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Kristen Epps

@historyenthusiast.bsky.social

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History professor at KSU, specializing in nineteenth century America. Author of Slavery on the Periphery (UGA), editor of the journal Kansas History. She/her. INFJ. Ideas and opinions my own. 💜 🦋

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Kristen Epps @historyenthusiast.bsky.social · Jul 3

Are you an academic living and working in the Sunflower State? Have I got the starter pack for you! Comment to have your name added. 🗃️🌻

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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 7h

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 2d

The AHA has updated our Guide for Contending with Online Harassment, offering recs to support members who are targets of online harassment. "Historians have the right to expect that discussion of their historical work will be conducted in a civil manner, free from harassment and intimidation." 🗃️

Guide for Contending with Online Harassment - AHA

Guidelines to AHA members and historians who fear that they may become or have become targets of online harassment.

www.historians.org

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Kristen Epps @historyenthusiast.bsky.social · 3d

Also, there is one of Civil War historians, but I’m not sure who made it, so here are a few more folks:

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Kristen Epps @historyenthusiast.bsky.social · 3d

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Kristen Epps @historyenthusiast.bsky.social · 3d

I teach at KState, and I have a starter pack of Kansas academics, all disciplines.

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Kristen Epps @historyenthusiast.bsky.social · 4d

That was the cherry on top for me.

Kristen Epps @historyenthusiast.bsky.social · 5d

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Kristen Epps @historyenthusiast.bsky.social · 5d

She fell into being a Tiktoker after her video about eating tacos on a date went viral. But if the requirement is someone who intentionally sells products, she is more about “influencing” people to be themselves and not trying to shill for money.

Kristen Epps @historyenthusiast.bsky.social · 5d

This is the truth.

Kristen Epps @historyenthusiast.bsky.social · 5d

Elyse Myers. She is awesome and down to earth. You would like her!

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David W. Congdon @dwcongdon.com · 6d

If you want to hear me and a couple of my esteemed colleagues at Columbia University Press and University of North Carolina Press talk about how to turn a dissertation into a book, you can register at the link below for a webinar taking place on October 9 at 1pm ET.
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Publishing with University Presses Webinar Series: Turning Your Dissertation into a Book - Association of University Presses

Co-sponsored webinar series in university publishing

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Kristen Epps @historyenthusiast.bsky.social · 6d

Unbelievable.

KCUR (Kansas City's best news source) @kcur.org · 6d

BREAKING: The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.

Director of Eisenhower Library in Kansas ousted after refusing to give Trump administration a sword

The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.

www.kcur.org

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Patrick Sheridan @psheridanhistory.bsky.social · 7d

Fellow #skystorians, I am interested in putting together a panel for the 2026 Alliance for Texas History conference. My paper touches on topics including convict labor, Reconstruction, white and Native identities, railroads, and agency. Please reach out if interested!

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 8d

If you've done in-person research at any of the following presidential libraries in the last 8 months, can you please follow me/contact me—soon—for a story I'm working on (can be off the record)?

Hoover
FDR
Truman
Eisenhower
JFK
LBJ
Ford
Carter

And either way, can you please share this request? 🙏

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H-Material Culture @h-materialculture.bsky.social · 8d

H-Material Culture seeks applications for a Book Reviews editor, to start in November 2025. Interested applicants should send a CV and short letter of interest to [email protected] #MaterialCulture

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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 8d

(solemnly) You've had mail.

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Greg O’Malley @gogogomalley.bsky.social · 12d

Finishing a Ph.D. on slavery in early American or Atlantic history this year? Consider applying for the University of California's President's Postdoc program. I'd love to sponsor at applicant if working with me @ucsantacruz.bsky.social might be a good fit!
ppfp.ucop.edu/info/how-to-...

How to apply

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Kristen Epps @historyenthusiast.bsky.social · 10d

They have this opportunity here at KSU!

Kristen Epps @historyenthusiast.bsky.social · 11d

As they should.

Reuters @reuters.com · 11d

Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals reut.rs/46I9oj6

Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals

The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to allow soldiers to keep medals awarded for their roles at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre.

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Kristen Epps @historyenthusiast.bsky.social · 11d

Yes. There ended up being six years between my graduation and its publication. Most of my revisions were in the central chapters, but I definitely refined and fleshed out parts of the other chapters as well.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11d

George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100

Hardy, a lieutenant colonel, became the youngest Tuskegee fighter pilot at 19, and was among the first Black military pilots in the United States.

www.nbcnews.com

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Kristen Epps @historyenthusiast.bsky.social · 13d

This is Big Foot’s band of Lakota, taken a few months before the massacre.

Dozens of Indigenous warriors, women, and others stand gathered outside on an open prairie, posing for the camera.

Kristen Epps @historyenthusiast.bsky.social · 13d

Yes, Medal of Honor to some of the 7th Cavalry. There was an effort recently to consider rescinding the medals, and the committee’s report decided not to. This is not solely Hegseth’s decision, but his statements—glorifying the recipients and calling it a “battle”—make clear his position.

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Kristen Epps @historyenthusiast.bsky.social · 13d

It’s horrifying. At least 250-300 died. Even in 1890, people recognized the horror.

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Kristen Epps @historyenthusiast.bsky.social · 13d

YEP