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Jay Bateman

@jbateman-history.bsky.social

History PhD Student at UNC - Chapel Hill. Contemporary military history, history of air power, society and U.S. strategic culture. https://history.unc.edu/graduate-student/jay-bateman/

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Beautiful day for some archaeological surveys in Hillsborough, NC with UNC’s anthropology department. Using Ground Penetrating Radar to survey for possible colonial era archaeological sites. #UNC #History

20.09.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have finally injected sufficient Airpower History propaganda into the UNC History Department’s Military History Graduate Student offices… I was surrounded by too many Civil War posters for my liking.
(The knitted roundel was a gift from one of my students)

17.09.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The joys of grad school apartments. No space for more bookshelves in the β€œlibrary” so the living room is rapidly become the painfully unorganized overflow for new bookshel(ves)…

02.09.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh that’s awesome! Can’t wait!

02.08.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Any teasers on topic?!

02.08.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Out soon … πŸ₯Έ

25.07.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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UNUM on the Road continued last week in North Carolina with historian @kathleenduval.bsky.social

A featured voice in THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION and recent winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Professor DuVal explores how disputes over Native land helped ignite the Revolutionary War.

29.05.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m praying there is

25.06.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

With Rogers as not-titled comic relief β€œBernie” in the back of the studio

24.06.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Such an incredible week at the Second World War Research Group annual conference in London. So many phenomenal scholars and such an incredibly well run conference! Big thanks to both for allowing me to share my research!

14.06.2025 04:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great kick off to the international Second World War Research Group annual conference last night with panel of stars discussing evolution of historiography, key emerging themes, and future of global histories of WWII. 27 countries and 120+ institutions represented.

12.06.2025 05:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats!

05.06.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Post-Comp exam feeling engaged…

02.06.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Huzzah to the 2025 @smh-historians.bsky.social distinguished book award winner and incoming president @milhistlee.bsky.social! @uncpress.bsky.social

28.03.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

I laughed way too hard…

26.03.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Histories of Native America and the Port of Los Angeles Win Bancroft Prize The award, one of the most prestigious among scholars of American history, honors β€œscope, significance, depth of research and richness of interpretation.”

I’m thrilled to share that Native Nations has won the Bancroft Prize www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/a...

05.03.2025 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 232    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 12

Congratulations!!!!

05.03.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks @loyolachicago.bsky.social History Department for a phenomenal conference and providing me the opportunity to present my research on Air Base Security Battalions of World War II and the lessons lost due to their invisibility to history.

23.02.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Had the opportunity to present some of my research on the Air Base Security Battalions of WWII and the repercussions of segregation. Thanks to the team at Texas A&M for putting on the Conference

08.02.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Cutting-Off Way | Wayne E. Lee | University of North Carolina Press Incorporating archeology, anthropology, cartography, and Indigenous studies into military history, Wayne E. Lee has argued throughout his distinguished caree...

I'm honored to announce that The Cutting-Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500-1800 has been award this year's Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award.

Many thanks to my editor Debbie Gershenowitz who took a chance on this one.

uncpress.org/book/9781469...

03.02.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

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