Dig: A History Podcast

Sati: The Virtuous Woman, the Chaste Wife, and the Immolated Widow in Colonial and Postcolonial India  In 1987, the last reported instance of sati threw India into a maelstrom of furious debate and conflict following the ritual suicide of Roop Kanwar after her young husband’s death. Nearly 150 years earlier, British colonial officer Lord William Bentinck passed a prohibition on sati in British India. As Roop Kanwar’s death suggests, British colonial rule did not end the practice of…

Sati: The Virtuous Woman, the Chaste Wife, and the Immolated Widow in Colonial and Postcolonial India

 In 1987, the last reported instance of sati threw India into a maelstrom of furious debate and conflict following the ritual suicide of Roop Kanwar after her young husband’s death. Nearly 150…

Book Talk Events in July! The band is getting (back?) together! This July, all four of us will reunite in Western New York for two special Book Talk events. If you can join us, we'd love to see you there! Wednesday, July 9, 6:30pm in the Buffalo Erie Country Public Library, Central Branch. FREE! No registration required. Thursday, July 10, 7-9pm, in the Lily Dale Auditorium! Tickets required

Book Talk Events in July!

The band is getting (back?) together! This July, all four of us will reunite in Western New York for two special Book Talk events. If you can join us, we'd love to see you there! Wednesday, July 9, 6:30pm in the Buffalo Erie Country Public Library, Central Branch. FREE!…

The Section 504 Sit-In: The Protest that Demanded Civil Rights for Disabled Americans In 1973, Richard Nixon signed the Rehabilitation Act, a bill intended to increasing hiring, extend rehabilitation services and increase assistance programs for Americans with disabilities. In the w…

My latest episode for @dig-history.bsky.social is on the Section 504 sit ins -- I really needed an episode about a joyous, collaborative, and successful protest to remind me what's possible. Please listen & share! #dishist digpodcast.org/2025/04/20/t... 🗃️

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Medical Ethics & Race The Tuskegee Syphilis Study was an ethically problematic, to say the least, medical research project conducted in Alabama. Officially titled “The Effects of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Ma…

Listen - The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Medical Ethics & Race - @dig-history.bsky.social

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#histmed #blackhistory #racialjustice #podcast #ushistory

If you’ll be in WNY this summer, we’ve got TWO book events in July:

Wed July 9, 6:30pm at the Buffalo Erie County Public Library Central Branch

Thu July 10, 7pm at the LILY DALE Auditorium. Tickets required www.lilydaleassembly.org/event-detail...

We’d love to see you there!

Sexuality and Psychiatry

How and when scientists, doctors, and society started conceiving of the physical and emotional components of same-sex desire as a psychiatric condition of the mind? This was neither an ancient belief nor a postmodern (aka, post-1950) one, and it wasn’t an exclusively…

If these books aren't your thing, or you have your eye on something else that you'd like to review or feature in some way, please get in touch! DM me or @nursingclio.bsky.social, or email us.

Great book from @cornellupress.bsky.social - 10/10 would recommend (and Spencer is a good friend of the podcast!)

A photograph of Volodomyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Zelenskyy is wearing all black with the insignia of Ukraine on his shoulder. Donald Trump is wearing a navy suit, white shirt and long red tie. He is red in the face, appearing to shout, and gesticulating. Zelenskyy is staring into the camera, looking tired and exasperated.

This is an astonishing image. (Doug Mills, NYT)

Join Our Team! The editing collective at Nursing Clio is seeking an Acquisitions Editor! Nursing Clio is a volunteer-run, open access, collaborative blog project that ties historical scholarship to current politi…

My friends, @nursingclio.bsky.social is still looking for an Acquisitions Editor to work with the exec editor (me!) & our Managing Editor to solicit essays, plan out new ideas for calls and series, and help us bring in new writers. Please consider joining us! 🗃️ nursingclio.org/about/staff/...

I’m So Sick of History Rhymes: Executive Orders, Dog Whistles, and the Lavender Scare In the late 1940s and 1950s, alongside the better known “Red Scare” that targeted alleged internal political enemies – American Communists – the US government led a crusade against gay …

My latest episode for @dig-history.bsky.social comes from a deep well of WHY THE F*CK. In this edition, we're talking about the Lavender Scare, Parts 1 (1940s-1970s) and 2 (2010s-now).

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Clean for Teaching: The Lavender Scare In the late 1940s and 1950s, alongside the better known “Red Scare” that targeted alleged internal political enemies - American Communists - the US government led a crusade against gay men and women in the military and civil service. During the “Lavender Scare,” thousands of people were fired or forced from their jobs, dishonorably discharged from the military, and denied positions in the US government because of their sexuality.

Clean for Teaching: The Lavender Scare

In the late 1940s and 1950s, alongside the better known “Red Scare” that targeted alleged internal political enemies - American Communists - the US government led a crusade against gay men and women in the military and civil service. During the “Lavender…

I’m So Sick of History Rhymes: Executive Orders, Dog Whistles, and the Lavender Scare 

The Final Frontier: History, Science, and Space Exploration Is space the new frontier? What are the links between the so-called “age of exploration,” and the conquering of the American West, and the United States space program? We will be covering those que…

Evergreen podcast episode (with transcript) from @dig-history.bsky.social on frontiers! I've played the digression on Frederick Jackson Turner in 3 of my 4 classes this year digpodcast.org/2018/12/09/f...

Almost every @dig-history.bsky.social episode has a full transcript, plus notes & bibliography 💜✨Perfect for using with your students!

The Unjust Execution of the Dakota 38 In 1862, as the Civil War raged across the fields of the south, another American war was coming to an end: the Dakota War, a conflict between the Dakota people and American settlers in Minnesota. T…

This was a hard one to record. Living only a few miles from where the US army committed these atrocities, all the harder. digpodcast.org/2025/02/09/t...

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Taking a moment to feel sad that my proposal for an NEH grant to support a project on queer and trans Irish history went from having little chance to zero this week.

Then dusting myself off & getting to work on a podcast episode for @dig-history.bsky.social about the Lavender Scare.

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Our own EGM was at the American Historians Association annual meeting this weekend, and look what she found at the @cornellupress.bsky.social booth! So excited to see Spiritualism’s Place so prominently displayed… and these STICKERS yall! Obsesssssesssssed

Learn more about SPIRITUALISM'S PLACE here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

We've created a starter pack for History Podcasts - let us know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/DqYJhqc

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A table in Barnes & Noble with the "The Best Nonfiction of 2024" on top of a bunch of books; with Spiritualism's Place in the right left corner.

Look what @sarahbelle721.bsky.social found at the @barnesandnoble.com on Transit in WNY! And we didn't even move them there ourselves 😂 @cornellupress.bsky.social

Perspectives on 2024 – AHA Enjoy this sampling of popular articles in 2024.

At #AHAPerspectives, we've rounded up some of our most popular articles of 2024 for your enjoyment! Includes pieces by @dig-history.bsky.social, @kawulf.bsky.social, @jwassers.bsky.social, and lots of other great historians. 🗃️

My (next) book, LOVE IN THE LAV, is now available for preorder! Use promo code PO25S for 25% off

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