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We've loved working with @nicolebelolan.bsky.social both before and after she started a consulting business! Check out her story here: contingentmagazine.org/2025/02/18/a.... (and thanks for shouting out the NCPH Consultants Directory!)

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During President Andrew Jackson's second term, this political cartoon, entitled "King Andrew the First," depicted Jackson as a king trampling on a shredded U.S. Constitution.

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The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.

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Recently, UNC Press authors have had their US visas revoked and talks canceled. For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️

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Found a use for wedding invite envelopes I messed up 😂

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This chick has seen snow twice in two weeks. What is happening in NC?!

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Reading stories about courtship/purity culture in homeschool communities and good gosh it’s depressing

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Historians writing academic articles in the 1970s were just … different #iykyk

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Weirdly specific question that I’m going to hope someone with expertise can answer but also please assume I’m capable of googling and searching reddit for the easy answers: Are there historians who would be interested in a full audio recording of a Jewish wedding from early 1940s New York?

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Lou Lou likes the snow day

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First image: 48 years ago, Carter's Secret Service detail on the alert, when Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter got out of the armored car and walked through sub-freezing temperatures down Pa Ave on inauguration day, Jan 20 1977. Second: Veterans of his Secret Service detail, Jan 4 2025. (Images via Getty.)

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First time flying on the 26th 😳

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"The Christmas card did not revitalize the traditions of Christmas and New Year’s visiting; it offered a paper replacement for them." Christopher Ferguson on the invention of the Christmas card tradition. theconversation.com/how-nostalgi...

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Today at the Anxious Bench— The Bible Told Them So: An Interview With Rusty Hawkins | David Swartz www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...

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Nominations for SHCY's 2025 prizes are now open! We'll be publicizing them individually over the coming days, but see here for a complete list of the updated calls: www.shcy.org/awards/curre...

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My grading soundtrack today 👩🏼‍🏫 open.spotify.com/track/6gP7dU...

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The 1950s "happy housewife" was central to #ColdWar propaganda, in contrast to Soviet working women. An American studies professor examines the reality behind this image: https://buff.ly/3ZPQ4OY Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy @miamiuniversity.bsky.social 🗃️ #GenderStereotypes

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Two stages of writing: 1) This shouldn't take too long 2) Oh no

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Misinformation? Disinformation? What's the difference? A very simple and festive explainer. 🎅 Credit: 🎨 @felixuncia.bsky.social 🧠 @brentlee.bsky.social

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"Here Lived" Map: Berkeley's Incarcerated Japanese Americans, 1942-1946, by the Berkeley Historical Society. This is a great community project! A digital map showing the names and homes of Japanese and Japanese American residents in Berkeley incarcerated during WWII. berkhistory.org/japanese-ame...

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Just weeks after the 2024 election I taught @kkdumez.bsky.social's Jesus and John Wayne for the third time in my grad course on "Women, Gender, and Sex in American Religious History." This experience made me revisit its argument about evangelical culture and politics: www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiou...

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My grading assistant tonight 🤓

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Got next semester’s textbook in the mail today. Very excited to teach on 20th century US childhood next semester. #childhist

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Goal for today: send final dissertation chapter to advisor. #academicsky

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Students sometimes struggle to understand the racism of European imperialism. I have them look at the ABCs for Baby Patriots, & they understand how children were conditioned to see the world in racist terms 🗺️🗃️

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For those who missed it in the Thanksgiving rush, here’s @scottwstern.bsky.social’s fabulous review of my new book. The review will also appear in the @newrepublic.com’s December 2024 print issue. 🗃️ t.co/8zXuf77Xla

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Every academic right now

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this is the greatest Christmas movie ever made and if you disagree you're wrong

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He left us all behind.

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There should be a Duolingo course on gen alpha slang for holiday get-togethers

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petition to bring back slightly deranged fish balloons to the Macy's Day Parade (From the 1928 parade: "The goldfish balloon was led from Harlem to Herald Square by King Neptune and a group of twenty pirates")

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What is Christian nationalism? Christian nationalism is a cultural framework—a collection of myths, traditions, symbols, narratives, and value systems—that idealizes and advocates a fusion of a particular expression of Christianity with American civic life.

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this remains the most revelatory computational analytics paper www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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One of the hats I wear is director of @religiondata.bsky.social (the ARDA). It's the world's largest online religion data archive. One of the cool resources we offer is the Community Profile Builder. Pop in any US zip code, choose a radius, then generate a FREE report f/ any community in seconds.

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This is so, so exciting! I admire the Civil Rights Center so much and it's amazing to see them expand to a postdoc! Please share widely!

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Yep. No argument there.

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Pre-1895 fire Rotunda, drawn by 10 (ish) year old Duncan Smith, who was born in Pavilion V in 1877. Thumbed through Duncan’s sketchbook yesterday and it was very special to see UVA (and some of greater Cville) through the eyes of a child.

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The starter pack for @sawh1970.bsky.social is up and running! It's very thin at the moment because I'm still not sure who all is on here 😂. So, let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/4ixFZgg

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Hello southern historians! We've created a starter pack for @thesouthernsha.bsky.social historians! Go give them a follow, and let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/25VwPRh

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Have you seen this @shcy.bsky.social 🤩

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Calling all historians of education: History of Education Quarterly has just released a "Forum on Future Directions for History of Education." I'll include all the contributions in this thread, with free access. 1/n

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This morning’s online office hours #academicsky

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A reminder that I put together a starter pack for scholars who study American religion. And happy to add more voices! go.bsky.app/5qBDaNp

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I've created a starter pack for those researching and writing histories of the Atlantic world. If you are working in any field that falls within, or is related to, Atlantic history you are welcome. Just reply below and I'll add you. go.bsky.app/E8itZWt

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Reupping this because the @sawh1970.bsky.social account is up and running! Go give us a follow, and let me know here if you'd like to be added to the starter pack of SAWH members. I'll be creating it this week! #Skystorians 🗃

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