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Happy #pubday to "Words Colliding: The Debate over Slavery and Black Exclusion in Nineteenth-Century America" by Andrew F. Hammann!

The long history and lasting impact of the rhetoric of Black exclusion in American politics and culture

#skystorians #readUP

www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10143/
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
November 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The North American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA) conference begins today! @navsa2025.bsky.social #NAVSA2025

Visit our virtual exhibit and use promo code <10NAVSA25> for 40% off through the end of the month!

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November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The History of Science Society (HSS) conference is underway!

Visit our virtual exhibit and use promo code <10HSS25> for 40% off through the end of the month!

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November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Happy #pubday to "The Star-Spangled Republic: Political Astronomy and the Rise of the American Constellation" by Eran Shalev!

Examining the cosmic conceit at the heart of early American political rhetoric

www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10148/

#skystorians #booksky
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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For those interested in Jane Austen and the 18th century novel, Sarah Eron wrote a compelling book from @uvapress.bsky.social
on memory fiction from Defoe to Austen. There’s a fine analysis of Mansfield Park & the Lockean concept of memory. www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5465/ #JaneAusten250
Mind over Matter
<div><p>How do we understand memory in the early novel? Departing from traditional empiricist conceptualizations of remembering, <i>Mind over Matter</
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November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Announcing the longlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025! Featuring 10 languages, 12 publishers, 4 collections of poetry - and much more. The longlist travels from Argentina to South Korea, from Haiti to Romania, from Sweden to Slovenia.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Thrilled to be discussing my research on Hannah Nokes Dec 13 at Thomas Balch Library in Leesburg. "Queer Virginia: New Stories in the Old Dominion" from @uvapress.bsky.social will be available for purchase. #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #TransHistory #Loudoun www.leesburgva.gov/Home/Compone...
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Happy #pubday to "Nuremberg's Citizen Prosecutor: Benjamin Ferencz and the Birth of International Justice" by Gregory S. Gordon!

The remarkable life of one of the twentieth century’s great warriors for justice.

www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10088/
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Heading to @thesouthernsha.bsky.social next week? Join the Society of Civil War Historians Early Career Committee for for our annual Happy Hour!

5:00-6:30 pm Friday, November 7 in The Glades @jcwe.bsky.social 🗃️
November 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Check out Miles Hubble's review of Andrew Kalaidjian's "Spectacle Earth: Media for Planetary Change," published in 2025 by @uvapress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #ecocrit
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November 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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An exploration of one of America's most iconic and misunderstood authors. Presenting a range of exciting archival discoveries, illuminating the man and his oeuvre in ways never before possible.

Buy Here: 📚 buff.ly/dgsBKl8

#HalloweenReads #UniversityofVirginiaPress
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Are you attending the Southern next month? Have a project you'd like to pitch to an editor? Send us a DM to set up a meeting!

@joursouhist.bsky.social
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October 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Nov. 12!

Andrew Dolkart leads a virtual architectural tour of 97 Orchard Street. Learn how a gas jet, a toilet, and faded wallpaper shed light on national and local history!

Register below👇

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Virtual Architecture Tour with Andrew Dolkart
On Wednesday, November 12 Andrew Dolkart leads a virtual architectural tour of 97 Orchard Street.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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UVA Press author Yanick Lahens has won the Académie Française's Grand Prix du roman, one of the oldest and most prestigious literary awards in France. Join us in congratulating her!
Le grand prix du roman de l’Académie française attribué à l’autrice haïtienne Yanick Lahens
Récompensée pour son roman « Passagères de nuit », l’écrivaine l’a emporté de justesse face à Pauline Dreyfus, qui concourait avec « Un pont sur la Seine ».
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October 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Check out this interview with author Peter D. Blackmer by Michael Stauch of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social!
October 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"If students read only one book about the long shadow of enslavement on southern universities, 'After Emancipation' should be it."
—@joursouhist.bsky.social

www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5925/

#skystorians #booksky #readUP
October 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's Halloween, a perfect time to revisit the life and work of the "master of the macabre" Edgar Allan Poe!

"It is well that a writer of such canonical importance should have a definitive biography, and Kopley certainly seems the man to write it."
—@wsj.com

www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10034/
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Always great to see authors and their books!

Hannah Spahn, author of “Black Reason, White Feeling” and @stevesarson.bsky.social, author of “The Course of Human Events” stopped by our table at @oieahc.bsky.social

Give them a read today!
October 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We’re here! Come say hi, pitch us your projects, and get 50% off display copies!
October 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The @oieahc.bsky.social "For 2026: Wartime Transformations" conference starts tomorrow at William & Mary!

If you can't make it in person, check out our virtual exhibit and take advantage of the 40% conference discount!

Enter <10WMBURG25> at checkout

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October 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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October 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Happy #pubday to "Seeking the High Ground: Slavery and Political Conflict in the British Atlantic World" by Matthew Mason!

How American slavery engendered a new political vocabulary used on both sides of the Atlantic.

www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10097/

#skystorians #booksky #readUP
October 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM