy, and I are once again co-leading
@historians.org
's Sinclair Podcast Workshops. Do you have a history pod idea you want to vet with a small group? Pitch us for Developmental Conversations! Deadline 12/1/25.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The JER Pano
7 months ago
Who gets to be called a revolutionary? This
#JERPano
lesson by Shannan Mason challenges students to rethink political participation by centering the ways women labored, resisted, and survived throughout the Revolutionary era. Explore it on The Panorama:
thepanorama.shear.org/2025/09/08/l...
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Lesson Plan: Womenās Varied Experiences in Revolutionary America
Shannan Mason offers a complete, two day lesson plan on women and the American Revolution featuring Lauren Duvalās recent article from The Pano.
https://thepanorama.shear.org/2025/09/08/lesson-plan-women-rev/
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Robert Downen
8 months ago
Lost in the Texas A&M news is that the entire crusade is the product of a former labradoodle breeder turned State Rep whose stunts and grandstanding are so insufferably transparent that even his Republican colleagues despise him. Meet Brian Harrison, winner of Texas Monthlyās 2025 Cockroach award:
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āStudio Makeup and Narcissismā: The Texasās Legeās Least Favorite Lawmaker
"Cockroach" is an old Lege term for a figure who mucks up lawmaking. In 2025 the title goes to Brian Harrison.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-lege-brian-harrison-2025/
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American Historical Association
8 months ago
Remember your favorite day of US history class? Kā12 teachers have their favorites too. Check in with the AHAās American Lesson Plan to see what teachers love to teach, what they find challenging, and what they want their students to walk away with.
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American Lesson Plan, Part 4: Curricular Content
A nine-state examination of topics and themes in US history classes, including Native American history; the Founding Era; Westward Expansion; Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; Industry, Capi...
https://www.historians.org/teaching-learning/k-12-education/american-lesson-plan/curricular-content/#favorites
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American Historical Association
8 months ago
The
#AHR
is seeking proposals for a special issue on methodological approaches to archival silences in early history. Visit our website to read the full call for proposals and learn more about the guidelines for submission. Proposals are due September 16.
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Special Issue Submissions - AHA
Natural light and processed MSI images of the HMML Palimpsest Project Methods for Archival Silence in Early History The American Historical Review seeks proposals for a special issue illustrating a ra...
https://www.historians.org/news-publications/american-historical-review/how-to-submit/special-issues/
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Judith Weisenfeld
8 months ago
Save the date for this fantastic conference at Princeton: October 3-4, 2025. *In the Flow: Religious Movements Through Space, Time and Power,* organized by Professor Nicole Myers Turner. Free and open to the public. Registration required.
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In the Flow: Religious Movements Through Space, Time and Power
https://intheflow.religion.princeton.edu/
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Amy Ash
8 months ago
Took my family to New York and saw Mrs. van Rhijn taking luncheon with a divorcee, you canāt convince me that crime isnāt up
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Jacqueline Hidalgo
9 months ago
Were you also disturbed but unsurprised to see this old
#JohnGast
painting shared on US Homeland Securityās social media? Sara Moslener offers a great response and insights from her work on US white evangelical purity culture.
religiondispatches.org/dhss-homelan...
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DHS's 'Homeland Heritage' Campaign Highlights Danger of Innocence Myths of a White Christian America
As a habit I donāt follow the social media of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Itās a scroll of nationalistic propaganda and exaggerated warnings about criminal aliens, a set of lies that at...
https://religiondispatches.org/dhss-homeland-heritage-posts-highlight-danger-of-innocence-myths-of-a-white-christian-america/
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Maddalena Marinari, Ph. D.
9 months ago
The deadline for the
@iehs.bsky.social
digital history grants is this Friday! If youāre interested in applying, check out the guidelines below šš½
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Christopher Candy
9 months ago
Wondering about the financial security of a registered nonprofit - be it a charity, a private school, or the like? Be aware that to maintain nonprofit status, they have to file detailed financial declarations with the IRS. Propublica has an easy tool for that -
projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/
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Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica
Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/
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SHEAR
9 months ago
SHEAR is pleased to announce and congratulate the winners of the SHEAR prizes which will be announced here in this š§µ.
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Katy Telling
9 months ago
NEW piece
@commonplacejrnl.bsky.social
this week! From Lisa Roney, a meditation on the personal stakes of family history.
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The JER Pano
9 months ago
āArts and Crafts Day in the Research Seminarā In the latest installment of the "Teaching the Early Republic" series for the
#JERPano
, Robert Smith demonstrates the power of material culture to engage students in the classroom. Read on The Panorama
thepanorama.shear.org/2025/07/14/a...
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Arts and Crafts Day in the Research Seminar
In the latest installment of our āTeaching the Early Republicā series, Robert Smith demonstrates the power of material culture to engage students in the classroom.
https://thepanorama.shear.org/2025/07/14/arts-and-crafts-day-in-the-research-seminar/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLji3BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHn5MSeguJMs2aKfIPg6cY0Mjwt33acdTvTRY8FYjGkO9BEMqTV8HLkQerx2C_aem_igv3QIU4l-OYnXirI90d2g
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Dallas Morning News or The Onion?
9 months ago
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Karin Wulf
9 months ago
This event is going to be so cool! And the idea, cooked up with
@noraslonimsky.bsky.social
, is to do this format again in 2026. We're excited about it! And super grateful to this awesome line-up of scholars.
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I'm excited to moderate this Zoom conversation tomorrow with āŖ@profhyman.bsky.social⬠and Marcus Nevius. Join us by registering here:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society
10 months ago
***Digital History Seed Grants*** The IEHS invites submissions for awards, up to $2,000 each, to support graduate students and early-career scholars seeking to develop or engage with digital history work connected to migration history and related fields. Deadline: 8/1/25
iehs.org/awards/seed_...
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Digital History Seed Grants
Visit the post for more.
https://iehs.org/awards/seed_grants/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLZSy5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFZS0E2Qm5Db21xb3MwR3Z6AR51CQHOKZGc3RFDHsBRKeVkcnDZWY4XjP8_-u0XCiW-VqnK-uErcEsr5MWNZw_aem_q6JF8dWjyYv41q7kv0bV8g
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American Historical Association
10 months ago
From
#AHAPerspectives
in 2024: After SB 17 banned DEI in Texas public higher education, Anne Gray Fischer argues that itās more essential than ever āto prioritize teaching LGBTQ+ histories that foster community in places that are both hostile and home.ā šļø
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Teaching LGBTQ+ History ā AHA
As states pass legislation targeting DEI efforts, one historian offers her experience teaching LGBTQ+ history in these challenging times.
https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/teaching-lgbtq-history-a-dispatch-from-texas-april-2024/
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Zodi Texensis ššŖ»
10 months ago
Many people donāt know that there are
#oralhistory
collections that provide firsthand accounts of the experiences of Black Texans. Take a moment to explore them today. Hereās one collection:
#Juneteenth
#TexasHistory
#BlackTexans
#BlackTexasHistory
bn.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2...
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Juneteenth memories from Baylorās oral history archives
https://bn.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2024/juneteenth-memories-baylors-oral-history-archives
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The JER Pano
11 months ago
The
#JERPano
seeks contributors for a new series, "Teaching the Early American Republic." We invite reflections on classroom experiences, lesson plans, source reviews, or challenges in 500 to 1000 words by June 30th. For posting guidelines, visit us at:
thepanorama.shear.org/write-for-us/
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Stephen West
11 months ago
I get why publishers love the "untold story" framing, but I still really hate it. Whether this book is a good re-telling of Elizabeth Van Lew's story, I don't know. But the idea that it's "untold" is insulting to the historians who've told it many times before.šļø
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Civil War spy Elizabeth Van Lew defined courage fighting for what she believed
Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the diluted modern concept of a hero.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/civil-war-spy-elizabeth-van-lew-defined-courage-fighting-what-she-believed
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society
11 months ago
***Attention graduate students*** Apply to the George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award! IEHS invites submissions for two awards of $3,500 each (up from $1,000) to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history.
iehs.org/awards/georg...
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George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award
Visit the post for more.
https://iehs.org/awards/george-e-pozzetta-dissertation-award/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKqtUFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHjDCkZs9HQXkXxZRH4sDFk2T-pkUdNF3PDQh_sc39l6xBMIeYtU4-WIHFTVU_aem_DNkRUNwYgTvJ8RbbWaNFsg
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Dallas is so lucky to have Michael Phillips. His courageous, insightful truth-telling is urgently needed if we want to understand our city today. Read this post and subscribe
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11 months ago
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The ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies)
11 months ago
Our friends
@shearites.bsky.social
are expanding a wonderful initiative around mentorship in honor of the late, great Jan Lewis, which kicks off this afternoon with a conversation about conferences with
@carolyneastman.bsky.social
@wmackintosh.bsky.social
&
@drhonor.bsky.social
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Itās sad how many Centers for Teaching and Learning have become AI propaganda agents. This is a helpful antidote:
hedgehogreview.com/web-features...
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ChatGPT Is a Gimmick
AI offers a tempting illusion to students—and evidently to some teachers.
https://hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/chatgpt-is-a-gimmick?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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KEW
11 months ago
Teaching the History of Civil Rights Through Digital Primary Sources: The 1939 Library Sit-In
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
āBringing young people into close contact with these objects,ā can give students a sense of āwhat it was like to be alive in a long past era in a very personal way.ā
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Teaching the History of Civil Rights Through Digital Primary Sources
New America recaps a webinar that explored why digital primary sources are important and how they can be used to enhance student learning about history, particularly the history of the civil rights mo...
https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/teaching-the-history-of-civil-rights-through-digital-primary-sources-the-1939-library-sit-in/
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If you love poetry, I suggest trying to sell a car on Facebook Marketplace. Where else can you find bars like this?
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH
11 months ago
Shoutout to Whitney Plantation, who has always BANNED WEDDINGS at their location and allowed the entire facility and its grounds to be an indoor and outdoor museum. It also houses the genealogical records for over 100,000 enslaved people. You can search for your loved ones in its archives.
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American Historical Association
12 months ago
Submit nominations by May 15 for the Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History, sponsored jointly by the AHA and
@rrchnm.bsky.social
. This prize is awarded annually to honor and support work on a creative and freely available new media project. šļø
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Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History ā AHA
This prize is awarded annually to honor and support work on a creative and freely available new media project, and in particular for work that reflects thoughtful, critical, and rigorous engagement wi...
https://www.historians.org/award-grant/roy-rosenzweig-prize-for-creativity-in-digital-history/
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
12 months ago
#HistorySchool
is back for Summer 2025! Registration is now open for AP US History: Hidden Figures, AP African American Studies, and AP US Government and Politics. All courses are free and will be held online once a week. Learn more and register:
ow.ly/LVL350VPebV
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ProPublica
12 months ago
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patientsā conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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Under Texasā Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublicaās first-of-its-kind ana...
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-rates-dallas-houston?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=5-7
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