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Congratulations to Mary Hicks (@maryhicks.bsky.social) for winning the Warren Dean Prize for her book, Captive Cosmopolitans: Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery (@oieahc.bsky.social & @uncpress.bsky.social).

Need Weekend Plans? We’re giving away 1 adult general admission ticket to Sleepy Fest in Saxapahaw, NC this Saturday 10/11—plus an advance reader copy of CUTOM MADE WOMAN, the upcoming memoir by folk legend Alice Gerrard.

Giveaway ends Wednesday @ 11:59pm. Enter here 👇
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The Author’s Corner with Aaron Sheehan-Dean Aaron Sheehan-Dean is Fred C. Frey Professor of History at Louisiana State University. This interview is based on his new book, Fighting with the Past: How Seventeenth-Century History Shaped the Am…

Author's Corner with Aaron Sheehan-Dean, *Fighting with the Past: How Seventeenth-Century History Shaped the American Civil War*: thewayofimprovement.blog/2025/10/06/t... @lsu.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social

Michael Oriard, former Chiefs lineman and one of America’s leading scholars of football culture, spoke to Pigskin Books about violence, artistry, and why he still watches despite the concussion crisis.

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#NFLBooks #FootballHistory

obligatory unboxing photos of *Mississippi Law* author copies from @uncpress.bsky.social! and check out the GENEROUS blurbs from Jane Dailey, Françoise Hamlin, Walter Johnson, and Jason Ward. they put a smile on my face. uncpress.org/978146968948...

EXACTLY!

Attn media/reviewers: Two new @uncpress.bsky.social titles are now up on @netgalley.bsky.social— for one month only!

📚HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS UNITE! by @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social (Dec)

📚JIM CROW IN THE ASYLUM by @drkyliesmith.bsky.social
(Jan '26)

Check out UNC Press titles here: bit.ly/3ItM2WF

It’s a beautiful day to read a banned book

“Sorry I can’t make it this weekend I have plans.”

The plans: Listening to the new Taylor Swift album and reading my book

Editors & UNC-Chapel Hill Historians Miguel La Serna, Joseph T. Glatthaar, Kathleen DuVal with copies of Foundations of American Democracy: A Critical Documents Reader.

Panel moderated by Dr. Darin Waters, Deputy Secretary, Office of Archives & History

✨ An inspiring evening at the NC State Archives with @unchistory.bsky.social profs Fitzhugh Brundage, @kathleenduval.bsky.social, and Joseph Glatthaar to celebrate the publication of Foundations of American Democracy.

Now available to all North Carolinians via a free digital edition on NC LIVE! 📚

"I asked Chat GPT"

Well we asked an expert and then we asked other experts in that field to review the first expert's work.

A Forgotten Migration A Forgotten Migration tells the little-known story of “segregation scholarships” awarded by states in the US South to Black students seeking graduate edu...

Fellow historian of education Crystal Sanders won the ASHE Outstanding Book Award for A Forgotten Migration (published by @uncpress.bsky.social)

(She's not on Bluesky, so the rest of us have to brag for her.)

Democrats Are Losing Members in N.C. But Are the Republicans Gaining? Much has been made of the decline in registered Democrats. But who is benefiting from that shift, and why, is more complicated.

The number of registered Democrats in NC is declining. So is the number of registered Republicans rising? Find out in this @theassemblync.bsky.social piece by @chriscooperwcu.bsky.social, author of ANATOMY OF A PURPLE STATE 🗳️

www.theassemblync.com/politics/dem...

BRIAN HARNETTY with John P. Hastings | The Brooklyn Rail Brian Harnetty is a composer based in Columbus, Ohio. Many of his works and projects begin from listening to audio from sources—spoken word, field recordings, music. Noisy Memory is about the process ...

A few of months ago, I had a great conversation with John P. Hastings about my book Noisy Memory (with @uncpress.bsky.social). Now, it is an article in The Brooklyn Rail! We talked re: archives, creative process, and Appalachian Ohio.

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#noisymemory #appalachianohio

RHIANNON GIDDENS & KRISTINA R. GADDY
Go Back and Fetch It
*Signed* Paperback
Preorder: www.resident-music.com/product/gidd...
@rhiannongiddens.bsky.social has teamed up with an esteemed writer for this songbook & history of the abiding influence of early Black Atlantic music

@uncpress.bsky.social

I knew the insides of @amyefarrell.bsky.social’s book were fantastic, but WOW the outside is a work of art. Since Lionel won’t let me near it I guess I’ll have to order another copy from @uncpress.bsky.social - and you should too!

History Professor Pens “Canal Dreamers” Associate professor of history Jessica Lepler's new book "Canal Dreamers" tells the story of an 1820s attempt to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through Nicaragua.

Delighted to see Canal Dreamers featured on UNH Today, um, today. @uncpress.bsky.social 🗃️
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Humanities in Action: The Book Reloaded: Publishing in the Era of AI, Censorship, and Disinformation - Carolina Public Humanities CPH's Humanities in Action series is exploring revolutions this semester. This 90 minute lecture and discussion will focus on how publishing is adapting to digital formats, political pressures, and a ...

How is publishing adapting to digital formats, political pressures, and a fractured information landscape?

Find out from Spangler Family Director, @jesherer.bsky.social, next week (October 8th) @flyleafbooks.bsky.social

Get your tickets now 🎟️ 👇

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Puzzle pieces on a yellow background, with speaker photos. Text reads: Finding the Right Publisher for Your First Book, October 8, 12-1 pm, part of the Ideas on Fire First Book Publishing Series

Dawn Durante wearing a blue shirt

Dominique Moore wearing a grey shirt and glasses

Mike Baccam wearing a green shirt in front of trees

October 8: Hear from these 3 acquisition editors at Finding the Right Publisher for Your First Book:
- Dawn Durante @dawnd.bsky.social, @uncpress.bsky.social
- Dominique Moore, @illinoispress.bsky.social
- Mike Baccam @mikebaccam.bsky.social, @uwapress.bsky.social

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Big day! 🎉👏

Took about 20 years. And I never thought a book about enslavers using deputization to give themselves policing power would be relevant to our times. But we are where we are.

My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.

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The Goodreads giveaway for FEARLESS, SLEEPLESS, DEATHLESS: What Fungi Taught Me about Nourishment, Poison, Ecology, Hidden Histories, Zombies, and Black Survival by Maria Pinto ends Monday 🍄 Don't miss your chance to win a signed ARC!

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Check out these reviews from Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society Vol. 118, No. 2:

📘 "Popular Radicalism and the Unemployed in Chicago during the Great Depression" @anthempress.bsky.social
📕 "Muddy Ground" @uncpress.bsky.social

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I’m so fortunate to have had Bill Leuchtenburg in my life, and I’m honored to help extend his legacy with a donation to the WEL Fund at UNC Press. Please join me in donating, and support the kind of public-facing scholarship he championed.

104: The Voyage of the Edwin Fox Podcast Episode · The Gilded Age and Progressive Era · 09/24/2025 · 1h

We are back!!! In this episode I interview my co-host Boyd Cothran about his recent book, _The Edwin Fox: How an Ordinary Sailing Ship Connected the Workd in the Age of Globalization, 1850-1914_, published by @uncpress.bsky.social @shgape.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

William E. Leuchtenburg Fund Photo of William E. Leuchtenburg Join with friends in making a memorial gift to this named fund. Established in 2025 by his family, the William

Learn more and help carry forward his legacy: uncpress.org/support-the-...

"It was a privilege to have known Bill Leuchtenburg."

"I can't think of a better way to honor Dr. Leuchtenburg's scholarship, mentorship, and friendship than by donating to the William E. Leuchtenburg Fund.” @moye.bsky.social

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social reflects on taking one of Bill's classes in 1991

Introducing the William E. Leuchtenburg Fund

Created to honor Bill Leuchtenburg’s decades of service on our board and his towering contributions to scholarship in American History. Learn more in this thread 🧵