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We've had two great @oieahc.bsky.social DH Coffeehouse sessions so far this term featuring two compelling projects on slavery, archives, artificial intelligence, and the orality of early America. Check out Jane Landers, Daniel Genkins, and Sophie White. More to come! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Thank you for sharing!

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Episode 13: "The Massacre" is coming next week featuring Serena Zabin and John McCurdy!

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A reminder that I'll be giving a talk in DC at the Society of the Cincinnati headquarters, on March 13. If you're in DC and want to NOT think about the government... www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/event/lectur...

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"I'd love to live, at least for a month, in a precedented time." Iconic quote from Lonnie Bunch during the @aaslh.bsky.social 250 Con keynote conversation

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Does anyone know anyone in Scotland who studies Royal Courts?

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Are you a member of SHEAR? Please share your thoughts on the constitution and by-laws—and specifically any adjustments you’d like to see—by filling out this survey for the ad hoc committee reviewing the by-laws.

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"You complain that Widows are not represented...ought not to be liable to the Tax." @georgemasonu.bsky.social's Dr. Cynthia Kierner talks with @katyghistory.bsky.social about Hannah Lee Corbin's 1778 frustration with taxation without representation on the latest Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant.

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Learn more our @nehgov.bsky.social supported Civil War Graffiti House Project here: rrchnm.org/news/rrchnm-... #history #skystorians #digital #civilwar

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Yesterday, the @rrchnm.bsky.social team was fortunate to tour Historic Blenheim in Fairfax, VA to see graffiti left by Union soldiers during the Civil War. RRCHNM is working with Blenheim & similar sites to digitize the graffiti & make it widely available for teaching & research.

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War is disruptive and violent in a million ways. During the siege of Boston in 1775-76, w Loyalists moving into the city and patriots leaving, moving across militarized lines was challenging. Passes for Rev Abbott "to pass the guards" (the patriots' line) in April/ May 1775 🗃️ @jcblibrary.bsky.social

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I've just cleared a few to-do list items and been alerted that the first pre-ordered copies of Postal Intelligence have arrived (!) so now seems like as good a time as any to share some exciting and troubling tidbits from my ten years with Europe's postal technocrats 1/? #earlymodern 🗃️

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Looking forward to participating in this important conversation about Artificial Intelligence, the Humanities, and Pedagogy. I'll be speaking about some (preliminary) ideas on graduate instruction and AI as it relates to historical podcasting.

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LIVE STREAM starting Thursday, February 20 beginning at 8:30 am EST (US): Fear, Faith, and Praxis: Artificial Intelligence in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Panels on Teaching, Research, and Ethics: networks.h-net.org/2025-ai-symp... #AI #humanities #socialsciences #academicsky

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It has a cover! I am so excited to have The Predatory Sea: Human Trafficking and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean coming out September 2025 with @pennpress.bsky.social! 🗃️

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Very excited for our guest @jimambuske.bsky.social’s podcasting workshop tomorrow! It’s sure to be a good one!!

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Do you feel bewildered by the current state of the nation? In a thoughtful new piece in @commonplacejrnl.bsky.social, @rparkinson.bsky.social provides some historical context from 1770s PA to explain how bewilderment and chaos agents are not new in America. 🗃️ commonplace.online/article/bewi...

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The most recent issue of Early American Studies is now available #OpenAccess thanks to the @projectmuse.bsky.social Subscribe to Open Program! Check out the issue here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54263 CC: @mcneilcenter.bsky.social @easmisc.bsky.social

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How did the Reconstruction Amendments affect the mobility + citizenship of Black Americans, Native Americans, Chinese immigrants, & European immigrants? In a crisp 28 pages, I explain. Last & final article before the full book is out in 2026. @gracemallon.bsky.social @conniethomas.bsky.social

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Has anyone done sustained thinking -- or actual research -- on the contemporary history podcast/video sphere as compared to historical thought as it existed in non literate societies? Or even just used the theoretical tools of the latter to make sense of the former?

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Do we ever have a pod coming for you soon. Loving v Virginia and the 14th Amendment.

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#MakeNewFranceGreatAgain #WhatEvenIsThisReality #NouvelleFrance #VastEarlyAmerica #PoliticalHumor #NewFrance

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The Prize Papers will change the way we see the past. The research possibilities are almost unlimited. Join us for the conclusion of the three-part series “Secrets of the Prize Papers” with insights from @lhaasis.bsky.social and @mouseemperor.bsky.social – pod.link/1460242815 #earlymodern #history 🗃️

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The Original Indigenous Names for the Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)

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Congratulations to Nichole Hill on the launch of "Our Ancestors Were Messy." We're grateful to have Nichole as one of our @nehgov.bsky.social advisors for Worlds Turned Upside Down. We've learned a lot from her. Excited for this new show! thesecretadventuresofblackpeople.com/our-ancestor...

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Any Dominion of New England in the back catalogue?

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Cool mapping project on the settlement of St. John's/Prince Edward Island.

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New article from Robin Eagles of the Georgian Lords on some of the early Lords' debates on the American crisis of 1775 historyofparliament.com/2025/02/11/b...

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Starting today, #HistParl is running a new series on the American Revolution, ahead of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence next year. To begin, Dr Robin Eagles explores the background to the Revolution. historyofparliament.com/2025/02/11/b...

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Oh hey since it’s the anniversary of the 1763 Treaty of Paris and also our constitutions are dissolving around us here’s a thing I wrote about how those things are related.

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This Thursday, NCHE will dive into the experiences of Loyalists during the American Revolution, focusing on the choices they faced. ▫️Free and open to the public ▫️February 13th at 7:30 pm EST ▫️Learn more: https://buff.ly/40SpFQY #sschat #USHistory #History #EduSky #Teacher #edchat #AcademicSky

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"The Belle Da Costa Greene Award of $2,000 will be granted annually to a medievalist of color for research and travel. The award may be used to visit archives, attend conferences, or to facilitate writing and research." DUE 15 FEB More on award & Greene: www.medievalacademy.org/page/GreeneA...

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In honor of Black History Month 2025, RRCHNM staff and students have compiled a list of resources highlighting Black history. Click here to view the blog post: rrchnm.org/research-and... #BlackHistoryMonth

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A bit of conversation with visiting folks @jcblibrary.bsky.social today. #democracy 🗃️

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In 1978 NASA selected a new class of astronauts, the most diverse in the agency’s history. This is their story. #16Sunsets podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...

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#Shoes & #politics for #FootcandyFriday Purchasing Patriotism: Politicization of Shoes, 1760s-70s @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social More: ageofrevolutions.com/2019/03/04/pur… Image: brocaded silk buckle shoes,Lynn/Boston shoemaker Winthrop Gray @historicnewengland.bsky.social

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Trump just fired the National Archives Director Colleen Shogan “This evening, President Trump fired me. No cause or reason was cited." 🔗 www.404media.co/trump-fires-...

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Take me to your @leadr.bsky.social. I'm looking forward to talking with faculty and students at MSU in the coming weeks about the creation of Worlds Turned Upside Down. Thank you very much to @gilliansmac.bsky.social for arranging this opportunity and for creating the sweet graphic.

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Here we are at #Astrofest2025 with Back to the Moon author Joseph Silk speaking this afternoon (Friday) on "Astronomy & Science from the Moon" and tomorrow morning (Saturday) The Beauty of Falling author Claudia de Rham on "The Dark Delusion" - see further details here europeanastrofest.com

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Among the recovered manuscripts is a Gaelic diary written in Scotland and Barbados

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Gonna tell my kids these were eggs

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One of the most important acquisitions @jcblibrary.bsky.social in the last years, in my view, was the three volume _The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787_ gathered by Max Farrand and published by Yale Uni Press. A remarkable and enduringly important work. 1/ #GovDocs 🗃️

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