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Liz Covart
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Historian | Researcher of Articles of Confederation | Creator of Ben Franklin’s World: An Award-Winning Podcast About Early American History | Celtics, Red Sox, & WNBA Fan https://linktr.ee/lizcovart
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 1h
I hope you feel better, Caitlin.
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 1h
#Skystorians #HistoryJobs
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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 2h
Job Opportunity!

University of Nevada - Las Vegas - Assistant Professor, History, Indigenous North America

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas - Assistant Professor, History, Indigenous North America | H-Net
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Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social · 2h
It was my pleasure to write about Yellowstone and how it became a national park (SPOILER ALERT: it was NOT unanimous) in 1872, for "History Now."

And I am delighted to share these pages with fellow environmental historians whose work I so admire ...

www.gilderlehrman.org/history-now/...
The Natural Resources of the United States in the Shaping of History | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
The Natural Resources of the United States in the Shaping of History | | SPECIAL FEATURE A pair of recent Book Breaks episodes featuring contributors to History Now 76: “Saving Yellowstone: Exploratio...
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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 1d
Oh, this is so exciting! Thank you @lizcovart.bsky.social for the invitation. And while I'm here, pleased to announce that @uchicagopress.bsky.social is bringing out a paperback in Spring 2026!!!
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 1d
Today is @bfworld.bsky.social’s 11th Podversary. The first 4 episodes debuted 11 years ago.
So it’s fitting we have a great new episode to celebrate!

How did Northern manufacturers support Southern slavery?

Seth Rockman joins us to talk about “plantation goods” and slavery’s hidden supply chain.
Episode 422: Seth Rockman, Plantation Goods: How Northern Factories Fueled the Plantation Economy
Discover how hoes, shoes, and cloth linked New England factories to Southern slavery in early America with historian Seth Rockman.
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 1d
Today is @bfworld.bsky.social’s 11th Podversary. The first 4 episodes debuted 11 years ago.
So it’s fitting we have a great new episode to celebrate!

How did Northern manufacturers support Southern slavery?

Seth Rockman joins us to talk about “plantation goods” and slavery’s hidden supply chain.
Episode 422: Seth Rockman, Plantation Goods: How Northern Factories Fueled the Plantation Economy
Discover how hoes, shoes, and cloth linked New England factories to Southern slavery in early America with historian Seth Rockman.
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 1d
"No institution that is committed to the free pursuit of knowledge should submit to the degradation of autonomy and academic freedom contained in it." @acls1919.bsky.social statement on the White House "compact" proposed to universities. www.acls.org/news/acls-st...
ACLS Statement Regarding White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”
ACLS stands firmly against this latest White House effort to divide faculties by giving special privileges to students in “hard science programs” and its demand that institutions abolish “units that p...
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 1d
What time does it start?
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Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social · 1d
ACTUALLY, Blueskis, you don't even have to be in the Boston area!

This is a hybrid event, so you can register to listen and post questions on Zoom! Huzzah!
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Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social · 2d
Boston-area Blueskis with an interest in the Revolutionary Era and/or the environmental history, and/or the Hudson Valley!

Come join us for this session on October 9. Blake's work is great, and we'll be talking about how to approach the study of warfare and nature.

#skystorians #EnvHist #RevWar 🗃️
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Massachusetts Historical Society @mhs1791.bsky.social · 2d
Join us on Oct. 9 for our upcoming seminar on environmental history, "Cultivating Legitimacy: Soldiers, Civilians, and Environment in the Revolutionary Hudson Valley." Author Blake McGready with comments by @mkn.bsky.social. Register here: www.masshist.org/eve....
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 2d
I’m recording this session on history publishing with Nadine Zimmerli. It will be available to all future members of the History Explorers Club.

Be the first to know when we re-open for new members.

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Explore the Past with Curious Minds | History Explorers Club
A community for history lovers who crave deeper stories, expert insights, and connection. Join us to explore the past—together.
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 2d
It used to be that publishers looked for proposals with about 100,000 words including notes. That was for a 300-page book. Between paper prices and students not reading, that number has gone down by 25-35 percent.
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 2d
I just learned there are regional trade presses that don’t require agents or peer review. They publish works of history that are of regional interest to a smaller audience.
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 2d
Publishers/presses change in expertise. Always look at the most current books they are publishing when trying to find a press. This will give you an idea of what to look for when researching a press for your work.

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Explore the Past with Curious Minds | History Explorers Club
A community for history lovers who crave deeper stories, expert insights, and connection. Join us to explore the past—together.
www.historyexplorers.club
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 2d
“There is a lot of gatekeeping in trade presses” your book has to have commercial appeal and work with an agent. If your project is regional or mission-driven a university press can be a great option.—Nadine Zimmerli on history publishing
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 2d
Running our first quarterly workshop in the History Explorers Club today. As members in our first cohort are working on independent research projects, Nadine Zimmerli has joined us and is taking us through the world of History publishing.

www.historyexplorers.club
Explore the Past with Curious Minds | History Explorers Club
A community for history lovers who crave deeper stories, expert insights, and connection. Join us to explore the past—together.
www.historyexplorers.club
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 4d
I’m in my last academic class in my master program. It’s Fundamentals of Digital Marketing. I have to research an influencer for my homework.

I googled influencers and just feel old…I also haven’t found anyone I want to spend time researching.

Who are the influencers you follow and enjoy?
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 4d
Thank you for reading and considering.
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 5d
Country over self.

George Washington could’ve become king. Instead, he gave up power for the country.

242 years later, that choice still matters.

🧠 I wrote about Washington’s example & how it echoes in today’s headlines.

Read + subscribe 👇
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Ben Franklin's World
Ben Franklin's World is an award-winning podcast about early American history hosted by historian Liz Covart, Ph.D. It's for people who love and enjoy history and want to know more about the people, p...
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The Paul Revere House @paulreverehouse.bsky.social · 5d
We are thrilled to welcome Jennifer Lee to the Paul Revere House for the first time to demonstrate bark basket making for visitors between 1:00 and 3:00 PM on Saturday, October 4th. She will also have previously produced goods for sale! www.facebook.com/share/16hHXQ...
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Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · 5d
✨ An inspiring evening at the NC State Archives with @unchistory.bsky.social profs Fitzhugh Brundage, @kathleenduval.bsky.social, and Joseph Glatthaar to celebrate the publication of Foundations of American Democracy.

Now available to all North Carolinians via a free digital edition on NC LIVE! 📚
Editors & UNC-Chapel Hill Historians Miguel La Serna, Joseph T. Glatthaar, Kathleen DuVal with copies of Foundations of American Democracy: A Critical Documents Reader. Panel moderated by Dr. Darin Waters, Deputy Secretary, Office of Archives & History
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 5d
I also intend to turnout with my fellow Bostonians to peacefully protest when the National Guard makes its way here. Their arrival is very much a “when,” not an “if.” I believe in democracy and the republic—I think/hope most of our troops do too.
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 5d
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the military meeting this week and George Washington. This week’s newsletter (which publishes tomorrow) will be about these topics. You can subscribe here: benfranklinsworld.com/newsletter
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 5d
He just wants to be remembered no matter the actions or cost.
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Old North @oldnorth1723.bsky.social · 5d
Wednesday! Join historian @lizcovart.bsky.social on Zoom for a conversation about the forgotten stories of America's "rough drafts."

Before the Articles of Confederation, Americans spent over a century struggling to unite — and mostly failing spectacularly. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-first-...
The First Drafts of the United States: Early Experiments in American Union - With Liz Covart of the Ben Franklin's World Podcast (Image: Ben Franklin's "Join or Die" cartoon, with a chopped-up snake representing the colonies.)
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 7d
Me to Myself: Maybe I can pull out my turtlenecks, I think fall is here.

::Looks at Weather App::

Me: Nope, it’s fake Fall.
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