Working my way through Reviewer 2 comments for an essay and think this may be the last time I write an article for a journal. There were valid critiques but also really nasty, unjustified, and bonkers stmts. Why subject myself to such vitriol if I'm not TT?

If you know me as a scholar, you know how excited I am for this. If you know me as a conference organizer, you know this is going to be phenomenal. Please share far and wide!

SMU Center for Presidential History@cphatsmu.bsky.social · 4w ago

CFP: Aid, Alliance, and Eighty Years: Reassessing the Marshall Plan, a conference marking the 80th anniversary of Marshall's speech at Harvard Yard. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX April 14–15, 2027 Proposal deadline: October 15, 2026 See the full CFP for details: tinyurl.com/yu2ys5xm

People who use two spaces between sentences drive me batty. I learned two spaces, back in elementary school with Mavis Beacon. But I adapted. You can too!

📢 Only a few weeks left to apply! The application deadline for the IEG Doctoral Fellowships is 15 August 2026. Doctoral researchers from Germany and abroad are invited to apply for a 6–12 month research stay at the Leibniz Institute of European History in Mainz. 👉 More information:

IEG Fellowships for Doctoral Students

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CFP: Aid, Alliance, and Eighty Years: Reassessing the Marshall Plan, a conference marking the 80th anniversary of Marshall's speech at Harvard Yard. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX April 14–15, 2027 Proposal deadline: October 15, 2026 See the full CFP for details: tinyurl.com/yu2ys5xm

The deadline for William Appleman Williams Emerging Scholar Research Grant; Hogan Foreign Language Fellowship; and Graduate Dissertation Research Grants is October 15. Visit www.shafr.org/awards for more details.

Temple alum Seth Tannenbaum on baseball 🎁 share.inquirer.com/cn4nw8

Will MLB’s outreach to Black fans with the HBCU Swingman Classic at Citizen’s Bank Park resonate?

It may take more than a few special events to overcome decades of marginalization.

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Does #SHAFR need an Instagram presence? Weighing the pros and cons.

Excited to share I've been awarded a Broadening Academia Initiative Hybrid Fellowship with @ushmm.bsky.social Mandel Center supporting research for my new book on 1948. As an independent scholar, opportunities like this are rare, and I hope more institutions follow Mandel Center's lead!

Finally unpacking from #SHAFR2026 and looking forward to some non-fiction poolside reading. @columbiaup.bsky.social @academic.oup.com @uchicagopress.bsky.social

The latest #EverythingHasAHistory article in #AHAPerspectives is about a military-issued map of Tokyo used by US servicemembers and others stationed in Japan after WWII. "What’s most intriguing about the one I found are the personal notations of the original owner," Steven P. Remy writes. 🗃️

Map of US-Occupied Tokyo – AHA

A 1947 map of US-occupied Tokyo reveals how thousands of American military personnel and their dependents navigated the city after World War II.

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Hey @shafrhistorians.bsky.social peeps, due to overwhelming demand, I'm in need of more mentors for the SHAFR Backchannel, our informal mentoring session at the conference this month. If you'd be willing to chat w/ a student for 30min over coffee, shoot me a message!

Last night I watched The Best Years of Our Lives on @tcmtv.bsky.social. It still hits. There's a reason it was one of the first films selected for preservation by @librarycongress.bsky.social youtu.be/X9lufYAOxes?...

Trailer | The Best Years Of Our Lives | Warner Archive

YouTube video by Warner Bros. Classics

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When you don't receive the email you want, but Google Scholar slides in twice in one week to validate you

a little girl is talking to a man and says `` you is smart , you is kind , you is important '' .

ALT: a little girl is talking to a man and says `` you is smart , you is kind , you is important '' .

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What’s the Navy equivalent of an army marches on its stomach?

USA TODAY@usatoday.com · 5mo ago

Thousands of boxes sent to service members in the Middle East are stuck in limbo after the U.S. Postal Service indefinitely suspended delivery amid Iran war. bit.ly/4cg7jz5 📸: Dan F. and Anonymous/Contributed to USA TODAY

Popping into #OAH26 tomorrow for some meetings and looking forward to the #SHAFR meet-up!

The George C. Marshall Foundation has put together an outstanding new multimedia guide to the Marshall Plan--rich with primary sources, photographs, posters, and audio. A terrific resource for anyone working on postwar reconstruction or US foreign relations www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and...

Fell down a very cool rabbit hole exploring 'Mapping Victory,' a collection of WWII souvenir maps made by US Army units, showing the war through soldiers’ eyes, from combat to liberation to the aftermath: mappingvictory.org/index.html cc: @smh-historians.bsky.social @tamu.bsky.social

Are you headed to Philadelphia for the @oah.org annual meeting later this month? Join #SHAFR members for an informal meet-up. Friday, April 17, 2026 5–7:30 PM Loews Philadelphia Hotel Bar 1200 Market St

Looks like #foodhist is having a moment! 🤩 Check out the finalists for @businesshistoryc.bsky.social Kroos Dissertation Prize.

Flying to the UK this week for my first @businesshistoryc.bsky.social and trying to calculate just how much extra time I need for TSA at EWR...

Hey #SHAFR friends, I'm working to improve our ugly website. Anyone have a photo of a cart from NARA filled with boxes that happens to be aesthetically pleasing and screams 'research' that they would be willing to share?

Throughout the Holocaust, letters were sent in their millions. A new book, Holocaust Letters: Methodologies, Cases and Reflections marks the first volume of its kind to examine collectively letter writing during this period and draws on evidence from our archive. Find out more:

A new book draws on the Wiener Holocaust Library's family letters collections - The Wiener Holocaust Library

Throughout the Holocaust, letters were sent in their millions, in a variety of different contexts and for a range of differing purposes. Launching this month, Holocaust Letters: Methodologies, Cases…

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Calling all K-12 History educators! Applications are DUE MARCH 6 for our Summer 2026 Seminar on the Declaration of Independence! Join us & 100 teachers at SMU in Dallas, all expenses paid. You can find all application info at www.smu.edu/cph/A250

Myrna F. Bernath Book Award deadline extended to March 15! SHAFR members apply/nominate books published in 2024/2025 and written by a woman, non-binary, and/or trans scholar in the field. Instructions for submission can be found here: www.shafr.org/myrna-f--ber...

Still time to join us tonight for this event with @renfro.bsky.social! SMU, Dallas Hall, 6pm.

SMU Center for Presidential History@cphatsmu.bsky.social · 7mo ago

If you're in the Dallas-area, join us Thursday (2/19) night at SMU for our event *The Life and Death of Ryan White4: AIDS and Inequality in America.* Featuring @renfro.bsky.social. Register for this free event here: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/a9jgesk @uncpress.bsky.social

Congratulations @oscarwinberg.bsky.social 🎉👏

SMU Center for Presidential History@cphatsmu.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Join us in offering congratulations to @oscarwinberg.bsky.social, winner of the 2026 CPH Book Prize(!) for his book *Archie Bunker for President* @uncpress.bsky.social We look forward to welcoming Dr. Winberg to SMU next academic year to share his work with our campus and Dallas community!

Applications are now open for our American History & Civics Summer Seminar for K-12 educators. Topic: The Declaration of Independence: Info: Summer 2026, SMU, Dallas, TX! We welcome applications from educators across the country! Deadline: March 6 Details & application: smu.edu/cph/A250

SAVE THE DATE 🇳🇱 #SHAFR2028 cc: @dariofazzi.bsky.social

No. 1 Best? The Marshall Plan. Just sit with that for a moment. www.cfr.org/ten-best-ten...

The 10 Best and 10 Worst U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions

For two-and-a-half centuries, the United States has faced a challenging world. Some of its responses have advanced U.S. interests and values. Others have not. We asked members of the Society for Histo...

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