Assoc. Prof. @MUDemocracy & @HistoryatMizzou | Author of CityOfRefuge @UGAPress | Nerd w/ partial cool kid privileges. Tweets my own.
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One month until "Teaching American and Digital Revolutions"! Join us virtually or in person September 27th and 28th, with exciting program details, including the new book from below and at theitps.org/cfp-teaching-ame… #ITPSCon #AmRev #DH @cornellpress
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Thanks to the generosity of @ionauniversity, @TheITPS, and the Gardiner Foundation, the ebook is available as a FREE download! cornellpress.cornell.edu/boo…
Also check out our teacher's guide to see how you might bring this work into your classroom: drbenwright.com/american-rev…
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A 🧵about American Revolutions in the Digital Age, an open-access book I edited with @NoraSlonimsky and @markdboonie, with @CornellPress. In 15 chapters, outstanding scholars connect the early American republic and the digital humanities. Learn more ↓
cornellpress.cornell.edu/boo…
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Ch 12 Who Stands in the Digital Shadows?: “City of Refuge” at the Intersection of “Old” and “New” Media in the Age of the Digital Humanities. Marcus P. Nevius (@Marcneev) reflects on his monograph City of Refuge and puts his work in conversation Black digital humanities theory.
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Registration is now underway for Archives of Revolution: A Conference About How We Make the Past.
This event will take place June 20-22 at Brown University.
Details here shorturl.at/fAF01.
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KICD Assistant Professor Jennie Ikuta's latest article on Du Bois and the temporality of social change👇
“A Matter of Long Centuries and Not Years”: Du Bois on the Temporality of Social Change - Jennie C. Ikuta, 2023 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…
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And this is why this #LostCause, #Confederate traitors, #klan graffiti defacing #StoneMountain Georgia needs to be sandblasted away, immediately.
#PBS
#IconicAmerica
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SHEAR is pleased to announce the results of the 2023 SHEAR elections. Congratulations to SHEAR's newly elected officers!
ALT Congratulations to SHEAR's newly elected officers President-Elect: Manisha Sinha Advisory Council Members: Maeve Kane Martha J. King Rachel A. Engl Marcus P. Nevius D.E.I. Committee Members: Nora Slonimsky Adam Jortner Nominating Committee Members: Antwain K. Hunter Jessica C. Linker
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This Sunday at 10pm ET on MSNBC!
“Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power” spotlights an Alabama county that was 80% Black with zero Black voters, and the organizers who fought for the right to vote. Watch Sunday at 10pm ET on MSNBC and streaming now on @peacock.
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Please join @AAIHS virtually Wednesday, February 22, from 1:30-3:00pm EST for a Lunchtime Conversation:
New Works in the History of Marronage in the Great Dismal Swamp!
Featured Scholars: @kathrynelisehb, @Marcneev, and @jbrentmorris. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Really enjoyed my convo with J. Brent Morris about his new book, Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp on the @NewBooksNetwork. Looking forward to your feedback.#Blktwitterstorians #twitterstorians @Ed_Baptist @Marcneev @kathrynelisehb
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In 1898 John Merrick, entrepreneur, philanthropist, formerly enslaved, founded North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company & eventually a bank, pharmaceutical company, hospital, library & college. He was among several founders of Durham’s Black Wall Street in North Carolina.
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New fellowship opportunities in #AmericanVisualCulture, #GreatLakesHistory, #AtlanticWorld, #CaribbeanHistory (and more) are available this year. Thanks for sharing, #Panorama!
🔳Deadline is January 15th!
@SHEARites #Fellowships #VastEarlyAmerica
Call for Applications for Clements Library Fellowships thepanorama.shear.org/2022/1…
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Join us for the Africana Studies Visitor's Roundtable: Voices of Freedom, Oral History, and the Black Freedom Struggle. November 2nd, Swan Hall Auditorium at 4:30!
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It was my great honor to talk with @donwildman about the history of slavery, race, and Central Park... Take a listen here: shows.acast.com/american-his…
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🇺🇲 New American History Hit Episode 🇺🇲
Central Park was created to give free access to recreational space for all. But, as @lesliemalex tells @donwildman, inhabitants of the village of Seneca were evicted to make way for the park’s construction in 1857.
shows.acast.com/american-his…
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October's Engaged Scholar Q&A is w/ @ProfJeffries: "I engage the community to help people understand the past, so that they can make sense of the present, and have the knowledge they need to build a more equal, just, and democratic society in the future." engage.osu.edu/engaged-schol…
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"Stolen Relations," a tribal database project @brownlibrary, received a grant from @NEHgov to expand their collaborative work and launch a public portal that will allow others to learn about the impact of settler colonialism and Indigenous enslavement bit.ly/3ChWc6v
