𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭! HNE is pleased to offer students a special discount to attend the Summit in New Haven, CT. Two days of inspiration, ideas, solutions, & connections—𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 $𝟓𝟎. Take the next step in your career journey! donate2.app/hne/summit-r...

We’re accepting applications for Spring 2026 internships. The application portal opens at 10 a.m. EST on Mon., September 22, & closes at 11:59 p.m. EST on Sun., October 5 —𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙙. Help us spread the word! → www.historicnewengland.org/get-involved...

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 Historic New England offers exciting opportunities for students, recent graduates, and history enthusiasts to gain real-world experience while helping to preserve our region’s past.

"The defense of gender is at once the defense of open inquiry and the ideal of the university."

"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week." --Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless

⏰ Deadline Approaching: This Thursday! ⏰ Are you working to preserve history in your New England community? Don’t miss your chance to apply for Historic New England’s Community Preservation Grants—applications close Thursday! Apply today → www.historicnewengland.org/continuing-s...

Insight on life when one’s grant is terminated. And reinstated.

Our new survey of public history students is available: What do students do after their Master? Do they have jobs? In what field do they work? What did they find useful in their training? publichistoryonline.org/survey-of-pu... #PublicHistory #Career #University @ncph.bsky.social

What can the lives of 19th-century women teach us today? Historian @edewolfe.bsky.social has made it her mission to find out. DeWolfe brings a storyteller’s voice and a scholar’s lens to the hidden histories of women. Investigate for yourself! → www.historicnewengland.org/the-real-agn...

At the end of a week with crappy news, here’s a chance to just do some pure good. The Hartford mayor and I are starting a summer basketball league for kids in the city. We need to raise about $20K more to fund it. $ link here. More info in this 🧵 secure.actblue.com/donate/csm-a...

"A society can't allow EVERYBODY to have free speech!" is a helluva take.

We are accepting applications for the NCPH Membership Coordinator through Friday, June 13. Learn more about this full-time position (with benefits) and submit your application or share it with someone who would be great for the role at ncph.org/job/ncph-mem...! #PublicHistory #PublicHistoryJobs

Twitter: this is how men with huge balls fight. This is what masculinity looks like Bluesky: this is the first messy breakup of pride month

UPDATE: The National Park Service is *officially closing* Dupont Circle Park through World Pride weekend. Fencing is being put up around the park. NPS says the request came from U.S. Park Police as "necessary for the maintenance of public health and safety, and protection" of the park

The 2025 Pride Garden Party at Sarah Orne Jewett House is next week. We talk to our event partner, New Hampshire Outright, about how knowing history can empower LGBTQ+ youth now and in the future. • Celebrate LGBTQ+ History → www.historicnewengland.org/celebrating-...

Congress approved it. The administration is delaying it. The Coalition is calling on Congress to release FY25 Historic Preservation Fund dollars now, before we lose staff, projects, and irreplaceable sites. Our letter: protectnps.org/2025/05/30/c...

One way to show how much you value history—and evidence-based stories about the past—is to visit the historic sites in your community. I work for @historicnewengland.bsky.social, and we have 38 of them, almost all of which are open for free tours next Saturday. Stop by and check us out!

Historic New England is hiring—and we want YOU on our team! Whether you're exploring a new career path, looking for an inspiring internship, or ready to volunteer, there’s a place for you here. Join us—and be part of something historic! → historicnewengland.bamboohr.com/careers

On this May Day, we remember when 3,000 Haverhill shoe workers struck in 1895—and sparked a movement that led the Massachusetts city to elect the first socialist mayor in the United States. • More from HNE Research Fellow, Eleanor Martinez-Proctor → www.historicnewengland.org/the-peoples-...

The Memorial Wall honoring USAID employees who lost their lives in service was taken down today. We will not forget. 😢🇺🇲 wtop.com/government/2...

As one of Senator Slotkin's constituents: seriously, what fresh hell is this? Michigan is better than this, and better than the "woke is weak" line Senator Slotkin's been towing of late.

Unhappy to confirm that the entire Historical Advisory Committee at the State Department received termination notices this afternoon (myself included). The HAC, set up by Congress, oversees the office that produces the FRUS series. history.state.gov/about/hac/in... 1/

Barnard really is Columbia’s partner

Support our colleagues at Wellesley, where the NTT faculty are on day 28 of striking for better working conditions.

Pitches for this are due Sunday. If you know someone who might want to contribute, please share this with them!

This is how you do it.

“The Govt has not — & cannot — identify any rational connection between antisemitism & the medical, scientific, technological, & other research it has frozen that aims to save American lives, foster American success, preserve security, & maintain our position as a global leader in innovation.”

the level of cracked where you can't conceive of trans women cooking

The Trump administration says it will begin cutting off K-12 school funding to Maine. The state has rejected a list of demands over transgender athletes, and in response the White House is moving to take hundreds of millions of dollars from Maine's kids. www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...

"“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” said Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, in a statement to the university" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...

Just got THE BEST hostess gift from @smithsarah.bsky.social: Her new book, Trading on Art, about how artists responded to and shaped the discourse around North American free trade/how art was used in service of creating a North American identity. Out May 1 from @ubcpress.bsky.social!

Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth." No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...

Freddie Gray died after his arrest by Baltimore police a decade ago. His twin now has words to share.

The Maine State Library laid off 13 staff members Wednesday — nearly one-third of its staff — and announced that it would close for two weeks to restructure its operations after the Trump administration indefinitely suspended certain federal funds. www.pressherald.com/2025/04/09/s...

~3/4 through this. It's very good. Focus is on pivotal Milliken v. Bradley, famous metro-wide school desegregation case/plan. Knew lots of the history, but not in this detail. Appreciate how author draws on her Detroit roots. She grew up in neighborhood ~1 mile from mine, about same time, 60s/70s.

Get me out of here.

surprised to hear UConn is not allowing AAUP to rally on campus for the Higher Ed Day of Action because of its so-called noise policy. we are literally trying to “exercise a powerful collective voice in advancing the democratic mission of our colleges and universities” www.dayofactionforhighered.org

Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI. “Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

Elementary school principals going where university presidents fear to tread...

Today (4/3/25) we learned that DOGE has begun terminating previously awarded NEH grants. We understand this includes operating grants to the state and jurisdictional humanities councils, scholarly societies, community orgs, & individuals. Learn more & take action: nhalliance.org/federal-fund...

AAUP has just published a memo laying out the many legal reasons why universities should not hand over the names & nationalities of their students or faculty, as the Trump admin has asked. Please share freely with your friendly university admin! @aaup.bsky.social www.aaup.org/news/institu...

Today in NEH watch: the Public Scholars program has a new "What's New in 2025" section that strongly encourages narratives of American exceptionalism in light of the 250th anniversary. #DigitalHumanities #Humanities #NEh

Congress has the power to restore funding to the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Join me in calling your reps!

MORE: Libraries in several states have received letters which claim to cancel federal IMLS grants. Congress MUST act to restore this funding. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/04... Use your voice - call Congress to protect & restore library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries

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Today the AAUP & @mesa1966.bsky.social filed a motion for preliminary injunction in our suit to stop Trump from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of students & faculty who participate in protected 1st Amendment activities. An injury to one is an injury to all.

President Trump’s executive order is political retribution against unions, plain and simple. America’s unions have been in the streets, the courtroom, and the halls of power fighting back against his agenda. The labor movement will respond, and we will respond aggressively.

The president of Columbia agreed to Trump's demands to purge all academic freedom re Palestine but then privately said she'd slow walk them, which immediately leaked to Bari Weiss's outlet, so then the board purged her too