Justin Gage

Muir Woods exhibit is first casualty of White House directive to erase history "In order to know your role in history, you need to see yourself in it."

"In order to know your role in history, you need to see yourself in it."

World’s richest 1% increased wealth by $33.9 trillion since 2015, Oxfam says That amount is “more than enough to eliminate annual poverty 22 times over,” according to a new analysis from the anti-poverty group.

The world’s richest 1 per cent have increased their wealth by $33.9 trillion since 2015, “more than enough to eliminate annual poverty 22 times over,” according to new @oxfaminternational.bsky.social analysis.

Wichita Beacon

June 21, 1925: A Ku Klux Klan baseball team plays a Black team in Wichita, Kan. The Black squad, the Wichita Monrovians, win, 10-8. How this matchup came to be is unexplained. Fans are warned against "strangle holds, razors, horsewhips, and other violent implements of argument."

#AmRel Postdoc beginning July.

Bryn Mawr College 1-year renewable postdoct with expertise in contemporary American religion, partnering with President Wendy Cadge and research collaborators on a large national project about the changing spiritual infrastructure of the United States.

About this Collection | Chronicling America | Digital Collections | Library of Congress Search America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963 Please Note: The Library of Congress has transitioned the longstanding Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website to this new digi...

Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down

Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss

Digital History Seed Grants Visit the post for more.

***Digital History Seed Grants***

The IEHS invites submissions for awards, up to $2,000 each, to support graduate students and early-career scholars seeking to develop or engage with digital history work connected to migration history and related fields.

Deadline: 8/1/25

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Visas reinstated for all University of Arkansas’ international students who had status revoked | Arkansas Advocate All five international students at the University of Arkansas who had their visa status revoked last month have been reinstated, a university spokesperson confirmed Thursday.

All five international students at the University of Arkansas who had their visa status revoked last month have been reinstated, a university spokesperson confirmed Thursday.

75 percent of North America’s bird species are in decline, study says Birds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe.

NEW: A sweeping new study finds three-fourths of North America's bird species are in decline

Scientists say it should be a wake-up call for us since some of the pressures on birds — climate change, pollution, etc. — aren't good for people, either
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

U. of Florida Calls Off Dean Search After DeSantis Intervenes A spokesperson said the governor’s office stepped in after a right-wing group posted videos of the finalists on social media and claimed they were “radical progressives with disdain for Florida’s DEI ...

NEW: DeSantis directed the University of Florida to cancel a nearly-complete search for its next dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences — because the governor believed the finalists were not in alignment with the state's opposition to DEI

Hey #skystorians if you are in the area do join us for the Hotz lecture at the University of Arkansas sponsored by the History department and the law school news.uark.edu/articles/772...

He grew up in Uganda, so hopefully he has Ugandan citizenship?

And overnight your friends at @nehgov.bsky.social staff have been placed on Admin Leave.

Very excited to say something I haven't been able to say in a decade: we are hiring a tenure-track historian at Louisiana Tech. We're casting the net wide, basically any field outside of North America. Happy to answer any questions ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...

I’m so tired of this! These are statements from Gila River Indian Community and Salt River Pima Indian Community leadership on the recent removal of flags from the 22 Arizona tribes from the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Phoenix. What is the point in this?

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David Sloan, early American historian and my undergrad advisor at the U. of Arkansas died last week. His courses on colonial America and the Revolution inspired me to study that period. He’s also the only historian I know who left the circus to study history www.bernafuneralhomes.com/m/obituaries...

@laroccalink.bsky.social

🗃️Exciting New Book News: Alessandra La Rocca Link's 'The Iron Horse in Indian Country Native Americans and Railroads in the US West' is out in a few weeks. Preorder: global.oup.com/academic/pro... and preview: books.google.com/books?id=1lh...

The Myth of Continuity in American Gun Culture — California Law Review The Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen elevated history, text, and tradition as the sole criteria for assessing the constitutionality of firearms...

I'm thrilled that "The Myth of Continuity in American Gun Culture," a long (79-p.) article that I spent most of a year working on, has just been published in the California Law Review www.californialawreview.org/print/gun-co...

Applications for our annual funding season are due in 4 DAYS! March 15th. Please help spread the word (and apply yourself)! 🗃️ #AmWest

Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States

Haskell women’s basketball coach heads to NAIA National Championship despite DOGE cuts A foundation at Haskell Indian Nations University is raising money to try to hire back laid off workers.

A foundation at Haskell Indian Nations University is raising money to try to hire back laid off workers. https://www.ksnt.com/sports/local-sports/haskell-womens-basketball-coach-heads-to-naia-national-championship-despite-doge-cuts/ 

MOVING ON: Why Haskell’s Sunday win in women’s basketball should grab your attention “I wanted to be a living example of life not being fair,” Adam Strom said. And what to do about it.

Led by fired coach Adam Strom, Haskell Indian Nations University women’s basketball team on Sunday advanced to the NAIA national tournament.

“Man, we needed this,” one student said.

Federal cuts cost a coach his job. His team is still dancing in March: ‘We really have nothing to lose’ Adam Strom is leading Haskell University's women's basketball team in the NAIA tourney — despite having lost his paid status weeks earlier.

Resistance!

Haskell Indian Nations University’s women’s basketball coach was fired by Trump but continued to coach without pay. The team recently won the Continental Athletic Conference championship over Northern NM, getting them a spot in the NAIA championships!

www.nytimes.com/athletic/618...

Less than a week to apply for this. Tell 20th c Americanists. 3 years in Cambridge 🗃️

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50345/

This was great, highly recommend a listen. Thanks Jimmy, and thanks @cathleendcahill.bsky.social for the shout-out!

The work of @jostler.bsky.social, @alainaroberts.bsky.social, @karl-jacoby.bsky.social, @lindat-smith.bsky.social, @embsumek.bsky.social, and many others are part of the discussion.

Changes Across the Land - AHA About the Institute Supporting Higher Ed Faculty The American Historical Association will host a three-week long National Endowment for the Humanities Institute for Higher Education Faculty on US envi...

The AHA is hosting 3-week long NEH Institute for Higher Education Faculty on US environmental history and policy from the early 19th century through the 20th century in Little Rock, AR in June 2025. Applications are due March 5.

The Center Will Not Hold Friends, I have some news to share with you about the Geneseo Center for Local and Municipal History. I feel like I did some good work, but it is time for me to step away and focus on other things.…

Ch-ch-ch-changes.

michaelleroyoberg.com/local-histor...

A large (but not largest) increase in the number of farms with just a modest increase in total population? Stats here don't answer much. usa.ipums.org/usa/resource... (p. 38)

CFP for the next Clements Center symposium: Indigenous Histories and Crossings in an Age of Global Change