Applications are open for "Under the Big Sky: The Montana Writers Retreat," June 12-15, 2026 sponsored by the College of Letters and Science, Montana State University. At the B Bar Ranch in Emigrant. For history and nonfiction writers. Apply here: www.montana.edu/lettersandsc...

And we're extra lucky that there will be another workshop for writers tomorrow at 1:30pm: the Nonfiction Trade Book Proposal Workshop, chaired by @lollardfish.bsky.social. #AHA26 🗃️

Laura Ansley@lmansley.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Thanks to all who came out this morning for the 4th annual Op-Ed Workshop at #AHA26. I can’t wait to read the outpouring of op-eds from writers who learned from the rockstar panel of @jamellebouie.net, @kathrynbrownell.bsky.social, @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social, and @syrussolojin.bsky.social! 🗃️

“This article urges a fresh view on [AI large language model] hallucinations by arguing that, rather than being errors in any conventional sense, they are evidence of a probabilistic system incapable of dealing with questions of knowledge.”

"Under the Big Sky: The Montana Writers Retreat" June 12-15, 2026 at B Bar Ranch Historians and nonfiction writers! Join us for a retreat will offer you space to think deeply, gain insight from colleagues and facilitators, and move your writing project forward. www.montana.edu/lettersandsc...

My colleagues have been working on this since June, so it’s a big day to see it finally finished and filed. And just thrilled that 17 other scholarly orgs joined.

American Historical Association@historians.org · 8mo ago

Today, the AHA & CREW filed an amicus brief in support of Harvard University’s lawsuit against the federal government over the university’s ability to host foreign scholars and students. The brief conveys the importance of international scholars and students to American higher education. 🗃️

"Under the Big Sky: The Montana Writers Retreat" June 12-15, 2026 at B Bar Ranch Sponsored by the College of Letters and Science, Montana State University. Open to all nonfiction and history writers. Join us and apply: www.montana.edu/lettersandsc...

The American Historical Association promotes the critical role of historical thinking in public life, defends academic freedom, develops professional standards, and supports scholarship and teaching. Learn about our recent advocacy actions on our website. 🗃️

AHA Advocacy | American Historical Association

The American Historical Association is unique among history organizations with the breadth and depth of our advocacy efforts.

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We are pleased to announce a search for The Wallace Stegner Chair of Western American Studies in the Department of History at Montana State University-Bozeman. This is an exciting moment at MSU. Join us. jobs.montana.edu/postings/48151

Associate or Full Professor of History and The Wallace Stegner Chair of Western American Studies

The Department of History and Philosophy at Montana State University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the level of Associate or Full Professor with expertise in the history of the N...

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"Black Patriots and Black Loyalists of the American Revolution exhibit" #America250 #VA250 va250.org/event-detail...

The #AHR is seeking proposals for a special issue on methodological approaches to archival silences in early history. Visit our website to read the full call for proposals and learn more about the guidelines for submission. Proposals are due September 16.

Special Issue Submissions - AHA

Natural light and processed MSI images of the HMML Palimpsest Project Methods for Archival Silence in Early History The American Historical Review seeks proposals for a special issue illustrating a ra...

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For anyone teaching the slave trade and slavery this fall: check out my documentary film, *Ghosts of Amistad*, about the memory of the 1839 uprising in contemporary Sierra Leone, w/ French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish subtitles. Study guides for teachers and students too. www.ghostsofamistad.com

Ghosts of Amistad: In the Footsteps of the Rebels

[siteorigin_widget class=WP_Widget_Media_Video][/siteorigin_widget] Ghosts of Amistad chronicles a trip to Sierra Leone to visit the home villages of the people who seized the slave schooner Amistad...

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Our team has been working on a major Open Education Resource (OER) about U.S. legal history for teaching and learning. If you are teaching U.S. legal history, we hope that EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW will help you and your students. Check out our initial launch site at: teachinglegalhistory.unl.edu

Congratulations to AHA members Merle Eisenberg, James Illingworth, James P. McClure, Christopher F. Minty, Michael L. Satlow, and Jennifer Stertzer, as well as all the other historians who were awarded grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for humanities projects in 2025. 🗃️

NEH Announces $34.79 Million for 97 Humanities Projects

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When your team brings fresh huckleberries to the office, there’s only one thing to do! Montana State, Bobcats, Montana!

Erasing history by defunding #archives www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

60-year-old Black history archive faces uncertain future after federal cuts

The Amistad Research Center, one of largest repositories of Black history, cut half its staff after the Trump administration ended four federal grants.

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We have a terrific opening. Please repost! Join our team at the College of Letters and Science at Montana State University in Bozeman. careers.insidehighered.com/job/3374448/...

Assistant Dean for Student Success and Outreach - Bozeman, Montana job with Montana State University | 3374448

The College of Letters & Science at Montana State University is seeking a dedicated and collaborative leader to serve as the Assistant Dean for Stu...

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The #AHR is seeking proposals for a special issue on methodological approaches to archival silences in early history. Visit our website to read the full call for proposals and learn more about the guidelines for submission. Proposals are due September 16. 🗃️

Special Issue Submissions - AHA

Natural light and processed MSI images of the HMML Palimpsest Project Methods for Archival Silence in Early History The American Historical Review seeks proposals for a special issue illustrating a ra...

historians.org

The Senate appropriations committee has voiced its intent to ignore the request by President Donald Trump to slash the budgets of the National Science Foundation and NASA science programs. scim.ag/4nW7XWi

Senate spending panel would rescue NSF and NASA science funding

Its support for a flat budget is a sign of congressional resistance to drastic cuts Trump has proposed

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Join Montana State University's College of Letters and Science! We are seeking a new assistant dean to advance and support the college's mission in undergraduate student success, recruitment, and retention. The full position description and posting are linked here: jobs.montana.edu/postings/47389

Assistant Dean for Student Success and Outreach

The College of Letters & Science is searching for a highly motivated and experienced leader to spearhead recruitment and retention efforts for the College via increased visibility, increased enrollmen...

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Happy birthday to our special one today! 24!!

Six years since my Juneteenth 2019 tour through southern Maryland with Letitia Clark and Guilford Queen, descendants of the families who sued for freedom from slavery in the 1790s.

The AHA is pleased to announce this year's #AHAPerspectives summer columnists! Congratulations to Mary F. Casey (Univ. of California, Riverside), Alisa Kuzmina (Univ. of Minnesota), and Cecilia Slane (Univ. of Oklahoma), who will each write two columns. Learn about them and their upcoming work: 🗃️

Meet the 2025 Perspectives Daily Summer Columnists – AHA

Introducing the three graduate students who will write about teaching history writing as a former playwright, researching international marriages in a time of immigration uncertainty, and engaging wit...

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Consultants, software developers, fundraisers, soldiers, human rights commissioners—read how history graduates say their degrees helped them in a variety of careers. www.historians.org/teaching-lea...

In Their Own Words: Testimonials from History Majors | American Historical Association

The history major provides both a stepping stone towards dynamic careers in many industries and preparation for ongoing contribution to civic life.

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The American Society for Legal History runs a program to help scholars navigate the dissertation-to-book process. This year's group will be led by the brilliant Prof. Chris Schmidt of Chicago-Kent Law. A fantastic opportunity! To apply: aslh.net/award/wallac...

Wallace Johnson First Book Program | American Society for Legal History

The biennial Wallace Johnson Program for First Book Authors provides advice and support to scholars working toward the publication of first books in legal history, broadly defined. In conversation wit...

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A tiny but wild snapshot of the current chaos

The new hire is possible through support from Report for America and CatchLight.

Montana Free Press bringing on photographer

The new hire is possible through support from Report for America and CatchLight, a San Francisco-based visual media organization that specializes in accessible image-based reporting.

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"Academic freedom-the ability to pursue the truth wherever it might lead, and to make publicly available what one believes is true ...[is] not the arcane privilege of an... intellectual guild, but a prerogative essential to the functioning of our Republic and the education of its citizenry." 💯

Matthew Kirschenbaum@mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · last yr.

This, UVA’s 200th Commencement Address from Michael J. Suarez, SJ, University Professor and Director of the @rarebookschool, is very very good and something that needs more saying. Astonishing that we have to remind our higher ed leaders of that at this very moment. news.virginia.edu/content/fina...

The AHA encourages members to contact their senators today through the Coalition for International Education & @humanitiesall.bsky.social's action alert, & urge them to sign on to Sen. Schatz's letter supporting robust funding for international education & foreign language infrastructure in FY26. 🗃️

Take Action for International Education!

I just took action to increase funding for Title VI and Fulbright-Hays! Join me and take action here.

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NSF Physics was cut by 85%, basically wiping out most of its capacity for supporting research. NSF Astronomy was cut by 53% Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79% Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO. #GiftLink ⚛️🔭 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Has Cut Science Funding to Its Lowest Level in Decades (Gift Article)

The lag in funding extends far beyond D.E.I. initiatives, affecting almost every area of science: chemistry, computing, engineering, materials and more.

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From #AHAPerspectives in 2024: As a new department chair presiding over end of year celebrations, @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social “felt compelled to draw together the reasons we were in that room and in that community.” 🗃️

Guardians of the Tapestry of Time – AHA

As the academic year ends, one history department chair reflects on the work of history.

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