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Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · Aug 22

Scholars, are you interested in reviewing books for the JSH? Update the editors regarding your research and reading interests here: thesha.org/book-reviewer-interest-form

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Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · 6d

Remembering our Rice history colleague -- Ira D. Gruber
news.rice.edu/news/2025/hi...

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W. Caleb McDaniel @wcaleb.org · 9d

It was a good mail day. The book is here! And the cover design may well be the best part.

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Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · Jun 5

📘Hi new followers📘
We're here for all things history of the U.S. South, broadly conceived. You can always find what's current and forthcoming in the JSH at thesha.org/contents and info on submissions and reviews at thesha.org/submissions

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Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · 19d

Current (August 2025) and forthcoming (November 2025) in the Journal of Southern History

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Kentucky Historical Society @kyhistsoc.bsky.social · 13d

Upcoming funding deadline alert🚨 #skystorians. Fall deadline for the KHS research fellowship program is October 1, 2025. Funding available for wide range of research topics & time periods. Come see us in #Kentucky! 🐎 history.ky.gov/khs-for-me/f...

Research Fellowships | Kentucky Historical Society

To help facilitate your research, KHS offers short-term fellowships (one to four weeks) to promote scholarship on any facet of Kentucky’s history.

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Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · Sep 7

"Second Foundings: Universities, Slavery, & Struggles for Justice in Texas and Beyond": Oct. 10–13, 2025

taskforce.rice.edu/second-found...

Hosted at Rice University, in collaboration with Universities Studying Slavery and the Texas Consortium of Universities and Colleges Studying Slavery and Race

Second Foundings Conference

Information about "Second Foundings: Universities, Slavery, and Struggles for Justice in Texas and Beyond," a conference at Rice University, October 10-13, 2025

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Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · 19d

Current (August 2025) and forthcoming (November 2025) in the Journal of Southern History

thesha.org/contents

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Kentucky Historical Society @kyhistsoc.bsky.social · 20d

Registration is OPEN! KHS will host Ohio Valley History Conference October 9-11, 2025. Conference theme is “Borders, Boundaries, and Belonging.” Keynote speaker is Dr. Eladio Bobadilla, historian of social movements in the United States. See you there! #skystorians
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D. ANDREW JOHNSON @dajohnsonii.bsky.social · Sep 5

I’m starting to see a pattern in the cover design of projects I am (or have been) working on

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W. Caleb McDaniel @wcaleb.org · Aug 22

The Second Foundings conference in Houston is fast approaching, October 10-13, 2025. Registration & hotel rooms are still available! Come for keynotes by Ruth J. Simmons and Crystal R. Sanders, plus more than 25 sessions on slavery, universities, and struggles for justice. More info …

This poster announcing the Second Foundings conference shows a historic photo of a construction crew at Rice University from the early 1900s and details about featured sessions at the conference, October 10-13 in Houston.

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Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · Sep 7

The conference is free and open to the public--

Program, registration, and more info: taskforce.rice.edu/second-found...

Second Foundings Conference

Information about "Second Foundings: Universities, Slavery, and Struggles for Justice in Texas and Beyond," a conference at Rice University, October 10-13, 2025

taskforce.rice.edu

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Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · Sep 7

"Second Foundings: Universities, Slavery, & Struggles for Justice in Texas and Beyond": Oct. 10–13, 2025

taskforce.rice.edu/second-found...

Hosted at Rice University, in collaboration with Universities Studying Slavery and the Texas Consortium of Universities and Colleges Studying Slavery and Race

Second Foundings Conference

Information about "Second Foundings: Universities, Slavery, and Struggles for Justice in Texas and Beyond," a conference at Rice University, October 10-13, 2025

taskforce.rice.edu

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Scary T. 👻 🎃 🧙 🧛 @carrieat.bsky.social · Aug 27

ahhh, this issue looks so good!!

Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · Aug 27

Very excited to be checking page proof for a special forum, "Teaching about the South," #forthcoming in the November 2025 issue of the Journal of Southern History.

TOC: www.thesha.org/contents#upc...

Proof Only: the Journal of Southern History, Volume XCI November 2025 Number 4 Contents Forum: Teaching about the South

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Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · Aug 27

Very excited to be checking page proof for a special forum, "Teaching about the South," #forthcoming in the November 2025 issue of the Journal of Southern History.

TOC: www.thesha.org/contents#upc...

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Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · Aug 27

Very excited to be checking page proof for a special forum, "Teaching about the South," #forthcoming in the November 2025 issue of the Journal of Southern History.

TOC: www.thesha.org/contents#upc...

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Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · Aug 23

We will look forward to it. Thank you!

Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · Aug 22

Scholars, are you interested in reviewing books for the JSH? Update the editors regarding your research and reading interests here: thesha.org/book-reviewer-interest-form

a drawing of a yellow circle that says i want to read all the books

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Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · Aug 21

Justice in Baltimore @jstordaily.bsky.social
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Justice in Baltimore - JSTOR Daily

In an atypical case, a white policeman was convicted of killing a Black man at a private house party.

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Jim Wald @citizenwald.bsky.social · Aug 21

Takes Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson as pt of departure for examination of diverse sources. We need to see more focus on the relationship between material culture & broader questions of culture.

My typical evening:

"We have to start making dinner.
"Wait a minute. I just found this really cool article"

Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · Aug 20

New in the August 2025 JSH:

"A Badge of Slavery: Clothing and Enslaved Teenage Girls' Identity Formation," by Courtney Moore Taylor

muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

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Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · Aug 20

New in the August 2025 JSH:

"A Badge of Slavery: Clothing and Enslaved Teenage Girls' Identity Formation," by Courtney Moore Taylor

muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

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Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · Aug 20

Now in the August 2025 JSH:

"Rejecting Restraint: The 1856 Guard House Riot and the Roots of Political Violence in Antebellum South Carolina," by Robert Elder

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Journal of Southern History @joursouhist.bsky.social · Aug 20

Now in the August 2025 JSH:

"Homeplace Politics on the New River: Rural Environmentalism in Southern Appalachia, 1962–1976," by Madison W. Cates

muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

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University of Oklahoma Press @oupress.bsky.social · Aug 12

“Bigler's collection is packed with humor and seriousness, profound teachings for Indigenous scholars, and life lessons for any reader.”

New review of "Rabbit Decolonizes the Forest" by Gregory H. Bigler in the Journal of Southern History! muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

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W. Caleb McDaniel @wcaleb.org · Jul 29

Registration is now open for “Second Foundings: Universities, Slavery, and Struggles for Justice in Texas and Beyond.” The conference will take place October 10-13, 2025, in Houston and features keynote lectures by Ruth J. Simmons and Crystal R. Sanders! More info …

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