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“1776, PDA, TMI” by Serena Zabin on The Panorama! In a companion essay to her recent #JERPano article, Zabin explores a previously untold story about love, enslavement, and the evacuation of Boston. Link 🧵 below.
1776, PDA, TMI
In a companion essay to her recent JER article, Serena Zabin explores a previously untold story about love, enslavement, and the evacuation of Boston.
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Meet the Author Serena Zabin! Her #JERSummer2026 article: "Everything Must Go" examines the fate of the Elizabeth, the last ship to leave Boston in 1776. Access the #JERPano article via the link below or scanning the QR code and go to our linktree.
Read #JERpano award-winning scholarship for FREE Meagan Wierda's "Statistics 'in Relation to Themselves'" now available without a login thanks to @uncpress.bsky.social Learn about how Af-American activists challenged the flawed 1840 Census and used data to counter pro-slavery arguments Link 👇
Join the #JERPano and @uncpress.bsky.social in congratulating Meagan Wierda on the remarkable recognition her Winter Publication in the JER received this year! Wierda's piece won "Best Article" from: @shearites.bsky.social , @susih.bsky.social , and @berksconference.bsky.social! Link below.
Enjoy the next #JERPano #SummerOfSocials installation! Check out our next set of suggestions in our summertime initiative designed share some of the great tools The Panorama has to offer with educators. Might we suggest giving the following a read. Links below 🧵
“The Misleading Historical Claims of Coverture” In a #JERCompano essay to her recent JER article, Laura F. Edwards discusses the challenges facing historians attempting to chip away at established views of coverture. Link Below 🧵
Read the latest #JERPano installment in our "250 in the American West" series! "From State in the Union to Domestic Dependent Nation: Lenape Futures from 1778 Onward” David Lehman considers the history of the Lenape (Delaware) nation as part of American history at 250. Link Below - 🧵
Congratulations to Megan Wierda the winner of the 2026 the Ralph D. Gray Article Prize. You can find Wierda's award winning article to read (and share with friends, colleagues and students) here on Project Muse: muse-jhu-edu.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/pub/12/artic...
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SHEAR@shearites.bsky.social · 2mo agoCongratulations to Meagan Wierda winner of The Ralph D. Gray Article Prize for “‘Statistics in Relation to Themselves:’ African American Activists, the Census of 1840, and the Radical Potential of Quantification” in The Journal of the Early Republic. (@thejerpano.bsky.social)
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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Thanks to two generous donations, we are offering several hybrid conference sessions. Registration for these sessions is free and open to all. Check out the 🧵 below to scan the QR codes or click on the links provided to register for the panel(s) you would like to attend.
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SHEAR@shearites.bsky.social · 3mo agoJoin us as we team up with the @amphilsociety.bsky.social for the launch of the SHEAR Civics Exchange! The event titled: "Civic Engagement in the Revolutionary City, 1776 and 2026," will take place on Wednesday 7/15 from 6pm-7:30pm. Register to attend here: www.amphilsoc.org/events/civic...
🙌Free to the Public!🙌 #SHEAR2026 is Here! Register for the #JERPano Saturday (July 18th) Session Five from 9:00-10:45 am. "New Approaches to Freedom of Religion in the Early Republic" Link to Session Five: iona.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Link to all Sessions: thepanorama.shear.org/2026/07/13/s...
🙌Free to the Public!🙌 #SHEAR2026 is Here! Register for the #JERPano Saturday (July 18th) Session Five from 9:00-10:45 am. "New Approaches to Freedom of Religion in the Early Republic" Link to Session Five: iona.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Link to all Sessions: thepanorama.shear.org/2026/07/13/s...
Check out "Looking East at America 250: The Nation’s Semiquincentennial out West" the latest #JERPano250! Jason Hanson considers the acclaimed "Moments That Made US" exhibit. Read on the #JERPano at: thepanorama.shear.org/2026/07/08/l...
Can't attend #SHEAR2026 in person? Due to generous donations from the UT Dallas History Graduate Program & VMI's Program in Constitutional History, we're offering hybrid access to sessions in a dedicated room hosting some of the most anticipated Friday and Saturday panels. Links⬇️
Happy Independence Day from the #JERPano! While spending the day with family and friends, we hope the Spirit of '76 remains high and your celebration of America's Semiquincentennial is one for the history books. In the words of John Adams bring on the "Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations"!
Join @shearites.bsky.social and the @amphilsociety.bsky.social - in learning about the launch of the Civics Exchange program!
SHEAR@shearites.bsky.social · 3mo agoJoin us as we team up with the @amphilsociety.bsky.social for the launch of the SHEAR Civics Exchange! The event titled: "Civic Engagement in the Revolutionary City, 1776 and 2026," will take place on Wednesday 7/15 from 6pm-7:30pm. Register to attend here: www.amphilsoc.org/events/civic...
Join @shearites.bsky.social and the @amphilsociety.bsky.social - in learning about the launch of the Civics Exchange program!
SHEAR@shearites.bsky.social · 3mo agoJoin us as we team up with the @amphilsociety.bsky.social for the launch of the SHEAR Civics Exchange! The event titled: "Civic Engagement in the Revolutionary City, 1776 and 2026," will take place on Wednesday 7/15 from 6pm-7:30pm. Register to attend here: www.amphilsoc.org/events/civic...
Francis Kolb Turnbell's "Spain and the American Revolution in the West" - the #JERPano's newest #JER250 reflection! Link to piece on The Panorama as first comment.
Join us as we team up with the @amphilsociety.bsky.social for the launch of the SHEAR Civics Exchange! The event titled: "Civic Engagement in the Revolutionary City, 1776 and 2026," will take place on Wednesday 7/15 from 6pm-7:30pm. Register to attend here: www.amphilsoc.org/events/civic...
Civic Engagement in the Revolutionary City, 1776 and 2026 | American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society and the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic cordially invite you to “Civic Engagement in the Revolutionary City, 1776 and 2026.” This event, which ...
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Kicking off a new #JERPano250 series “250 in the West!" “Washington Didn’t Sleep Here: The Semiquincentennial in the Evergreen State.” Lawrence B.A. Hatter speaks to how geography and historical distance shape revolutionary memory in Washington's namesake. thepanorama.shear.org/2026/06/17/s...
Washington Didn’t Sleep Here: The Semiquincentennial in the Evergreen State
Lawrence B.A. Hatter explores what the Semiquincentennial means to the people of Washington state.
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Know someone writing a dissertation in need of practical advice? We recommend - that you recommend - Ann Daly's "How to Write a Dissertation Chapter!" on The Panorama Visit today to read the last post of our #JERPano Demystifying the Doctorate forum series. Link below.
Framed as a “routine refresh” but part of broader shifts in public history, the NPS announced plans to remove quotes on abolition, suffrage, and immigration from interpretive panels at Boston’s Bunker Hill Monument. Tracking erasure matters. View changes at: thepanorama.shear.org/2026/06/08/b...
NPS To Remove Quotes From Bunker Hill Monument
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Nice to see this review of THE DRIVER'S STORY in @thejerpano.bsky.social. Linda Noel praises "its clear prose, informed observations, and brevity," & its "in-depth analysis of the workings of the system of slavery and the lives of individuals caught up within it." muse.jhu.edu/pub/12/artic...
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The JER and The Panorama are now on Linked in! Are you interested in connecting with the #JERPano in more meaningful ways beyond the 300-character limit? Connect with us at - www.linkedin.com/in/journal-e...
A “Demystifying the Doctorate” by Molly Nebiolo is live! Nebiolo reflects on imposter syndrome and its graduate student impact in "A Collective Ailment: Imposter Syndrome and Moving (Slogging?) through the PhD (Discussed in the Framework of a WebMD Page)" at: thepanorama.shear.org/2026/05/20/i...
A Collective Ailment: Imposter Syndrome and Moving (Slogging?) through the PhD (Discussed in the Framework of a WebMD Page)
Molly Nebiolo reflects on the all-too-common academic feeling of imposter syndrome and how it especially impacts graduate students.
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