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Katie Fapp @katiefapp.bsky.social · 20d

Calling all early US legal historians! My new home at the Kinder Institute for Constitutional Democracy is hiring an Assistant Professor of of US Constitutional Law and Legal History. Can attest — a great community to work in! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69126/u...

University of Missouri - Columbia - Assistant Professor (tenure-track) of U.S. Constitutional Law and Legal History | H-Net

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Katie Fapp @katiefapp.bsky.social · Aug 26

Found this on the anniversary of the 19th Amendment's Ratification. Coincidence? In any case, sharing to highlight a resource I was begging for at the start of my DPhil: an interactive women's suffrage map! GREAT way to visualize the growth of women's suffrage! depts.washington.edu/moves/WomanS...

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Katie Fapp @katiefapp.bsky.social · Aug 16

pleasantly surprised with how Chief of War has shown the Pacific World so far. Really expected them to gloss over Ka'iana's time with the trading ship — instead we're getting treated to a full look at just how wide and interconnected it was! Jumping from Alaska to the Philippines in one episode.

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Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · Jul 13

We’re advertising for a 12 month teaching post in 20th Century US History. Deadline 28/7 (a short turn around because we need to interview in mid-August).

We’re a great, collegial and fun US history community. Happy to answer any and all questions about the role, and the RAI Bake Off.

Departmental Lecturer in 20th Century United States History at University of Oxford

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Departmental Lecturer in 20th Century United States History on jobs.ac.uk!

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Katie Fapp @katiefapp.bsky.social · Jun 11

rinse and repeat with the other forts; Fort RE Lee —> Ft Gregg-Adams —> Ft (Fitz) Lee, medal of honor recipient for service in the Spanish-American War

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Katie Fapp @katiefapp.bsky.social · Jun 11

They did — Admin. has claimed a loophole which means that the bases still won't be named for the Confederates...but other soldiers who share the same names as them. My quote was referring to Ft AP Hill specifically — no longer for Ambrose Powell Hill but 3 union soldiers named Anderson, Pine, & Hill

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · Jun 11

Happy Jeanette Rankin Day! We could use some Congressional courage atm.

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June Nominees

June 1: Marilyn Monroe , for all the reasons detailed in that weeklong series! June 2: Betty Freeman , whose philanthropic support of c...

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Katie Fapp @katiefapp.bsky.social · Jun 11

Call me crazy, but I really can't imagine that Union soldiers would love the idea of their names being used as a political football to honor a Confederate at the expense of Union surgeon!!!!

CNN @cnn.com · Jun 11

The US Army said it will restore the names of seven Army bases that previously honored Confederate leaders.
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Katie Fapp @katiefapp.bsky.social · Jun 9

With record-breaking speed for my podcast, I got to cover Sinners on Flashback! Was so lucky to meet Tammy in the wake of this fantastic movie and have this conversation with her about the power of music in telling and shaping our histories.

Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · Jun 9

Watch out who you invite inside...our episode on SINNERS is out now! Dr Tammy Kernodle joins to unpack all the history — but especially the music! — behind the latest historical blockbuster to take cinemas by storm 🎵🧛‍♂️ Available wherever fine podcasts are found! open.spotify.com/episode/7pJ6...

Still from the 2025 movie, Sinners. Two identical men, dressed in suits, look beyond the camera. The one on the left wears a brown fedora hat with a red tie; on the right, a blue newsboy cap, blue tie, and holds a cigarette. Behind them is the brown-and-blue siding of an old building and front windshield of a red car, and in the horizon a green treeline.

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daviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · May 28

Feels a bit absurd to be promoting this, but there's a 12 month 18/19th C American history post at Cardiff. Deadline 15.06.25. Feel free to msg or contact me via email - [email protected] - for further information: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

Lecturer in American History - Cardiff University - Job Details

Job Details: Lecturer in American HistorySchool of History, Archaeology and ReligionAn exciting new opportunity has arisen

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Katie Fapp @katiefapp.bsky.social · May 26

Brits however may enjoy this as a rage listen to stew over while enjoying the late May bank holiday

Katie Fapp @katiefapp.bsky.social · May 26

Need some lightly-themed Memorial Day listening? Flashback's episode on the Patriot is out now! A lot of fun with this one, and was joined by the fantastic Krysten Blackstone — a historian of soldiers' lived experiences and morale in the Revolution!

Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · May 26

Our episode on THE PATRIOT is out now! Dr Krysten Blackstone joins as we dive deep into this infamous Revolutionary War movie (and, briefly, Liberty's Kids) 🇺🇸 Available now wherever you find your podcasts! open.spotify.com/episode/5UsV...

Three men in eighteenth century soldiers' uniforms are pictured; the man in the center and right appear to be talking to one another. They are wearing dark tricorn hats, overcoats of different shades of blue, and holding muskets.

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Katie Fapp @katiefapp.bsky.social · May 12

Such a fun ep! If you enjoyed Fraser in any of his other fish-out-of-water premises, definitely check this one out for a hefty dose of 60s and 90s nostalgia. And Christopher Walken and Sissy Spacek as a delightful married couple and accidental cult leaders!

Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · May 12

Gee Wilikers! This week we're taking it back to BLAST FROM THE PAST, a 1999 sci-fi rom-com starring Brendan Fraser as a man raised in a nuclear bunker. Historian of gender and the Cold War Tom Bishop joins to discuss this delightfully zany flick of a man out of time — out now! tinyurl.com/yckfz47z

A man in a black suit holds a woman in a black top and skirt, with heels. They stand in the middle of a street and are encircled by three hoops, reminiscent of nuclear diagrams of an atom's path. The sky behind them, at sunset, bursts forth in a similar "nuclear" fashion.

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Katie Fapp @katiefapp.bsky.social · May 1

in WHAT world would I want an "ai assistant" to pop up over being able to access the damn table of contents in an ebook. Proquest has got to be kidding

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Katie Fapp @katiefapp.bsky.social · Apr 28

One of the more interesting watches for the podcast — and then an equally great record with @benwillis.bsky.social unpacking its relationship to Lincoln, the Civil War, and of course, vampires and the slave power. Out now wherever you get your podcasts!

Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · Apr 28

A fan of Sinners and want to think more about American history and vampires? Have we got just the thing — our new episode on ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER is out now! Ben Willis joins to talk the other Lincoln movie from 2012 to kick off our new season. Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/4HEJ...

Actor Benjamin Walker, dressed as a young Abraham Lincoln in a nineteenth century suit, holds an axe while standing in front of a lit candelabra and blue and yellow damask curtains.

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Rothermere American Institute @raioxford.bsky.social · Apr 14

The Faculty of History and the RAI are delighted to announce that expressions of interest are now invited for the Harmsworth Visiting Professorship of American History for the academic years 2027-28, 2028-29, and 2029-30. Details: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/vacancies.