Ben Wright

Adjunct pay/working conditions AY25-26 This form is part of a project to crowd-source pay and working conditions for people who teach and research in colleges and universities during AY2025-2026. This form is for people paid by the course ...

Well, let's give it a shot again and see what we get.

MIRAC - Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee

should’ve included mutual aid in the original post www.miracmn.com

Thinking a lot about how the traditional publishing timeline makes it incredibly hard for the humanities to grapple with what Gen AI means for their discipline. I was just reading Julie Mujic's "Generative AI and Civil War Primary Sources" from most recent issue of Civil War History. +

Hi, I’m John Marks, I’m a public historian and writer. I’ve been helping history museums prepare for the nation’s 250th anniversary for 9 years now. Despite everything else happening in history, I’m still excited about this anniversary—and you should be too. Here’s why. 🧵 /1

Friends, I hope you’ll share this widely. The @jcblibrary.bsky.social is hiring 2 3-yr research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas. Info is here and I’m happy to take questions offline: brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-...

Believe it or not, that actually is legit. It's Stanford UP trying to pay you for your excellent work on the Yawp! Sorry it took so long and seems so confusing.

If anyone attending AHA/ASCH in Chicago wants to join a viewing party lmk

UT Dallas is Trying to Punish a Student Editor for Editing UT Dallas has consistently been accused of free speech violations in recent years.

I'm proud to be a board member of The Retrograde and I am deeply concerned about how UT Dallas is seeking to punish one of its editors for doing what any good editor does.

www.dallasobserver.com/opinion/ut-d...

The Clements Center for Southwest Studies invites fellowship applications for the 2026-2027 academic year.

For more info and to apply:
www.smu.edu/dedman/resea...

If you're interested of have questions, feel free to contact me directly.

I'll be joining Refusing to Forget for this important and timely panel on the ongoing battle for historical truth in Texas

ChatGPT Harm Reduction for Writing Assignments ChatGPT Harm Reduction for Writing Assignments Because this document has escaped containment, a couple points of explanation. I wrote this for myself and a few colleagues as we work out how to handle...

Whatever strategy you’re about to suggest, we’ve thought about it. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Due to the government shutdown, this briefing on Wednesday is moving online. But silver lining—that means you folks can attend! 🗃️

Presenting Undergraduate Research at the Annual Meeting - AHA Learn how to submit a proposal to present your undergraduate thesis or research at the AHA annual meeting.

Undergraduates: submit to #AHA26's Undergraduate Poster Session by October 22. The Poster Session is an opportunity for undergraduates to share their research with peers and established scholars in a visual format. 🗃️

This January, @danieljstory.bsky.social, Alexandra Levy, and I are once again co-leading @historians.org's Sinclair Podcast Workshops.

Do you have a history pod idea you want to vet with a small group? Pitch us for Developmental Conversations! Deadline 12/1/25.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Lesson Plan: Women’s Varied Experiences in Revolutionary America Shannan Mason offers a complete, two day lesson plan on women and the American Revolution featuring Lauren Duval’s recent article from The Pano.

Who gets to be called a revolutionary?

This #JERPano lesson by Shannan Mason challenges students to rethink political participation by centering the ways women labored, resisted, and survived throughout the Revolutionary era.

Explore it on The Panorama:
thepanorama.shear.org/2025/09/08/l...

“Studio Makeup and Narcissism”: The Texas’s Lege’s Least Favorite Lawmaker "Cockroach" is an old Lege term for a figure who mucks up lawmaking. In 2025 the title goes to Brian Harrison.

Lost in the Texas A&M news is that the entire crusade is the product of a former labradoodle breeder turned State Rep whose stunts and grandstanding are so insufferably transparent that even his Republican colleagues despise him. Meet Brian Harrison, winner of Texas Monthly’s 2025 Cockroach award:

American Lesson Plan, Part 4: Curricular Content A nine-state examination of topics and themes in US history classes, including Native American history; the Founding Era; Westward Expansion; Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; Industry, Capi...

Remember your favorite day of US history class? K–12 teachers have their favorites too. Check in with the AHA’s American Lesson Plan to see what teachers love to teach, what they find challenging, and what they want their students to walk away with.

Special Issue Submissions - AHA Natural light and processed MSI images of the HMML Palimpsest Project Methods for Archival Silence in Early History The American Historical Review seeks proposals for a special issue illustrating a ra...

The #AHR is seeking proposals for a special issue on methodological approaches to archival silences in early history. Visit our website to read the full call for proposals and learn more about the guidelines for submission. Proposals are due September 16.

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Save the date for this fantastic conference at Princeton: October 3-4, 2025.

*In the Flow: Religious Movements Through Space, Time and Power,* organized by Professor Nicole Myers Turner.

Free and open to the public. Registration required.

Took my family to New York and saw Mrs. van Rhijn taking luncheon with a divorcee, you can’t convince me that crime isn’t up

DHS's 'Homeland Heritage' Campaign Highlights Danger of Innocence Myths of a White Christian America As a habit I don’t follow the social media of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It’s a scroll of nationalistic propaganda and exaggerated warnings about criminal aliens, a set of lies that at...

Were you also disturbed but unsurprised to see this old #JohnGast painting shared on US Homeland Security’s social media? Sara Moslener offers a great response and insights from her work on US white evangelical purity culture.
religiondispatches.org/dhss-homelan...

The deadline for the @iehs.bsky.social digital history grants is this Friday! If you’re interested in applying, check out the guidelines below 👇🏽

Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...

Wondering about the financial security of a registered nonprofit - be it a charity, a private school, or the like? Be aware that to maintain nonprofit status, they have to file detailed financial declarations with the IRS. Propublica has an easy tool for that - projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/

SHEAR is pleased to announce and congratulate the winners of the SHEAR prizes which will be announced here in this 🧵.

NEW piece @commonplacejrnl.bsky.social this week! From Lisa Roney, a meditation on the personal stakes of family history.

Arts and Crafts Day in the Research Seminar In the latest installment of our “Teaching the Early Republic” series, Robert Smith demonstrates the power of material culture to engage students in the classroom.

“Arts and Crafts Day in the Research Seminar”

In the latest installment of the "Teaching the Early Republic" series for the #JERPano, Robert Smith demonstrates the power of material culture to engage students in the classroom.

Read on The Panorama thepanorama.shear.org/2025/07/14/a...

Dallas Morning News or The Onion?

This event is going to be so cool! And the idea, cooked up with @noraslonimsky.bsky.social, is to do this format again in 2026. We're excited about it! And super grateful to this awesome line-up of scholars.