Congrats, Alex!
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Dissenting Forces
A History of Abolition and Black Thought in Higher Learning by Michael E. Jirik
Learn about the history of enslaved people and abolitionists who fought racism on college campuses in our new release: "Dissenting Forces: A History of Abolition and Black Thought in Higher Learning" by Michael E. Jirik.
Find out more:
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How 19th Century College Students Argued for the Abolition of Slavery
NYU Press author Michael Jirik explores how Black intellectuals ascended in society through dissent on campus
NYU News interviews Michael E. Jirik about his book "Dissenting Forces," which explores how college activists advanced the abolitionist movement before the Civil War and contributed to Black liberation efforts, paving the way for Du Bois's educational vision.
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One of many wonderful factoids from episode 1. Very excited for the rest of Season 2! Keep up the good work.
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Keynote Panel
Saturday, Sept 20 β’ 2:15β4:35 pm
--Martha S. Jones, βOrphaned: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and Baltimoreβs βColoredβ Orphan Asylumβ
-- Eric Gardner, βFrances Ellen Watkins, Ohio, and the Importance of the Localβ
-- Sherita L. Johnson, βTracking Harperβ (tentative title)
-- Moderator: P. Gabrielle Foreman
Keynote Panel with:
Martha S. Jones
Eric Gardner
Sherita L. Johnson
Moderator: P. Gabrielle Foreman
Full Saturday Schedule: coloredconventions.org/harper-200-s...
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Now is a great time to grab a copy of Beyond Slavery's Shadow: Free People of Color in the South. UNC Press is offering 50% off this and all other titles with the code 01NEWSITE50. uncpress.org/978146966439...
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@ricksteves.bsky.social to the rescue!
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ICYMI: The first issue of Global Black Thought, a new journal from the African American Intellectual History Society and Penn Press, is now available on @projectmuse.bsky.social!
muse.jhu.edu/issue/54806
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Got tenure!
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Picture of Falkor from the Never Ending Story, in snow form.
May Snow Falkor brighten your timeline today!
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In January 2026, I am slated to begin a term as editor of the Journal of Southern History at Rice, and the SHA is looking for a New Book Review Editor at another institution to work with me. Please apply! Review of applications begins this month.
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A podcast about collaboration, creativity and, of course, the Beatles! Recommended by 9 out of 10 dentists
Historian ποΈ | US Civil War era, History of Medicine | My book *Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and Americaβs First Opioid Crisis* is now out from UNC Press, tinyurl.com/opiumslavery) | proud #firstgen | jonathansjones.net
Associate Professor of American Studies @ Rutgers-New Brunswick
historian of food and the body
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Historian of gender, sexuality, and US empire | Author of Empire of Purity: The History of Americans' Global War on Prostitution (Princeton University Press, 2024) | Assistant Prof @ U of Mississippi | Avid birder
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Law Professor at BC Law, Historian of social movements and local government. Writing a book about Abolitionist Lawyering.
Historian and teacher. Author of THE INTERNAL COLONY: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo238821158.html
AERA Division F explores the history of education broadly from national, international, and comparative perspectives, and provides historical context for the formation of educational policy.
Historian; Author of Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom: Free People of Color and the Fight for Equal Rights in the Civil War Era (coming soon); Beyond Slavery's Shadow: Free People of Color in the South (2021); and more at warrenmilteer.com
Professor @ USC. I write about African American life in early national and antebellum Boston.
My posts are my own opinions and do not reflect those of my employer.
Historian & Series Editor, The Adams Papers, MHS. PhD.πHousehold Gods, Our Library in Paris, Oxford Handbook of Family History & Genealogy, Americans in Revolution. President, @susih.bsky.social. Views mine, history for all.
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History and Philosophy of Education at UMD. Author of A IS FOR ARSON (2023); SPARE THE ROD (2021); and THE FIGHT FOR LOCAL CONTROL (2016).
Caught somewhere between Ivan and Alyosha.
Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard, Author of, among other books, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings:An American Controversy,The Hemingses of Monticello,, Vernon Can Read: A Memoir with Vernon Jordan, On Juneteenth
Scholar of the American Revolution and the Early American Republic, education. Author of "What's the Point of College? Seeking Purpose in an Age of Reform" and "Democracy's Schools: The Rise of Public Education in America." Website: https://johannneem.com
I am a historian at Rice University. I use this account for updates about my work, cross-posted from my website at https://updates.wcaleb.org.
Historian and whatnot. Recently published FREEDOM WAS IN SIGHT! A GRAPHIC HISTORY OF RECONSTRUCTION IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. REGION, with illustrations by the remarkable Liz Clarke. See also katemasur.com.
graveyard historian; spouse to @fionawh.im; she/they π³οΈβπ
Cambridge, Massachusetts
THE CARETAKERS (War Graves gardeners in the French Resistance) https://www.globepequot.com/9781633888999/the-caretakers/
Professor in Theory and History of Education, Groningen, NL. Historian of education, Groningen/Γrebro/Uppsala. Father of two.
Historian & nerd. Author/editor of 5 books, including AMERICAN ZION: A NEW HISTORY OF MORMONISM. views = my own
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