Department of History
kuhistorydept.bsky.social
Department of History
@kuhistorydept.bsky.social
Here for the history. 📜📚💫

https://history.ku.edu/
📰 Prof. Jonathan Hagel has been featured in KU Today for his role as a plaintiff in the case against the state of New Jersey about the handling of the Charles Lindbergh archive.🛩️🧬

Learn more about the steps Hagel is taking to ensure history remains accurate & truthful: bit.ly/KUNewsHagel
June 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We’re thrilled to relay that Dr. Andrew Denning has been promoted to Full Professor effective 2025-26. Please join our department in congratulating and celebrating Denning for reaching this significant career milestone! Congratulations, Dr. Denning! 🎉
May 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We are thrilled to introduce Dr. Hayden Nelson! Hayden successfully defended his dissertation this afternoon. Our department is extremely proud of Hayden’s hard work, dedication, and success. Congratulations to Dr. Nelson on being officially #PhDone! 👏🎉🥳
April 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Manifest destiny was a highly contested and highly divisive notion, according to a @kuhistorydept.bsky.social professor whose latest book is out from @uncpress.bsky.social. “There was always considerable resistance to it.”

news.ku.edu/news/article...
Limits of nation’s belief in manifest destiny explored in new ‘Borderlands’ book
A new book offers a reconsidered history of manifest destiny that breaks from traditional narratives of U.S. territorial expansion.
news.ku.edu
April 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Congratulations to Sheyda Jahanbani, Kent Blansett, Abigail Grace Scott, Ridwan Muhammed, and Han Mao for earning awards from the @hallcenter.bsky.social which will allow them to continue their groundbreaking humanities research.

Our department is so proud of these scholars! 👏📚📜🎉

🔗bit.ly/3R83YXc
March 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Last Friday we asked our department “What’s one good thing that happened to you this week?” Our colleagues did not disappoint. 📰✨

What’s one good that happened to you this week?
March 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🎉🥳 This month marks the one-year anniversary of the audio book release of Sheyda Jahanbani's, “Poverty of the World: Rediscovering the Poor at Home and Abroad, 1941-1968."

Celebrate by snagging your copy at 70% off: bit.ly/4kgiREa
February 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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A @kuhistorydept.bsky.social scholar reveals the complex narrative of Spanish contact with the New World and the ensuing conflict, negotiation and cooperation in a new book from @upcolorado.bsky.social

news.ku.edu/news/article...
‘Conquest of Mexico’ chronicles complex history of Spanish contact with New World
In a new book, a KU history researcher examines both European and Nahuatl works to reveal the complex narrative of Spanish contact with the New World and the ensuing conflict, negotiation and cooperat...
news.ku.edu
February 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
As we enjoy another snow day, KU History Department stands in solidarity with the employees of Haskell Indian Nations University who abruptly lost their jobs as part of the nation-wide cuts to the federal workforce. Learn more in this story written by KU alumni, Molly Adams 🔗 bit.ly/3CY1Kq0
Haskell Indian Nations University lays off dozens of employees after federal orders
Numerous employees of Haskell Indian Nations University lost their jobs Friday as part of sweeping nationwide cuts ordered by President Donald Trump's administration.
lawrencekstimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Happy Birthday Frederick Douglass! Join us in Watson Library to celebrate! @douglassday.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Happy Douglass Day!!!

Happening now in Watson Library until 2:00 pm. Bring your laptop and let's make some history together.
@douglassday.bsky.social #Douglassday2025
February 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
How we feel making the move to Bluesky. Howdy ya'll. #FirstPost
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February 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM