Excited to announce that Christian Imperialism is now (finally!) available on audio! Perfect listening for those late-summer road trips... I've got 10 free download codes to share (only available in the US). Free to the first 10 students who reach out! www.audible.com/pd/Christian...

Christian Imperialism

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. In 1812, eight American missionaries, under the direction of the recently formed American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, sailed from the Unite...

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What does "Responsive and Responsible AI Use in the Classroom" look like? @gilliansmac.bsky.social, Sarah Freye, and Danielle Nicole DeVoss, and I addressed this in a wonderful roundtable discussion revised for the newest volume of the Proceedings of the H-Net Teaching Conference. Check it out!

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What does the future of the classroom look like with the rise of A.I.? 🏫 @h-net-journals.bsky.social's newest volume of the Proceedings of the H-Net Teaching Conference discusses questions like this and more. networks.h-net.org/group/announ... #ai #education #teaching #edusky #academia

Episode Four of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Russell Arbic speaks with Linford D. Fisher on his new book Stealing America. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/linford-fish...

More than 30,000 immigrants will lose their work permits and face possible deportation now that the administration has ended the Temporary Protected Status program. Find immigration history resources, with context for today on the OAH site: https://ow.ly/Vtg150Zt877

I’m one of the local historians quoted in this Boston Globe story about the impact of Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian. @rezekjoe.bsky.social #America250 /1

Mass. historians fear Trump criticism of Smithsonian Institution will hit home - The Boston Globe

"I worry about people's ability . . . to tell a rich and nuanced story about the American past," said Joseph Adelman, professor of history at Framingham State University.

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What 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!

Are you unable to attend the tonight's (6:15pm) SHEAR Presidential Address? Well, President Carolyn Eastman’s address on “What They Talked About When They Talked About Demagogues in the Early American Republic,” will be livestreamed to our YouTube channel. Link here: www.youtube.com/live/0izEG4S...

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Please consider donating to support the SHEAR DEI Fellowships. Link below:

SHEAR@shearites.bsky.social · 3w ago

Donation Drive! A donor will be matching donations to the DEI Fellowships Fund in honor of former SHEAR President James Brewer Stewart. Please consider giving to provide underrepresented/early-career scholars support with research expenses. Donate here: shear.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donati...

SHEAR is pleased to announce the results of the 2026 SHEAR elections. Congratulations to SHEAR’s newly elected officers! In addition, SHEAR would like to thank all of the candidates in this year’s election as well as the Nominating Committee.

Historians! Humanists! Anyone who cares about reason, ethics, and empathy! YOU'RE INVITED! Come "meet: Carleigh Beriont, the History Ph.D., teacher, and former grad student union organizer who is running for Congress in NH-01. 🗃️ Wed. June 17, 7 PM Eastern, Online secure.actblue.com/donate/cbfc-...

As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on. Julia Ward Howe Born May 27, 1819

Yes. You could import this to any discipline or endeavor. Thinking is the thing we do. For which we get credit, and are held accountable.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about.

It's Coming! The 47th annual meeting of SHEAR is taking place July 16th through 19th in Philadelphia this year. We cannot wait to see you. If you haven't yet checked out the program or registered for the Annual Meeting visit - share.google/I8WJ4Yw2GapR...

We know you’ve all been waiting… H-Net is excited to announce our 5th annual conference! 🎉🎉🎉 “Why It Matters: Teaching Empathy, Critical Thinking, and Civil Discourse across Humanities and Social Sciences” is the theme. The deadline for proposals is Friday, May 22, 2026. #humanities #socialscience

Today's featured title: "Missionary Diplomacy: Religion and Nineteenth-Century American Foreign Relations," by Emily Conroy-Krutz, Cornell University Press, 2026 @cornellupress.bsky.social @econroykrutz.bsky.social www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

From the conclusion of my @slate.com piece: slate.com/news-and-pol...

Canal Dreamers looks good large! How fun to celebrate books with the team at @uncpress.bsky.social in their booth @oah.org. If you are at the conference, check out the small version that you can actually open and read. 🗃️ #skystorians @sonyabonczek.bsky.social

Hey— This is a great venue for writing—and reading—history informed op-eds. Great news!

Christopher McKnight Nichols@cmcknichols.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Just confirming that Made by History will now be back up and running in the next few weeks with a new home and new partners at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Exciting! So, if you have pitches, now's the time to start sending them to madebyhistory@inquirer.com 🗃️ #MadebyHistory #HistoryMatters

On this #TransDayOfVisibility, we celebrate the joy and resilience of transgender and genderqueer people in our communities. This day is a time to affirm the presence, dignity, and contributions of trans and gender nonconforming people. Read more: pcusa.org/worship-with...

Very excited to announce my first book 🪄 Film Diplomacy 📽️ is forthcoming with @columbiaup.bsky.social.

Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...

Help the @JERPano document the rewriting or removal of historical information at federal sites, parks, museums, and government platforms. Preserve history for the public. To submit or view previous changes on The Panorama's Early Republic Tracker visit: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...

The Early Republic Tracker

The Early Republic Tracker documents instances where the federal government is removing facts and stories essential to the public’s understanding American history from public historical sites, muse…

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This Thursday, Emily Conroy-Krutz from Michigan State University will talk about "Around the World with Arthur Brown: Missionary Diplomacy at the Turn of the 20th Century"👀. 📍 HCA, Atrium 🕰️ Jan 22, 6:15 p.m. About the talk: www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/de/veranstal...

Students want to be informed but often don't know the difference between an expert & an influencer @laurenfturek.bsky.social & I tried to create a space--away from algo rabbit holes--where teachers could find expertise on these issues for their classrooms www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... 6/6

The Routledge History of Religion and Politics in the United States Since 1775

Drawing together history and recent historiography, this volume offers a reference work for understanding how religion influenced politics and how politics shaped religion in the United States from th...

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And there are historiographic interventions! -@jstuart.bsky.social makes a case for Mrs. Hamer to stand alongside Martin and Malcolm as civil rights religious leaders -Katherine Moran layers Antisemitism, AntiCatholicism, and Nativism together as intertwined histories to be studied together 5/6

There are perennial questions answered in thematic chapters on: -Religion & the State (not just "church & state") -Pluralism & Secularism -Capitalism, Religion & Politics -Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism -Gender, Religion & Politics -Material Culture 4/6

The Humanities doesn't have to be "relevant" to matter, but the history of religion & politics is nonetheless like: -Hugh Urban explaining Conspiracy & Disinformation -Kathleen Tobin explaining Secularism, Nones & Interfaith Communities - @econroykrutz.bsky.social on Missionaries & Diplomacy 3/

If you want to give students an overview before diving deeply into complex topics, check out these *8 page* chapters: -@brianclites.bsky.social explaining the history of Clergy Sexual Abuse - Jane Hong on Immigration & Asian American religions - @wmstell.bsky.social on LGBTQ+ Rights 2/6

It's time for @laurenfturek.bsky.social & I to celebrate the book birthday for The Routledge History of Religion and Politics in the United States Since 1775! 44 chapters, 48 contributors representing both History & Religious Studies www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... 1/n

The Routledge History of Religion and Politics in the United States Since 1775

Drawing together history and recent historiography, this volume offers a reference work for understanding how religion influenced politics and how politics shaped religion in the United States from th...

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