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Lindsey Wieck
@lwieck.bsky.social
Historian of 20th and 21st cities, US West, race and culture. Associate Professor and Director of Public History at St. Mary's Univ. Lover of books, coffee, and flowers.
A cool find from NW SA tonight!
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May 27, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Panelists talk about how we have to be comfortable being uncomfortable in talking about hard histories. Balance self care and doing this hard work.

We must use our anger and balance it with hope. We need to find value in what makes us feel anger and pain and discomfort.
December 6, 2024 at 5:39 PM
There is power in hearing in the Witte Museum's Dr. Michelle Cuellar Everidge assert unequivocally that Texas was built on the economy of slavery...especially in the current moment where the politicization of history does not guarantee us access to these fundamental truths.
December 6, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Do we celebrate or commemorate Juneteenth? How and why? Do we discuss hard questions on that day or put them aside. AGR digs into these questions in Black Texas and beyond.
So excited to hear @agr.bsky.social to cap off an incredible day of history and reflection.
December 6, 2024 at 12:26 AM
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hiiiii @kcarterjackson.bsky.social is on bluesky give her all your follows!
Grateful! Keep refusing!
December 6, 2024 at 12:08 AM
So excited to hear @agr.bsky.social to cap off an incredible day of history and reflection.
December 6, 2024 at 12:17 AM
@kcarterjackson.bsky.social citing Stephanie Camp is like a nesting doll filled with amazing historians doing such incredible work.
"refusal is collective" Kellie Carter Jackson
December 5, 2024 at 9:09 PM
"refusal is collective" Kellie Carter Jackson
December 5, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Dr. Kimberlyn Montford sharing about spirituals as texts, and I love that she doesn't even need media, she just uses her own voice to sing her examples. She's talking about three kinds of spirituals - sorrowful songs, joyful songs, and coded songs to share info.
December 5, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Dr. Mekala Audain with an incredible presentation on freedom seekers and the difficulties of escape including distorted ideas about distance, getting lost, and environmental / landscape challenges (getting water, human and animal predators, harsh terrain)
December 5, 2024 at 6:01 PM
I will always love everything Cat writes.
My top romance this year is Cat Sebastian’s You Should Be So Lucky. Sad bastard baseball boys, picking yourself up after the worst happens, and lines like this: “Sometimes you want to look at a guy and say, ‘Well, he’s fucked but he’s trying.’”

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You Should Be So Lucky
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December 5, 2024 at 5:58 PM
A very cool panel on land, law, and slavery made up with my colleague Teresa Van Hoy and one of our alums Eddie Paniagua at the Witte Museum's Conference on Texas. They're joined by Ronald W. Davis II and Sandra Ogogor
December 5, 2024 at 4:52 PM
So excited to be at the Witte Museum's conference on Texas today. First up this morning is Dr. Daina Ramey Berry, “Endurin’ de Freedom War:” Slavery and Emancipation in Texas—A Complex History
December 5, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Bumping this back to the top of my feed! I've added quite a few people so if it's been awhile, check back in :)
Hi friends! I've been trying really hard to keep this list diverse.

Recommendations welcome, especially of BIPOC & queer (etc.) public historians whose voices you'd like to see elevated here!

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November 20, 2024 at 12:51 AM
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Finally made a #Blackademics starter pack! Let continue to build community here. This is part of #Blacksky so please show your appreciation to the architect, @rudyfraser.com
November 15, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Yesterday I went to a preview event at the Witte Museum for an upcoming conference focused on the ongoing legacies of slavery in Texas on December 5 and 6. They have scholarships for students and teachers and notably includes a keynote by Annette Gordon-Reed!
www.wittemuseum.org/conference/
November 16, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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@lwieck.bsky.social also has written multiple #AHAPerspectives articles. The most recent was on the history of BART in San Francisco.
From Downtown to the Mission in Three Minutes – AHA
When San Francisco’s subway system arrived in the Mission District, Latino residents organized against the gentrification they feared it would bring.
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November 15, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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My department is running a tenure track search in Public History for someone who focuses on Latine or Indigenous History. PLEASE share widely; and reach out with questions. I'm more than happy to sell the benefits of joining our really vibrant program.

www.careers.luc.edu/postings/29664
History, Assistant Professor of Public History, Tenure Track
The candidate will have a PhD in History or a closely related field at the time of appointment. Candidates for the position must demonstrate clear potential for excellence in research and teaching, ob...
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November 13, 2024 at 4:12 PM
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Feeling stuck coming up with good assignments that can't be completed with AI but don't require in-class work?

I present: the book hunt. A simple but very useful exercise that went over well with my intro class this semester.
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The Book Hunt Assignment
This semester, I knew I wanted to swap out the short primary source analysis papers I’d been using in my US History to 1877 survey class. First, it was challenging to prevent AI cheating (whi…
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November 12, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Looking for an NYT subscriber who could help me get a pdf of this article please? timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...
The New York Times: Tuesday April 29, 1969
The complete edition of the New York Times published on Tuesday April 29, 1969.
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November 12, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Share something good that's happened to you this week!

I had my favorite trio of breakfast tacos today: bean & cheese, egg & nopal, and potato, egg, & avocado...and they made me feel a little less angry.
a poster that says good things can grow in dark times with flowers and clouds
ALT: a poster that says good things can grow in dark times with flowers and clouds
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November 12, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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US Urban History starter pack. I know I probably missed a bunch of really talented people, so please add and suggest folks. @urbanrenewal.bsky.social @lizgreenspan.bsky.social

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November 10, 2024 at 10:12 PM
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Now that I understand starter packs better, I made one for the conversation I want to have. It's Digital Public History. A pack of public historians who work primarily in a digital medium or digital humanists who focus on public engagement. If that's you too, lemme know.

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November 12, 2024 at 4:59 PM
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OK academic Bluesky, remember:

> Sharing publications is great, bragging about productivity is unnecessary
> Teaching is really hard, shaming students is really bad
> Won't live-skeeting conferences be fun?!
> No one is an expert in generative AI anything, tech cant save higher ed
> Alt text always
November 12, 2024 at 11:30 AM