Jennifer Hart
@detroittoaccra.bsky.social
Africanist by training; historian by trade; teacher, singer, cook by passion - talking up the new book (Making an African City: Technopolitics and the Infrastructure of Everyday Life in Colonial Accra), History at Virginia Tech, and Gen Ed at the AAC&U
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“Making an African City” might be coming to a conference near you thanks to my awesome editors at IUPress. Grab a copy to support academic publishing, but you can also access it for free here: publish.iupress.indiana.edu/projects/mak...
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[1/5] We're launching a new thing @ the Metro NY Library Council: The Cross-Reference Coalition is an experimental school tracing exuberantly🤗 interdisciplinary links btw NYC's libraries + archives; connecting its knwldg workers, grad students, artists + designers. We'll also make a rad book...
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The Cross-Reference Coalition An Experimental School
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May 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
[1/5] We're launching a new thing @ the Metro NY Library Council: The Cross-Reference Coalition is an experimental school tracing exuberantly🤗 interdisciplinary links btw NYC's libraries + archives; connecting its knwldg workers, grad students, artists + designers. We'll also make a rad book...
This is so exciting!
The AHA will partner with @nationalhistoryday.bsky.social for Revolutionary Ideals: Understanding 250 Years of American Principles, a virtual professional learning series for K–12 educators in April 2026. Applications will launch in January 2026, with 240 spots available for teachers nationwide. 🗃️
National History Day Announces Partnership with AHA for 2026 Program - AHA
The American Historical Association will partner with National History Day for Revolutionary Ideals: Understanding 250 Years of American Principles, a virtual professional learning series for K—12 edu...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is so exciting!
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This week we also announced plans for a new Applied History Fellowship for postdoc historians, with @ihr.bsky.social and publisher DC Thomson bit.ly/4ofWArN
Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education. Launch event: 2.30pm, 19 Nov, online #Skystorians
Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education. Launch event: 2.30pm, 19 Nov, online #Skystorians
New programme of 'Applied History Fellowships': launch and introductory event - RHS
In 2025-26 the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), Royal Historical Society and DC Thomson will launch a new Applied History Fellowship partnership. Join us at this online session -- 2.30pm on Wed...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This week we also announced plans for a new Applied History Fellowship for postdoc historians, with @ihr.bsky.social and publisher DC Thomson bit.ly/4ofWArN
Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education. Launch event: 2.30pm, 19 Nov, online #Skystorians
Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education. Launch event: 2.30pm, 19 Nov, online #Skystorians
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The Institute of Historical Research's 2026 June summer school in Bloomsbury is on Sickness and Health, from London's medieval history to the present. Suitable for the History-curious over the age of 16.
IHR London Summer School 2026: Sickness and Health
From the Black Death to the Covid-19 pandemic, from medieval medicine to public health across the centuries, from hospitals to archives & collections. Join us to discover Londo...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Institute of Historical Research's 2026 June summer school in Bloomsbury is on Sickness and Health, from London's medieval history to the present. Suitable for the History-curious over the age of 16.
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🎉We are pleased to announce new Applied History Fellowships in partnership with @royalhistsoc.org & @findmypast.bsky.social.
Join us on the 19 November at our launch event to find out more about the Fellowships and how to apply:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Join us on the 19 November at our launch event to find out more about the Fellowships and how to apply:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
October 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🎉We are pleased to announce new Applied History Fellowships in partnership with @royalhistsoc.org & @findmypast.bsky.social.
Join us on the 19 November at our launch event to find out more about the Fellowships and how to apply:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Join us on the 19 November at our launch event to find out more about the Fellowships and how to apply:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Applications are open for the #AHA26 Sinclair Workshop on Historical Podcasting. This session, limited to 10 attendees following an application, will focus on the development process for producing historical podcast. Apply at the link by November 15. 🗃️
139th Annual Meeting (January 8-11, 2026): Sinclair Workshop on Historical Podcasting: Developmental Conversations
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October 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Applications are open for the #AHA26 Sinclair Workshop on Historical Podcasting. This session, limited to 10 attendees following an application, will focus on the development process for producing historical podcast. Apply at the link by November 15. 🗃️
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This is in my research wheelhouse, but I'm not an early career scholar.
Get this money young scholars!!
Get this money young scholars!!
DEADLINE EXTENDED: 2025 Eighteenth-Century Africa Publication Fellowships – ASECS
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October 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is in my research wheelhouse, but I'm not an early career scholar.
Get this money young scholars!!
Get this money young scholars!!
Friends! It’s here! The 2026 GSA conference CFP! Propose your panels or papers or workshops or film screenings or other creative forms of presentation and join us in Kumasi.
There’s going to be some special opportunities for Ghana-based doctoral students/candidates and virtual (not hybrid) options!
There’s going to be some special opportunities for Ghana-based doctoral students/candidates and virtual (not hybrid) options!
September 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Friends! It’s here! The 2026 GSA conference CFP! Propose your panels or papers or workshops or film screenings or other creative forms of presentation and join us in Kumasi.
There’s going to be some special opportunities for Ghana-based doctoral students/candidates and virtual (not hybrid) options!
There’s going to be some special opportunities for Ghana-based doctoral students/candidates and virtual (not hybrid) options!
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The program for #AHA26 is available to browse! This year’s annual meeting will feature over 460 sessions and events. Join us in Chicago on January 8–11, 2026. 🗃️
“Let Facts Be Submitted to a Candid World”: Historians, their Publics, and the 250th Anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence
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September 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The program for #AHA26 is available to browse! This year’s annual meeting will feature over 460 sessions and events. Join us in Chicago on January 8–11, 2026. 🗃️
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History majors have lower unemployment than computer science majors.
Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs.
Study history! Get a job!
Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs.
Study history! Get a job!
September 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
History majors have lower unemployment than computer science majors.
Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs.
Study history! Get a job!
Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs.
Study history! Get a job!
Honored to be included @historians.org and thrilled to be able to hype amazing colleagues like Trevor Getz and Jonathan Roberts who’ve been building stellar resources and support for this work for a long time.
The first installment features historian Jennifer Hart on the state of the field of African History. 🗃️
State of the Field for Busy Teachers: African History
In four brief episodes we offer a rapid review of a field of historical scholarship. This first installment features historian Jennifer Hart on the state of the field of African History.
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September 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Honored to be included @historians.org and thrilled to be able to hype amazing colleagues like Trevor Getz and Jonathan Roberts who’ve been building stellar resources and support for this work for a long time.
Very excited about this miniseries and honored to be part of it! Thanks so much @danieljstory.bsky.social
I'm excited to kick off a new season of #HistoryInFocus with a miniseries we're calling "State of the Field for Busy Teachers." In four brief episodes, we survey the fields of African History, Native American History, LGBTQ+ History, and Graphic History. @historians.org @detroittoaccra.bsky.social
State of the Field for Busy Teachers: African History
In four brief episodes we offer a rapid review of a field of historical scholarship. This first installment features historian Jennifer Hart on the state of the field of African History.
www.historians.org
September 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Very excited about this miniseries and honored to be part of it! Thanks so much @danieljstory.bsky.social
Excited for this @hofrench.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Excited for this @hofrench.bsky.social
As I start yet another new academic year in what feels like chaos, I keep remembering to ground myself in things that are real and take time to breathe and think.
August 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
As I start yet another new academic year in what feels like chaos, I keep remembering to ground myself in things that are real and take time to breathe and think.
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Delighted to share this essay adopted from my new book, The Second Emancipation, out in two weeks and available for pre-order now. foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/s...
The Political Giant the West Forgot
Kwame Nkrumah’s life demonstrates that the end of colonial rule in Africa is central to modern history.
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August 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Delighted to share this essay adopted from my new book, The Second Emancipation, out in two weeks and available for pre-order now. foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/s...
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Excited to see this article out at last, part of a special issue edited by @aselmeyer.bsky.social and Avner Ofrath and growing out of a fantastic conference they organized several years ago! Grateful for the chance to think about my work in a new way and learn from such interesting scholars!
📣 New #OpenAccess article on #FirstView
🇬🇭 @detroittoaccra.bsky.social, '"In the neighbourhood": social solidarity and the politics of urban governance in colonial Accra'
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory
🇬🇭 @detroittoaccra.bsky.social, '"In the neighbourhood": social solidarity and the politics of urban governance in colonial Accra'
🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory
June 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Excited to see this article out at last, part of a special issue edited by @aselmeyer.bsky.social and Avner Ofrath and growing out of a fantastic conference they organized several years ago! Grateful for the chance to think about my work in a new way and learn from such interesting scholars!
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Register by TODAY, June 16, for the AHA's annual Department Chairs’ Workshop, which will be held online from June 23–24. The workshop is an opportunity for chairs to share resources, learn from one another, and build a cohort to support their professional development. 🗃️
Annual Department Chairs' Workshop | American Historical Association
This workshop provides a unique space for new and experienced chairs to hold productive discussions about the issues facing department chairs in our discipline.
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June 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Register by TODAY, June 16, for the AHA's annual Department Chairs’ Workshop, which will be held online from June 23–24. The workshop is an opportunity for chairs to share resources, learn from one another, and build a cohort to support their professional development. 🗃️
I appreciate this thoughtful review from Abah Danladi in Urban History! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Jennifer Hart, Making an African City: Technopolitics and the Infrastructure of Everyday Life in Colonial Accra. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2024. vii + 291pp. Bibliography. 21 figures. $90...
Jennifer Hart, Making an African City: Technopolitics and the Infrastructure of Everyday Life in Colonial Accra. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2024. vii + 291pp. Bibliography. 21 figures. 45....
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May 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I appreciate this thoughtful review from Abah Danladi in Urban History! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Well, I think this is it…the last full article I can probably manage to write based on primary sources collected during dissertation research, available open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Steering the Nation? Drivers, Nationalism, and the Writing of History | History in Africa | Cambridge Core
Steering the Nation? Drivers, Nationalism, and the Writing of History
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May 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Well, I think this is it…the last full article I can probably manage to write based on primary sources collected during dissertation research, available open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Job klaxon for Virginia Tech, please share! #intelligencehistory #militaryhistory #skystorians 🗃️ careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...
Details | Instructor in Modern Military History | Careers | Division of Human Resources | Virginia Tech
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May 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Job klaxon for Virginia Tech, please share! #intelligencehistory #militaryhistory #skystorians 🗃️ careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...
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May 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Many of our members have had grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities abruptly terminated. In response, the AHA, @modernlanguage.bsky.social, & @ach.bsky.social are convening an Information Exchange about the NEH Appeal Process on Wednesday, April 30th at 11am ET on Zoom. Register now 🗃️
Information Exchange about the NEH Appeal Process - AHA
Many of our members have had grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities abruptly terminated. In response, the AHA and partner organizations are convening an Information Exchange about the N...
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April 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Many of our members have had grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities abruptly terminated. In response, the AHA, @modernlanguage.bsky.social, & @ach.bsky.social are convening an Information Exchange about the NEH Appeal Process on Wednesday, April 30th at 11am ET on Zoom. Register now 🗃️
Spending the weekend in a whirlwind of presentations abt things you care about w/ people you like & deeply respect is really the best! I will talk about history methods, intro courses, syllabus design, & radical hope w/ @thetattooedprof.bsky.social & Trevor Getz any time! Thx @historians.org
March 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Spending the weekend in a whirlwind of presentations abt things you care about w/ people you like & deeply respect is really the best! I will talk about history methods, intro courses, syllabus design, & radical hope w/ @thetattooedprof.bsky.social & Trevor Getz any time! Thx @historians.org
So excited for this!
Available now for preorder! My new book, Snafu Edu: Teaching & Learning When Things Go Wrong in the College Classroom from @oupress.bsky.social. amzn.to/43RJgT5
Snafu Edu: Teaching and Learning When Things Go Wrong in the College Classroom (Volume 6) (Teaching, Engaging, and Thriving in Higher Ed)
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March 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
So excited for this!