Bobby Lee

Watch out bad guys

All eyes on the Kennedy School

British American Nineteenth American Historians (BrANCH) BrANCH, the association of British American Nineteen Century Historians, is a UK-based group of historians interested in US history across the long nineteenth-century.

Thrilled/nervous to be taking over as Chair of BrANCH (@branchuk.bsky.social) from October. Emily has left some enormous shoes to fill (figuratively...), but this is the first organization I joined back in the mists of PhD time, and it's an enormous honor to step up here. www.branch.org.uk

What You Need to Read, March 2026 Alves, Alexandre Guilherme da Cruz, “The Alcatraz Occupation and the American Indian Movement, 1969-1971,” Journal of American History, 111 (March 2025), 735-749. Beyreis, David. “`The Lawless Whit…

Your quarterly bibliography of new and interesting scholarship in Native American History and Indigenous studies.

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This is so foul

Leaked Interior Department database reveals US plans to revise historical information The U.S. Interior Department said a database revealing how President Donald Trump's administration planned to revise information on key phases of ​American history at national park sites was deliberat...

More of this nonsense
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Image of a book jacket for Beyond the Ocean: France and the Atlantic World from the Crusades to the Age of Revolutions by Christopher Hodson and Brett Rushforth.

Full book jacket just dropped, and we're pretty happy with it. Huge thanks to @cecilefromont.bsky.social, @soccerpolitics.bsky.social, Alice, and Andrés for your generous words! #earlymodern #BeyondTheOcean global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Curator or Associate Curator of Maps & Geography - Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library

This is a really special map curator JOB working w/@en-dash.bsky.social at @bplmaps.bsky.social. Apply by March 30th. #glam #maps 🗃️

www.leventhalmap.org/about/jobs/c...

Re-reading Custer Died for Your Sins this weekend. Easy to forget about all the jokes and zingers in here

From abolitionists to fundamentalists: the transformation of the Wesleyan Methodists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries This article analyzes the cultural trajectory of a small, but influential denomination that formed in 1843. Wesleyan Methodism first emerged as an abolitionist protest against the Methodist comprom...

On this day in US history (1784), John Wesley chartered the first Methodist church in the United States. For more on how Wesleyan Methodism developed in the long nineteenth century, why not check out this OPEN ACCESS article by @randalljstephens.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Discussed in this excellent book

YouTube video by Rick Davi "Custer" US TV series (1967) intro / lead-in

ABC’s Custer series from 1967, which the Tribal Indians Land Rights Association and NCAI protested for promoting stereotypes, is on YouTube. Gives a pretty clear picture of what organizers were dealing with back then. Went on for 17 episodes before getting cancelled
m.youtube.com/watch?v=AmnA...

This has been the longest year. This app used to be a bunch of nice little waterfall pics

Congrats!!!

More than 900 companies sue US over Donald Trump’s tariff regime Also in today’s newsletter, the US president offers first glimpses of how Washington would justify an attack on Iran

Are class actions on behalf of corporations a thing? If not, they might be soon
www.ft.com/content/15a4...

Well worth a read. It seems there are a few database projects trying to document Indigenous slavery - saw this one about a project at Brown last year
www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...

Is there a more disappointing historical site than Plymouth Rock?

Never heard of em

Is the plural of hydrox hydrox or hydroxes?

🎧🎤 The season finale of Western Edition Season 5 is live!

Our last episode considers the future of the Colorado River and how our predictions and priorities for water management, specifically in Southern California, must shift in an era of climate change.

www.buzzsprout.com/1837352/epis...

Less than a week left to apply for this 🗃️

Didn’t know this database existed

Interesting story lurking here

Last slave ship to arrive in the US, deliberately sunk, has been rebuilt The last slave ship, Clotilda, resurfaces in 3D in New York after more than a century sunk and hidden underwater.

The Clotilda deserves a Vasa-style museum
www.earth.com/news/clotild...

This is great news!

Port Townsend historian appointed to Smithsonian board - Peninsula Daily News Woman brings underrepresented perspective, scholarly expertise

Susan Ferentinos, a specialist in LGBTQ+ history, appointed to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History board
www.peninsuladailynews.com/2026/02/21/p...

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✈️ Calling international scholars! Apply by March 2 for APS short-term fellowships, including the David Center for the American Revolution Research Fellowships for International Scholars.

🔗 More info about fellowships: https://bit.ly/4rqmXwY

These look like great fellowships! Doesn't look like there is a residency requirement. 🗃️

Farmer explains turning down $15m from data center developers Mervin Raudabaugh was offered more than $15 million to sell his farm to developers, and refused.

Pairs well with this
www.newsweek.com/farmer-expla...