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My most minor was when I sat on the front row at an Oxford Union lecture and Judi Dench walked past me on her way to the dais.

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🗃️ The Summer Issue of the JWH is out! Read about our commitment to foreground women's history in these times of erasure and the editors' summary of its contents here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

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From a veteran. I never served, but the absence of leadership—from anyone—is what baffles me. With all the books and podcasts, degrees in leadership studies, and other access to knowledge, this is the best we can muster? Is everyone in power a coward? Are there none to stand up?

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The entire board of the Fulbright program reportedly resigned today after accusing the Trump administration of illegal interference www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

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This is wild. But not surprising. Aren’t most folks at a historic site there to learn in the first place? Most, by definition, are not already experts?

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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

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Reminder: Registration for #SHEAR2025 in Providence is open! The deadline to register online is Friday, June 27, 2025. To get more details on registering, booking your hotel room and more, click the link: networks.h-net.org/group/blog/2.... (Photo Credit: Bob Thayer/The Providence Journal)

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The NEH has been a singular force for bringing people together. In this moment of hate, fear and isolation, the NEH helped us learn about our past and about each other. Today we are losing almost all of the NEH public servants. We are all in their debt. A national shame. A profound cultural loss.

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I've spent much of my career studying the legal institution known as "the posse comitatus" as well as "The Posse Comitatus Act." Here's a quick thread. Cites at the end. Posse comitatus is Latin for "power of the county," or temporarily deputized people obligated to assist law enforcers.

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The Posse Comitatus Act (from 1878) is being bandied about a lot, so here's a good Brennan Center explainer 🗃️ www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨 Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs: Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate LA Jail Support / Bail Fund: account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor... Unión del Barrio: uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...

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Starting off #AHAReads with the perfect Pride Month history, Charity and Sylvia, which has been on my shelf for too long.

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The Native American Journalists Association has released "Say it with Respect: A Journalists' Guide to Reporting on Indigenous and Minoritized Languages, Language Endangerment, and Language Revitalization." See the guide at tinyurl.com/3jfy7zh7.

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Researchers delve into the history of Utah's 'buffalo soldiers,' and create the Buffalo Soldier Heritage Trail linking several sites of note involving those first Black soldiers and recalling their presence and experiences. www.ksl.com/article/5132... #USCT #BlackWest

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This is probably a longshot, but does anybody have Duke doctoral or PhD regalia that they would like to clean out of their closet or resell for not too much $$$? Please DM me if so💙

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Celebrate Pride Month by exploring a diverse collection of books from Project MUSE on LGBTQIA+ topics, from Higher Ed and Politics to Religion, Media, and beyond – all available on MUSE. bit.ly/LGBTQIA_Jour... #PrideMonth2025 #ReadUP #StepUP #AskUP @aupresses.bsky.social

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"The nonbinary Revolutionary leader who preached in Philly during the Revolution: 'Philadelphia opened up so many doors for people to challenge what we think was the norm.'”

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if you are terminally online STAY ON LINE

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this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

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As we barrel into the 250th of the Revolutionary War, how did past generations of New Englanders preserve, commemorate, and retell the Revolution? That’s what we’ll explore at our June 27–28 conference in Deerfield. Time to register! dublin-seminar.org/our-2025-con...

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Just updated my U.S. History Research Toolkit on @padlet.com. It gathers links to digitized primary source collections for students in research courses—NO login required. Check it out! 🗃️ padlet.com/kristenepps/...

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I just want a global 'turn all 'ai' off everywhere, categorically, no exceptions unless I individually approve them in triplicate' setting for all my devices

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As an editor, I can tell you this isn’t the kind of “help” I want or need. As an author, I will stay clear of OUP.

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The Center for the Study of Rhetoric, Race, and Religion invites submissions for its virtual Works in Progress Summer Symposium on July 22, 2025. This interdisciplinary symposium aims to foster dialogue and collaboration among scholars exploring the intersections of rhetoric, race, and religion.

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"The Trump administration has proposed cutting funding for tribal colleges and universities by nearly 90%, a move that would likely shut down most or all of the institutions created to serve students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities."

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In my long personal experience doing research, it is frequently more interesting and rewarding to search through physical media because there are often books and articles next to the thing you were looking for that are just as useful. Fast online keyword searches eliminate much of that serendipity.

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The heartbreaking statement from Jonathan Joss’s husband about his death.

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For junior scholars of #legalhistory who are working on first book manuscripts: you should apply for the ASLH Wallace Johnson First Book Program! Applications are due by June 27, 2025. Full details here: aslh.net/award/wallac...

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I am hearing from folks that the new Missouri Secretary of State, Denny Hoskins, a MAGA Republican, has fired half of the staff in the State Archives today with no warning. These are people that preserve and provide access to state government records…

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Historian @marthasjones.bsky.social & @katemasur.bsky.social, a member of the Historians Council on the Constitution, filed a brief against the birthright citizenship executive order. History contradicts the administration's claim that the 14th Amendment applies only to “newly freed slaves.”

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