Jesse Draper
@jessedraperhnet.bsky.social
Freely accessible digital scholarship by and for scholars around the world. Leader | Educator | Ethics in AI
H-Net - Executive Director
DH@MSU - Core Faculty
LGBTQ+ Father and Ally
I stand with the oppressed worldwide
Chicago Cubs | Liverpool FC fan
H-Net - Executive Director
DH@MSU - Core Faculty
LGBTQ+ Father and Ally
I stand with the oppressed worldwide
Chicago Cubs | Liverpool FC fan
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Jesse Draper
@jessedraperhnet.bsky.social
· Apr 22
Challenging Times Call for Innovative Solutions
As hostility to our work pulls vital funding and threatens institutions, we must respond by finding new ways to collaborate free from government overreach. In that spirit, we are proud to announce, H-Net Spaces.
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
As hostility to our work pulls vital funding and threatens institutions, we must respond by finding new ways to collaborate free from government overreach. In that spirit, we are proud to announce, H-Net Spaces.
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
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Don't forget to register for @globaldhsymposium.bsky.social!
✨Registration is now OPEN for our Symposium!✨
Join us for a new three-part experience: one day at MSU (USA), one day at UDEM (México), plus two virtual days. Browse our comprehensive program and discover our keynote speakers on our website. Don't miss this opportunity to join a global community!
Join us for a new three-part experience: one day at MSU (USA), one day at UDEM (México), plus two virtual days. Browse our comprehensive program and discover our keynote speakers on our website. Don't miss this opportunity to join a global community!
Global Digital Humanities Symposium 2026 – 13-17 April 2026 | Virtual and In-Person
msuglobaldh.org
January 26, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Don't forget to register for @globaldhsymposium.bsky.social!
Midnight, our sons and daughters
Were cut down and taken from us
Hear their heartbeats
We hear their heartbeats
In the wind we hear their laughter
In the rain we see their tears
Hear their heartbeats
We hear their heartbeats
Were cut down and taken from us
Hear their heartbeats
We hear their heartbeats
In the wind we hear their laughter
In the rain we see their tears
Hear their heartbeats
We hear their heartbeats
January 25, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Midnight, our sons and daughters
Were cut down and taken from us
Hear their heartbeats
We hear their heartbeats
In the wind we hear their laughter
In the rain we see their tears
Hear their heartbeats
We hear their heartbeats
Were cut down and taken from us
Hear their heartbeats
We hear their heartbeats
In the wind we hear their laughter
In the rain we see their tears
Hear their heartbeats
We hear their heartbeats
Very excited that the @h-net-humanities.bsky.social team had the opportunity to introduce H-Net Spaces, a free service and platform for scholars to build digital projects, at #aha2026
January 9, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Very excited that the @h-net-humanities.bsky.social team had the opportunity to introduce H-Net Spaces, a free service and platform for scholars to build digital projects, at #aha2026
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Starting this #AHA26 morning off with the debut of "The Memory of Negro Fort Podcast," now available on your favorite pod app.
It's written & produced by Sebastian Garcia and John Lancaster of the University of Central Florida. Give it a listen! @historians.org
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
It's written & produced by Sebastian Garcia and John Lancaster of the University of Central Florida. Give it a listen! @historians.org
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Memory of Negro Fort Podcast
History Podcast · The Memory of Negro Fort Podcast tells the story of how and why Americans have remembered and erased the largest autonomous community of runaway enslaved people and Native Americans ...
podcasts.apple.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Starting this #AHA26 morning off with the debut of "The Memory of Negro Fort Podcast," now available on your favorite pod app.
It's written & produced by Sebastian Garcia and John Lancaster of the University of Central Florida. Give it a listen! @historians.org
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
It's written & produced by Sebastian Garcia and John Lancaster of the University of Central Florida. Give it a listen! @historians.org
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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We're ready for #AHA26!
@jessedraperhnet.bsky.social will chair “An Evolution of Digital Research: Methods, Limitations, and Dissemination,” where @emily-elliott.bsky.social will present, “A Search for Research: Mapping Archives in a Time of War.”
🕜Thurs 1:30PM
📍Salon C6, Hilton Chicago
#highered
@jessedraperhnet.bsky.social will chair “An Evolution of Digital Research: Methods, Limitations, and Dissemination,” where @emily-elliott.bsky.social will present, “A Search for Research: Mapping Archives in a Time of War.”
🕜Thurs 1:30PM
📍Salon C6, Hilton Chicago
#highered
January 7, 2026 at 9:16 PM
We're ready for #AHA26!
@jessedraperhnet.bsky.social will chair “An Evolution of Digital Research: Methods, Limitations, and Dissemination,” where @emily-elliott.bsky.social will present, “A Search for Research: Mapping Archives in a Time of War.”
🕜Thurs 1:30PM
📍Salon C6, Hilton Chicago
#highered
@jessedraperhnet.bsky.social will chair “An Evolution of Digital Research: Methods, Limitations, and Dissemination,” where @emily-elliott.bsky.social will present, “A Search for Research: Mapping Archives in a Time of War.”
🕜Thurs 1:30PM
📍Salon C6, Hilton Chicago
#highered
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Eeeee, it’s nearly time for #AHA26 and I’m excited to participate in a really cool panel on evolutions of digital research! Please come! @jimambuske.bsky.social @jessedraperhnet.bsky.social @kmapesy.bsky.social @meknaak.bsky.social @emily-elliott.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Eeeee, it’s nearly time for #AHA26 and I’m excited to participate in a really cool panel on evolutions of digital research! Please come! @jimambuske.bsky.social @jessedraperhnet.bsky.social @kmapesy.bsky.social @meknaak.bsky.social @emily-elliott.bsky.social
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🚨🚨The 11th annual Global Digital Humanities Symposium program(msuglobaldh.org/schedule/) has been released and the registration(app.oxfordabstracts.com/register/eve...) is now open! 🥳🥳
Schedule – Global Digital Humanities Symposium 2026
msuglobaldh.org
December 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🚨🚨The 11th annual Global Digital Humanities Symposium program(msuglobaldh.org/schedule/) has been released and the registration(app.oxfordabstracts.com/register/eve...) is now open! 🥳🥳
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📚 Check out our latest publication from @h-net-journals.bsky.social, Volume 7 of the Journal of Festive Studies! 📚
🚨🚨 New from the Journal of Festive Studies 🚨🚨
We just published Volume 7: Joy as Resistance, guest-edited by @mia1va.bsky.social. Our electronic ToC links to the many contributions and reviews that engage with the emerging field of critical joy studies.
🔗 journals.h-net.org/jfs/issue/vi...
We just published Volume 7: Joy as Resistance, guest-edited by @mia1va.bsky.social. Our electronic ToC links to the many contributions and reviews that engage with the emerging field of critical joy studies.
🔗 journals.h-net.org/jfs/issue/vi...
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
📚 Check out our latest publication from @h-net-journals.bsky.social, Volume 7 of the Journal of Festive Studies! 📚
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"We're all in this together!"
You've heard it, you've likely said it, but how do we realize this optimistic solidarity when the funding for our work in higher education has been so dramatically reduced across the board?
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
You've heard it, you've likely said it, but how do we realize this optimistic solidarity when the funding for our work in higher education has been so dramatically reduced across the board?
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
"We're all in this together!"
You've heard it, you've likely said it, but how do we realize this optimistic solidarity when the funding for our work in higher education has been so dramatically reduced across the board?
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
You've heard it, you've likely said it, but how do we realize this optimistic solidarity when the funding for our work in higher education has been so dramatically reduced across the board?
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Great presentation at USIH 2025 last week! Proud of our team of graduate and undergraduate students (London Hawes, Maxine Levanduski, Brandon Bell and Katherine Dyal) collaborating with @leadr.bsky.social to build the H-Net Spaces Radical Historians Newsletter digitization project (coming soon!)
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Great presentation at USIH 2025 last week! Proud of our team of graduate and undergraduate students (London Hawes, Maxine Levanduski, Brandon Bell and Katherine Dyal) collaborating with @leadr.bsky.social to build the H-Net Spaces Radical Historians Newsletter digitization project (coming soon!)
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In our quest to demystify scholarly publishing, #FeedingTheElephant invited @leekinginc.bsky.social to explain "Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Book Distribution, but Were Afraid to Ask." How does your book make it onto shelves and into readers' hands?
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Book Distribution, but Were Afraid to Ask | H-Net
A guest post from
networks.h-net.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In our quest to demystify scholarly publishing, #FeedingTheElephant invited @leekinginc.bsky.social to explain "Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Book Distribution, but Were Afraid to Ask." How does your book make it onto shelves and into readers' hands?
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
The academic job market is tough, and that offers incredible opportunity.
H-Net's widely diverse, international membership are highly trained critical thinkers with expertly honed writing, public speaking, and problem solving skills.
Access them directly at the H-Net Job Guide:
jobs.h-net.org
H-Net's widely diverse, international membership are highly trained critical thinkers with expertly honed writing, public speaking, and problem solving skills.
Access them directly at the H-Net Job Guide:
jobs.h-net.org
October 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The academic job market is tough, and that offers incredible opportunity.
H-Net's widely diverse, international membership are highly trained critical thinkers with expertly honed writing, public speaking, and problem solving skills.
Access them directly at the H-Net Job Guide:
jobs.h-net.org
H-Net's widely diverse, international membership are highly trained critical thinkers with expertly honed writing, public speaking, and problem solving skills.
Access them directly at the H-Net Job Guide:
jobs.h-net.org
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You might be aware of the threatened closure of Bucknell University Press, but did you know BUP trained countless interns? #FeedingTheElephant shares stories from former interns on how closing the press would negatively impact undergrad and grad students.
➡️ networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
➡️ networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Bucknell UP Closure Would Also Mark End of Vital Student Internship Program | H-Net
A post from Feeding the
networks.h-net.org
September 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
You might be aware of the threatened closure of Bucknell University Press, but did you know BUP trained countless interns? #FeedingTheElephant shares stories from former interns on how closing the press would negatively impact undergrad and grad students.
➡️ networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
➡️ networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Friends don't let friends use academia dot edu. kfitz.info/academia-not...
Academia, Not Edu
The long-running and erratically updated blog of Kathleen Fitzpatrick.
kfitz.info
September 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Friends don't let friends use academia dot edu. kfitz.info/academia-not...
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Have a southern Italian themed call for papers to share? Send it to us on H-Net to see it posted: networks.h-net.org/h-sicily
September 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Have a southern Italian themed call for papers to share? Send it to us on H-Net to see it posted: networks.h-net.org/h-sicily
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H-Net Journals is pleased to announce that its newest journal, Ecokritike, has a new issue available.
Check out the ToC and full issue: journals.h-net.org/ecokritike/i...
Check out the ToC and full issue: journals.h-net.org/ecokritike/i...
September 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
H-Net Journals is pleased to announce that its newest journal, Ecokritike, has a new issue available.
Check out the ToC and full issue: journals.h-net.org/ecokritike/i...
Check out the ToC and full issue: journals.h-net.org/ecokritike/i...
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This is a great opportunity! H-Net has collaborated to promote these fellowships for the past few years.
For those interested in digital scholarship we highly recommend checking it out.
For those interested in digital scholarship we highly recommend checking it out.
The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies provides an opportunity for scholars to utilize digital methods, the Library’s large and varied digital collections and resources, curatorial expertise, and an emerging community of digital scholarship practitioners. www.loc.gov/programs/joh...
Kluge Fellowships in Digital Studies | Fellowships | Chairs & Fellowships | The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress | Programs | Library of Congress
About the Fellowship The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies provides an opportunity for scholars to utilize digital methods, the Library’s large and varied digital collections and resources, curatori...
www.loc.gov
September 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is a great opportunity! H-Net has collaborated to promote these fellowships for the past few years.
For those interested in digital scholarship we highly recommend checking it out.
For those interested in digital scholarship we highly recommend checking it out.
H-Net’s mission is the open dissemination of knowledge, so we are excited to announce the launch of
Ecokritike, an international, open access, blind and double peer-review journal for academics and researchers who study the fields of Environmental Humanities, Literary Theory and Cultural Criticism.
Ecokritike, an international, open access, blind and double peer-review journal for academics and researchers who study the fields of Environmental Humanities, Literary Theory and Cultural Criticism.
H-Net Journals is pleased to announce that its newest journal, Ecokritike, has a new issue available.
Check out the ToC and full issue: journals.h-net.org/ecokritike/i...
Check out the ToC and full issue: journals.h-net.org/ecokritike/i...
September 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
H-Net’s mission is the open dissemination of knowledge, so we are excited to announce the launch of
Ecokritike, an international, open access, blind and double peer-review journal for academics and researchers who study the fields of Environmental Humanities, Literary Theory and Cultural Criticism.
Ecokritike, an international, open access, blind and double peer-review journal for academics and researchers who study the fields of Environmental Humanities, Literary Theory and Cultural Criticism.
I've been away on vacation with family so missed the opportunity to share the registration reminder...
BUT IF YOU ARE REGISTERED!!!
Check out the Strategies for Responsible AI in the Classroom roundtable I'm taking part in on Tuesday!
BUT IF YOU ARE REGISTERED!!!
Check out the Strategies for Responsible AI in the Classroom roundtable I'm taking part in on Tuesday!
August 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I've been away on vacation with family so missed the opportunity to share the registration reminder...
BUT IF YOU ARE REGISTERED!!!
Check out the Strategies for Responsible AI in the Classroom roundtable I'm taking part in on Tuesday!
BUT IF YOU ARE REGISTERED!!!
Check out the Strategies for Responsible AI in the Classroom roundtable I'm taking part in on Tuesday!
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The Cubs winning the World Series in 2016 definitely opened up a portal to a horrific timeline that can probably only be closed by the Cubs winning the World Series again.
What's your take on the moment we're living through in 50 words or less. [you able to quote post]
August 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The Cubs winning the World Series in 2016 definitely opened up a portal to a horrific timeline that can probably only be closed by the Cubs winning the World Series again.
Join us for another fantastic virtual conference featuring really great panels from scholars focused on transformative work in the classroom.
Join us for our fourth annual remote teaching conference sponsored by H-Teach!
The deadline to register is 7 p.m. EDT August 17, 2025. Check out the link for more information.
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
#digitalhumanities #historyeducation #teaching #learning
The deadline to register is 7 p.m. EDT August 17, 2025. Check out the link for more information.
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
#digitalhumanities #historyeducation #teaching #learning
July 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Join us for another fantastic virtual conference featuring really great panels from scholars focused on transformative work in the classroom.
In March, H-Net cosigned a joint statement by the AHA/OAH condemning recent efforts to censor historical content on federal government websites, at many public museums, and across a wide swath of government resources.
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July 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
In March, H-Net cosigned a joint statement by the AHA/OAH condemning recent efforts to censor historical content on federal government websites, at many public museums, and across a wide swath of government resources.
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A New Job Guide Experience
Today we’re proud to roll out the all-new H-Net Job Guide!
We spent the last year working to integrate the Job Guide into the H-Net Commons platform with the following new features:
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#academicsky #jobs @h-net-humanities.bsky.social
Today we’re proud to roll out the all-new H-Net Job Guide!
We spent the last year working to integrate the Job Guide into the H-Net Commons platform with the following new features:
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#academicsky #jobs @h-net-humanities.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A New Job Guide Experience
Today we’re proud to roll out the all-new H-Net Job Guide!
We spent the last year working to integrate the Job Guide into the H-Net Commons platform with the following new features:
1/
#academicsky #jobs @h-net-humanities.bsky.social
Today we’re proud to roll out the all-new H-Net Job Guide!
We spent the last year working to integrate the Job Guide into the H-Net Commons platform with the following new features:
1/
#academicsky #jobs @h-net-humanities.bsky.social
We often miss the transformative power available in something as simple as "staying open."
I took this photo of Telescope Peak in California from the middle of Badwater Basin in Death Valley. It's a stunning photo that, if we look for it, communicates more than the overwhelming beauty of nature. 1/
I took this photo of Telescope Peak in California from the middle of Badwater Basin in Death Valley. It's a stunning photo that, if we look for it, communicates more than the overwhelming beauty of nature. 1/
June 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We often miss the transformative power available in something as simple as "staying open."
I took this photo of Telescope Peak in California from the middle of Badwater Basin in Death Valley. It's a stunning photo that, if we look for it, communicates more than the overwhelming beauty of nature. 1/
I took this photo of Telescope Peak in California from the middle of Badwater Basin in Death Valley. It's a stunning photo that, if we look for it, communicates more than the overwhelming beauty of nature. 1/