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Stay tuned. Some friends and I will be hosting a live Q and A after Thanksgiving to answer your questions about what you learned or didn’t learn in the series. We will have details out soon. #HATM
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Stay tuned. Some friends and I will be hosting a live Q and A after Thanksgiving to answer your questions about what you learned or didn’t learn in the series. We will have details out soon. #HATM
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Shamless self-plug for this episode of Revolutions in Retrospect about Lafayette's return in 1824 to see a Revolution that remained unfinished #HATM
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Lafayette Bids His Last Adieu with Ryan L. Cole
Podcast Episode · Revolutions in Retrospect · 11/11/2025 · 1h 17m
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November 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Shamless self-plug for this episode of Revolutions in Retrospect about Lafayette's return in 1824 to see a Revolution that remained unfinished #HATM
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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Check out Revolutions in Retrospect! Our new podcast that explores the revolutions that remade the Atlantic world, from the civil wars of 17th century Britain, the Jacobite Uprisings, & American Independence, to Revolutionary Haiti, the French Revolution, the Enlightenment, & everything in between.
Surprise! @jeanettepatrick.bsky.social and I have teamed up with @lynnprobbins.bsky.social and @patricklong.bsky.social at Primary Source Media to bring you Revolutions in Retrospect, a podcast that explores the histories of the revolutions that remade the Atlantic world.
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Check out Revolutions in Retrospect! Our new podcast that explores the revolutions that remade the Atlantic world, from the civil wars of 17th century Britain, the Jacobite Uprisings, & American Independence, to Revolutionary Haiti, the French Revolution, the Enlightenment, & everything in between.
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In one week, The Rebellion begins.
Check out this preview of Worlds Turned Upside Down: Episode 20: The Rebellion and be sure to catch up on previous episodes before British regulars make their way down the road to Lexington and Concord.
Check out this preview of Worlds Turned Upside Down: Episode 20: The Rebellion and be sure to catch up on previous episodes before British regulars make their way down the road to Lexington and Concord.
October 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
In one week, The Rebellion begins.
Check out this preview of Worlds Turned Upside Down: Episode 20: The Rebellion and be sure to catch up on previous episodes before British regulars make their way down the road to Lexington and Concord.
Check out this preview of Worlds Turned Upside Down: Episode 20: The Rebellion and be sure to catch up on previous episodes before British regulars make their way down the road to Lexington and Concord.
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Tomorrow! We’ll journey from South Asia to the Caribbean to explore the colorful world of the textile trade by Connecting Threads with @deepthimurali.bsky.social. Register to join us!
Speaking at @oieahc.bsky.social Digital Coffeehouse series tomorrow (Tuesday, Oct 14, 12pm EST) about my project Connecting Threads: Fashioning Madras in the Caribbean. I am talking about 18th-19th century Indian textiles & Caribbean dress/identity. Sign-up: omohundro.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/o...
OI DH Coffeehouse—Fall 2025
Online brownbag sessions to explore DH projects
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October 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Tomorrow! We’ll journey from South Asia to the Caribbean to explore the colorful world of the textile trade by Connecting Threads with @deepthimurali.bsky.social. Register to join us!
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social Rep Jamie Raskin has created a FOIA form letter for people to demand details on if and how their data stored on government systems has been used.
They flood the zone, we can flood the zone right back within the structure of the law.
jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
They flood the zone, we can flood the zone right back within the structure of the law.
jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
DOGE Privacy Act Requests
U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (...
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March 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social Rep Jamie Raskin has created a FOIA form letter for people to demand details on if and how their data stored on government systems has been used.
They flood the zone, we can flood the zone right back within the structure of the law.
jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
They flood the zone, we can flood the zone right back within the structure of the law.
jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
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@omeka.org’s first grant came from IMLS.
March 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
@omeka.org’s first grant came from IMLS.
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Voice of America is silent.
I remember in the Cold War when the Soviet Union wanted nothing more than to silence the Voice of America.
Today's the day it happened.
I remember in the Cold War when the Soviet Union wanted nothing more than to silence the Voice of America.
Today's the day it happened.
Statement from the director of the Voice of America (who has been placed on administrative leave).
March 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Voice of America is silent.
I remember in the Cold War when the Soviet Union wanted nothing more than to silence the Voice of America.
Today's the day it happened.
I remember in the Cold War when the Soviet Union wanted nothing more than to silence the Voice of America.
Today's the day it happened.
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“Secretly socially transitioning” students by using pronouns?
WTF?
WTF?
March 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
“Secretly socially transitioning” students by using pronouns?
WTF?
WTF?
Did he really say he respects law enforcement? And lightning didn't strike?
March 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Did he really say he respects law enforcement? And lightning didn't strike?
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Hey…”no more being governed by unelected bureaucrats.”
May I introduce you to….EM?
May I introduce you to….EM?
March 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Hey…”no more being governed by unelected bureaucrats.”
May I introduce you to….EM?
May I introduce you to….EM?
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In today's episode @jmbeatty.bsky.social joins @katyghistory.bsky.social to discuss the poetic language Belinda Sutton uses when she petitions The Massachusetts General Court for the funds left to her by her enslaver Isaac Royall after he fled during the Rev War.
www.r2studios.org/show/your-mo...
www.r2studios.org/show/your-mo...
Episode 56: The Most Dreadful Of All Enemies
Dr. Jacqueline Beatty joins host Kathryn Gehred to discuss The Petition of Belinda from 1783 in which Belinda Sutton petitions The Massachusetts General Court for t…
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January 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
In today's episode @jmbeatty.bsky.social joins @katyghistory.bsky.social to discuss the poetic language Belinda Sutton uses when she petitions The Massachusetts General Court for the funds left to her by her enslaver Isaac Royall after he fled during the Rev War.
www.r2studios.org/show/your-mo...
www.r2studios.org/show/your-mo...
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Things are moving along with the Graffiti Houses Project! Here are some photos of the measuring and imaging processes used to document the historic graffiti.
Photo credit: Matthew Kaiser, City of Fairfax, VA, taken January 17.
Photo credit: Matthew Kaiser, City of Fairfax, VA, taken January 17.
January 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Things are moving along with the Graffiti Houses Project! Here are some photos of the measuring and imaging processes used to document the historic graffiti.
Photo credit: Matthew Kaiser, City of Fairfax, VA, taken January 17.
Photo credit: Matthew Kaiser, City of Fairfax, VA, taken January 17.
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Read Belinda Sutton's petition here @harvardlibrary.bsky.social iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/vi...
January 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Read Belinda Sutton's petition here @harvardlibrary.bsky.social iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/vi...
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NEW: "The Most Dreadful of All Enemies"
@jmbeatty.bsky.social joins @katyghistory.bsky.social to discuss Belinda Sutton's 1783 petition to the Mass. General Court for funds enslaver Isaac Royall left her after he fled the colonies during the Revolutionary War.
www.r2studios.org/show/your-mo...
@jmbeatty.bsky.social joins @katyghistory.bsky.social to discuss Belinda Sutton's 1783 petition to the Mass. General Court for funds enslaver Isaac Royall left her after he fled the colonies during the Revolutionary War.
www.r2studios.org/show/your-mo...
Episode 56: The Most Dreadful Of All Enemies
Dr. Jacqueline Beatty joins host Kathryn Gehred to discuss The Petition of Belinda from 1783 in which Belinda Sutton petitions The Massachusetts General Court for t…
www.r2studios.org
January 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
NEW: "The Most Dreadful of All Enemies"
@jmbeatty.bsky.social joins @katyghistory.bsky.social to discuss Belinda Sutton's 1783 petition to the Mass. General Court for funds enslaver Isaac Royall left her after he fled the colonies during the Revolutionary War.
www.r2studios.org/show/your-mo...
@jmbeatty.bsky.social joins @katyghistory.bsky.social to discuss Belinda Sutton's 1783 petition to the Mass. General Court for funds enslaver Isaac Royall left her after he fled the colonies during the Revolutionary War.
www.r2studios.org/show/your-mo...
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We have gotten so many questions about saluting, fascism, oligarchy, Nazis, the Gilded Age, etc in the last 2 days. Similar effects happen with so many current events.
There are good questions that also prove the relevance of our work and reach large audiences who want to learn history
There are good questions that also prove the relevance of our work and reach large audiences who want to learn history
i cannot emphasize enough how much I think professional historians should monitor and post on r/AskHistorians
the questions are good and the discussions are serious and you reach a big audience
the questions are good and the discussions are serious and you reach a big audience
How modern a phenomenon are "cults"? There are a lot of problems with defining “Cults”, leading /u/Double_Show_9316 to dive into the complex world divergent beliefs, changing historical concepts and so much more!
January 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We have gotten so many questions about saluting, fascism, oligarchy, Nazis, the Gilded Age, etc in the last 2 days. Similar effects happen with so many current events.
There are good questions that also prove the relevance of our work and reach large audiences who want to learn history
There are good questions that also prove the relevance of our work and reach large audiences who want to learn history
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About to teach my graduate research class, Researching with Official Records. We have a short readings portion, will hopefully get to do hands-on research practicum at an archive, and discuss the nature of knowledge and research.
January 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
About to teach my graduate research class, Researching with Official Records. We have a short readings portion, will hopefully get to do hands-on research practicum at an archive, and discuss the nature of knowledge and research.
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Tonight! They asked for a "prof." I put on my tweed suit.
January 13th at the Hilton Fairfax. Details and tickets at profsandpints.ticketleap.com/dcmetro/ . @wmata.com @wmata-incidents.bsky.social @washingtonian.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Tonight! They asked for a "prof." I put on my tweed suit.
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🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
January 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
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Our project was featured in the @georgemasonu.bsky.social news site! www.gmu.edu/news/2024-11... There's a bit of both me and @jasonheppler.org talking about the project on there.
George Mason researchers receive NEH funding for Connecting Threads project
Deepthi Murali and Jason Heppler of George Mason University’s Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media have received a level two Digital Humanities Advancement Grant from the National Endowment...
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November 21, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Our project was featured in the @georgemasonu.bsky.social news site! www.gmu.edu/news/2024-11... There's a bit of both me and @jasonheppler.org talking about the project on there.
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Now playing 🎧 Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: Episode 54: "I am Frightened When I Look at Her"
@katyghistory.bsky.social talks to Mary Wigge about Lucy Flucker Knox and her life during the Revolutionary War, featuring a harsh comment from Abigail Adams Smith. www.r2studios.org/show/your-mo...
@katyghistory.bsky.social talks to Mary Wigge about Lucy Flucker Knox and her life during the Revolutionary War, featuring a harsh comment from Abigail Adams Smith. www.r2studios.org/show/your-mo...
Episode 54: I Am Frightened When I Look At Her
Mary Wigge joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Lucy Flucker Knox to her husband General Henry Knox in which she describes how she spends her days during t…
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November 26, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Now playing 🎧 Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant: Episode 54: "I am Frightened When I Look at Her"
@katyghistory.bsky.social talks to Mary Wigge about Lucy Flucker Knox and her life during the Revolutionary War, featuring a harsh comment from Abigail Adams Smith. www.r2studios.org/show/your-mo...
@katyghistory.bsky.social talks to Mary Wigge about Lucy Flucker Knox and her life during the Revolutionary War, featuring a harsh comment from Abigail Adams Smith. www.r2studios.org/show/your-mo...
My quasi pet. If I let the feeder stay empty too long, he sits on a branch and stares at the door.
November 21, 2024 at 1:42 PM
My quasi pet. If I let the feeder stay empty too long, he sits on a branch and stares at the door.
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Ever wondered which purpose these odd-looking stones in Venice could serve?
Find out at our latest seminar, Mapping Urban Violence in Venice and the Terraferma, 1500-1700 using GIS, Nov 13, 2024 @ VeDPH Lab & Online.
Find out at our latest seminar, Mapping Urban Violence in Venice and the Terraferma, 1500-1700 using GIS, Nov 13, 2024 @ VeDPH Lab & Online.
November 8, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Ever wondered which purpose these odd-looking stones in Venice could serve?
Find out at our latest seminar, Mapping Urban Violence in Venice and the Terraferma, 1500-1700 using GIS, Nov 13, 2024 @ VeDPH Lab & Online.
Find out at our latest seminar, Mapping Urban Violence in Venice and the Terraferma, 1500-1700 using GIS, Nov 13, 2024 @ VeDPH Lab & Online.