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Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Aug 1

The Exchange – August Issue is 📬 mailchi.mp/thebhc/the-e...
#BHC #bizhis #newsletter
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damesnet.bsky.social @damesnet.bsky.social · Aug 4

A great article focusing on a 17th C woman diarist @susannahwalker.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social @jwomenshistory.bsky.social @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @womenwarriors.com
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Woman’s memoirs give fascinating insight into life in 17th-century northern England

Newly reunited manuscripts by Alice Thornton show how she navigated personal crises during tumultuous events such as the civil war

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Women Also Know History @womenknowhistory.bsky.social · Aug 6

The types of updates we LOVE to see!

Cee @horationelson.bsky.social · Jul 31

updated my profile on @womenknowhistory.bsky.social with an interview i did that was just published. looked through some other profiles. i love women

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National Humanities Center @natlhumanities.bsky.social · Jul 28

@womenknowhistory.bsky.social The National Humanities Center welcomes applications for 2026–27 residential fellowships. The deadline to apply is October 2, 2025. Please help us spread the word about this opportunity.

Scholarly Programs | National Humanities Center

The National Humanities Center provides scholars with an environment and resources conducive to generating new knowledge and furthering understanding of the human experience.

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Katy Telling @katytelling.bsky.social · Jul 22

📣 Calling all current and former @jcblibrary.bsky.social fellows! We would love your feedback and expertise on the items to include in our forthcoming exhibit "1776 Across the Americas."

John Carter Brown Library @jcblibrary.bsky.social · Jul 22

ATTENTION CURRENT AND FORMER JCB FELLOWS!

As planning for 2026 is well underway at the JCB, we're soliciting current and former fellows' proposals for items to include in our forthcoming year-long exhibit "1776 Across the Americas." 1/3

Complete the survey here shorturl.at/9FVYi!

1776 Across the Americas

As planning for 2026 is well underway at the John Carter Brown Library, we're soliciting current and former fellows' proposals for items to include in our forthcoming year-long exhibit "1776 Across th...

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · Jul 21

Job alert! Come and join us for 12 months in our lovely @chppc.bsky.social team. We're seeking a fixed-term Lecturer in Historic Environment, who'll work on our projects, including research, publishing and digitisation. Closing date 29 August. Please share!
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Lecturer in Historic Environment:London Senate House

The University of London

www.jobs.london.ac.uk

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Women Also Know History @womenknowhistory.bsky.social · Jul 21

Historians, be sure to check out this message from @nursingclio.bsky.social !!

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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · Jul 21

TODAY!

Join us in person or via Zoom livestream.

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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · Jul 11

E. M. Rose will give the 2025 NEH-SHARP Living American History in Primary Documents Lecture, “Books for Virginia 1620: America’s First Public Library?”, at 5:30 p.m. ET on 21 July in UVA’s Edgar Shannon Library, Room 330 or via Zoom.

Details: rarebookschool.org/programs/lectures

A vertically oriented rectangular graphic features the decorated title page of John Smith’s 1626 book “The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles” set against a dark red background. At the top of the page are inset portrait roundels of Elizabeth I, King James, and Charles I against a map of Virginia Territory. Heraldic crests flank either side of the title imprint, while the lower portion of the page features illustrations of the landscape of Virginia. The bottom of the graphic contains red and black text against white with information about E. M. Rose’s lecture.

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Patricia Furstenberg, Author @patfurstenberg.bsky.social · Jul 20

So excited to share with you my thoughts on
Why We Need Historical Fiction Written by Women - go.shr.lc/4m7ZAFs with thanks to Barbara
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#womenwriters #historicalfiction
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#WomenAlsoKnowHistory #boosbywomen

Why We Need Historical Fiction Written by Women - Women Writers, Women's Books : Women Writers, Women's Books

by Patricia Furstenberg While I wrote When Secrets Bloom I asked myself, what happens when women take history into their own hands, pen first? In this deeply personal post, I explore why historical fiction written by women matters more than ever, especially when it brings to light forgotten voices from war and the medieval past. […]

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Women Also Know History @womenknowhistory.bsky.social · Jul 11

Editorial fellowship klaxon:
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Jul 11

Join us! We are advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop in 2025-27.

Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.
www.historyworkshop....

Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025

History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Business History, a Taylor & Francis Journal @businesshistory.bsky.social · Jul 9

Business History 67, Issue 5, 2025 now in print! 👏
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fbsh20/6...

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JP @pliley.bsky.social · Jul 10

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JP @pliley.bsky.social · Jun 16

Please circulate: The Department of History at Texas State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of environmental history with a focus on water in human history (regional and period specialization open).
jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/53043
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Assistant Professor of Environmental History with a Focus on Water in Human History

The Department of History at Texas State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of environmental history with a focus on water in human history (regional and period spe...

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Academic Life 🌎📚 @academiclife.bsky.social · Jul 10

🎧 Dr. Greta Uehling joins us to talk about the 2014 invasion of Crimea, the many forms of #resistance to Russian aggression, and her new book Decolonizing Ukraine ⬇️
#BookSky #SkyStorians @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

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The cover of the book Decolonizing Ukraine by Dr Greta Lynn Uehling

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · Jul 8

Exciting news, Bluesky! I’m editing a new book series for Bloomsbury with Tom Mole and Lisa Gitelman: Book History for the Future! Do you focus on material textual artifacts and innovative methodologies? We’re actively soliciting proposals, so give us a shout! www.bloomsbury.com/media/cecjzl...

BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC
NEW SERIES
Book History for the Future
SERIES EDITORS:
Lisa Gitelman, New York University, USA
Tom Mole, Durham University, UK
Sarah Werner, Independent Researcher, USA
Book History for the Future aims to define the cutting edge for a new generation of book historians, as book history enters a new chapter of its evolution. Books sit at a densely trafficked intersection of social relations, status negotiations, emotional investments, material possibilities, desires, aspirations, and dreams.
They require an intellectual approach grounded in attention to physical artefacts and material conditions while also engaged in theoretical reflection, attentive to historical contexts while attuned to contemporary resonances. This series publishes books that eschew academic parochialism in favour of adventurous engagements with new theoretical developments, innovative methodologies, digital tools, and global
contexts.

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Jul 7

📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025.

🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.

🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage

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Women Also Know History @womenknowhistory.bsky.social · Jul 7

Hello all and happy Monday! Do check out this job opportunity from @nmireland.bsky.social ⬇️

National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · Jul 7

We're Hiring:
The National Museum of Ireland is seeking a Curator of Contemporary Irish History
🕔 Deadline: Friday, 18 July 2025 at 17:00
📄 Learn more & apply: www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/...
#JobFairy #museumjobs

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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · Jul 4

What’s the most asked question about the Declaration of Independence?

Emily Sneff has heard them all—and answers some of yours in our latest episode.

📜 Myths, manuscripts, missing minutes—it’s all here.

#USHistory #History #America250 #Rev250 #July4th

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National Council on Public History @ncph.bsky.social · Jul 3

Happy Summer, NCPH followers! It's a great time to reflect on supporting sustainable #advocacy year-round. Check out our Sustainable Summer Advocacy resources ncph.org/wp-content/u... to learn tips for writing elected officials to defend #PublicHistory, peep a special pet surprise, and more. 🚨🔔🐈🌞🐕‍🦺

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Academic Life 🌎📚 @academiclife.bsky.social · Jul 2

🎧 Dr Erica Armstrong Dunbar joins us to share from her award-winning book Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave Ona Judge ⬇️
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#EduSky #BookSky #HistorySky

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The cover of the book Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · Jun 30

A reminder: The podcast interview isn’t going anywhere, but today’s the last day that the paywall is removed from my JHUP articles.

on.soundcloud.com/kGWdo1x92MvZ...

S/O @rahnealexander.com @hopkinspress.bsky.social

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Academic Life 🌎📚 @academiclife.bsky.social · Jun 27

🎧 Dr. Laura Chavez Moreno shares from her award-winning new book How Schools Make Race ⬇️
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social #EduSky #AcademicSky #BookSky

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The cover of the book How Schools Make Race by Laura C Chavez Moreno

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · Jun 27

Guess what has appeared for pre-order on the WHSmith website??? My book, published with the Royal Irish Academy 😍 Coming in October! #IrishHist #HistFam #HistSex Isn't the cover divine 💋

www.whsmith.co.uk/Product/Lean...

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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · Jun 23

✨Don't forget to sign up to our upcoming ONLINE conference on 'New Methods for New Histories (Online)' - we've structured the whole workshop as a virtual space; benefitting from global speakers, a roundtable structure and regular breaks! Pls get tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-method...

New Methods for New Histories (Online)

Workshop 2: Rethinking Internationalisms: Histories and Pluralities

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Radhika Natarajan @imperialhistorian.bsky.social · Jun 20

The history department and CRES program at Reed are hiring a TT Professor of Indigenous Latin American History. Feel free to ask questions!

www.reed.edu/dean_of_facu...

Tenure-Track Position in Latin American Indigenous History - Office of the Dean of the Faculty - Reed College

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Dr Dean Irwin @medievaljews.bsky.social · Jun 18

Super excited to share the CFP for the 'Borders, Boundaries, Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages' conference. Organised by Tash Jenman (Oxford), Naomi Reiter (QMUL), and myself (Lincoln/OCHJS) this will be held in Oxford 20-21 April 2026. All welcome, please share!

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