Allison M. Mitchell

Learn more about our Postdoctoral Fellowships in African American History and Civil War Era History:

richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...

Deadline to apply is November 1!

Spread the word! This is the final call for our postdoctoral fellowships in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Deadline is 11/1!

Postdoc, African American History: tinyurl.com/5e8khmcx
Postdoc, Civil War: tinyurl.com/ymermzvu

We’re thrilled to share that Dr. Sherita Johnson, Director of the Africana Research Center and Associate Professor of English at Penn State, will be the keynote speaker at an upcoming public lecture and discussion titled “An Evening with Frances Ellen Watkins Harper” on October 29.

Super proud to be included in this amazing reader with such awesome scholars. Public-facing scholarship is the future! @nursingclio.bsky.social

That’s so awesome! Congrats Dr. Hart!

Please share! We are looking for TWO postdoctoral scholars in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Fellowships are for TWO years, and the anticipated start date is July 1, 2026. The deadline to apply is NOVEMBER 1! Links are in the replies below.

Congratulations to Adam McNeil on winning The SHEAR Dissertation Prize. #SHEAR2025

I love that Glorilla is performing at the WNBA All-Star game. This Indiana crowd is sending me tho 😭

Assistant Professor of Public History Stand-out applicants will have a strong track record in public practice, demonstrating imagination and skill in working collaboratively to connect history or historic sites with public audiences. The ...

The Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro currently is seeking candidates for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Public History starting in January 2026.

spartantalent.uncg.edu/postings/32413

Slate’s article sounds like it will be perfect for the class I am teaching this fall. ✍🏽👀 Thanks for sharing this!

Big news! I'm heading to the National Humanities Center as the next president. I'm proud to be the first woman, the first Black person, and the first person of color to lead it. Honored to start this new chapter. #Humanities #BlackWomenLead #BlackSky

Thrilled to welcome these great scholars to the @richardscenter.bsky.social next year!

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Trump is Upending The American Approach to Veterans' Care Officials have considered balancing efficiency with providing quality care and listening to veterans essential.

Grad affiliate Moyra Williams Eaton wrote about her dissertation research on the history of veterans' care for Time!

Read the excellent, timely piece here ⬇️

Call for Submissions: Anthony E. Kaye Memorial Essay Prize - George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center The Society of Civil War Historians and the Journal of the Civil War Era invite submissions from early career scholars (doctoral candidates at the writing stage and PhDs not more than two years remove...

The Journal of the Civil War Era is seeking submissions from early career scholars for the Anthony E. Kaye Memorial Essay Prize! Submit a paper on any topic concerning the history of the Civil War era, broadly defined, by June 1, 2025.

Click here for more information ⬇️

Yesterday we welcomed Sasha Turner, former Richards Center postdoc, back to PSU as the History Graduate Student Association spring speaker! Her great talk was followed by a reception hosted by the Center. Pictured below is the HGSA board, including Richards Center grad affiliates, with Dr. Turner. 🧵

I often hear about "crappy first drafts," but...

...APPRECIATE your first drafts. They are the icebreakers and path-openers, ferocious, raw and daring to forge ahead.

Later, tweak them to make them better.

Instead of thinking of "crappy", think "icebreaking."

Quit fighting yourself!

#WritingTip

Southwest prices don’t even be low like they use to be. Ended the 2 free check bags is not going to go over well.

Congrats to Moyra Williams Eaton on a great manuscript workshop this afternoon!

Join @oah.org for a discussion with Richards Center Postdoctoral Scholar--Hannah Katherine Hicks, Catherine Jones, Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders, and Melissa DeVelvis whose articles appeared in the Fall 2024 issue of The American Historian, “The Union Remade.”

Sheeesssshhh, this UConn v USC. I need Carolina to fight back.

🧵 The news is awful! But for a teeny ray of light, here are 3 @richardscenter.bsky.social opportunities for Civil War Era scholars w/ deadlines in March & April 🗃️:

1. two predoctoral fellowships for ABDs
2. a non-residential fellowship for associate profs
3. an article workshop for junior scholars

Such a great workshop! Now it is time to get to work! ✍🏽✍🏽✍🏽

Congrats Johanna!

Print Factory board members (from left) Jonathane Eburne, Terra Ingram, Kathy Pletcher, Oliver Baker, Dara Walker, Barrett Marshall, and Mandisa Haarhoff (Photo by Tyler Daniel Design LLC)

Richards Center affiliated faculty member, Dara Walker, part of "The Print Factory," a newly opened bookstore - AND - community gathering and event space, cultural hub, supporter of diverse authors.

www.statecollege.com/articles/com...

My late mother, Patricia Stephens Due!

We co-wrote a memoir: FREEDOM IN THE FAMILY: A MOTHER-DAUGHTER MEMOIR OF THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

Alligator Bites Never Heal might be one of the most confident debuts I've ever seen. It's so sure of itself, from the style to the sound to the performance. I can't shake it. TDE struck gold with Doechii.

The way I just gave a Tony worthy performance of Defying Gravity at the red light. 🎤😫

Announcing the Picturing Black History Book! A groundbreaking collection of photographs and essays that shed new light on the history of Black America, from the Picturing Black History project.

For #BlackHistoryMonth make sure to check out our book. Created by a growing collective of professional historians, art historians, Black Studies scholars, and photographers, this book is full of vibrant essays paired with rarely seen photographs that expand our understanding of Black history.

The high for today is 12 degrees…🥲