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January 26, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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Vigilante Violence, the Rise of the New Right, and the Persistence of the Texas Farmworkers, 1975–1980 | Modern American History | Cambridge Core
Vigilante Violence, the Rise of the New Right, and the Persistence of the Texas Farmworkers, 1975–1980
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January 20, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Their comments shed light on commonalities in the attacks historians face, the effects of attacks on teaching and research, & ways historians are fighting back.

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December 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Kunzel’s most recent book, "In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life," explores the encounter of queer and gender-variant people with psychiatry in the 20-century US.
The cover of In the Shadow of Diagnosis: Psychiatric Power and Queer Life by Regina Kunzel.
December 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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With Alt-Text!

Would you be interested in editing an academic journal? MAH's editors will end their term in summer 2027, and CUP is looking for a new editorial team.

Interested applicants should send a CV and a brief cover letter to Chris McKeen ([email protected]). Details below.
The Executive Editors of MAH, Darren Dochuk and Sarah Snyder, will be coming to the end of their editorial term in summer 2027. CUP, in collaboration with an Editorial Board search committee, is now inviting applications for their successors, to begin a term in July 2027. The deadline for applications is September 30, 2026. Working in collaboration with an active Editorial Board, editorial responsibilities will include: -Shaping the strategic direction of the journal and defining editorial policy. -Overseeing a rigorous, constructive, supportive peer review and editorial process. -Making all final decisions on acceptance, rejection, and revisions. -Actively commissioning across a range of article types and collections. Please indicate in your application: -Your experience publishing and researching in this field. -Previous editorial experience or roles in academic administration. -The breadth and scale of your academic network. -Your historiographical vision for MAH over the next five years; including: o MAH’s identity within a rapidly developing field. o Critical themes and subject matter. -Your strategy for developing Modern American History over the next five years; including: oSupporting and attracting diversity. oOrganising and maximising the contribution of the Editorial Board. oEnsuring academic quality and scholarly impact. oEngaging with developments in scholarly communication and research practice. MAH’s editorial team can expect solid support from the Press in collaboration with the editors’ home institutions. Applicants are encouraged to include information about the potential form and extent of institutional support from their universities where available. Interested applicants should send a resume/CV and a brief cover letter detailing their qualifications and interest in the position to Chris McKeen, Associate Publisher, Cambridge University Press at chris.mckeen@cambridge.org, using “Modern American History editor search” as the subject line.
December 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Also from 8.2: a Soapbox feature by Alexander Jacobs: "The Crisis of American Conservatism," which examines the contradiction of the crisis in American conservatism while conservatives are in political power.

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The Crisis of American Conservatism | Modern American History | Cambridge Core
The Crisis of American Conservatism - Volume 8 Issue 2
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October 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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A new Q&A in 8.2: "The Indigenous Turn in Museums." Two historians and three curators reflect on their work, curatorial visions, goals for reaching wider publics through Indigenous arts, and the extent to which an “Indigenous turn” has transpired.

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Gallery view, Jeffrey Gibson: the space in which to place me, Venice, Italy, 2024. Photo by Timothy Schenck. Courtesy of the Portland Art Museum.
October 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM