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Mitra Sharafi @mitrasharafi.bsky.social · 29d

Calling all legal historians! The ASLH Projects and Proposals funding application deadline has been extended--from Sept.1 to Sept.18, 2025. If you're looking for funding for a legal history workshop or other initiative (the Call is very broad), you should apply: aslh.net/projects-pro...

Projects & Proposals Funding Deadline Extended | American Society for Legal History

The ASLH is pleased to announce the extension of the deadline for Projects and Proposals funding until 9/18. The goal of P&P is the "funding of new initiatives in the study, presentation, and producti...

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Massachusetts Historical Society @mhs1791.bsky.social · Sep 2

On the new episode of "Historians & Their Histories," Cornelia H. Dayton discusses her research into the life of John Peters, the husband of acclaimed poet Phillis Wheatley. Listen on podcast streaming services or on the MHS website: www.masshist.org/podcast/hath...

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · Aug 27

Curious about the big lecture course that I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage, beginning tomorrow?

Here's a peek.

A look inside ‘America at 250: A History’

Three esteemed Yale historians are teaming up this fall to teach “America at 250: A History” as part of the 2025 DeVane Lecture course, an annual lecture series that is open to the public at no charge...

news.yale.edu

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siobhanbarco.bsky.social @siobhanbarco.bsky.social · Jul 15

www.loudonenergy.com/energy-trans... #energy #renewables #electricity

Energy Transition – Usefulness of Demand Response in Taming Grid Stochasticity - Loudon Energy Analytics

As the electric grid transitions from depending primarily on fossil fuel to a resource base that is predominantly made up of renewable sources, the matter of balancing supply and demand gets more chal...

www.loudonenergy.com

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siobhanbarco.bsky.social @siobhanbarco.bsky.social · Jul 7

The latest Talking Legal History episode is up! Catherine Evans talks with @chloejskennedy.bsky.social about Kennedy’s book “Inducing Intimacy: Deception, Consent and the Law.”

Take a listen to the fascinating conversation here: aslh.net/talking-lega...

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siobhanbarco.bsky.social @siobhanbarco.bsky.social · May 15

Congratulations Mandy!

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siobhanbarco.bsky.social @siobhanbarco.bsky.social · May 5

Hope we can talk on my podcast this fall!

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Justin Randolph @randolphjustin.bsky.social · May 5

proud to appear with other great books in the fall 2025 catalog @uncpress.bsky.social! Read my rural history of American policing and the rural Black freedom struggles that fought for better

Sonya Bonczek @sonyabonczek.bsky.social · May 5

Mississippi Law by @randolphjustin.bsky.social uncovers how Jim Crow policing in the rural South shaped not only modern state power but mass incarceration. uncpress.org/book/9781469...

Mississippi Law | Justin Randolph | University of North Carolina Press

In the segregated American South, policing was war. Ungovernable police discretion came to the backroads and cattle pastures of America's rural countryside ...

uncpress.org

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TheSouthernSHA @thesouthernsha.bsky.social · May 1

Today's the last day to sign up for an SHA summer writing group! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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siobhanbarco.bsky.social @siobhanbarco.bsky.social · May 1

It was an honor to be part of the Supreme Court Historical Society’s series on “The Lives of Plaintiffs Post-Court Ruling"

The recording was filmed in the fantastic studio at @meantomyself.bsky.social's BlushCowork

🎧 You can listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVtn...

#LegalHistory #Coworking

Denied but Not Defeated: Myra Bradwell and the Battle for Women in Law: A Lecture by Siobhan Barco

YouTube video by Supreme Court Historical Society

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mean things I say to myself @meantomyself.bsky.social · Mar 1

Two years ago today, I opened the doors at Blush Cowork, my coworking space with onsite childcare. Today I also opened the doors because I do everything around here.

If you want to check it out or visit or even support a woman who can use our space, go to BlushCowork.com

Blush Cowork

BlushCowork.com

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mean things I say to myself @meantomyself.bsky.social · Dec 19

If anyone wants to divest themselves of computer power cords and adapters, all sorts, please send to:
Blush Cowork
201 Shannon Oaks Circle
Suite 102
Cary, NC 27511

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siobhanbarco.bsky.social @siobhanbarco.bsky.social · Apr 28

Fascinating blog post about how the electric grid has changed over the last 25 years and the role stochastic modeling can play today.

www.loudonenergy.com/the-importan...

#energy #energypolicy #historyofscience #electricity #thegrid #STEMeducation #STEM

The Importance of Understanding Stochasticity in the Electric Grid - Loudon Energy Analytics

Loudon Energy Analytics is hoping to be a catalyst for introducing comprehensive stochastic modeling for grid operators, planners and traders. We are commercializing the ORFEUS Software platform devel...

www.loudonenergy.com

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Mitra Sharafi @mitrasharafi.bsky.social · Apr 16

Can anyone recommend work by historians on the theme of secrets, especially: secrets the historian encounters intentionally or not, and what they decide to do with them in their scholarship? Any time or place

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siobhanbarco.bsky.social @siobhanbarco.bsky.social · Apr 1

Check out the newest talking legal history episode! Gijs Kruijtzer talks about his book “Justifying Transgression: Muslims, Christians, and the Law – 1200 to 1700” (De Gruyter, 2023)

Listen here: aslh.net/talking-lega...

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The Journal of the Civil War Era @jcwe.bsky.social · Feb 17

Please consider applying for this awesome opportunity!

Rachel Shelden @rachelshelden.bsky.social · Feb 14

🗃️ 3. The @richardscenter.bsky.social and @jcwe.bsky.social are cosponsoring a journal article workshop for junior scholars that will be facilitated by a senior historian in the field w/the aim to help craft a publishable article. Apply w/ cv, 500-word proposal by April 1.

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Call for Proposals
Civil War Era Article Workshop
Deadline for applications: April 1, 2025
The Richards Center at Penn State and The Journal of the Civil War Era (JCWE) announce a journal article workshop for advanced graduate students, recent PhDs, assistant professors, and independent scholars. Selected scholars will provide a draft journal article by August 15, 2025, and participate in an online workshop in September. The workshop will be facilitated by a senior historian in the field, and the aim is to assist scholars in crafting a publishable article.
Although the workshop is cosponsored by the JCWE, participants are not obliged to submit articles there.
To apply for the program, please submit the following materials as one pdf file to RichardsCenter@psu.edu:
• Your C. V.
• A proposal that includes title and brief (500-word) synopsis of the proposed article; explanation of where the piece currently stands and what kind of advice you would find most helpful.

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siobhanbarco.bsky.social @siobhanbarco.bsky.social · Feb 22

Also, the "Taking the Trade" website has transcriptions of primary documents about a criminal prosecution over an abortion in 1742 that could be read by a text to voice generator

history.uconn.edu/taking-the-t...

Taking the Trade | Department of History

About the Site The year is 1742 and the place is Pomfret, Connecticut. Sarah Grosvenor’s wooing by Amasa Sessions has gone awry. Sarah is pregnant but Amasa ...

history.uconn.edu

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siobhanbarco.bsky.social @siobhanbarco.bsky.social · Feb 22

Here is the oral argument recording of Roe v. Wade www.oyez.org/cases/1971/7...

www.oyez.org

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siobhanbarco.bsky.social @siobhanbarco.bsky.social · Feb 22

Oyez has audio recordings of Supreme Court oral arguments starting in 1955. www.oyez.org/about-audio

www.oyez.org

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Dr. Mandy Cooper @mlcooper.bsky.social · Nov 19

Y'all go follow Ashton! (I mean, a historian working at a science museum?! Why wouldn't you follow her?)

awmerck @awmerck.bsky.social · Nov 19

for those of you who remember me from the other place, i'm the same person, just doing something different. i recently took a job at a SCIENCE MUSEUM working on extreme heat. Yes, it's wild. Yes, this work just got really hard and uncertain. And yes, the dinosaurs do come alive at night.

awmerck @awmerck.bsky.social · Nov 1

📢📢📢📢 Applications now open for community science on heat with the Center for Collaborative Heat Monitoring! Share widely and feel free to contact me with any questions!

www.noaa.gov/news-release...

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siobhanbarco.bsky.social @siobhanbarco.bsky.social · Nov 20

There is a new episode up! I talk with Hendrik "Dirk" Hartog about his new book “Nobody’s Boy and His Pals: The Story of Jack Robbins and the Boys’ Brotherhood Republic.” Listen here: aslh.net/talking-lega... #legalhistory #skystorians

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Karen Tani @kmtani.bsky.social · Nov 9

Thanks to @donalcoffey.bsky.social for putting together this great legal history list! He has been adding folks who want to be added. Check it out! go.bsky.app/XJxJpA

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ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · Nov 2

I don't know if I ever made an announcement on here, but I'm an editor at reboot (joinreboot.org) now, covering a wide array of tech issues. I'd like to build up a list of people interested in writing. I don't need a pitch or anything, let me know if you might be interested in the future. (we $pay$)

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kalramnath @kalramnath.bsky.social · Oct 29

The application for the 2025 Hurst Institute for Legal History of the ASLH is now live:

law.wisc.edu/hurst-instit...

The Institute is a transformative experience - pls reach out if you have any questions.

Appln opens: Nov 1, 2024; Appln due: Jan 15, 2025

Hurst Institute Applications | University of Wisconsin Law SchoolSite iconsUniversity logo that links to main university websitefacebooktwitteryoutubelinkedininstagramUW Crest

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