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National Council on Public History @ncph.bsky.social · Aug 29

📖We’re now accepting nominations for the NCPH #BookAward through November 1! Books published in 2024 or 2025 are eligible for the $1,000 prize. The winner will be honored by NCPH at the joint NCPH-AASLH conference in Providence, RI, next September. https://ncph.org/about/awards/book-award/

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Amanda Madden @amandamadden.bsky.social · Aug 29

Why does having a cover for your book make it feel more official? Thrilled to share mine for Civil Blood: Vendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy out Nov 15 with @cornellupress.bsky.social This book has some things to say about the intersections between violence and statecraft.

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RRCHNM @rrchnm.bsky.social · Aug 25

Happy First Day of School! Make sure you've signed up for our monthly newsletter to stay up to date on all of our projects. airtable.com/appCTQZLKPTy...

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Amanda Madden @amandamadden.bsky.social · Aug 20

1) Finally back in the research trenches and working on the next book (and the project Mapping Violence) and the Venetian material I've collected continues to delight. Today's find from the archives of the Council of Ten: An investigation of a 'cartello' of a treasonous poem from Verona.

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American Historical Association @historians.org · Aug 20

Undergraduates: submit to #AHA26's Undergraduate Poster Session by October 15. The Poster Session is an opportunity for undergraduates to share their research with peers and established scholars in a visual format.

Presenting Undergraduate Research at the Annual Meeting - AHA

Learn how to submit a proposal to present your undergraduate thesis or research at the AHA annual meeting.

www.historians.org

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Omeka @omeka.org · Aug 20

Want to learn more about our Omeka Intensive Courses? Join us for an info session on Wednesday, August 27th at 7:30 PM EDT. Instructor Dani Willcutt will provide a brief overview of the Classic and S courses and address audience questions. Register now:

Omeka Intensive Course Info Session

Sign up to join us for the Omeka Intensive Course Info Session on Wednesday, August 27th at 7:30 PM EDT. We will circulate the Zoom link the day of the event.

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Omeka @omeka.org · Aug 18

It' that time again! Registration is now open for our Fall intensive trainings. Sign up to reserve your spot in our Classic or S course today:

Omeka - Omeka Training

Omeka is a free, flexible, and open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. Its five-minute setup makes launching an online archive or exhibition as easy as launching a blog.

omeka.org

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Jason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · Aug 15

Today I’m working on some experimentation with a local LLM and OCR to see how well I can get an LLM to understand historical documents, identify themes, potential linkages between documents, extract indexes of people, places, or events, and other document metadata.

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Raff Viglianti @raffazizzidh.bsky.social · Jul 18

Hearing from Jessica Otis at @rrchnm.bsky.social about their monumental effort to reduce technical debt and figure out what to do with several DH projects since 2014. Similar situation was faced by MITH and @kingsdigitallab.bsky.social among others. #dh2025

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Trevor Owens @tjowens.bsky.social · Jul 16

We’re hiring! Join AIP’s research team as an Archives Fellow or Intern to help highlight women’s contributions to the physical sciences. Great part time opportunities for grad students.

Apply here:
- Fellow: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
- Intern: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

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John Carter Brown Library @jcblibrary.bsky.social · Jul 11

The JCB is seeking a senior leader for its ambitious digital programs. Our Associate Director for Digital Asset Management will guide the continuing development of our innovative platform, Americana, and oversee the digitization of library collections. 1/3

The image contains a graphic of a laptop with shelves of books on the screen, the web address jcblibrary.org, and the text "We're hiring! The JCB is hiring aN Associate Director for Digital Asset Management Please Keep an eye out for a job description and additional information for applicants early next week!"

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RRCHNM @rrchnm.bsky.social · Jul 15

If you're attending #DH2025 make sure to check out @jmotis.bsky.social's panel Revitalizing, Maintaining, & Sunsetting the Digital Humanities on Friday and @deepthimurali.bsky.social & @jasonheppler.org's session Participatory Platforms, Open Scholarship and Advanced OCR on Thursday.

Program agenda – DH2025

dh2025.adho.org

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Zachary Schrag @zacharyschrag.bsky.social · Jul 11

Coming in October 2025. A new, three-volume history of Greater Philadelphia. Look for my entry on the 1844 nativist riots in volume 3: Greater Philadelphia and the World
www.pennpress.org/978151282935...

Greater Philadelphia – Penn Press

Informed by current scholarship and richly illustrated with full-color photographs and maps, Greater Philadelphia: A New History for the Twenty-First Century...

www.pennpress.org

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Brenden W. Rensink 📚🏃‍♂️⛰ @brendenwrensink.bsky.social · Jul 11

Heads up! The new series I'm editing for @unmpress.bsky.social has been renamed to "The West in Context" (less generic than the original). Flyer attached. Please message me if you want to pitch a manuscript or otherwise talk shop!

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Jim Ambuske @jimambuske.bsky.social · Jul 9

"One of many!"

How did the East India Company get its start on the Indian sub-continent? Contributing expert @deepthimurali.bsky.social of George Mason University takes us back to the reign of Elizabeth I in this clip from Episode 16: The Tea.

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Jim Ambuske @jimambuske.bsky.social · Jul 8

The Rebellion is now in progress.

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Jim Ambuske @jimambuske.bsky.social · Jul 7

Thrilled to say that Worlds Turned Upside Down is nominated for the 2025 People's Choice Podcast Awards in two categories: People's Choice Award and Best History Podcast.

We'd be most grateful for your vote! Cast your ballot here: www.podcastawards.com

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Jeanette Patrick @jeanettepatrick.bsky.social · Jul 7

One of the podcasts I produce is up for TWO People's Choice Podcast Awards! Worlds Turned Upside Down has been nominated for the People's Choice Award and Best History Podcast. I would really appreciate it if you would vote for Worlds Turned Upside Down! www.podcastawards.com

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Jim Ambuske @jimambuske.bsky.social · Jun 2

NOW PLAYING: Episode 15: The Heavens Fall

The detainment of a West African-born enslaved Virginian named James Somerset in London leads to a court case decided by England's most powerful judge that challenges the foundations of slavery in the British Empire.

www.r2studios.org/show/worlds-...

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Writing Westward Podcast @writingwestward.bsky.social · Jul 1

🚨New Episode ft. digital, environmental, & urban historian, Dr. @jasonheppler.org (Senior Developer, @rrchnm.bsky.social @georgemasonu.bsky.social), & his book "Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism" (@oupress.bsky.social, 2024).

www.podbean.com/eas/pb-wmhpv...

076 - Jason Heppler - Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism

A conversation with historian Jason Heppler about their book Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism (University of Oklahoma Press, Environment in Modern North Ameri...

www.podbean.com

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RRCHNM @rrchnm.bsky.social · Jun 26

Congratulations DR. Greer!

Caroline Greer @csgreer.bsky.social · Jun 26

A quick announcement that I successfully defended my dissertation yesterday!

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American Historical Association @historians.org · Jun 25

The #AHR is seeking proposals for a special issue on methodological approaches to archival silences in early history. Visit our website to read the full call for proposals and learn more about the guidelines for submission. Proposals are due September 16. 🗃️

Special Issue Submissions - AHA

Natural light and processed MSI images of the HMML Palimpsest Project Methods for Archival Silence in Early History The American Historical Review seeks proposals for a special issue illustrating a ra...

www.historians.org

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Zachary Schrag @zacharyschrag.bsky.social · Jun 23

The print edition of the Washington Post may be shrinking, but it's nice that they found room for this review of the new biography of Joseph Smith by my wonderful colleague, John Turner. Also, first peaches of the summer.

Alex Beam, "‘Joseph Smith’ is a clear-eyed biography of the Mormon founder," Washington Post, June 23, 2025.
Pictured alongside a plate with muffin, blueberries, and peach, all from Westover Farmers Market.

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The ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) @theitps.bsky.social · Jun 17

Big news from the #ITPS! We are thrilled to share a new series with @uvapress.bsky.social! Here are more details about "From Pamphlets to Podcasts" and if you're working on relevant themes (this is an intentionally 'big tent' series), consider sending them our way upress.virginia.edu/news/new-boo...

New Book Series Brings the Spirit of Paine’s “Common Sense” and the Founding Era into the 21st Century

<p>The University of Virginia Press is pleased to announce “From Pamphlets to Podcasts: An Institute for Thomas Paine Studies Series,” a new series th

upress.virginia.edu

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RRCHNM @rrchnm.bsky.social · Jun 13

Congratulations to @jeanettepatrick.bsky.social for winning the Best Producer Award!!

Jeanette Patrick @jeanettepatrick.bsky.social · Jun 13

I am so excited to share that I am the winner of the 2025 Women in Podcasting Best Producer Award! Thank you so much to all of you who voted for me, and especially for listening to the podcast series I produce.

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