Lindsey Wieck
@lwieck.bsky.social
Historian of 20th and 21st cities, US West, race and culture. Associate Professor and Director of Public History at St. Mary's Univ. Lover of books, coffee, and flowers.
@hollyguise.bsky.social's book, Alaska Native Resilience, by @amyjay401.bsky.social @toreolsson.bsky.social's book, Red Dead's History, by Sarah Sears @embsumek.bsky.social et al.'s ClioVis Software, by @lwieck.bsky.social Donald Yacovone's book, Teaching White Supremacy, by Richard Hughes
🗃️ The most recent issue of Teaching History: A Journal of Methods is now live! openjournals.bsu.edu/teachinghist... Rd about food & the Byzantine Empire, public history, the Crusades & RTTP, & "A History of Your Day" activity (@thetattooedprof.bsky.social). Also: read teaching reviews on...
Vol. 50 No. 1 | Teaching History: A Journal of Methods
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Panelists talk about how we have to be comfortable being uncomfortable in talking about hard histories. Balance self care and doing this hard work. We must use our anger and balance it with hope. We need to find value in what makes us feel anger and pain and discomfort.
There is power in hearing in the Witte Museum's Dr. Michelle Cuellar Everidge assert unequivocally that Texas was built on the economy of slavery...especially in the current moment where the politicization of history does not guarantee us access to these fundamental truths.
Do we celebrate or commemorate Juneteenth? How and why? Do we discuss hard questions on that day or put them aside. AGR digs into these questions in Black Texas and beyond.
Lindsey Wieck@lwieck.bsky.social · 2y agoSo excited to hear @agr.bsky.social to cap off an incredible day of history and reflection.
hiiiii @kcarterjackson.bsky.social is on bluesky give her all your follows!
Kellie Carter Jackson@kcarterjackson.bsky.social · 2y agoGrateful! Keep refusing!
@kcarterjackson.bsky.social citing Stephanie Camp is like a nesting doll filled with amazing historians doing such incredible work.
Lindsey Wieck@lwieck.bsky.social · 2y ago"refusal is collective" Kellie Carter Jackson
Dr. Kimberlyn Montford sharing about spirituals as texts, and I love that she doesn't even need media, she just uses her own voice to sing her examples. She's talking about three kinds of spirituals - sorrowful songs, joyful songs, and coded songs to share info.
Dr. Mekala Audain with an incredible presentation on freedom seekers and the difficulties of escape including distorted ideas about distance, getting lost, and environmental / landscape challenges (getting water, human and animal predators, harsh terrain)
I will always love everything Cat writes.
Olivia Waite@oliviawaite.com · 2y agoMy top romance this year is Cat Sebastian’s You Should Be So Lucky. Sad bastard baseball boys, picking yourself up after the worst happens, and lines like this: “Sometimes you want to look at a guy and say, ‘Well, he’s fucked but he’s trying.’” www.harpercollins.com/products/you...
A very cool panel on land, law, and slavery made up with my colleague Teresa Van Hoy and one of our alums Eddie Paniagua at the Witte Museum's Conference on Texas. They're joined by Ronald W. Davis II and Sandra Ogogor
So excited to be at the Witte Museum's conference on Texas today. First up this morning is Dr. Daina Ramey Berry, “Endurin’ de Freedom War:” Slavery and Emancipation in Texas—A Complex History
Bumping this back to the top of my feed! I've added quite a few people so if it's been awhile, check back in :)
Lindsey Wieck@lwieck.bsky.social · 2y agoHi friends! I've been trying really hard to keep this list diverse. Recommendations welcome, especially of BIPOC & queer (etc.) public historians whose voices you'd like to see elevated here! go.bsky.app/53FhZd1
Finally made a #Blackademics starter pack! Let continue to build community here. This is part of #Blacksky so please show your appreciation to the architect, @rudyfraser.com
Yesterday I went to a preview event at the Witte Museum for an upcoming conference focused on the ongoing legacies of slavery in Texas on December 5 and 6. They have scholarships for students and teachers and notably includes a keynote by Annette Gordon-Reed! www.wittemuseum.org/conference/
@lwieck.bsky.social also has written multiple #AHAPerspectives articles. The most recent was on the history of BART in San Francisco.
From Downtown to the Mission in Three Minutes – AHA
When San Francisco’s subway system arrived in the Mission District, Latino residents organized against the gentrification they feared it would bring.
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My department is running a tenure track search in Public History for someone who focuses on Latine or Indigenous History. PLEASE share widely; and reach out with questions. I'm more than happy to sell the benefits of joining our really vibrant program. www.careers.luc.edu/postings/29664
History, Assistant Professor of Public History, Tenure Track
The candidate will have a PhD in History or a closely related field at the time of appointment. Candidates for the position must demonstrate clear potential for excellence in research and teaching, ob...
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Feeling stuck coming up with good assignments that can't be completed with AI but don't require in-class work? I present: the book hunt. A simple but very useful exercise that went over well with my intro class this semester. cassandragoodhistorian.com/2024/11/12/t... 🗃️
The Book Hunt Assignment
This semester, I knew I wanted to swap out the short primary source analysis papers I’d been using in my US History to 1877 survey class. First, it was challenging to prevent AI cheating (whi…
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Looking for an NYT subscriber who could help me get a pdf of this article please? timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...
The New York Times: Tuesday April 29, 1969
The complete edition of the New York Times published on Tuesday April 29, 1969.
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Share something good that's happened to you this week! I had my favorite trio of breakfast tacos today: bean & cheese, egg & nopal, and potato, egg, & avocado...and they made me feel a little less angry.
a poster that says good things can grow in dark times with flowers and clouds
ALT: a poster that says good things can grow in dark times with flowers and clouds
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US Urban History starter pack. I know I probably missed a bunch of really talented people, so please add and suggest folks. @urbanrenewal.bsky.social @lizgreenspan.bsky.social go.bsky.app/ADP275m
Now that I understand starter packs better, I made one for the conversation I want to have. It's Digital Public History. A pack of public historians who work primarily in a digital medium or digital humanists who focus on public engagement. If that's you too, lemme know. bsky.app/starter-pack...
OK academic Bluesky, remember: > Sharing publications is great, bragging about productivity is unnecessary > Teaching is really hard, shaming students is really bad > Won't live-skeeting conferences be fun?! > No one is an expert in generative AI anything, tech cant save higher ed > Alt text always
Ok folks, resharing some key starter packs in the Venn Diagram of my fields: Two American studies packs from @americanstudier.bsky.social go.bsky.app/JrsmRyd go.bsky.app/3bDjpiA Two digital humanities packs from @literaturegeek.bsky.social go.bsky.app/8cjAx6v go.bsky.app/RMU7bAd
One of my favorite readings for museum day in intro to public history!
B. Erin Cole@berincole.bsky.social · 2y agoIt still surprises me how many people like this comic and still want to talk to me about this comic, five years since I drew it! A lot of museum folks have the Typical Exhibit Experience diagram printed out and hanging in their offices, too…..
