Check out our exciting new roundtable: “Challenges and opportunities in writing Black biography”, with Katherine Burns (Glasgow), Adam Domby (Auburn), @hngreen.bsky.social (Davidson) and @davidsilkenat.bsky.social (Florida): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Challenges and opportunities in writing Black biography: a roundtable discussion

This roundtable is an outgrowth of a panel held at the BrANCH annual conference in Cardiff in September 2025. While the BrANCH panel focused on the particulars of the research findings of the panel...

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First our published scholarship was used, without authors' consent, to train AI programs. Now, we get unauthorized AI-generated biographies of said scholars and public intellectuals. Posting free NYT link here: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/t...

I Got Slopped (Gift Article)

Someone used A.I. to write my biography. Thousands more of those books are polluting Amazon. Who is behind all this drivel?

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So glad to have contributed to this piece.

David Silkenat@davidsilkenat.bsky.social · 3w ago

New article by @hngreen.bsky.social, Adam Domby, Katherine Burns, and me in @anchistjournal.bsky.social on writing Black biography www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“No sooner had Northern armies touched Southern soil than this old question, newly guised, sprang from the earth, — What shall be done with slaves?” - W. E. B. Du Bois, “Of the Dawn of Freedom,” The Souls of Black Folk (1903) Happy Juneteenth!

“When Northern armies entered the South they became armies of emancipation. It was the last thing they planned to be.” – W. E. B. Du Bois, Black Reconstruction (1935). Happy Juneteenth!

Looking forward to this event! I'm reflecting on the 2011 "Imperiled Promise" NPS report and considering how to move forward in this present moment. It is going to be great conversation!

Don't delay -- application materials should be sent to RichardsCenter@psu.edu by TOMORROW, April 15! The @richardscenter.bsky.social and @jcwe.bsky.social announce a journal article workshop for advanced graduate students, recent PhDs, assistant professors, and independent scholars.

Please share! @kevinmkruse.bsky.social @civilwarmemory.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social @alexvont.bsky.social @hngreen.bsky.social @drkarenlcox.bsky.social @gregjenner.bsky.social @profmsinha.bsky.social @jbf1755.bsky.social @zurch.bsky.social #skystorians 🗃️

Excited for OAH in Philly! My paper focuses on Isaiah King (shown)) and John N. Conna, two Civil War veterans who are chasing Reconstruction’s promise in Alaska. This WIP panel session forced me to put words on a page and fully consider a possible home for the larger project. #amwriting

Happy 10th book pub anniversary of Educational Reconstruction! I am happy with its impact in the fields of Reconstruction Studies, Urban History, History of Education, African American history and Public History. I'm very grateful to now see it on a shelf alongside my other publications.

👀👀👀👀 check out this journal article workshop opportunity!

Richards Center Penn State@richardscenter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The @richardscenter.bsky.social and @jcwe.bsky.social announce a journal article workshop for advanced graduate students, recent PhDs, assistant professors, and independent scholars. Application materials should be sent to RichardsCenter@psu.edu by April 15, 2026!

Spring travel commences. I'm presenting a new piece on my Davidson campus work at the Univ of Alabama. The feedback will make it closer to publication worthy. I'm also doing a book talk at the Univ of Arkansas the week after. It's my first time of the campus and I can't wait. #amwriting

Another book worth checking out is @hngreen.bsky.social Unforgettable Sacrifice #HATM #TheGrayHouse amzn.to/4u8Zmmi

Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War (Reconstructing America)

Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War (Reconstructing America) [Green, Hilary N., Fields-Black, Edda L.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War (Reconstructing America)

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Final book pub anniversary post: I wrote this book for my diverse communities--academic historian, daughter, niece, cousin and community member of where I have worked after getting my Ph.D. One early reader told me that we need a history of African American porches and porch sitting. 1/3

Book pub anniversary, post 3: We need more books on Black CW Memory and not less. I discussed communities that I knew intimately & left plenty of breadcrumbs for future scholarship. One point that scholars have picked up on is the tendency to reduce Black Civil War Memory to counter-memory. 1/2

Book pub anniversary, post 2: I'm grateful for my writing community who encouraged me to be bold, experiment w/ form, & develop this second book. The porch lessons, for instance, emerged from this community & had the full support of my editor Andy Slap and @fordhampress.bsky.social

Book-pub anniversary, post 1: I learned that is okay to start a project in opposition but not enough to sustain a decade long project. I wanted communities' porch archives to be understood w/in the field of Civil War Memory. Thankful for the communities' trust in me to write this book.

Happy Book-Pub Anniversary of Unforgettable Sacrifice! It has been a whirlwind year. So I will do a series of posts about the book today.

I am extremely grateful for the generous review in the Journal of Southern History of Unforgettable Sacrifice.

This was such a fun conversation! Hope that you give it a listen!

Cathleen D. Cahill@cathleendcahill.bsky.social · 6mo ago

@shgape.bsky.social Pod drop! Fantastic conversation w/ @hngreen.bsky.social re her recent book, _Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War_ , an exciting addition to scholarship on Civil War memory and a meditation on methodology. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I am honored to have Unforgettable Sacrifice recognized with these other amazing finalists for the ASALH book prize.

Great to join Clodagh Harrington and Alex Waddan today on the "A Chicken in Every Pot" podcast. We discussed my new book "The Republican House Divided", as well as all things Republican Party and Civil War memory. Listen wherever you usually find your podcasts! 🗃️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

How Civil War memory still defines US politics

Podcast Episode · A Chicken in Every Pot · 18/12/2025 · 53m

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Disappointed by my Ph.D. alma mater. These research centers played a vital role in cultivating the intellectual rigor and scholarly reputation of UNC. www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

UNC cuts all six area studies research centers, effective 2026

As part of the University's plan to make $70 million in budget cuts across the institution, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman projected that cutting 14 centers and institutes in...

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I really enjoyed this book. Congratulations to Justene Hill Edwards. macmillan.yale.edu/stories/yale...

Yale Announces 2025 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner

Yale University’s Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition has announced the winner of the twenty-seventh annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize.

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Interesting research project at Georgetown. I can't wait to update my Spring Race and Campus Histories course syllabus to include this development. wapo.st/48NjKPZ

Search begins to find families of Black boys buried at abandoned Md. site

Georgetown University has launched a research hub tasked with investigating the deaths and identities of children and teens who died in juvenile facilities nationwide.

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Congratulations to former Muster editor @hngreen.bsky.social for being included on this illustrious list!

UNC Press@uncpress.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Brian Kwoba's HUBERT HARRISON is listed as a Best Black History Book of 2025 by AAIHS 👏 www.aaihs.org/the-best-bla...

Honored to have Unforgettable Sacrifice among this stellar list of books. www.aaihs.org/the-best-bla...

The Best Black History Books of 2025 - AAIHS

We are pleased to release this year’s AAIHS list of the best books published in 2025! Check out this extraordinary list of great books from 2025 that offer varied historical perspectives on the Black ...

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With the semiquincentennial behind us, launching the next 250 with my 251st #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

#ScholarSunday Thread 251 (11/23/25) – Black and White and Read All Over

With the semiquincentennial behind us, launching the next 250 with my 251st #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week...

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Looking forward to speaking about the book at Emory on Monday. jamesweldonjohnson.emory.edu/about/news-e...

I am very grateful for the recognition!

Kevin M. Levin@civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The Best Civil War Books of 2025 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...