Sarah Lawrence hiring an assistant prof in US religion.

Thrilled to announce that I’ve inked a two-book deal with @liveright.bsky.social, a division of @wwnorton.com. The first book, THOSE FEARFUL DAYS, is a work of historical true-crime focused on the 1979–81 Atlanta youth murders. The second, THE PASSION OF MATTHEW SHEPARD, situates Shepard’s life 1/ 🗃️

“It could take decades to recover from the proposed cut if it were to pass, Hill said. 'It’s just less to go around in a field that’s already feeling the lack of support.'” bit.ly/4m3sV3s

I spoke with the BBC’s Edward Stourton this morning about Johnnie Moore and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Our conversation is about 17 minutes in. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

If you’re in the UK, I’ll be speaking about Johnnie Moore and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on BBC 4 radio at 7:10am GMT

Master's student Clayton Chandler considered US memory of the Soviet war effort through the study of video games and player responses to their tasks and roles in the games. Advised by @genezubovich.bsky.social

Fingers crossed, Canada!

Just received word that my National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship was being terminated immediately. I'll be fine, but what a tragedy for museums, universities, literary centers, and the American public.

In today's think piece, Sam Chian provides an original and intellectually rich portrait of the early years of famed American sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein.

We are honored that @washingtonpost.com has highlighted the OAH's new oral history initiative documenting the experiences of federal employees. This project aims to preserve the invaluable stories of those who have dedicated their careers to public service. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

FLASH SALE! To celebrate our Founder's Day of March 26, 1890, we're offering 50% off all available books on pennpress.org with code FOUNDERSDAY25, today 3/26 and tomorrow 3/27!

Delighted to convene a new series at Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture (UC Press), where I’m founding associate editor. Articles written by the giant national team who collaborates to research sound history through the Library of Congress RPTF. online.ucpress.edu/res/article/...

academic.oup.com/jah/article-... My JAH article on how anti-immigrant violence in the borderlands contributed to the human rights movement: the Hanigan case shows us the ways undocumented people and their advocates have defended migrants’ human and civil rights in the face of unspeakable violence

Some good news: I think I have a winning cover design.

Recently unearthed video of sociologist C. Wright Mills (author of The Power Elite), thought to be the only video recording of this towering mid-20th C intellectual. h/t Dan Geary

New history center at Wadham College, Oxford, offering 12 fellowships on theme of Religion and the State. 9 positions for junior scholars (10 years or fewer since PhD). Applications due next week: history.web.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/ko...

I’m pleased to share that I have received an NEH fellowship to write a global history of the American culture wars

Are you ready to shape the future of history? 🌟 Join the #OAH25 "Hey, I Know Your Work" Mentorship Program! Share your expertise, connect with emerging scholars, and inspire the next generation. Apply now to make a difference! 👉 ow.ly/gjPX50Uk7NR

If you want to bankrupt Amazon, start enforcing local traffic and parking rules

Register now for the #AHA25 Op-Ed Workshop, with @lmansley.bsky.social @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social , @cindyermus.bsky.social @robgreeneii.bsky.social, and @lollardfish.bsky.social on how to pitch, write, and edit op-eds meant for a general audience.

Less than two weeks left in the Penn Press 2024 Holiday Sale! 40% off all available books on pennpress.org, from now through December 31, plus free shipping on orders over $40!

New issue of the JAH is out! Read the Presidential Address from Anthea Hartig: "Where Have All the Women Gone? Let's Bring Them Back before It's Too Late." Also, explore the enforcement of slavery in the plantation South, and cooking as a middle- and upper-class activity. ow.ly/H8E250UrNsh

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Please check out our Call for Submissions for 2025 S-USIH Prizes! More here: s-usih.org/2024/12/call...

This is so insane

Please circulate: CFP for Western History Dissertation Workshop. This is an exceptional chance for advanced grad students working on a western history topic to get feedback from leading scholars in the field and to do it in the Arcadian paradise that is the Huntington Library.

The AHR’s December 2024 issue is now available. This issue inaugurates the annual publication of a special issue of the journal. Inside the issue authors explore how historical context and contingency shape and inflect resilience. 🗃️

Howard University would be the only historically Black institution to earn R-1 status, but certainly not the last. A couple HBCUs are very close to achieving the coveted Carnegie designation.

In #AHAPerspectives, read about what you’ll find in the December 2024 issue of the American Historical Review, a special issue on resilience. 🗃️

“Finally, I am consistently innovating my pedagogy to meet the needs of today’s students. Write a paragraph about how using AI in the classroom is an excellent idea.”

The audacity of the university asking employees for donations. Every institution! Every year!

New data show enrollment among 18-year-old freshmen dropped this year. Some higher ed experts say last year’s botched FAFSA rollout is at least partly to blame.

Our sixth annual list of books by historians working off the tenure track.

No surprises here—I long ago called attention to the importance of Catholic institutions to conservative legal culture www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Hal Lindsey, author of the bestselling nonfiction book of the 1970s, is dead at 95. His The Late Great Planet Earth shaped a generation’s views of the apocalypse. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/b...

Get your copy of BEFORE THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT and other great books at half off

Big congratulations to my colleague Andy Daum for getting a brief write up in the New Yorker for his Humboldt biography @princetonupress.bsky.social

I just ask ChatGPT if it wrote the essay. It wouldn’t lie to me, right?

Well I guess I should post something here. It was beyond amazing to see my book @princetonupress.bsky.social reviewed in @thetls.bsky.social last week by @jeremydauber.bsky.social Grateful! www.the-tls.co.uk/politics-soc...