@adamxmcneil.bsky.social
2025-2027 Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies at the University of Virginia. Ph.D. in Early African American Women's History from Rutgers University.
"Ours is a beautiful, ancient craft essential for any society's needs for self-understanding. We are equipped with a host of modern methods, but guided ethically by very old rules that no authoritarian political project ought to be allowed to profane." www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbz2...
WATCH: David Blight makes opening statement in hearing on how Smithsonian presents history
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Episode Three of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! This episode features Matthew Mason in conversation with Richard Bell on his new book & SHEAR Best Book Prize Winner, The American Revolution & the Fate of the World. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-american...
"This week we’re in Rhode Island" — In this video from @photowalkstv.bsky.social, Professor of History and Director and Librarian of the @jcblibrary.bsky.social, @kawulf.bsky.social, was interviewed about Brown’s Revolutionary War-era history. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=72RbEbWzZJo
I am honoured—and amazed!—to be one of five finalists for the George Washington Book Prize, a nomination that says “The Franklin Stove” is one of 2025’s best books on the founding of the United States www.mountvernon.org/about/news/n...
Nominees Announced for the 2026 George Washington Prize, One of America’s Most Prestigious Book Awards
Nominees Announced for the 2026 George Washington Prize, One of America’s Most Prestigious Book Awards
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Today a teacher told me that @lizcovart.bsky.social saved them during the pandemic because they discovered @bfworld.bsky.social and suddenly had more books to read than they ever possibly could. The power of that podcast!
Congratulations to Edward Green (PSU PhD 2025) who received the @shearites.bsky.social Robyn Lily Davis Dissertation Prize for his project - Captains and community: Interdependency, Diplomacy, and the Development of 'Quotidian Power' in the Choctaw Nation, 1729-1860!! 🔥👏🎉
Early American Studies@easmisc.bsky.social · 2mo agoBig news for early career historians: EAS & the Journal of the Early Republic have launched the G.E.H. Prize — $500 for the best article by an emerging scholar, alternating journals each year. First winner announced at SHEAR! https://bit.ly/4b5wYcF
How do you assess a parasocial relationship with a famous scholar after their passing? My thanks to @thejerpano.bsky.social for including my thoughts in the remembrance for Gordon Wood. @kawulf.bsky.social #SHEAR2026 thepanorama.shear.org/2026/07/13/r...
Remembering Gordon S. Wood
Four historians offer reflections on the various ways their careers were shaped by Gordon S. Wood.
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. #SHEAR2026 may be over, but the 40% discount code still lives . . . until August 15! Good to see you @stevesarson.bsky.social, @adamxmcneil.bsky.social@frankcogliano.bsky.social, @matthewmason.bsky.social, Christopher Pearl, Susan Stearns (And many more)! www.upress.virginia.edu/exhibits/she...
Sat in on Carolyn Eastman’s #SHEAR2026 Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony. Crazy how fast a year moves. This time last year I accepted SHEAR/UVA Press’ dissertation prize! And now? I’m actively completing my manuscript! Praise the Lord!
One of the funnest and most challenging (in a good way) experiences I’ve had in quite a long time. Now, time to reprise this exercise for my Slavery in the American Revolution freshmen writing seminar this fall! #SHEAR2026
Karin Wulf@kawulf.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat a(nother) great event! One slide 3 minutes. 😀 Ten (More) Things to Know about the American Revolution @ #SHEAR2026, following Ten Things in Providence in 2025. Co-sponsored by HSP, ITPS, & @jcblibrary.bsky.social (logo not appearing!) w super thanks to presenters & @noraslonimsky.bsky.social!
In honor of #SHEAR2026, enjoy Semiquincentennial-related articles from Early American Studies (@easmisc.bsky.social)! Read "The Limits and Liberty of Loyalty: Black Loyalism in the Book of Negroes" by Kacy Tillman for free through December 31: https://bit.ly/4hl13Zz
We are here at #SHEAR2026! Stop by the booth, chat with an editor, browse our books, and take advantage of the conference discount! Or, if you're not in Philadelphia, visit our virtual exhibit and use promo code <10SHEAR26> valid until August 15! www.upress.virginia.edu/exhibits/she...
Waiting for @cgoodhistorian.bsky.social at 30th St Station to head to #SHEAR2026 and find myself thinking next time we meet in Philly those of us training in should coordinate a party bus to the hotel…
I’m in Philly for #SHEAR2026, so I’m re-upping this one more time for the conference crowd.
John Garrison Marks@johngmarks.com · 3mo agoThese exhibit panels diminish the actual lives of the people George Washington enslaved, while also cherry picking Washington’s statements opposing slavery to depict him as an early abolitionist. Visitors will now come away with a warped understanding of both Washington and the people he enslaved.
Stop by our exhibit at SHEAR and say hi to Editor in Chief, Andrew Davidson! The exhibit goes through Sunday morning. #SHEAR2026
If you're attending #SHEAR2026, come visit us in the the book exhibit, where beginning tomorrow (Saturday) at noon, we'll be giving away our display copies to graduate students and contingent scholars (limit one book per person)!
Attending this session is the one and only acceptable reason for not coming to my Printers Exchange panel happening concurrently. (Yeah, I’m a little disappointed I can’t go.) #SHEAR2026
Emily Sneff@emilysneff.bsky.social · 3mo agoHey @shearites.bsky.social, stick around until Sunday morning, you won't want to miss this roundtable conversation featuring authors of recent books related to the Declaration of Independence! @michaelhattem.bsky.social @rparkinson.bsky.social @frankcogliano.bsky.social @stevesarson.bsky.social
Historian here I am here at the political economy panel sponsored by the Journal of the Early Republic and we are talking about @svenbeckert.bsky.social new book on Capitalism. #SHEAR2026
Now, onward to the newly revised President's House Site so I can write about it. Again!
If anything is unique about this moment, it's not that the WH's narrow, white, celebratory history exists, it's that that specific story is NOT emerging organically, but needs to be imposed from above. People know when they're not gettingthe full story, and when given the option, they reject it.
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@adamxmcneil.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe Department of Africana Studies at Wellesley College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Comparative English Literature with a focus on African American Literature, to begin in Fall 2027. wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
The Department of Africana Studies at Wellesley College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Comparative English Literature with a focus on African American Literature, to begin in Fall 2027. wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
Please review the details for the position before applying. When applying, please confirm your legal name is entered exactly as it appears on your government-issued identification. Ensure that you hav...
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JCB Director Karin Wulf recently spoke with scholar Adam McNeil about Black Freedom in 1776 as part of our series The Revolution Is News. Read her reflections on their conversation here, and then follow the link to the recording!
David Sikenat's Scars on the Land! www.aaihs.org/an-environme...
An Environmental History of Slavery: An Interview with David Silkenat - AAIHS
In today’s post, Adam X. McNeil, a regular contributor of Black Perspectives, interviews Dr. David Silkenat on his new book, Scars on the Land An Environmental History of Slavery in the American South...
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Congratulations to 2024-25 Richards Center predoctoral fellow Adam Xavier McNeil, who has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame! He will begin his appointment this fall.
Be sure to check out Dr. Adam Xavier McNeil on PBS - Declarations: Black Americans and the Revolutionary War. Full episode will be available June 29. schedule.wttw.com/episodes/783...
