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Bobby Lee @bobbylee.bsky.social · 16d

A nice job has opened in my department at Cambridge: Assistant Prof. in US History since 1920.

Please share widely!

No references letters required up front. Applications close 27 Oct. 2025.🗃️
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920

The Faculty of History is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in post-1920 U.S. political history and/or the history of the United States in the World since 1920, beginning 1 October, 2026. The

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Justin Gage @justingage.bsky.social · 19d

There's a job opportunity in my department at the University of Arkansas - Asst. Professor of Early American History jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69108
UA still experiencing enrollment growth each year. Our chancellor & vice provost are history dept. faculty members. And Fayetteville is a great place to live

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Rep. Shaun Scott 🌹🤝 @organizewithshaun.bsky.social · 19d

Tonight the University of Washington community is mourning the loss of professor Quintard Taylor.

His 1994 book “The Forging of a Black Community” is foundational reading about race, class, and urban planning in Seattle political history.

He will be missed sorely.

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Justin Gage @justingage.bsky.social · 19d

There's a job opportunity in my department at the University of Arkansas - Asst. Professor of Early American History jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69108
UA still experiencing enrollment growth each year. Our chancellor & vice provost are history dept. faculty members. And Fayetteville is a great place to live

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SFGATE @sfgate.com · Jul 23

"In order to know your role in history, you need to see yourself in it."

Muir Woods exhibit is first casualty of White House directive to erase history

"In order to know your role in history, you need to see yourself in it."

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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · Jul 7

The world’s richest 1 per cent have increased their wealth by $33.9 trillion since 2015, “more than enough to eliminate annual poverty 22 times over,” according to new @oxfaminternational.bsky.social analysis.

World’s richest 1% increased wealth by $33.9 trillion since 2015, Oxfam says

That amount is “more than enough to eliminate annual poverty 22 times over,” according to a new analysis from the anti-poverty group.

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100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · Jun 21

June 21, 1925: A Ku Klux Klan baseball team plays a Black team in Wichita, Kan. The Black squad, the Wichita Monrovians, win, 10-8. How this matchup came to be is unexplained. Fans are warned against "strangle holds, razors, horsewhips, and other violent implements of argument."

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Judith Weisenfeld @judithweisenfeld.com · May 25

#AmRel Postdoc beginning July.

Bryn Mawr College 1-year renewable postdoct with expertise in contemporary American religion, partnering with President Wendy Cadge and research collaborators on a large national project about the changing spiritual infrastructure of the United States.

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · May 12

Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down

Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss

About this Collection | Chronicling America | Digital Collections | Library of Congress

Search America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963 Please Note: The Library of Congress has transitioned the longstanding Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website to this new digi...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · May 5

***Digital History Seed Grants***

The IEHS invites submissions for awards, up to $2,000 each, to support graduate students and early-career scholars seeking to develop or engage with digital history work connected to migration history and related fields.

Deadline: 8/1/25

iehs.org/awards/seed_...

Digital History Seed Grants

Visit the post for more.

iehs.org

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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · May 1

All five international students at the University of Arkansas who had their visa status revoked last month have been reinstated, a university spokesperson confirmed Thursday.

Visas reinstated for all University of Arkansas’ international students who had status revoked | Arkansas Advocate

All five international students at the University of Arkansas who had their visa status revoked last month have been reinstated, a university spokesperson confirmed Thursday.

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Dino Grandoni @dinograndoni.bsky.social · May 1

NEW: A sweeping new study finds three-fourths of North America's bird species are in decline

Scientists say it should be a wake-up call for us since some of the pressures on birds — climate change, pollution, etc. — aren't good for people, either
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

75 percent of North America’s bird species are in decline, study says

Birds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe.

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Sarah Brown @brownepoints.bsky.social · Apr 25

NEW: DeSantis directed the University of Florida to cancel a nearly-complete search for its next dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences — because the governor believed the finalists were not in alignment with the state's opposition to DEI

U. of Florida Calls Off Dean Search After DeSantis Intervenes

A spokesperson said the governor’s office stepped in after a right-wing group posted videos of the finalists on social media and claimed they were “radical progressives with disdain for Florida’s DEI ...

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · Apr 22

Hey #skystorians if you are in the area do join us for the Hotz lecture at the University of Arkansas sponsored by the History department and the law school news.uark.edu/articles/772...

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Justin Gage @justingage.bsky.social · Apr 6

He grew up in Uganda, so hopefully he has Ugandan citizenship?

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Sheila A Brennan @sheilaabrennan.bsky.social · Apr 4

And overnight your friends at @nehgov.bsky.social staff have been placed on Admin Leave.

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · Apr 1

Very excited to say something I haven't been able to say in a decade: we are hiring a tenure-track historian at Louisiana Tech. We're casting the net wide, basically any field outside of North America. Happy to answer any questions ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...

Assistant Professor of History

Thank you for your interest in employment with Louisiana Tech University. POSITION: Assistant Professor of History. The School of History and Social Sciences at Louisiana Tech University invites appli...

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Arlyssa D. Becenti @abecenti.bsky.social · Mar 20

I’m so tired of this! These are statements from Gila River Indian Community and Salt River Pima Indian Community leadership on the recent removal of flags from the 22 Arizona tribes from the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Phoenix. What is the point in this?

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Andrew Wehrman @profwehrman.bsky.social · Mar 20

David Sloan, early American historian and my undergrad advisor at the U. of Arkansas died last week. His courses on colonial America and the Revolution inspired me to study that period. He’s also the only historian I know who left the circus to study history www.bernafuneralhomes.com/m/obituaries...

David Andrew Sloan - View Obituary & Service Information

Share Memories and Support the Family.

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Justin Gage @justingage.bsky.social · Mar 19

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Justin Gage @justingage.bsky.social · Mar 19

🗃️Exciting New Book News: Alessandra La Rocca Link's 'The Iron Horse in Indian Country Native Americans and Railroads in the US West' is out in a few weeks. Preorder: global.oup.com/academic/pro... and preview: books.google.com/books?id=1lh...

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Brian DeLay @briandelay.bsky.social · Mar 17

I'm thrilled that "The Myth of Continuity in American Gun Culture," a long (79-p.) article that I spent most of a year working on, has just been published in the California Law Review www.californialawreview.org/print/gun-co...

The Myth of Continuity in American Gun Culture — California Law Review

The Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen elevated history, text, and tradition as the sole criteria for assessing the constitutionality of firearms...

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BYU Redd Center for Western Studies @byureddcenter.bsky.social · Mar 11

Applications for our annual funding season are due in 4 DAYS! March 15th. Please help spread the word (and apply yourself)! 🗃️ #AmWest

BYU Redd Center for Western Studies @byureddcenter.bsky.social · Jan 24

It's FUNDING SEASON at the Redd Center!

We have award categories for anyone from any discipline doing work the Intermountain West portions of AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, and WY.

Applications are due March 15, 2025.

Please help us spread the word!

reddcenter.byu.edu/Blogs/redd-c...

#funding 🗃️

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Yan Matusevich @ymatusik.bsky.social · Mar 7

Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States

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