Siobhan "Shiv" Mukerji Barco
@siobhanbarco.bsky.social
Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School. Legal Historian. Host of the Talking Legal History podcast. https://aslh.net/talking-legal-history/
This is a wonderful opportunity to be part of a small group of legal historians sharing feedback on work in progress, Sept.-April (not just at the annual ASLH conference in Nov.) and no matter where in the world you are based. @zacharyherz.bsky.social @nfyahaya.bsky.social @siobhanbarco.bsky.social
For anyone who published a book, article, or digital project on legal history between Jan.2025 and Dec.2026: you should apply to be featured in the ASLH's virtual event series for next yr--"Making Connections: New Works in Legal History, 2026-27." Due June 30, 2026: aslh.net/virtual-book... (1/2)
Making Connections: New Works in Legal History, 2026-27 | American Society for Legal History
Making Connections: New Works in Legal History Series Sponsored by the American Society for Legal History Deadline for Applications: June 30, 2026 The ASLH Making Connections: New Works in Legal Histo...
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Historian friends: what are you using these days to manage sources & notes and make sure you know where everything is when it's time to write? DevonThink? Something else? I'm gearing up for a sabbatical and want to refresh my approach!
The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. - Robert Frost
Applications for incubators or Works-in-Progress are due February 6th for the AAPI / MENA Women in the Legal Academy Workshop. The workshop will be held April 24-25th in Bristol Rhode Island. law.rwu.edu/events/asian...
Asian American Pacific Islander and Middle Eastern and North African (AAPI / MENA) Women in Legal Academy Workshop | RWU Law
Save the dates for the Fifth Annual Asian American Pacific Islander and Middle Eastern and North African (AAPI / MENA) Women in Legal Academy Workshop. This year, the workshop will be held in the spri...
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I'm honored to serve as one of the cochairs of the Program Committee for the 2026 American Society for Legal History Conference in Banff, Canada! The CFP is now available. Please consider submitting a proposal! aslh.net/2026-annual-... #ASLH #legalhistory
2026 Annual Meeting Call for Papers | American Society for Legal History
Call for Papers 2026 American Society for Legal History Annual Meeting (November 12 - 14, 2026) The Program Committee of the American Society for Legal History invites proposals for the 2026 meeting t...
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Here’s a link to the syllabus and the lectures/podcast that David Blight, Beverly Gage, and I are teaching this semester: America at 250: A History. president.yale.edu/committees-p...
America at 250: A History
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Are any public historians teaching 250th courses and would you like to share syllabi and/or put a panel together for ncph in providence?
Reminder for 2025 Detroit #ASLH people: check out our *new* table for recently pub. legal history books not otherwise represented @ book sale! Authors donate a copy & everyone else can enter raffle for each book. I'll pull names of winners on Sat. morning & winners pick up books before end of day
Calling all legal historians! The ASLH Projects and Proposals funding application deadline has been extended--from Sept.1 to Sept.18, 2025. If you're looking for funding for a legal history workshop or other initiative (the Call is very broad), you should apply: aslh.net/projects-pro...
Projects & Proposals Funding Deadline Extended | American Society for Legal History
The ASLH is pleased to announce the extension of the deadline for Projects and Proposals funding until 9/18. The goal of P&P is the "funding of new initiatives in the study, presentation, and producti...
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On the new episode of "Historians & Their Histories," Cornelia H. Dayton discusses her research into the life of John Peters, the husband of acclaimed poet Phillis Wheatley. Listen on podcast streaming services or on the MHS website: www.masshist.org/podcast/hath...
Curious about the big lecture course that I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage, beginning tomorrow? Here's a peek.
A look inside ‘America at 250: A History’
Three esteemed Yale historians are teaming up this fall to teach “America at 250: A History” as part of the 2025 DeVane Lecture course, an annual lecture series that is open to the public at no charge...
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Energy Transition – Usefulness of Demand Response in Taming Grid Stochasticity - Loudon Energy Analytics
As the electric grid transitions from depending primarily on fossil fuel to a resource base that is predominantly made up of renewable sources, the matter of balancing supply and demand gets more chal...
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The latest Talking Legal History episode is up! Catherine Evans talks with @chloejskennedy.bsky.social about Kennedy’s book “Inducing Intimacy: Deception, Consent and the Law.” Take a listen to the fascinating conversation here: aslh.net/talking-lega...
proud to appear with other great books in the fall 2025 catalog @uncpress.bsky.social! Read my rural history of American policing and the rural Black freedom struggles that fought for better
Mississippi Law by @randolphjustin.bsky.social uncovers how Jim Crow policing in the rural South shaped not only modern state power but mass incarceration. uncpress.org/book/9781469...
It was an honor to be part of the Supreme Court Historical Society’s series on “The Lives of Plaintiffs Post-Court Ruling" The recording was filmed in the fantastic studio at @meantomyself.bsky.social's BlushCowork 🎧 You can listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVtn... #LegalHistory #Coworking
Denied but Not Defeated: Myra Bradwell and the Battle for Women in Law: A Lecture by Siobhan Barco
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Two years ago today, I opened the doors at Blush Cowork, my coworking space with onsite childcare. Today I also opened the doors because I do everything around here. If you want to check it out or visit or even support a woman who can use our space, go to BlushCowork.com
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If anyone wants to divest themselves of computer power cords and adapters, all sorts, please send to: Blush Cowork 201 Shannon Oaks Circle Suite 102 Cary, NC 27511
Fascinating blog post about how the electric grid has changed over the last 25 years and the role stochastic modeling can play today. www.loudonenergy.com/the-importan... #energy #energypolicy #historyofscience #electricity #thegrid #STEMeducation #STEM
The Importance of Understanding Stochasticity in the Electric Grid - Loudon Energy Analytics
Loudon Energy Analytics is hoping to be a catalyst for introducing comprehensive stochastic modeling for grid operators, planners and traders. We are commercializing the ORFEUS Software platform devel...
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Can anyone recommend work by historians on the theme of secrets, especially: secrets the historian encounters intentionally or not, and what they decide to do with them in their scholarship? Any time or place
Check out the newest talking legal history episode! Gijs Kruijtzer talks about his book “Justifying Transgression: Muslims, Christians, and the Law – 1200 to 1700” (De Gruyter, 2023) Listen here: aslh.net/talking-lega...
Please consider applying for this awesome opportunity!
🗃️ 3. The @richardscenter.bsky.social and @jcwe.bsky.social are cosponsoring a journal article workshop for junior scholars that will be facilitated by a senior historian in the field w/the aim to help craft a publishable article. Apply w/ cv, 500-word proposal by April 1.
Y'all go follow Ashton! (I mean, a historian working at a science museum?! Why wouldn't you follow her?)
for those of you who remember me from the other place, i'm the same person, just doing something different. i recently took a job at a SCIENCE MUSEUM working on extreme heat. Yes, it's wild. Yes, this work just got really hard and uncertain. And yes, the dinosaurs do come alive at night.
There is a new episode up! I talk with Hendrik "Dirk" Hartog about his new book “Nobody’s Boy and His Pals: The Story of Jack Robbins and the Boys’ Brotherhood Republic.” Listen here: aslh.net/talking-lega... #legalhistory #skystorians
Thanks to @donalcoffey.bsky.social for putting together this great legal history list! He has been adding folks who want to be added. Check it out! go.bsky.app/XJxJpA
The application for the 2025 Hurst Institute for Legal History of the ASLH is now live: law.wisc.edu/hurst-instit... The Institute is a transformative experience - pls reach out if you have any questions. Appln opens: Nov 1, 2024; Appln due: Jan 15, 2025
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