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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · 7h

#NavigatingThePast Day 1 is wrapping up. Honored to have been part of such an innovative and inspiring conference in honor of #Homecoming250, #USMC250, and #USNavy250 .

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · 14h

Kicking off right now: #NavigatingThePast Conference

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · 1d

#NavigatingThePast kicked off tonight with an opening reception at the Libray Company of Philadelphia and a call for academics to be "ambassadors of historical context." Tomorrow begins 2 days of Navy/USMC history in honor of #Homecoming250 and the 2 branches 250th birthdays.

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · Jul 16

Traveling to a NPS site this summer? Help #SaveOurSigns .

www.datarescueproject.org/save-our-sig...

We love our National Parks. Help us #SaveOurSigns

We need your help to #SaveOurSigns

www.datarescueproject.org

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · May 8

Congrats to the newly commissioned 2nd Lts of the Columbus State University Army ROTC Cougar Battalion! It was an honor and a privilege to be your history professor last fall.

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · Apr 29

History friends: if you know of any recently graduated PhDs or soon to be graduating PhDs looking for a job, we need a US historian for next year!

www.higheredjobs.com/search/detai...

Limited Term Lecturer, U.S. History - HigherEdJobs

Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.

www.higheredjobs.com

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · Apr 15

"In front of descendants of Sand Creek Massacre survivors, Colorado lawmakers unanimously greenlighted a memorial sculpture Monday to commemorate the 1864 atrocity at the State Capitol." 🗃️ www.cpr.org/2025/04/15/s...

Sand Creek Massacre memorial to replace Civil War statue at the Colorado State Capitol

Colorado lawmakers voted unanimously to approve a 24-foot statue to commemorate the Sand Creek Massacre. It will replace a Civil War statue torn down in 2020.

www.cpr.org

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · Apr 15

I just registered for the Southern Association for Women Historians (SAWH) Triennial Conference at Bethune-Cookman University this June! Are you going?

Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · Feb 18

Inspired by Revolutionary Songs & Michelle Orihel's piece on Toasting, I had students write toasts or song lyrics based on Patriots' or Loyalists' perspectives. They worked in groups & had 15 minutes but they were creative, referenced specific historical themes or events & had fun. #teachingwin

Just Add Sparkling Grape Juice: Toasting and the Historical Imagination in the Early Republic Classroom - Commonplace

As students write and perform toasts, they attempt to speak the (often combative) language of 1790's politics.

commonplace.online

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · Jan 30

My favorite way to start a trip. :)
Excited to see my fellow blue jacket historians in Annapolis soon.

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · Dec 19

www.science.org/content/arti...

And once you do have children, it doesn't get any easier...

#Acamama

As women in academia, having children can feel impossible. Talking about it makes us feel less alone

The struggle is “balancing their careers not just with motherhood, but with what comes before: relationships and planning for a family,” these postdocs write

www.science.org

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · Dec 17

Starting a new project:
“A sailor wife sat out on the shore,
& dreamed of a ship on the deep,
But her sailorman she saw no more,
For he slept in a sound, sound sleep...
The winds were sad & the waves were mild,
& the sea sang a story of life,
A lullaby 2 the sailor-child,
A wail 2 the sailor wife”

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · Dec 15

#GoNavyBeatArmy

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · Dec 7

Celebrating a productive and successful SMH Conference Program Committee Meeting in NOLA with some beignet bites. We had a great group and the experience ended up being a lot of fun. Looking forward to Mobile in March!

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · Dec 5

Starting my whirlwind 36 hour trip to NOLA off right. There's nothing like conference planning and service work right in the middle of finals.

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · Nov 16

Today, I talked with the Columbus Scholars (a mentor program for mostly high school students from impoveroshed single parent households) about pirates, history, and tips for how to succeed in college. They were an impressive group!

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Anne Sarah Rubin @annesarah.bsky.social · Nov 15

It's the 160th anniversary of the start of Sherman's March to the Sea. So that makes it the 10th anniversary of my book Through the Heart of Dixie! (@uncpress.bsky.social) uncpress.org/book/9781469... Also if you want to retrace the March, check out shermansmarch.org 🔥🗃️

Through the Heart of Dixie | Anne Sarah Rubin | University of North Carolina Press

Sherman's March, cutting a path through Georgia and the Carolinas, is among the most symbolically potent events of the Civil War. In Through the Heart of Dix...

uncpress.org

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · Nov 16

Welcome @sawh1970.bsky.social to Bluesky and the growing world of #skystorians !

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Viola Müller @vfmueller.bsky.social · Oct 15

2 years ago, my book ESCAPE TO THE CITY saw the light of the world. If you can, buy it anywhere except through extremely big & disproportionally powerful e-commerce companies. @uncpress.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social

uncpress.org/book/9781469...

Escape to the City | Viola Franziska Müller | University of North Carolina Press

Viola Franziska Müller examines runaways who camouflaged themselves among the free Black populations in Baltimore, Charleston, New Orleans, and Richmond. In...

uncpress.org

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · Nov 13

Congrats! That sounds delightful

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · Nov 10

Happy 249th Birthday #USMC

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · Nov 10

That's seriously cool

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KitNCaboodle @kitncaboodle.bsky.social · Nov 9

Good day at sea in the Civil War, November 9, 1863. Writing this gave me some hope. Check it out, support if you can. 🗃️ #MilitaryHistory #NavalHistory

ko-fi.com/post/Just-An...

Just Another Day in the Civil War - We Carry On to Eventual Victory

Scuttlebutt published a post on Ko-fi

ko-fi.com

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · Nov 10

No but I definitely want to learn more

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Laura June Davis, PhD @laurajunedavis.bsky.social · Nov 6

Woke up, hugged my boys, and burst into tears.

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