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Historian of the French and Danish colonial empires, political economy, slavery, and abolition. Mom of two little vikings. Author of "Economistes and the Reinvention of Empire".
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The #FreedomToLearn our nation’s history is under siege. The AHA combats bills restricting history education and provides resources and support for educators advocating for #HonestHistory. Learn more about our Teaching History with Integrity initiatives. 🗃️

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The University of Copenhagen is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in economic history! Join us here at the Saxo Institute: jobportal.ku.dk/tenure-track...

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Oh wow! What an honor to see this wonderful new review of my book in one of my all-time favorite journales. Thank you @annaleshss.bsky.social and Sophus Reinert!

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👇👇👇 CFP for Graduate History Conference, co-organized by Pitt and CMU graduates.

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Marc #Bloch va entrer au #Panthéon. Un professeur d'histoire, un résistant, un penseur décisif et visionnaire du dialogue entre l'histoire et les sciences sociales. www.liberation.fr/sciences/his...

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A couple years ago I put together a little list of yearly fellowships and applications, mostly for early modernists. It includes deadlines, salaries, and requirements. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Many of you know the powerful book about the Haitian Revolution, *The Common Wind*, by the late Julius Scott. His partner Elisha Renne has now written a short biography, *Julius Scott and the Importance of Being*, available here for free download: services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/J/Juli...

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Congrats @jmulich.bsky.social and @renaudmorieux.bsky.social! This volume looks fantastic! 😍

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I got to hold my hard copy today of Burnard, Hart, and Houllemare’s “Oxford Handbook of the Seven Years’ War”. What an honor to appear alongside these many fantastic authors. And what an amazing trio of editors. Trevor will be missed!

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We're doing a conference to mark the 25th anniversary of the publication of The Many-Headed Hydra next May! For the full CfP, please go to www.history.pitt.edu/news/many-he...

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Thank you!!❤️ @mwarsh.bsky.social

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Oops, date wrong before! Friday May 3rd! Pernille Røge will give her rescheduled IHR Low Countries Seminar talk ONLINE: “A Gateway to Empire: Dutch Merchant Bankers and the Danish West Indies, 1760s-1800s.” 5:30 pm UK time. For the Zoom link, please register here: www.history.ac.uk/events/a-gat...

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If you are in Pittsburgh on April 9, don't miss this amazing closing lecture of our series on "Slavery and Memorialization in the Atlantic World": Prof. Pepijn Brandon, VU, "After Apologies: The Troubled Road Towards Recognition of Slavery in the Dutch Empire". All welcome.

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Come and be the next Amundson Professor of British History at Pitt! cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...

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Job ad: J. Carroll Amundson Professor of British History - Come join our department at Pitt! (please share) cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...

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There seems to have been an issue with Zoom. The organizers have let me know that we will reschedule. I look forward to sharing the new date with you once I have it. Happy Friday, all!

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Excited to speak at the IHR Low Countries Seminar tomorrow via Zoom. All welcome. For more information, see 👇.

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1/12 New issue! "The Global History of the Free Port" traces the free port, its form & function, from the 1500s to present, & its relations with space(s), capitalism, & empire. @stplbrk.bsky.social (John Cook University) & Corey Tarazza (Scripps College) introduce the issue here:

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The NEH has just announced a major new initiative, "Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence." It specifically focuses on encouraging humanistic research about the potential ethical, legal, cultural, and societal impacts of AI. www.neh.gov/AI

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African and Caribbean nations agree move to seek reparations for slavery

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HISTORY JOB ALERT 🚨🗃️ Assistant Professor in Modern History (post 1800), of Britain (including Ireland) or Europe and/or their empires. Come work with us @WarwickHistory! Please share and circulate. Details below 👇 Deadline: 14 January 2024 warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/candidate...

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Delighted to see R. Grant Kleiser and my article "Emulating Empires: Caribbean Free Ports, Economic Dualism, and European Imperial Rivalry, c. 1670s–1760s" out in the Journal of Global Intellectual History. Special Issue on Free Ports, eds. Stapelbroek and Tazzara doi.org/10.1080/2380...

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As international students, Vicky Shen, Arko Dasgupta, and Eloy Romero Blanco write in Perspectives on History, “the transimperial is not simply about new methodologies or approaches, but is often tied to our identities and experiences, both professional and personal.” 🗃️

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Thrilled to see this piece on “Experiencing the Transimperial While Researching It” by three Pitt and CMU Graduate Students in Perspectives on History!👇👇👇

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