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David Trowbridge
@davidtrowbridge.bsky.social
History professor at UMKC
Creator of Clio www.theClio.com
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🗃️ We’re kicking off a new series today on public history. www.hnn.us/article/star...
Starting with a Question
Meet Clio, a pedagogical tool that doubles as a travel app to get people hooked on learning history.
www.hnn.us
September 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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The AHA encourages our members to contact your congressional representatives today through the @humanitiesall.bsky.social action alert, and urge them to save the NEH. 🗃️
National Humanities Alliance: DOGE Rescinds NEH Grants - AHA
The AHA encourages our members to contact your congressional representatives today through the National Humanities Alliance’s action alert, and urge them to save the NEH. The NHA is also collecting in...
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April 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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I’ve been on NEH and IMLS review panels. Their commitment to wide-ranging and important research is built on the hard work of program officers and awards go through hours and hours of review by field experts. The shame of DOGE’s wasting all of this!! Love and gratitude to all NEH and IMLS workers
And overnight your friends at @nehgov.bsky.social staff have been placed on Admin Leave.
April 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Honored to join Drs. Lonnie Bunch and Carla Hayden and 8 organizations in conversations about how we can connect more people to history.
February 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Enjoyed talking with our local KC station about the connection between our city’s teams and our city’s history. www.kshb.com/sports/footb...
Do the Kansas City Chiefs fit criteria of a dynasty? Expert weighs in
KSHB 41's Mick Shaffer spoke to an expert who weighed in on if the Kansas City Chiefs meet the criteria to be considered a dynasty.
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February 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Today was the celebration of life for Freedom Rider Charles Person. The stories varied from monumental acts of courage to small gestures.
One of his last acts was creating a training academy to share the lessons he and other civil rights veterans learned.
January 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I miss the community of historians and other thoughtful people that once existed on Twitter. I hope to find that here.
January 10, 2024 at 3:33 PM