I'll be joining Refusing to Forget for this important and timely panel on the ongoing battle for historical truth in Texas

Whatever strategy you’re about to suggest, we’ve thought about it. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Due to the government shutdown, this briefing on Wednesday is moving online. But silver lining—that means you folks can attend! 🗃️

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. 🗃️

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...

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...

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 Monthly’s 2025 Cockroach award:

Remember your favorite day of US history class? K–12 teachers have their favorites too. Check in with the AHA’s American Lesson Plan to see what teachers love to teach, what they find challenging, and what they want their students to walk away with.

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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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.

Took my family to New York and saw Mrs. van Rhijn taking luncheon with a divorcee, you can’t convince me that crime isn’t up

Were you also disturbed but unsurprised to see this old #JohnGast painting shared on US Homeland Security’s social media? Sara Moslener offers a great response and insights from her work on US white evangelical purity culture. religiondispatches.org/dhss-homelan...

The deadline for the @iehs.bsky.social digital history grants is this Friday! If you’re interested in applying, check out the guidelines below 👇🏽

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/

SHEAR is pleased to announce and congratulate the winners of the SHEAR prizes which will be announced here in this 🧵.

NEW piece @commonplacejrnl.bsky.social this week! From Lisa Roney, a meditation on the personal stakes of family history.

“Arts and Crafts Day in the Research Seminar” 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...

Dallas Morning News or The Onion?

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.

I'm excited to moderate this Zoom conversation tomorrow with ‪@profhyman.bsky.social‬ and Marcus Nevius. Join us by registering here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

***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_...

From #AHAPerspectives in 2024: After SB 17 banned DEI in Texas public higher education, Anne Gray Fischer argues that it’s more essential than ever “to prioritize teaching LGBTQ+ histories that foster community in places that are both hostile and home.” 🗃️

Many people don’t know that there are #oralhistory collections that provide firsthand accounts of the experiences of Black Texans. Take a moment to explore them today. Here’s one collection: #Juneteenth #TexasHistory #BlackTexans #BlackTexasHistory bn.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2...

All history is revisionist history

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/

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.🗃️

***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...

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

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. Details⬇️

It’s sad how many Centers for Teaching and Learning have become AI propaganda agents. This is a helpful antidote: hedgehogreview.com/web-features...

Teaching the History of Civil Rights Through Digital Primary Sources: The 1939 Library Sit-In www.newamerica.org/education-po... “Bringing young people into close contact with these objects,” can give students a sense of “what it was like to be alive in a long past era in a very personal way.”

If you love poetry, I suggest trying to sell a car on Facebook Marketplace. Where else can you find bars like this?

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.

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. 🗃️

#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

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 patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.

me, confidently on the right side of history: “go arrest those college students for sitting”

Latinos in Heritage Conservation have announced the Endangered Latinx Landmarks program to identify and protect sites threatened by demolition, gentrification, neglect, and the effects of climate change. Nominate at-risk Latinx heritage sites in the continental United States and Puerto Rico.

CFP. SHEAR invites scholars to apply for the 6th Annual Biography Workshop, July 17, 2025 at Brown. Sessions include chapter workshopping and reflections on subject choice, structure, and archival gaps. Call now live on the #JERPano: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/15/s...

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. 🗃️

Check out the Early American Tracker! The #JERPano invites academic historians, public historians, federal workers, teachers, and concerned citizens to submit evidence of changes made to the Early American historical record. Visit The Panorama at: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...

The Early Republic Tracker is now live! This new initiative from the #JERPano documents efforts to alter or erase interpretations of early U.S. history at public sites, national parks, and federal websites through citizen contributions. Visit the site at: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...

Excited to learn at the Global Digital Humanities Symposium and share my findings on disability and the crisis of accessibility in digital history. #MSUGlobalDH Check out the livestream to follow along go.cal.msu.edu/globaldh

There are 21k+ history orgs in the US. 80% are operated by volunteers. 90%+ have less than $1M/year. Grants from state humanities councils are effectively the only way these places can access federal funding. Cutting these funds right before the 250 will undermine so many good community programs.

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Celebrating Black Press Day: The enduring legacy and significance of the Black Press theatlantavoice.com/black-owned-... “The Black Press has always played an important role in documenting the unfiltered truth, often standing as a powerful counter to mainstream narratives."

Historians, if you have undergraduates studying Black History in the c18 & c19, please encourage them to apply for a summer fellowship at the Library Company of Philadelphia. I am extending the deadline. librarycompany.org/mellon-schol...