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Katrina Ponti
@kmp5440.bsky.social
Historian of the US Department of State/ US Early Republic/ Citizen Diplomacy/ Maritime World. IKEA connoisseuse. https://kponti0.wixsite.com/website
What can an early Americanist teach you about applied and contemporary history? If you're in Ohio, you can find out!
October 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Reposted by Katrina Ponti
And now the final panel…and it’s a big one!

The state of the early American field/profession with @agordonreed.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social @johannneem.bsky.social Darren Staloff chaired by Jon Lauck

#JMCatSOC
September 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Happy to share my latest podcast appearance for the NWC Strategy and Policy Department! Check out the department's Strategy Matters Podcast, "A Fort Between Two Waters: Symbolism, Strength, and Strategy in a Hybrid War."
digital-commons.usnwc.edu/strategy-mat...
digital-commons.usnwc.edu
September 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
One of my favorite speeches in support of my favorite @pbs.org

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKy7...
May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications
YouTube video by Road Less Marveled
www.youtube.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Just remembered the existence of Marvin Bush today.
April 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NGL sounds like a pretty cool altac opportunity!
jobs.gusto.com/postings/the...
Writing Fellowship, Summer 2025 at The Onion
jobs.gusto.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If anyone needs someone to give them context for laws from the 1790s, I'm your gal. www.npr.org/2025/03/16/g...
U.S. deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador, despite court order
It was not clear if the deportations happened before a D.C. federal judge ordered the administration to stop using wartime powers to deport anyone immediately, and turn around any planes in the air.
www.npr.org
March 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Consulate diplomacy was fundamental to US state development and friendly relations in the Early Republic.
Here is just one of many projects attesting to that!
eafsmap.org/map.html
Early American Foreign Service Appointments Map
eafsmap.org
March 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Here to share a PBS documentary worth revisiting...
www.pbs.org/video/the-gi...
American Experience | The Gilded Age | Season 30 | Episode 3
The Gilded Age: Full Film
www.pbs.org
March 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
pre covid there was a server in the campus cafeteria who would always tell us to have a "happy silly day." We thought it was kinda odd. But now I feel like having a happy silly day is an act of rebellion and we should definitely do it.
February 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
@lollardfish.bsky.social giving a great talk about how historians tell a story from contradictory sources.
January 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Fun fact, General Montgomery took a bullet in the neck in Quebec because Canada didn't want to join the Americans. They shot a few more bullets when we tried invading Canada again in 1812.
January 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Why historians of the Early Republic must be present in modern policy discussions.
Of Hindsight and Foresight: An Introduction to “Rethinking Applied History”
Visit the post for more.
thepanorama.shear.org
February 15, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Listening to a military friend mumbling in the archives: "the signal to noise ratio is too damn high..."
November 30, 2023 at 5:42 PM
History is the vernacular of public policy
November 2, 2023 at 5:06 PM
Hear me out: a Pokemon-based international order
October 11, 2023 at 6:35 PM
Hello Blue new world! I'll be fangirling my brilliant friends and doing academic things!
October 9, 2023 at 4:32 PM