Laura Ansley
@lmansley.bsky.social
Editor, historian, feminist, & book-lover | Director of Publications, @historians.org | Emerita, @nursingclio.bsky.social | she/her
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a woman in a library with a tote bag that says ' nlg ' on it
Alt: Woman grabs books off a library shelf and stuffs them in a tote bag
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This year is my 11th annual @bookriot.bsky.social #ReadHarder Challenge. In this thread, I'll share the books I read to complete each of the 24 tasks. 💙📚 bookriot.com/read-harder-...
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I saw someone say you can tell the patriarchy is real because women are being arrested for having miscarriages but men aren't for sexual assault and pedophilia, and I can't stop thinking about that.
"For the second time since the start of the year, police have charged a Kentucky woman with homicide, abuse of a corpse, and concealing a birth after a pregnancy loss."
#Kentucky #USA #Healthcare #Policing
#Kentucky #USA #Healthcare #Policing
Second Kentucky Woman in 6 Weeks Charged With Homicide After Pregnancy Loss
Both women were criminalized after they sought medical care, one for a miscarriage and one for self-managed abortion.
www.autonomynews.co
February 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I saw someone say you can tell the patriarchy is real because women are being arrested for having miscarriages but men aren't for sexual assault and pedophilia, and I can't stop thinking about that.
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Publishing job, ICYMI:
We are looking for an acquisitions coordinator at @oupress.bsky.social to support our authors and acquisitions editors!
It is a good entry point for a career in book publishing.
Job is on-site in Norman.
Questions? andrewb@ou.edu
Apply here:
ou.taleo.net/careersectio...
We are looking for an acquisitions coordinator at @oupress.bsky.social to support our authors and acquisitions editors!
It is a good entry point for a career in book publishing.
Job is on-site in Norman.
Questions? andrewb@ou.edu
Apply here:
ou.taleo.net/careersectio...
Acquisitions Coordinator
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
ou.taleo.net
February 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Publishing job, ICYMI:
We are looking for an acquisitions coordinator at @oupress.bsky.social to support our authors and acquisitions editors!
It is a good entry point for a career in book publishing.
Job is on-site in Norman.
Questions? andrewb@ou.edu
Apply here:
ou.taleo.net/careersectio...
We are looking for an acquisitions coordinator at @oupress.bsky.social to support our authors and acquisitions editors!
It is a good entry point for a career in book publishing.
Job is on-site in Norman.
Questions? andrewb@ou.edu
Apply here:
ou.taleo.net/careersectio...
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So much joy here! Bringing hands-on history to children and their caregivers, supporting my UNH students, planning with @ksalex10.bsky.social, and working on this article with one of my first students @lmansley.bsky.social. Best of all, I got to do it with my son! The article is now online! 🗃️
And at the other end of the student age spectrum, a team from UNH led by @ksalex10.bsky.social and @jlepler.bsky.social went to a local elementary school to inject some history fun into STEAM Night. 🗃️
Churning Butter and Promoting History – AHA
A butter-churning activity got children excited about history at an elementary school STEAM night.
www.historians.org
February 13, 2026 at 7:48 PM
So much joy here! Bringing hands-on history to children and their caregivers, supporting my UNH students, planning with @ksalex10.bsky.social, and working on this article with one of my first students @lmansley.bsky.social. Best of all, I got to do it with my son! The article is now online! 🗃️
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A piece I wrote a few weeks ago, while I was in Ireland both wishing I was home and afraid to return. nursingclio.org/2026/02/13/t... @nursingclio.bsky.social
Teaching/Watching/Fearing Abroad While Minnesota Roils
For the last four weeks, I’ve been in Ireland with a group of twenty-one St. Olaf College students. While St. Olaf is in Northfield, Minnesota, about 40 miles south of the Twin Cities, my January t…
nursingclio.org
February 13, 2026 at 6:38 PM
A piece I wrote a few weeks ago, while I was in Ireland both wishing I was home and afraid to return. nursingclio.org/2026/02/13/t... @nursingclio.bsky.social
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AHA members: The AHA is accepting applications for the 2026-27 research grants until February 15, 2026. Preference will be given to advanced doctoral students, nontenured faculty, and unaffiliated scholars and to those with specific research needs. 🗃️
Grants & Fellowships - AHA
AHA Research Grants Grants may be used for travel to a library or archive; microfilming, photography, or photocopying; hiring a researcher; borrowing or access fees; and similar research expenses-a li...
www.historians.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:01 PM
AHA members: The AHA is accepting applications for the 2026-27 research grants until February 15, 2026. Preference will be given to advanced doctoral students, nontenured faculty, and unaffiliated scholars and to those with specific research needs. 🗃️
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Deadline approaching: submit your proposals for #AHA27 by February 15, 2026. Our 2027 annual meeting will take place on January 7–10, 2027, in New Orleans. The Program Committee welcomes and encourages all historians to submit proposals.
Call for Proposals - AHA
The AHA's annual meeting is the largest yearly gathering of historians in the United States. All historians are welcome and encouraged to submit proposals. The AHA also invites historically focused proposals from colleagues in related disciplines and fr...
www.historians.org
February 13, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Deadline approaching: submit your proposals for #AHA27 by February 15, 2026. Our 2027 annual meeting will take place on January 7–10, 2027, in New Orleans. The Program Committee welcomes and encourages all historians to submit proposals.
13 years ago on Sunday, we had coffee on Friday afternoon. And then proceeded to go to a movie that evening, meet up at a friend's sporting event on Saturday morning, and karaoke with friends on Saturday evening. It was a whirlwind of first dates. Couldn't get enough time with him. Still can't!
This is an unapologetically sappy feel-good subject (at least, I guess, for people in a happy relationship”). So, to prepare for Valentine’s Day, what did you and your partner do for a first date?
My wife and I went to tea at Huntington Gardens and walked around.
My wife and I went to tea at Huntington Gardens and walked around.
On our first date, my spouse and I spent like an hour talking about footnotes.
February 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
13 years ago on Sunday, we had coffee on Friday afternoon. And then proceeded to go to a movie that evening, meet up at a friend's sporting event on Saturday morning, and karaoke with friends on Saturday evening. It was a whirlwind of first dates. Couldn't get enough time with him. Still can't!
A stunning and beautiful piece of writing from my friend @aearls.bsky.social. At @nursingclio.bsky.social today:
Teaching/Watching/Fearing Abroad While Minnesota Roils
For the last four weeks, I’ve been in Ireland with a group of twenty-one St. Olaf College students. While St. Olaf is in Northfield, Minnesota, about 40 miles south of the Twin Cities, my January t…
nursingclio.org
February 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
A stunning and beautiful piece of writing from my friend @aearls.bsky.social. At @nursingclio.bsky.social today:
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In #AHAPerspectives, Suzanne M. Litrel describes teaching history to students in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, “reaching out to older learners in a low-stakes environment, I’ve found, rekindles or even jump-starts their love of history.” 🗃️
Not Dead Yet – AHA
For the 50+-year-old students in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, taking history courses rekindles or even jump-starts their love of history.
www.historians.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:52 PM
In #AHAPerspectives, Suzanne M. Litrel describes teaching history to students in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, “reaching out to older learners in a low-stakes environment, I’ve found, rekindles or even jump-starts their love of history.” 🗃️
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In #AHAPerspectives, @ksalex10.bsky.social and @jlepler.bsky.social share how they introduced the humanities to an elementary school’s annual STEAM night through an interactive butter-churning activity. 🗃️
Churning Butter and Promoting History – AHA
A butter-churning activity got children excited about history at an elementary school STEAM night.
www.historians.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
In #AHAPerspectives, @ksalex10.bsky.social and @jlepler.bsky.social share how they introduced the humanities to an elementary school’s annual STEAM night through an interactive butter-churning activity. 🗃️
Already hearing from some history department chairs and/or advisors that they are ordering copies for their students! I bet your history majors (current and prospective!) would benefit from reading this booklet too. 🗃️
Careers for History Majors, revamped and updated for 2026, conveys the value of the undergraduate study of history through clear graphs and informal prose. Readers will find hard data, practical advice, and answers to common questions from students and their parents. 🗃️
Careers for History Majors - AHA
Studying History Can Enrich Our Lives The Value of a History Degree With clear data and informal prose, Careers for History Majors equips readers with data, practical advice, specific strategies, and ...
www.historians.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Already hearing from some history department chairs and/or advisors that they are ordering copies for their students! I bet your history majors (current and prospective!) would benefit from reading this booklet too. 🗃️
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We had so much fun churning butter with children and their caregivers. While our biceps worked out, we chatted about the history of food, labor, animals, and so much more!
Our UNH History team is doing it again next month. You can do it too! We hope this idea gathers STEAM! 🗃️#skystorians
Our UNH History team is doing it again next month. You can do it too! We hope this idea gathers STEAM! 🗃️#skystorians
And at the other end of the student age spectrum, a team from UNH led by @ksalex10.bsky.social and @jlepler.bsky.social went to a local elementary school to inject some history fun into STEAM Night. 🗃️
Churning Butter and Promoting History – AHA
A butter-churning activity got children excited about history at an elementary school STEAM night.
www.historians.org
February 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
We had so much fun churning butter with children and their caregivers. While our biceps worked out, we chatted about the history of food, labor, animals, and so much more!
Our UNH History team is doing it again next month. You can do it too! We hope this idea gathers STEAM! 🗃️#skystorians
Our UNH History team is doing it again next month. You can do it too! We hope this idea gathers STEAM! 🗃️#skystorians
Last week, we published articles at #AHAPerspectives on teaching history outside of history departments. This week, we have another fun pairing.
February 11, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Last week, we published articles at #AHAPerspectives on teaching history outside of history departments. This week, we have another fun pairing.
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Latest piece, on the joy of creating courses for and teaching history to lifelong learners. The average age of my sharp, curious, and (in many cases) globe-trotting seniors? 70. "We may be old," said one such student, "but we're not dead yet."
#lifelonglearning
#lifelonglearning
In #AHAPerspectives, Suzanne M. Litrel describes teaching history to students in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, “reaching out to older learners in a low-stakes environment, I’ve found, rekindles or even jump-starts their love of history.” 🗃️
Not Dead Yet – AHA
For the 50+-year-old students in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, taking history courses rekindles or even jump-starts their love of history.
www.historians.org
February 10, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Latest piece, on the joy of creating courses for and teaching history to lifelong learners. The average age of my sharp, curious, and (in many cases) globe-trotting seniors? 70. "We may be old," said one such student, "but we're not dead yet."
#lifelonglearning
#lifelonglearning
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Opinion Poll:
Should historians organize their own book launches? If so, how? It feels like icky self-promotion in a time when the world is burning, but is it important? 🗃️
Should historians organize their own book launches? If so, how? It feels like icky self-promotion in a time when the world is burning, but is it important? 🗃️
February 11, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Opinion Poll:
Should historians organize their own book launches? If so, how? It feels like icky self-promotion in a time when the world is burning, but is it important? 🗃️
Should historians organize their own book launches? If so, how? It feels like icky self-promotion in a time when the world is burning, but is it important? 🗃️
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Any ideas @jackiantonovich.bsky.social, @lmansley.bsky.social, @sarahbelle721.bsky.social, @cethompson.bsky.social ?
Hello, friends! I have a student in a class who is searching for an external examiner for her undergraduate Honors work. She is focused on surrogacy and reproductive justice in Europe and the U.S. There is a small honorarium available for a prof who can help! Let me know.
February 11, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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Friends: my book, Dangerous Migration: Mexican Labor and the Fight for Immigrant Rights, will be released on March 15. You can pre-order it here, and you can use promo code S26UIP when ordering directly from the press to save 30%! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
February 9, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Friends: my book, Dangerous Migration: Mexican Labor and the Fight for Immigrant Rights, will be released on March 15. You can pre-order it here, and you can use promo code S26UIP when ordering directly from the press to save 30%! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
This letter randomly came to mind this morning. Still unbelievable. (And just one archival find in a great book.)
I’m just gonna share one letter that @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social included in his excellent new book, Big Fiction. It’s a real doozy, from Bennett Cerf of Random House.
February 7, 2026 at 6:50 PM
This letter randomly came to mind this morning. Still unbelievable. (And just one archival find in a great book.)
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Learned about the depressing trend of describing books as TL;DR (Too Long, Didn't Read) at a conference last weekend.
Instead, I propose LR;WI (Long Read and Worth It). What are some long books that you read recently and enjoyed? I'll start: 🗃️
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Instead, I propose LR;WI (Long Read and Worth It). What are some long books that you read recently and enjoyed? I'll start: 🗃️
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
The Tame and the Wild — Harvard University Press
A dramatic new interpretation of the encounter between Europe and the Americas that reveals the crucial role of animals in the shaping of the modern world.When the men and women of the island of Guana...
www.hup.harvard.edu
February 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Learned about the depressing trend of describing books as TL;DR (Too Long, Didn't Read) at a conference last weekend.
Instead, I propose LR;WI (Long Read and Worth It). What are some long books that you read recently and enjoyed? I'll start: 🗃️
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Instead, I propose LR;WI (Long Read and Worth It). What are some long books that you read recently and enjoyed? I'll start: 🗃️
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Everything is really hard right now, like REALLY hard, on a daily basis. But @ietonat.bsky.social made us breakfast tacos for lunch and my day is a little better.
The videos of the NYC kids at the mini podium are helping too.
The videos of the NYC kids at the mini podium are helping too.
February 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Everything is really hard right now, like REALLY hard, on a daily basis. But @ietonat.bsky.social made us breakfast tacos for lunch and my day is a little better.
The videos of the NYC kids at the mini podium are helping too.
The videos of the NYC kids at the mini podium are helping too.
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New from #HistoryInFocus — More on the Doctoral Futures initiative, which aims to rethink graduate education in History and beyond. Plus, I recap my time at #AHA26; spoiler alert: it was mostly podcast-related sessions. 😀 🎙️
@historians.org
www.historians.org/podcast/doct...
@historians.org
www.historians.org/podcast/doct...
Doctoral Futures at AHA 2026
Daniel provides a quick recap of his time at this year’s AHA annual meeting in Chicago. In addition, he sat down with Stacy Hartman from ACLS to discuss Doctoral Futures.
www.historians.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:56 PM
New from #HistoryInFocus — More on the Doctoral Futures initiative, which aims to rethink graduate education in History and beyond. Plus, I recap my time at #AHA26; spoiler alert: it was mostly podcast-related sessions. 😀 🎙️
@historians.org
www.historians.org/podcast/doct...
@historians.org
www.historians.org/podcast/doct...
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“The world is a hunter of the monsters of girls, bent on filing sharp edges and shattering teeth and silencing wants and stifling impulses.” maudlinhouse.net/when-we-haun...
When we h(a)unted
We stalked the halls of dead malls, ghosts before our time. We lived by sense, taste and smell and sight, by instinct, lust and desire and rage. We were not quiet. We were not neat. The world is a hun...
maudlinhouse.net
February 5, 2026 at 2:26 PM
“The world is a hunter of the monsters of girls, bent on filing sharp edges and shattering teeth and silencing wants and stifling impulses.” maudlinhouse.net/when-we-haun...
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In #AHAPerspectives, @drkyliesmith.bsky.social shares how she approaches teaching history to her nursing students. “Students need to learn a broad conception of history that explores the economic and political forces that shape their patients’ lives, as well as their own profession.” 🗃️
Nurses Need History Too – AHA
Teaching history to nursing students gives essential context to the healthcare systems they work in.
www.historians.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
In #AHAPerspectives, @drkyliesmith.bsky.social shares how she approaches teaching history to her nursing students. “Students need to learn a broad conception of history that explores the economic and political forces that shape their patients’ lives, as well as their own profession.” 🗃️
Really looking forward to this one, after it was postponed due to the fall federal shutdown.
On 2/11, the AHA will host a Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on vaccines. Panelists Elena Conis, David M. Oshinsky, Michael Willrich, & moderator Sarah Weicksel will discuss how public perception & the role of the federal government in vaccination has changed over time. 🗃️
History of Vaccines – AHA
The American Historical Association (AHA) will host a Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on vaccines. The briefing will take place on Wednesday, February 11, at 9:00 a.m. in Raybu...
www.historians.org
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Really looking forward to this one, after it was postponed due to the fall federal shutdown.
In #AHAPerspectives, we have two paired pieces this week about the value of teaching history to students outside history departments.
First up is Kelly Schrum, who teaches history of higher education to graduate students in a higher education and student affairs program. 🗃️
First up is Kelly Schrum, who teaches history of higher education to graduate students in a higher education and student affairs program. 🗃️
Why Should I Know History? – AHA
Higher education and student affairs programs can benefit from learning the history of higher education.
www.historians.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
In #AHAPerspectives, we have two paired pieces this week about the value of teaching history to students outside history departments.
First up is Kelly Schrum, who teaches history of higher education to graduate students in a higher education and student affairs program. 🗃️
First up is Kelly Schrum, who teaches history of higher education to graduate students in a higher education and student affairs program. 🗃️