Abby Mullen

Did you know that the North American Society for Oceanic History has book awards for maritime & naval history & archaeology? If your book on a topic in those categories has a 2025 original copyright, you’re probably eligible for consideration for this year. Give me a shout if you want to know more!

Come to a military or naval history conference. That’s where they’re at.

Naval Academy on Lockdown for ‘Active Threat’ - USNI News This post will be updated with additional information as available. U.S. Naval Academy and Naval Support Activity Annapolis are on lockdown following reports of a threat against the installation, a Na...

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Can I be on that show??

I’m so happy about this! And I’m sorry I wasn’t able to contribute as much as I would have liked (but I still talk about newspapers and vitality as often as I can!).

I was just using my Omohundro tote bag the other day and thinking about how fun it was to talk Tropy down there with you. :)

Co-sign!

I expect it’s topmasthead.

I’m not saying the First Barbary War is relevant right now but I’m not NOT saying that, so maybe you should buy my book right now with this excellent sale just to be sure.

I missed the official sign off for Brett Bobley, but it would not be illegitimate to say that his work at the NEH got me to the job I’m in today. His faith in a young grad student launched me down a path toward being a real naval historian who does digital stuff. #ThanksBrett

*sigh* It's too soon, but on the day of his retirement from public service, I think that it's important to recognize the contributions of Brett Bobley to the work of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the field. #ThanksBrett for your leadership, your good cheer & your home-baked goods.

Now seems like a pretty unfortunate time to be living in a district whose seat is vacant.

I’m so so sorry, Kevin. LuLu has been such a bright spot to so many here and elsewhere and she will be sorely missed.

#OTD in 1942, Doris Miller was presented with the Navy Cross by ADM Chester Nimitz for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Miller was later killed during the Battle of Makin in 1943. The fourth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier will be named in his honor.

Sign me up for this fan club!

Superintendent ≠ faculty.

If you’ve ever sat on an NEH review panel (as many of us have), you know how difficult it is to win a grant. It’s an incredibly exacting process, with way too many excellent projects competing for funding. Awardees are scrutinized from every direction, with more rigor than DOGE can even imagine.

Lots of people are hurting today, but I think it’s important to say that the closure of NEH and IMLS is an existential event for #DigitalHumanities #DH

It bears repeating that every one of these "defundings"—each & every one!—is an illegal & unconstitutional usurpation of Congress' exclusive power to determine how the people's money is spent & requires, as a basic matter of constitutional fidelity, the impeachment & removal of everyone involved

At least they have different middle names, unlike some naval families. 😭😭

Including a whole family of US naval officers!

The U.S. Navy was not founded in 1775. 😂

🌊🌊🌊 New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊

Check out @abbymullen.bsky.social (USNA)’s rvw of Richard J. King (@sea1971.bsky.social Williams College–Mystic Seaport)’s bk _Ocean Bestiary: Meeting Marine Life from Abalone to Orca to Zooplankton_ pub 2023 @uchicagopress.bsky.social

Review avail @hnetreviews.bsky.social

I’m honored to have an essay in this great new volume edited by Paul Kennedy and @evanwilson.bsky.social . Nice to get this in the mail today after a very bad week all around.

Digital Public Library of America. Not all public domain, but a huge number of images from a large number of contributing orgs. dp.la

Best-Laid Plans A new book on 400 years of great-power competition

A new book, from me and Paul Kennedy:

evanmwilson.substack.com/p/best-laid-...

#navalhistory

McMullen Naval History Symposium Naval History Symposium page for History Department at USNA.edu. Updated Thu Jan 30 16:36:04 EST 2025.

Registration for the 2025 McMullen Naval History Symposium is now live! It’s a great conference, it will be a great place to think seriously about the value of history for our armed forces, and it’s free! www.usna.edu/History/Symp...

American Revolution or Revolutionary War? Inspired by the recent JER conversation on the Revolution at 250, Dillon Streifeneder considers how historians in recent years have worked to bring military history back into the history of the Ame…

Inspired by the recent #JERWinter2024 conversation on the Revolution at 250, Dillon Streifeneder considers how historians in recent years have worked to bring military history back into the history of the American Revolution: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/01/21/a...

I’m honored to be in such august company!

And I see a corner of @abbymullen.bsky.social 's excellent "To Fix a National Character" at the lower right. Nice array of good books from a great press.