2026 just won't quit

United Farm Workers@ufw.bsky.social · 2d ago

The United Farm Workers union mourns the passing and celebrates the life of UFW cofounder Dolores Huerta. The greatest possible tribute to her life is for her work of organizing to continue. 1/

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‘Hamilton’ star Daveed Diggs discusses his perspective on America’s founding

The discussion was hosted by the Department of History and is a part of the University’s America 250 at Carolina series, which examines the U.S.’s past and future.

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So excited to get to talk about Hamilton, history, and the stories we tell, meet DAVEED DIGGS, and listen to him talk about pop culture & history!

Family history and genealogy, media juicing up controversy and fawning over science while failing to get that yes the historical analysis was conclusive. I couldn't not write about this! Shorter: just read @agordonreed.bsky.social. karinwulf.com/trove/the-fa...

The Family History of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson, and the Politics of Genealogy. - Karin Wulf

[The cover image is a page from Jefferson’s “Farm Book” at the Massachusetts Historical Society where he listed enslaved recipients of “Bread” at Monticello in 1810 –including Sally Hemings and four o...

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1st day of the semester! (Let's be real, it was way too hot for the blazer except for the photo)

Get your top five lists ready because it's time for the Historians At The Movies 8TH ANNIVERSARY WATCH PARTY. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, July 19th at 8pm eastern for HIGH FIDELITY. I can't believe we are still doing this so share this post widely and keep #HATM rocking and rolling.

I sent my manuscript to readers for my book workshop a couple of weeks ago & decided to add up the word count today... 127,777 in total! We'll see how that changes after the workshop, but for now I'm cruising right under the total I told the press 😂

It's been a week, y'all.. So, cheers

I’m rarely at a loss for words but today I don’t have many for the enormity and the complexity of Gordon Wood’s legacy - I was inspired by his work even as I agreed with about 1/2 and was often irritated by the rest. RIP. A real one. www.brown.edu/news/2026-06...

Passages: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Brown professor emeritus of history Gordon S. Wood

The prolific and preeminent historian of the American Revolution who taught at Brown for nearly four decades died on Sunday, June 7, at age 92.

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I've been asked to speak somewhere locally, and they've asked what my typical rate is. It's been a few years since I've asked this, so I thought I'd check in -- what are y'all's typical honoraria these days? #skystorians 🗃

This week Historians At The Movies is singing about the history of suffrage in America. Join us on PBS this Sunday, May 24 at 8pm eastern for SUFFS. If you like a little different side of history, then share this post and keep #HATM growing. See ya there.

Cheers to the end of the semester! (And year 1 at UNC)

Whew! Looks like I finished grading and submitted grades just in time!

Forget Dad Books. MORE MOM BOOKS. Here are 4 excellent, insightful books about mothers and mothering in early America and beyond. Likely available second hand, too, for modeling reuse and recycle.

Karin Wulf@kawulf.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Do I give deeply researched analytical women's history classics to my elders for Mother's Day? Of course I do. Every one of these books tells you something fundamental about early America that explains why you should be shocked but not surprised about where we are. Mom Books should be a thing.

In case anyone else needs to see this today, here's what 1 of my students in my American democracy class wrote in their semester reflection:

I don't think it's a coincidence that lots of folks are publishing books this year that explain/contextualize this #SCOTUS & the current moment. Some to look for (& if you've got one I've missed, pls add!). Mine, the Political Supreme Court, will be out in October 1/ uncpress.org/978146969713...

The Political Supreme Court

Today’s Supreme Court justices bristle at the label “politicians in robes,” insisting that they operate above the fray of partisan politics. But for th...

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I have a 3:30 class on LDOC. Currently accepting bets for just how many of my students will actually show up. (There have been activities since 11. There's a cookout starting at 3, and games, etc. starting at 4....)

Favorite books about women's history? Any time period, any geographic location. It's for a thing

And true beyond the US! The anomaly of the mid 20th c being mistaken for the norm has so many implications — As does History popular and academic often ignoring rather than centering history of family.

My students, y'all. Anytime I need to feel better about something, or need some perspective amidst everything going on, (and remember why I do what I do), I just read their reading journals. This week's insight is from a freshman in my class on American democracy:

I went to QuiltCon this weekend, & I'm still thinking about some of the amazing resistance quilts. These two have stuck with me, but there were so many more.

I'm reading through my students' reflections on our discussion of federalism at the local level in the early US, & WOW. One said: "federalism is not just a technical division of powers written in the Constitution. It is a system that allows local variation, negotiation, & sometimes resistance."

With so much going on in the world, reading my students' journals every week gives me hope. One student said this: "Starting with women’s experiences this week made me appreciate how historical narratives can change when we look to uncover the lives that the archive was never designed to preserve"

It's the 1st day of the spring semester, & for the 1st time in about 10 years, I was able to completely disconnect over the winter break & not check email. Every other year I've been anxiously waiting on emails about various jobs. I didn't realize how badly I needed that true break until I had it

1st day of the semester!

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!

Cheers to the holiday season!

This! I study several interrelated families, and I can tell you at a glance who wrote it. (And which ones I can't skim because their writing is so horrible)

Erin Grievances@erinbartram.bsky.social · 10mo ago

How do historians process that kind of material? Well, I read it all. I learned how to recognize the handwriting of every family member (40 cousins in one generation) and other correspondents. I learned how to skim. And then I transcribed 2000+ letters that I needed more time to analyze.

When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

Contingent Magazine@contingent-mag.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Seems like it's worth posting this one again.