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I was thinking about Zohran’s transition team and today’s anti-feminist piece in the New York Times, and my mother’s book on the first generation of women to work in the city government in New York City.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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The most incredible library in the world, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk opened to OTD 1602, through the energy, money & commitment of Sir Thomas Bodley. It began with 5k books, & now more than 22m, with 2m+reader visits a year, & multi-million online users across the globe. Privilged to be its 25th librarian!
November 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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I've been waiting to comment publicly on this until the university made its announcement, but the Department of History at Princeton is devastated by the recent death of our wonderful colleague Alison Isenberg.
Alison Isenberg, distinguished urban historian and co-founder of Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities, dies
A public memorial and celebration of Isenberg’s life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the University Chapel.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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The Trump Administration's War on African-American History is a Lost Cause 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
The Trump Administration's War on African-American History is a Lost Cause
Today I learned that the American Battle Monuments Commission has removed two memorial panels honoring Black World War II soldiers from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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250 years ago today Virginia governor Lord Dunmore declared martial law and promised freedom to the enslaved who would join his ranks.
For enslavers like Mark Bird this was a nightmare. But for Cuff Dix this was an opportunity for freedom.
Read Cuff’s story: freedom-seekers.org/story/cuff-d...
For enslavers like Mark Bird this was a nightmare. But for Cuff Dix this was an opportunity for freedom.
Read Cuff’s story: freedom-seekers.org/story/cuff-d...
November 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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My new book will be out in early December 2025 via
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#HistSci #Computing #History #Books 🗃️
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Details at: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255348...
#HistSci #Computing #History #Books 🗃️
November 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Justice Jackson's move sounds bad, but read Steve first to understand what she did.
Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
November 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Wow is right! 🗃️
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
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We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
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We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Applications due November 14! 🗃️
There's a job opportunity in my department at the University of Arkansas - Asst. Professor of Early American History jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69108
UA still experiencing enrollment growth each year. Our chancellor & vice provost are history dept. faculty members. And Fayetteville is a great place to live
UA still experiencing enrollment growth each year. Our chancellor & vice provost are history dept. faculty members. And Fayetteville is a great place to live
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Congratulations to historian Doug Egerton on winning this year's John Andrew Book Prize, which is awarded annually by the Union Club of Boston. I am looking forward to interviewing him tonight during the awards dinner. 🗃️
November 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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I mean, yes, but we probably want to workshop a different term than “American system” 🤔🤷♂️
November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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I had the pleasure of speaking to my daughter's high school history class today on antebellum economics, money, labor, and financial panics. Lots of fun and I got to show them this great image from the Panic of 1857. 🗃️
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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🗃️ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tears up President Donald Trump’s prepared remarks at the conclusion of his State of the Union. February 4, 2020.
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Call for papers for a special issue of the 'Journal of Early Modern Studies' edited by Brendan Dooley and Stefano Villani: Diplomacy and the Circulation of Political Information in Early Modern Europe. Deadline: 31 January 2026. 🔗 go.umd.edu/24lh
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Someone please tell the @nytimes.com that these are Belgian block, not cobblestone, streets.🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/n...
In a Skyscraper City, They Fix Cobblestone Streets by Hand
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November 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Happy Native American Heritage Month! To celebrate, I recommend two recent books by @uwapress.uw.edu : Caitlin Keliiaa’s Resfusing Settler Domesticity and Olivia Chilcote’s Unrecognized in California
Take a look at the blog link here & check out these books!
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Take a look at the blog link here & check out these books!
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Five Recommended Reads for Native American Heritage Month
Every November, we mark Native American Heritage Month as a time to uplift the traditions, languages, and stories of Native American and Alaska Native communities, ensuring their contributions and …
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November 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Who is Alaskan and visiting Oahu? Me!
Hello- I have a book talk for #AlaskaNativeResilience Voices from World War II at the Univesity of Hawaii Manoa Nov 19 1:30pm arranged by fantastic scholar Noah Dolim! Please come- let’s see some Alaska representation there too if you’re on Oahu 🗃️
Hello- I have a book talk for #AlaskaNativeResilience Voices from World War II at the Univesity of Hawaii Manoa Nov 19 1:30pm arranged by fantastic scholar Noah Dolim! Please come- let’s see some Alaska representation there too if you’re on Oahu 🗃️
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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1907 dudes rock 🗃️
In 1907, This Daring Performer Walked on Water From Cincinnati to New Orleans, Covering Nearly 1,600 Miles in 40 Days
Charles Oldrieve used custom-made wooden shoes to float on the water's surface and propel himself forward
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November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Very glad I got the chance to visit Oakland’s brilliant Black Panther Party museum yesterday. 🗃️ #EduSky
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Embroidery in suffrage colours of violet, white and green by UK Suffragette Janie Terrero, embroidered with the names of fellow hunger strikers imprisoned in Holloway Prison, 1912 #womensart
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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The Short Parliament of America
Important question for historians: Which session of the U.S. House had the shortest number of active days? 🗃️
Important question for historians: Which session of the U.S. House had the shortest number of active days? 🗃️
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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🗃️ On November 6, 2012, President Barack Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney, securing a second term in office.
Late that night, he addressed supporters gathered in Chicago.
Late that night, he addressed supporters gathered in Chicago.
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
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#ScholarSunday Thread 249 (11/9/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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perfect Election Day thread
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November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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