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Bryan Banks

@bryanbanksphd.bsky.social

Historian of France/Atlantic World, Assoc. Prof, Book on Huguenot refugees. Working on a book about the Great Pigeon Massacre of 1789. Co-founder www.AgeofRevolutions.com, he/they

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A podcast where I just talk to well known authors about the projects they started and stopped but still think about.

25.07.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Podcast Review: Mother Country Radicals By Evan Atchison (Writing Resistance podcast), Sydney Hugdahl (Under the Mushroom Cloud podcast), and Averill Earls (Dig: A History Podcast) Mother Country Radicals. Crooked Media. Podcast audio. 2…

Check out our review of Mother Country Radicals, a podcast about the Weather Underground Organization, who declared war on the United States government. ageofrevolutions.com/2025/07/21/p...

21.07.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians The Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians is dedicated to preserving the legacy of Carson McCullers; nurturing writers and musicians, educating young people; and fostering literary, musica...

Got a behind the scenes tour of Carson McCullers’s childhood home yesterday. The house is operated by the university I work at. Such an incredible space with a powerful legacy. www.columbusstate.edu/mccullers-ce...

18.07.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today in "I β™₯️ archivists"

1. East Coast archive sent a bill for 3 out of 4 things they have on Author #5: only $36 & I'll get PDFs by email & save a trip!

2. WCoast archivist at archive I've never been to: "oh! I've always been interested in the wives! Let me see what I have, more later!" 😍

09.07.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
Op-Ed Writing for Historians: How to Pitch, Write, Revise, and Get Your Ideas to the Public
YouTube video by American Historical Association Op-Ed Writing for Historians: How to Pitch, Write, Revise, and Get Your Ideas to the Public

Want to learn how to craft a compelling op-ed? Watch β€œOp-Ed Writing for Historians" with @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social, @jelaniya.bsky.social, @mauracunningham.bsky.social, @franhirsch.bsky.social, @brianros1.bsky.social, & moderator @lmansley.bsky.social. #AHAOnline πŸ—ƒοΈ

08.07.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t wait for @cindyermus.bsky.social and my edited collection on the global Age of Revolutions to come out next year, just in time for the anniversary of the American Revolution.

19.06.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

18 chapters AND an epilogue by Lynn Hunt!

20.06.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Pssst… It’s blurbed by Marlene Daut AND Robert Darnton too!

20.06.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t wait for @cindyermus.bsky.social and my edited collection on the global Age of Revolutions to come out next year, just in time for the anniversary of the American Revolution.

19.06.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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A good visualization to challenge your terracentricism CC: @marcusrediker.bsky.social

16.06.2025 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 468    πŸ” 106    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 4
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Dear color coders out there. Please stop.

09.06.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Politics of Crisis in Historical Perspective By Mikkel Flohr Crisis is a central concept in contemporary political discourse; we are constantly told that we are in crisis – often several crises at once. We have endured several financial and g…

Mikkel Flohr explores how "crisis" functions in political discourse and often times becomes instrumentalized for personal agendas. Read more! ageofrevolutions.com/2025/06/09/t...

09.06.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Come work with me! TT History Education position! careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psp/careers/...

03.06.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Bastille and the Roundabout
Popular Protest and the Revolutionary Past of the Gilets Jaunes
Andrew W. M. Smith

The Bastille and the Roundabout Popular Protest and the Revolutionary Past of the Gilets Jaunes Andrew W. M. Smith

Just got the first round of proofs I'm expecting this summer! My contribution to @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social & @cindyermus.bsky.social upcoming edited volume on @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social

03.06.2025 06:28 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Feel the same regularly bsky.app/profile/hist...

27.05.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Write to Return | McGill-Queen’s University Press McGill-Queen’s University Press

Where did modern definitions of refugees come from? Here’s my attempt to answer the question: Write to Return: Huguebot Refugees on the Frontiers of the French Enlightenment! @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social www.mqup.ca/write-to-ret...

06.05.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Guardians of the Tapestry of Time – AHA As the academic year ends, one history department chair reflects on the work of history.

From #AHAPerspectives in 2024: As a new department chair presiding over end of year celebrations, @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social β€œfelt compelled to draw together the reasons we were in that room and in that community.” πŸ—ƒοΈ

19.05.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Make sure to pickup our exec editor’s book!

06.05.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Write to Return | McGill-Queen’s University Press McGill-Queen’s University Press

Where did modern definitions of refugees come from? Here’s my attempt to answer the question: Write to Return: Huguebot Refugees on the Frontiers of the French Enlightenment! @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social www.mqup.ca/write-to-ret...

06.05.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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We’re excited to announce that @drericajohnson.bsky.social will be our new Managing Editor! S/O to Dr. Johnson!!!!

03.05.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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I enjoy my job because everyday is different. Tomorrow, I get to MC a hotdog eating contest. I never thought I'd say that.

30.04.2025 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a brilliant resource!

28.04.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Too good not to share

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From Oklahoma to San Francisco: Nathan Hare and the Unexpected Origins of Black Studies in the United States By Erica Johnson Sociologist Nathaniel (Nathan) Hare earned two graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and assumed assistant professorships at Virginia State College and Howard University …

@drericajohnson.bsky.social explores sociologist Nathan Hare revolutionary roots in Oklahoma and his role in the rise of Black Studies in her essay β€œFrom Oklahoma to San Francisco: Nathan Hare and the Unexpected Origins of Black Studies in the United States.” ageofrevolutions.com/2025/04/21/f...

21.04.2025 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I missed this one by @tlecaque.bsky.social! Great discussion here on the erasing of Native Americans from the history of colonial Massachusetts in #Fallout4. πŸ—ƒοΈ #gtp

Love to see more & more great scholarship by historians analyzing video games!

03.03.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Revolution in Knowledge: The Intellectual Legacy of Visa Holders in the United States. A Permanent Work In Progress. By Ernesto Bassi (Cornell University) and Javier Puente (Smith College)* The MotivationΒ  On July 7, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security announced a new rule prohibiting international students…

From the @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social archive, Ernesto Bassi and Javier Puente's "A Revolution in Knowledge: The Intellectual Legacy of Visa Holders in the United States. A Permanent Work in Progress. ageofrevolutions.com/2020/07/10/a...

12.04.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Op-Ed Writing for Historians: How to Pitch, Write, Revise, and Get Your Ideas to the Public
YouTube video by American Historical Association Op-Ed Writing for Historians: How to Pitch, Write, Revise, and Get Your Ideas to the Public

Want to learn how to craft a compelling op-ed? Watch β€œOp-Ed Writing for Historians: How to Pitch, Write, Revise, & Get Your Ideas to the Public" with @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social, @jelaniya.bsky.social, @mauracunningham.bsky.social, Francine Hirsch, Brian Rosenwald, & @lmansley.bsky.social #AHAOnline

03.04.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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#parentingwin I sneak history stories in all the time.

My kid asked what an academic roundtable was. I told her the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundtable. The presenters all defend their arguments like knights. The commentator is King Arthur.

Response: *audible sigh*

01.04.2025 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not to mention Brain or Byron, which both happen more than you’d think.

23.03.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Speaking for all Bryans out there. Double check spelling before you email β€œHello Brian.” It happens several times every week.

23.03.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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