I'm looking forward to having @frankcogliano.bsky.social on my YouTube channel for the first time this Wednesday at noon ET. If you're into the history of the early American republic, you'll want to tune into this one! www.youtube.com/live/sUGaNBQ...

Too often we hear complaints that historians aren't accessible to the general public. @shearites.bsky.social is changing this with this listing of scholars ready to talk to clubs, orgs, institutions about early America, civics, citizenship, and more. Please spread the word! civics.htm.dev

Folks: @shearites.bsky.social has launched a new Civics Exchange featuring nearly 100 historians ready to speak to your class, club, society, and beyond. So if you'd like me (or any of my fine colleagues listed) to speak to your organization, please get in touch! civics.htm.dev/browse/

Words of encouragement I leave to myself at the end of a writing session.

Today @gauthamrao.bsky.social joins us to talk about his new book from @uncpress.bsky.social White Power: Policing American Slavery. Come check it out! @askhistorians.bsky.social www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

Heading to New York for this lecture tomorrow - which actually has a Zoom option (link in comments). If you’ve missed the 100 times I’ve spoken about COMMON SENSE, pls tune in! And believe it or not I still have new things to say…

Millard Fillmore has the look of a man in this photo who says, “do you really expect me to do something about it?” And his failure to confront the crisis of Union is precisely the point of Steve Israel’s fine essay this week for @inpursuitusa.bsky.social

It was a real pleasure serving on the book prize committee this year for the Nau Center for Civil War History at UVA. It wasn't an easy choice, but we selected Michael Vorenberg's fantastic book LINCOLN'S PEACE as this year's winner. naucenter.as.virginia.edu/michael-vore...

This is an absolutely stunning piece of research and visualisation! Tracking letters from one merchant’s company in the 14th-15th century. He was trading spices from the eastern med and importing English wool into Tuscany. Click on the link for an interactive map!

A federal judge granted the motion for a summary judgment on all counts in favor of the AHA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @modernlanguage.bsky.social in our lawsuit to restore the NEH, ruling that the mass termination of grants was “unlawful, unconstitutional, ultra vires, and without legal effect." 🗃️

Looking for a little revolutionary lunchtime entertainment? Check out my conversation with Andrew O’Shaughnessy, co-author of the new book, Republic and Empire: Crisis, Revolution, and America’s Early Independence Bonus: Andrew joined me from a stately room in Prague. youtu.be/fk4nMKoStig?...

🗃️ Glad to chat with @wgbh.org about Abigail Adams’ words & how to be a revolutionary in 1776 @mhs1791.bsky.social www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Well done, @kreggallagher.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDz2...

I don't think it's a coincidence that lots of folks are publishing books this year that explain/contextualize this #SCOTUS & the current moment. Some to look for (& if you've got one I've missed, pls add!). Mine, the Political Supreme Court, will be out in October 1/ uncpress.org/978146969713...

Trailer for final projects in my American Revolution class. This class was so great! ✨

People, it is PUBLICATION DAY for Stealing America!! It is officially available to purchase online or in your favorite local bookstore. Come snag your own book cover cookies at RiffRaff in Providence this evening! I'll be joined by my friend and colleague, Mack Scott @ 7 pm.

Look what just arrived!! Advanced author copies of my next book. I’m so thrilled to see it in the flesh - 5 years & hundreds of transcribed household bills later! #17thc #18thc #earlymodern #Herstory

Three months before the 250th? www.dailypress.com/2026/04/27/c...

U.S. President Donald Trump has fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. https://scim.ag/4cxQWhl

No better time than a Friday at the end of a long week to think through wadsets, tacksman, and emigration from the Isle of Skye #amwriting.

Maryland Eastern Shore folks, come to the St. Michaels Free Library on May 2 for a night of Ocean Exploration, featuring authors, explorers, and scientists!

Honored to report that I'll be the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Senior Fellow in Political History, the Presidency, and Constitutional Thought at the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon from July - December 2026.

And for those who'd rather listen than watch (that would be me!) head here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... 🗃️

Historian Jenny Shaw displays remarkable historical detective skills in this story about the intertwined lives of women in 17th century Barbados. Watch/listen now!

Intense day. Back in the gym tonight w a good podcast. #histgym #skystorians @jimambuske.bsky.social

We talked about George and Martha as products of 18th century Virginia elite, about what the textual and material record of their lives tells us, about how we understand her as someone who fully expected to own people, but not to be the First Lady of an unimaginable new nation. Hope you'll listen!

How did Martha Washington create an office before women could hold one? In the newest episode of In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan, @kawulf.bsky.social tells us about the first First Lady and the struggle to throw off monarchy in the new republic. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Excited to be part of this project! Talking about Martha Washington and why she matters. And will be listening tomorrow like this 😬 bc dear god my voice! I can never believe that I really sound like this I can't be the only one.

Not everyday one of your projects gets blurbed in @theguardian.com. Thanks for the shoutout to "In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan!" Find out what it's all about on your favorite pod app and get ready for tomorrow's episode starring @kawulf.bsky.social! @inpursuitusa.bsky.social

I want a "conference" where every academic cooks a dish for everyone and we all talk about our work casually while cooking. People can sous chef for each other. We eat and talk about our work in progress. You submit an abstract and a recipe.

Proud to say that In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan is now live! Check out our first episode featuring Doug Bradburn of George Washington's Mount Vernon about the lessons we can learn from the man who would not be king, and his "only unavoidable subject of regret." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Team: Check out this exciting opportunity from UVA's Center for Digital Editing to discuss how archives and collections shape our understand of revolutionary moments, & how evolving technologies, methods, and public needs are reshaping the editorial landscape. elaboratories.org/event/revolu...

Jefferson on Race, edited by @agordonreed.bsky.social, is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand Thomas Jefferson’s conflicted attitudes—& the impact of race & slavery on American history. Out March 31 (26 May UK pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

For In Pursuit, Sharon McMahon writes about William Henry Harrison and an inaugural address that nearly outlasted the presidency it opened.

Folks: Pull yourselves together and check out the latest episode of Revolutions in Retrospect, featuring my chat with historian Patrick Griffin about his excellent book, "The Age of Atlantic Revolution: The Fall and Rise of a Connected World" youtu.be/GARk4zdURr0?...

Performance artist Laurie Anderson was NASA’s artist in residence and shocked them by writing poems rather than doing tech installations. From the exhibit of her work at the Hirschorn

Science is good. We should fund it.

I was very happy to talk with educator Eric Salmonsen about the Declaration of Independence on his "The Everything is a Primary Source" pod. Our convo will be out in July, but in the meantime check out his Road Trip 250 project and learn how you can take part! www.everything-history.com/america250

Nice to be back on the Apple Podcast History Charts again following the first episode of In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan!

Regardless of whether it’s all talk, when the leader of our country expresses plainly genocidal intent, everyone has to do something. For citizens of all political stripes, it means rejecting this madness. For Congress, it means taking action to rein him in. Now.

Proud to say that In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan is now live! Check out our first episode featuring Doug Bradburn of George Washington's Mount Vernon about the lessons we can learn from the man who would not be king, and his "only unavoidable subject of regret." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Excellent first episode w Doug Bradburn on Washington's leadership. Failures military and moral, humility, and critical leadership examples. Highly recommend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or4H...

Co-sign. A good mic doesn't cost much and it makes our job easier. Your publishers (and audiences) will thank you. Added bonus: Attending a conference and think you're loud enough that you don't need a mic for the audience to hear you? Guess what? You do.

Just as the American West enters an abnormally warm spring and summer after an abnormally dry winter (and more of that pattern likely to continue).

Happy #pubday to "The American Revolution at 250: Twenty-Four Historians Reflect on the Founding," edited by Francis D. Cogliano! The preeminent historians of the founding era speak their mind on the anniversary of the United States’ birth www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10183/ #skystorians #readUP

✨I could not be more excited to see what arrived in the post today. Not only because it is good to see 2 chapters reach the light of day, but because of the immense scholarship that has gone into this enterprise, with 69 scholars &2 vols my hat goes off to @ilikeoldbooks.bsky.social & other editors✨

Not sure whether this is apt or terrible timing but here’s the official cover of my book due out with @uncpress.bsky.social W. Hodding Carter III imprint this fall. 🎉

Excited for next week's launch of "In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan!" Guests include: @kawulf.bsky.social @lmchervinsky.bsky.social @jrakove.bsky.social @sharonmcmahon.skystack.xyz @louisathomas.bsky.social Learn more from @inpursuitusa.bsky.social here: inpursuit.substack.com/p/coming-soo...