Historian friends, I'm trying to organize an AHA panel that uses haunting as a way to think through issue of the dead's consent to have their memories repurposed. Do you have material that might work? If so or if you want more info, message me!

We are officially less than one week away from the launch of In Pursuit, a landmark initiative celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. Our Substack will serve as a digital home for a year-long exploration of leadership, character, and the American Experiment.

For when your parents ask, “why are you majoring in history?” news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...

King George, 1782:

Among many articles about corruption and graft up today at NYT and elsewhere, this on the distortion field of 2026. The bicentennial wasn't a bastion of civic purity (the "buy-centennial") but nothing like this. The 250th is up to us to do our best with. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/u...

I vibe-coded a script to use the Claude API to transcribe historical documents. It seems to do a decently good job capturing what I want (the transcription, but also people, places, dates, and organizations).

Learned about the depressing trend of describing books as TL;DR (Too Long, Didn't Read) at a conference last weekend. Instead, I propose LR;WI (Long Read and Worth It). What are some long books that you read recently and enjoyed? I'll start: 🗃️ www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Are you an aspiring history podcaster? Hear how @drzara.bsky.social and Dr. Joanna Cohen created "Thing 4 Things," their series on the stuff of history, on the latest @oieahc.bsky.social Digital Projects Coffeehouse. youtu.be/erPGyh9QmQU?...

Because we're talking about the New Fire ceremony tonight, they get to play with this site. It's a fantastic reconstruction of the city of Tenochtitlan. It'll really help the students visualize a place they're just freshly learning of and will maybe never get to see. tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl

Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

New Episode of Revolutions in Retrospect! @jimambuske.bsky.social is joined by @juliagaffield.bsky.social to discuss the remarkable story of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the Haitian Revolutionary who swore to avenge America. Listen now on your favorite app! www.revolutionaryhistories.com/revolutions-...

A good many things to contemplate in @jrakove.bsky.social's insightful essay, but I especially appreciate the invocation of Pauline Maier's important first book "From Resistance to Revolution: Colonial Radicals and the Development of American Opposition to Britain, 1765-1776"

Check out the latest episode of Revolutions in Retrospect featuring the excellent @juliagaffield.bsky.social and the remarkable story of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the Haitian Revolutionary who swore to avenge America. Now playing on your favorite podcast app.

As we begin this fraught & crucial Black History Month, & amidst every damn thing else, #ScholarSunday threads carry on—here’s my 261st of public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from last week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

Been saying we need a big budget Hollywood American Rev movie for years.

Darren Aronofsky, director of the gorgeous film The Fountain, now making AI slop short films about the American Revolution with real voice actors, just not real actors. gizmodo.com/darren-arono...

Really enjoying this podcast! I just started a Northanger Abbey reread so I am primed for this content!

Now Playing! Finding Jane Austen: Ep 2: A Heroine is Born Starring Dr. Janine Barchas, Dr. Lizzie Rogers, and Dr. Hilary Davidson (@fourredshoes.bsky.social) Voices by @aipsmith.bsky.social and @gracemallon.bsky.social Featuring our first Austen History Mystery Subscribe on your favorite app!

Happy 🇬🇧 UK pub day to THE CROWN’S SILENCE—a deeply researched narrative history of the monarchy’s centuries-long entanglement with slavery. This is the new history book the far right loathes. Please buy it b/c it’s important history but—also—it will really piss them off if it does well in the UK!!😉😘

The Boss has something to say: youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...

Thanks to Neil and Jen of the Continuing Studies Podcast for inviting me back to chat about podcasting, scholarship, and the future of audio. You’ll also hear me talk about my new gig with @inpursuitusa.bsky.social! www.continuingstudiespodcast.com/episodes/do-...

Am a French historian looking for good articles/books that discuss the origins of the social bonds that we are seeing in action in #Minneapolis. Doesn't have to be abt #Minnesota. Social structures that generate strong communities. Historians? Sociologists? Political scientists? #Skystorians

Don’t invade Quebec, take Halifax from the landward side, plz hire me George Washington for more great battle tips

From Washington's letter to Canadiens: "The Cause of America, and of Liberty, is the Cause of every virtuous American Citizen [...] Come then, ye generous Citizens, range yourselves under the Standard of general Liberty." I can't tell if everything has changed 250 years later, or if nothing has...

hey #edusky and #historians on here, say I was wanting to teach a short course (~3 weeks) on either world war or even both. is there a book accessible for motivated high schoolers you'd recommend? I know the Big Ones but nothing that fits this description.

Out today: THE CROWN'S SILENCE I'm delighted to share that my new book is officially out! It traces the British monarchy's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery over hundreds of years. Please buy a copy, tell your library, & spread the word. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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Ep 23: With a rebellion underway in New England, the Continental Congress orders an invasion of Quebec, confident that Catholic French Canadians will rally to the Patriot standard, a mere fifteen years after Protestant British Americans helped to conquer the old colony of New France for their king.

March 5th at 12pm EST! Join @thenacbs.bsky.social to celebrate the publication of Matthew Mason’s recent book "Seeking the High Ground: Slavery and Political Conflict in the British Atlantic World." Eliga Gould will join Dr. Mason in discussion. RSVP: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...

@sarahebond.bsky.social I see my alma mater is hosting a virtual discussion of Strike!

Hey colonial Latin Americanists, anyone putting together a panel proposal for AHA in NOLA next year? I would love to join!

A great book about George Washington’s slaveholding is Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away by Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar.* There is an adult AND YA edition. *FYI, Dr. Dunbar is historical consultant of HBO’s The Gilded Age.

We cannot escape the fact that George Washington enslaved people, and he knew he could not escape that fact either. Signs may come down (for now), but good history is out there, starting with: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Some breaking art historical news for you - a lost portrait of Robert Burns by Sir Henry Raeburn was unveiled today at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. It’s been missing for more than 200 years. 1/3

I’m organising a graduate conference in July on Early America! Please see the CfP and circulate wherever you can 🥳

“Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.” Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom! #usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom #rbg

Raise your hand if you’re a fan of the 4th Amendment. ✋

Check out this great episode of Revolutions in Retrospect featuring my pal @lynnprobbins.bsky.social talking with my other pal @goberle.bsky.social about the need for an educated citizenry in the early American republic (and now). #history #education #revolution #citizenship #democracy

So these beauties just landed on my desk. If you need an ARC for review or feature, LMK! @gauthamrao.bsky.social

If you only had 5 two-hour seminars to work with MA students on researching and writing Indigenous histories (esp of the Americas), what one article would you set? What is indispensable reading? (No whole books in the UK, sadly - sections or articles only.) I'd love to hear everyone's must reads! 🗃️

Now Playing! Finding Jane Austen: Ep 2: A Heroine is Born Starring Dr. Janine Barchas, Dr. Lizzie Rogers, and Dr. Hilary Davidson (@fourredshoes.bsky.social) Voices by @aipsmith.bsky.social and @gracemallon.bsky.social Featuring our first Austen History Mystery Subscribe on your favorite app!

Please, never be shy telling an author you loved their books. It’s seriously what gets us through.

Check out this great talk by @linford.bsky.social on "Stolen Relations: Indigenous Enslavement in the Americas" at a recent @oieahc.bsky.social Digital Projects Coffeehouse. youtu.be/XquBsLNNhy0?...

My child says this is what it is like having me as a father.

The crisis is real, and this is part of our effort at new approaches to supporting scholars and advancing scholarship in the (vast!) early Americas. Sharing again and would appreciate your sharing, too. More info in the thread. 🧵⬇️

You’re most welcome. Just excellent work. Really appreciate the way the show has used the great work of historians in the past 20 years situating the US colonies within the broader trans-Atlantic world as well as the indigenous viewpoint.

Pour celleux qui partagent mon challenge 2025/2027 (préparer la question d’agrégation d’anglais « la révolution américaine 1763/1783 ») Ne manquez cette magnifique ressource, ce podcast « Worlds Turned Upside Down » podcasts.rrchnm.org/show/worlds-...

Earlier in the year I binged "Worlds Turned Upside Down" series to basically pregame the Burns series. Was very worth my time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeQZ...

As we enter the 250th, I want to highly recommend the podcast Worlds Turned Upside Down. Routinely features a, if not “the” leading historian on a topic. Plus, I believe, the correct framing of the Revolution. podcasts.rrchnm.org/show/worlds-...

Pre-order this important and timely book!