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Laura Stevens

@lauramstevens.bsky.social

I'm a Professor of British, American, and Indigenous lit, pre-1800, & Director of Auburn University's Honors College.

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Just freestanding feathers, or feathers used by (and symbolically connected to) Native peoples?

02.08.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#skystorians

02.08.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"This biography is briefer than most, sharing all of the information that is available at this time. If you are a descendant or know a descendant, we encourage you to reach out to us, as we are still seeking information about the life of Annie Isparhecher."

02.08.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The PSIG Project - Annie Isparhecher

Another new biography posted to The PSIG Project: Annie Isparhecher, a Mvskoke woman born c. 1880, who attended the Nuyaka Mission Boarding School. This is under the tab "Connected Schools," -- for students who attended mission schools in the PSIG orbit. www.psigproject.org/connected-sc...

02.08.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

And Ruth might egg him on.

31.07.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Jason gonna petition for my committal

31.07.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is there a link to a shelter? Or what’s his situation? Is he neutered? Good w other animals?

31.07.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Drumline after Orioles win last night.

31.07.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Or: completely overwhelmed at how much you could look at. Panic and must redefine project.

30.07.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These are wonderful!

29.07.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fair enough. I ask because I wonder what we would learn by providing more historical context and depth to the current moment.

28.07.2025 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A question for eighteenth-century studies people: has anyone published a comparison of Ghislane Maxwell to the 18c "procuress" figure -- e.g. Richardson's Mrs. Sinclair or Hogarth's Mother Needham? Or, for that matter, 17c Dutch paintings of "The Procuress"? www.rct.uk/collection/8...

28.07.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, huge news for MCN.

24.07.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love this exchange, but it's overlooked an invaluable historical source: the "What did the Romans ever do for us?" scene from The Life of Brian. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc7H...

21.07.2025 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just looked up a text in my university's library, and it is on a MICROCARD. Not fiche or film -- a card! It's been a good decade since I read one of those.

17.07.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The PSIG Project Header image: Robertson with Students Image Credit: Alice Robertson Papers, TU Department of Special Collections and University Archives

I'm delighted to report that The PSIG Project is in the midst of publishing the latest batch of biographies. Additions as of today include Emma Perryman Drew and Ida Perryman Broyles, first cousins, both citizens of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. More to come soon! www.psigproject.org/home

15.07.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just getting a dirt bath in the midst of Camp War Eagle.

14.07.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You mean the fact of having a form like that, because it suggests a default of everyone else using AI? Asking as a scholar and administrator, trying to figure out what standards and practices to set for the courses I oversee.

29.06.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The footnote that ate a book.

29.06.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Could you say more about where you see decline in this statement, and what you would recommend?

29.06.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A detail from a broadside from 1617 Germany, showing Martin Luther using a giant quill to post his messages onto a church door is shown. Access the print with the title "GΓΆttlicher Schrifftmessiger/ woldenckwΓΌrdiger Traum/ welchen der HochlΓΆbliche/ Gottselige ChurfΓΌrst Friedrich zu Sachsen/ ..." here: https://www.bavarikon.de/object/bav:KVC-LUT-0000000000049386?lang=de

A detail from a broadside from 1617 Germany, showing Martin Luther using a giant quill to post his messages onto a church door is shown. Access the print with the title "GΓΆttlicher Schrifftmessiger/ woldenckwΓΌrdiger Traum/ welchen der HochlΓΆbliche/ Gottselige ChurfΓΌrst Friedrich zu Sachsen/ ..." here: https://www.bavarikon.de/object/bav:KVC-LUT-0000000000049386?lang=de

If you wanna reach the historical communities of the blue skies, consider using this established hashtag that reaches out to all fields with historical perspectives:

#skystorians

So, users of #historians #historian #bluestorians #blustorian #history etc, join in and enjoy. Let's boost this posting

07.12.2024 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 182    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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Artificial Intelligence Cannot Experience a heart attack while working in the herb garden. Wonder what its middle school bully is doing now. Show up to court in a white linen sui...

Experience a heart attack while working in a herb garden.

Wonder what its middle school bully is doing now.

Show up to court in a white linen suit.

Drape itself face down over an ottoman in a fit of ennui.

25.06.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 6

Does anyone know when/if Sprout Social will include Bluesky?

25.06.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why do you think that is? Just that novels are more enjoyable to read than scholarly articles and books?

25.06.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hard day at the office.

23.06.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mellon Foundation grants $677,000 for new UTulsa, Muscogee (Creek) Nation project UTulsa has received a $677,000 grant from the Public Knowledge program of the Mellon Foundation to support a joint effort between the university and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s Historic and Cultural...

Congratulations to Midge Dellinger & Sara Beam for landing a Mellon grant: β€œMvskokvlke Hofone Enfulletv Rasvwetv (To Bring the Ways of the Mvskoke Back)”! They've worked so hard on this collaboration between Univ. Tulsa & Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Such fantastic news. utulsa.edu/news/mellon-...

21.06.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love this.

19.06.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shhhhh…we’re hunting Wabbit

04.06.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent news.

18.05.2025 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

End of academic year? Anyway, it was glorious and fleeting.

15.05.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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