Stanford University Press is still accepting applications for our Marketing Assistant position. Apply via the link below - but some tips before you do (general suggestions, not just for this job, but for any, especially entry level or early career positions):

The American Society for Legal History has $$$ for your creative ideas! 9/19 deadline. aslh.net/award/projec...

"People look back to the past to understand the present through this diary" Kate Loveman, author of ‘The Strange History of Samuel Pepys's Diary’, on exploring the diary’s role in British culture. 📜 Read more 🔗 https://cup.org/3JWgWHx

This is a great podcast to check out if you are interested in early America!

Get excited for our next professionalization workshop later this month! Learn about job opportunities, tips for applying, and other important info about a career in history. Presenters are Dr. McCrea, Dr. Galelli, and Katharine Hensler from the Riley County Historical Society. 9/23, 1pm, Calvin 308.

INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT THE WORLD OF PUBLISHING? DO YOU ENJOY LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF KANSAS? The academic journal Kansas History is hiring an undergraduate editorial assistant for the 2025-2026 academic year. DM us for application details. #histocats

You are invited to the 2025 Eisenhower Lecture on October 9. Paul Kennedy of Yale University will present "Eisenhower on Omaha Beach...or the Many Components to the Allied Victory." Join us at the K-State Alumni Center at 7pm, preceded by a reception at 6pm. RSVP by September 20, [email protected].

Congrats to Benji, the winner of our back-to-school giveaway! Be sure to follow us for more opportunities to get free stuff. 🤩 #histocats

***Mentoring Event*** The IEHS Graduate and Early Career Affairs Committee is excited to hold this event on 10/2. The event is open to grad students, early career historians, and independent scholars working on North American immigration and ethnicity. Register by 9/19: iehs.org/event/mentor...

This is a great tip! #research

Don't forget about this upcoming workshop on September 10! It's geared toward graduate students, but all are welcome. 😁 Please RSVP to Dr. Epps so we have enough refreshments.

Call for Applications — 2026 Global Asias Summer Institute, “VITALIZING GLOBAL ASIAS: ARTIFACTS & ARCHIVES.” June 8-12, 2026 at Penn State; apply by November 3. Grad students and recent PhDs (degree since 2021) are eligible.

Current students! Don't forget to comment according to the details below by September 5 to win some fun goodies! 🤩

Since its launch in 2015, the AHA’s Career Contacts program has arranged hundreds of informational interviews between history students and historians who have built careers beyond the professoriate. Sign up for an interview today!

STUDENTS! We have a back-to-school giveaway just for you! Get some department swag and school supplies to start this year off right. To enter, comment with the name of a history movie/documentary, podcast, or historic site that you enjoyed this summer. Contest is open until Friday, September 5. 🎉

A history major opens up SO MANY possibilities! 🤩

Book lovers--check out this sale! 💰📚

We publish this journal out of our department, working in conjunction with the Kansas Historical Foundation. If you are interested in Kansas history, check them out!

Don't forget to follow us on Facebook and Instagram, @kstatehistory!

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Book club opportunity for World War II historians 👇

Registration closes on August 18 for these courses: The Academic Museum, Collections Management 100, Core Issues Briefing Series, Introduction to Museum Endowments, and Leadership and Administration for History Organizations. Register at learn.aaslh.org/upcoming-events.

AASLH History Hour is a free, monthly event that allows you to meet others who work and volunteer at history organizations. Join us on August 26 to talk about the findings from our recent summit about the future of interpretation at historic house museums. Register at tinyurl.com/HH0825.

Free, open-access books--what's not to like!?!?!

Something of interest to some of our alumni, perhaps?

***A week from today*** Join us at 4:15 PM EST on Tuesday, August 12 for our next online book event with @emilymitchelleaton.bsky.social and @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social. Hongdeng Gao will moderate the discussion. Register: iehs.org/event/online...

Congratulations to Dr. Phil Tiemeyer, whose new book came out this summer, titled Women and the Jet Age: A Global History of Aviation and Flight Attendants, published by Cornell University Press! 👏 👏 👏

🌟Graduate students!🌟 Our first "History How To" workshop of the new academic year is scheduled for September 10, 1:30pm, in Calvin 317. Hear from Drs. Orr and Defries about how to locate funding opportunities, tips for your application, and other useful advice. There will be light refreshments too!

If you are an advanced PhD student working on US foreign relations or early career scholar in the area, check this out and consider applying to the #SHAFR Summer Institute being hosted by the @mershoncenter.bsky.social at The Ohio State University in June 2026🗃️: mershoncenter.osu.edu/events/socie...

Hello BlueSky! This account will promote our student and faculty accomplishments, share interesting articles, announce events, and help us connect with alumni (among other things). We look forward to building relationships with all you lovely #skystorians! 🗃️ 🌻