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Cathleen D. Cahill
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Historian of US women & gender, race & citizenship in the GAPE. Currently working on a graphic history. 🖍️I’ve lived in all 4 continental time zones, but CA in the redwoods 🌲is home.
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Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad.

Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️
February 1, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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We can triple the Colored Conventions Digital Collection!
Since 2023, the CCP research teams & satellite partners have focused on specific regions resulting in 3K new CC documents! Come thru, host an event, watch the broadcast, & help bring this history to digital life!
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We're thrilled for the 9th annual Douglass Day global transcribe-a-thon: a day of collective action for Black history! We'll transcribe records of the Colored Conventions movement—3K docs on deck!
100+ groups are hosting events, including 10 Penn State campus libraries ▶️ douglassday.org/penn-state/
January 29, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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This is the CDC map for homicide rates by state for the most recent year on their website.

Gov. Landry, who leads one of the states in the nation with the highest murder rate, is on television chiding Minnesota, one of the states with the lowest murder rates.
January 29, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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Attention Teachers! Join NHD’s BRAND NEW Revolutionary Ideals webinar series in partnership with the AHA to learn with top historians in the field. Two teachers will be selected to participate in this opportunity and can earn graduate credits or professional development hours. Apply by February 27!🗃️
NEW! Revolutionary Ideals Webinar Series for 120 Teachers Nationwide—Apply Now! - National History Day
Attention Teachers! To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, National History Day is introducing a new webinar series, Revolutionary Ideals: Understanding 250 Y...
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January 28, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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Pod drop!

Fantastic conversation w/ @hngreen.bsky.social re her recent book, _Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War_ , an exciting addition to scholarship on Civil War memory and a meditation on methodology.

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January 28, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.
“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE
Extreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.
inthesetimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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Submissions are open for the 2026 Tom Watson Brown Book Award! Publishers are asked to send books (published in 2025), along with a cover letter nominating the work, directly to the jurors no later than January 31. Learn more: www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/awards/tom-w...
Tom Watson Brown Book Award - The Journal of the Civil War Era
The $50,000 Tom Watson Brown Book Award is presented annually by the Watson-Brown Foundation and the Society of Civil War Historians to the author or authors of the best book “on the causes, conduct, ...
www.journalofthecivilwarera.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:46 AM
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The Richards Civil War Era Center invites applications for the Mark and Ann Persun Visiting Scholars Program for tenured faculty in history at the rank of Associate Professor. Deadline is March 1! Learn more: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
January 21, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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Call for Applications: 2026-27 Predoctoral Fellows, History of the Civil War Era

This is a limited-term fellowship for advanced graduate students who are in the writing stage of their dissertation. Review of app materials will begin March 1.

Learn more: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
January 24, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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The deadline for our article prize is fast approaching! Get your submissions and nominations in before January 31st, 2026! You can check out the submission guidelines here: berksconference.org/annual-...
January 16, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Know of anyone attending OAH who needs travel funds? @SHGAPE has travel grants for grad students AND other presenters without personal or institutional resources to participate on panel. Details in link, but I'm happy to answer any questions!

www.shgape.org/prizes-award...
OAH Travel Grants - SHGAPE
The OAH Conference Travel Grant The OAH Conference Travel Grant is a need-based grant of up to $1,000 is for scholars other than Ph.D. students who will be presenting at the OAH conference. The intent...
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January 12, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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How To Clean and Maintain Monuments at Gettysburg National Military Park #NationalParks open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
How To Clean and Maintain Monuments at Gettysburg National Military Park
My response to the recent news of monument defacement.
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January 10, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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They tried and failed to pass this bill last year, in part bc it's wildly unconstitutional. The good news is these bills are identical to the ones last year.

The bad news is if they pass, creators all over the country will be legally imperiled all over the nation.
The Senate companion to Bankson’s Book Ban Bill (HB 1119) dropped this afternoon right before the filing deadline.

It was filed by Senator McClain under the number SB 1692 (same number as last year).

Here’s coverage out this morning on the House version:

www.tampabay.com/news/educati...
Florida lawmaker says literary merit doesn’t matter if books mention sex
A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
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January 10, 2026 at 12:09 AM
One final look back at Michael Cullinane’s excellent podcasting work as we wrap up 2025- also, a small glimpse into my current research obsession, finding a painting by Kathryn Woodman Leighton. Happy New Year to all! @shgape.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
111: The Best of: Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Podcast Episode · The Gilded Age and Progressive Era · 12/30/2025 · 51m
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December 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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We are thrilled to announce our latest episode of the New Books in Women's History Podcast. @lcargin.bsky.social spoke with @ayahnerd.bsky.social,
@lmansley.bsky.social, and and @sarahbelle721.bsky.social
about the new Nursing Clio Reader!

Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-nursing-...
December 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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🗃️ My History Department is hiring for a tenure track position in Native American history. See link for details!

jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
​Assistant or Associate Professor of History
jobs.colorado.edu
December 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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instead of doing the fun part of conceptualizing and recording a podcast where a person gets to use their brain and flash their wit and talk to another person, they can now hope for a poorly paid job cleaning up the janky ai podcasts
Mistakes have been flagged in The Washington Post's AI-generated personalised podcasts that launched this week, with the title's standards editor describing them as "frustrating". The issues include the misattribution or invention of quotes www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
Exclusive: Washington Post’s AI-generated podcasts rife with errors, fictional quotes
Errors in the Post’s new AI-generated podcasts have frustrated the paper’s journalists.
www.semafor.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Where to Find "The Better Angels of Our Nature"
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Where to Find "The Better Angels of Our Nature"
I am tired of having to listen to the rantings of arguably the most racist president in American history.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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The original White House--like the Capitol--was deliberately NOT garish.They were supposed to reflect republican governance: not monarchies, not aristocracies.They were supposed to show a commitment to We the People.

The current decorations are the precise opposite.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
We Asked Interior Designers To Explain Trump's 'Garish' White House Redesign — And They Had THOUGHTS
Experts weigh in on the president's gold-soaked makeover of the Oval Office and more.
www.huffpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM