Alexis Cruz, M.A.

Before we at @contingent-mag.bsky.social do our Face/Off project in the new year, we want to try a few with editors as participants so we can get the wrinkles smoothed out.

Any contingent non-historian who studies women’s friendship (19th c US good but not required) want to try w/me? (it’s paid!)

How This Contraption at UCLA Sent the First DM At UCLA Professor Leonard Kleinrock reveals proof of when the internet was born.

The first internet message was sent from UCLA fifty-six years ago 🌐

Watch PBS SoCal's "Lost L.A." host Nathan Masters visit UCLA Library Special Collections with internet pioneer, Prof. Leonard Kleinrock to see the logbook firsthand: www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-l...

@uclasamueli.bsky.social

Collage of university-press book covers on a coral background, including: Mormon Barrio; Literary Coteries and the Irish Women Writers’ Club (1933–1958); Prince’s Minneapolis: A Biography of Sound & Place; Eisenhower: Fact and Fiction; Prieta Is Dreaming; Insurgent Visions; Heritage: Jewish Artists in America since 1900; and Hegel’s Lectures on the Philosophy of World History: The Essentials.

Join us for a @libraryjournal.bsky.social + JSTOR webinar on Publisher Collections, a new #ebook model. Hear from John Lenahan (JSTOR), Jennie Collinson (Liverpool UP), John Sherer (@uncpress.bsky.social), & Kate McCready (@bigtenacademic.bsky.social).

Save your seat: https://bit.ly/3LciihR

Lots of you have been asking for the syllabus for the lecture course -- "America at 250" -- that I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage.

Here you go:
president.yale.edu/sites/defaul...

It’s Halloween #HATM time!!!
Join us tonight at 7pm CT

Society for the Social History of Medicine | LinkedIn Society for the Social History of Medicine | 8 followers on LinkedIn. SSHM promotes interdisciplinary approaches to the history of health and medicine. Publishes a journal and book series. | A members...

On LinkedIn as well as Bluesky?
Why not follow SSHM's new LinkedIn page too!
#histmed #histSTM

: Podcast episode graphic: smiling author (me) in pale pink stripy collared shirt on the left. Text on the right, dark blue slightly informal font on pale blue background: Drafting the Past: A podcast on the craft of history. Episode 63. Surekha Davies.

I spoke with Kate on writing tech, writing habits, newsletters, getting a literary agent, and how I chose the shape and structure of my new book, HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY, out earlier this year from @ucpress.bsky.social.

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draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...

Dr. Joanne Freeman Professor Joanne Freeman is an award-winning historian who studies the politics and culture of America's past to better understand our history as a nation, and the roads and choices that have led us t...

Hey folks:

Looks like @hcrichardson.bsky.social and I will be having a YouTube chat at 10:30 AM EST tomorrow (Saturday) morning.

You can catch it here:

m.youtube.com/@joannefreem...

Flyer for book, IN THE SHADOW OF EL TAJIN: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico. "Immensely important.... Sam Holley-Kline reframes the archaeological site of El Tajín as a location of recent, rather than just ancient, Indigenous history. In the Shadow of El Tajín makes a significant contribution to the emerging field of the history of archaeology in Mexico and beyond, as well as to our understanding of Mexican political economy in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries." -LISA PINLEY COVERT, author of San Miguel de Allende: Mexicans, Foreigners, and the Making of a World Heritage Site. Located in the Papantla municipality of the Mexican state of Veracruz, El Tajín is a UNESCO World Heritage site but a lesser-known tourist destination and national symbol. The Indigenous Totonac residents of the region know well that the site's relative absence from discussions of global archaeology and heritage belies a century of wide-ranging labor, extractive industries, and commodity exchange. In the Shadow of El Tajin tells the story of how a landscape of ancient mounds and ruins became an archaeological site, brings to light the network of actors who made it happen, and reveals the Indigenous histories silenced in the process. By drawing on the insights of Indigenous Totonac peoples who have lived and worked in El Tajín for more than a century, Sam Holley-Kline explores historical processes that made both the archaeological site and regional historical memory. In the Shadow of El Tajín decenters discussions of the state and tourism industry by focusing on the industries and workers who are integral to the functioning of the site but who have historically been overlooked by studies of the ancient past. Holley-Kline recovers local Indigenous histories in dialogue with broader trends in scholarship to demonstrate the rich recent past of El Tajín, a place better known for its ancient history. SAVE 40% with code 6AF25 at nebraskapress.unl.edu

Just over a week out from publication day for my book, In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico (@univnebpress.bsky.social). Read more below or at www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978....

🗃️📚🇲🇽🏺 #skystorians #Mexico #archaeology #heritage

The Synod of Dordrecht: binding the Anglo-Dutch orthodox Republic of Letters

NEXT WEEK! Come and celebrate Halloween with us at the #LowCountries seminar with a paper on the Synod of Dort! (there's a (holy) ghost involved ok 👻) with Dirk van Miert @huygensknaw.bsky.social

FRI 31 OCT 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social or on zoom (register for link) #EarlyModern #AngloDutch #Skystorians

Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...

A reminder that we're collecting books, chapters, and journal articles by non-TT historians for publication in our year-end lists. Anything with a 2025 pub date is eligible and you can submit for your friends/colleagues! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...

Tomorrow on my live podcast “History Matters:”

The Presidential Wrecking Ball and Why it Matters

The fall of the East Wing is a litmus test for where we are.

Join us.

Friday 10AM ET
NCHEteach.org/conversations

Grant Manager- Human Rights Commission (1822) <ul><li>25 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA</li><li>Full-time</li><li>Job Code and Title: 1822-Administrative Analyst</li><li>Fill Type: Permanent Exempt</li></ul><h2><strong>Company Descrip...

JOB - Grant Manager- Human Rights Commission - City & County of San Francisco, CA

Possession of relevant graduate degree may be substituted for required experience
💵$104,000-127,000
#altac #AcademicChatter #phdchat #adjunct #postdoc #highered #academic #academia
altacjobs.com/j/grant-mana...

I'm kicking off my book tour next week with stops in Columbus, OH and Philadelphia, PA! So excited and grateful for the chance to share some of The Fate of the Americas! #History 🗃️

Annual Meeting - AHA Join Us at the Annual Meeting Connect with Your Community Since 1884, the American Historical Association annual meeting has been the premier gathering for historians to come together to share researc...

Join the AHA and thousands of your professional colleagues at #AHA26 in Chicago from January 8–11, 2026. Start planning your trip today—visit our website to view the program, download the meeting app, register to attend, and book your hotel room 🗃️

ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE re:the horror show demolition of the WH East Wing 🧵
(thx to bsky.app/profile/cali... )

SUMMARY: they rushed through demo during shutdown with zero permits, probably grift for Trump (ofc) but there are two major concerns (beyond obvious horror) & a few actions you can take:

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for *reasons*, I need to find images of book destruction (or library or archive destruction) and it might push me over the edge. If you have/know of a hi-res pic of something that falls into this category (any period or place!) that can be used in a commercial context, dm me? 📜📚

Knowledge Management Coordinator <h2>Summary</h2><p>The Knowledge Management Coordinator (KM Coordinator) will be a member of the Knowledge Management (KM) department responsible for the day-to-day administration of the team. The KM ...

JOB - Knowledge Management Coordinator - SIDLEY - Chicago IL

"Experience supporting knowledge management or similar operational, research, or information-focused roles"
💵$71,000-80,000
#altac #AcademicChatter #phdchat #adjunct #postdoc #highered #academic #academia
altacjobs.com/j/knowledge-...

These are great - but we love manorial documents more than most!

Many of this collection in Chicago are digitised (and should anyone be interested in supporting a history of any of these Norfolk or Suffolk parishes, please get in touch...):

REMINDER:
Panelists will discuss their approaches to archival research & the challenges of conducting research abroad. Helpful for grad students in the early stages of planning your dissertation research or if you are in the thick of it and looking for new tips! Register here: bit.ly/SHAFR-Archives

Join us for the keynote lecture by Prof. Oona A. Hathaway
@oonahathaway.bsky.social marking the launch of the JuDem Project at CCRD @humboldtuni.bsky.social

🗓️ Nov 17, 2025 | 18:00
📍 Humboldt Graduate School, Festsaal
Luisenstr. 56, 10117 Berlin
Registration: bit.ly/4n0xNqa

Our international rights manager @chris-robinson.bsky.social shares his thoughts on attending the Frankfurt Book Fair for the first time this year.

Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Renata Keller (@renatakeller.bsky.social), University of Nevada, Reno

This event is in-person and also available via Zoom. Please use this link to register: temple.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) @shafrhistorians.bsky.social Annual Conference (June 25-27, 2026, Columbus, OH, The Ohio State University) Call for Paper, Panel, & lots of non-traditional panel options, deadline: December 1, 2025🗃️ shafr.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/...

Ok last time! One week to apply for this 20th US job at Cambridge. Please spread the word 🗃️

Can I tempt you for a little history snack? Come find out about George III and how food played a role in his construction of masculinity. Spoiler: his masculinity was about so much more than the meat we associate with modern manliness. (He loved spinach and eggs.)

This week Historians At The Movies never says die. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, October 19 at 8pm eastern for THE GOONIES.

Keep #HATM good enough by sharing and we’ll see you soon!

Surekha Davies’ “Humans: a monstrous history” is timely and relevant, exploring how human societies make monsters, and what this monster making tells us about humanity.

Hello new followers! If you work in the field of french history, do please reply to this below and we will do our best to follow back. The volume of new followers has made this impossible from the notification tab! 🗃️