Mark R. Cheathem
@markcheathem.bsky.social
Historian, documentary editor, and writer. Views are my own. https://linktr.ee/markcheathem
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Anyway, AI doesn’t have any value for me in anything I do. I understand this says something about *what* I do. But also? It’s only practically existed for maybe 18 months. I loved and worked almost 45 years without it so yeah, I’m cool.
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Anyway, AI doesn’t have any value for me in anything I do. I understand this says something about *what* I do. But also? It’s only practically existed for maybe 18 months. I loved and worked almost 45 years without it so yeah, I’m cool.
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If you haven't seen this incredible historical data project yet, make it a priority! Mapping Deportations: Unmasking the History of Racism in U.S. Immigration Enforcement.
mappingdeportations.com
mappingdeportations.com
Mapping Deportations – U.S. Immigration Control since 1790
Mapping deportations invites you to see the history of U.S. immigration enforcement not as a series of disconnected events, but as a pattern. For more than two centuries, U.S. immigration enforcement…
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November 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
If you haven't seen this incredible historical data project yet, make it a priority! Mapping Deportations: Unmasking the History of Racism in U.S. Immigration Enforcement.
mappingdeportations.com
mappingdeportations.com
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Congratulations to historian Doug Egerton on winning this year's John Andrew Book Prize, which is awarded annually by the Union Club of Boston. I am looking forward to interviewing him tonight during the awards dinner. 🗃️
November 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Congratulations to historian Doug Egerton on winning this year's John Andrew Book Prize, which is awarded annually by the Union Club of Boston. I am looking forward to interviewing him tonight during the awards dinner. 🗃️
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Delighted to see international coverage of the project in @arlingtonva.us to memorialize enslaved people. We're the 1st county in the U.S. south to do this & had huge support from the community & local govt. See if you can spot me in the crowd pic!
Learn more about the project at enslavedarl.org
Learn more about the project at enslavedarl.org
The Southern US county honouring its dark past
While other places in the US are increasingly censoring how they tell their multicultural histories to travellers, one community is highlighting them.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Delighted to see international coverage of the project in @arlingtonva.us to memorialize enslaved people. We're the 1st county in the U.S. south to do this & had huge support from the community & local govt. See if you can spot me in the crowd pic!
Learn more about the project at enslavedarl.org
Learn more about the project at enslavedarl.org
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So grateful for this generous review of Canal Dreamers, which situates my “eloquent” and “expansive history” in recent context. 🗃️
@uncpress.bsky.social
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The quest to link oceans has driven Central America to distraction. Read our latest review: Canal Dreamers @lepler @UNC_Press #Nicaragua #CentralAmerica #infrastructure #PanamaCanal #imperialism latamrob.substack.com/p/blurred-vi...
Blurred visions
The quest to link oceans has driven Central America to distraction. Review: Canal Dreamers, Jessica M Lepler, by Gavin O'Toole
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November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
So grateful for this generous review of Canal Dreamers, which situates my “eloquent” and “expansive history” in recent context. 🗃️
@uncpress.bsky.social
@uncpress.bsky.social
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Thrilled and honored that my book Religion for Realists was given the 2025 Distinguished Book Award by @sssreligion.bsky.social last night.
It’s vital that we understand religion and religious people. The social sciences are remiss to ignore either.
Hire more religion specialists.
It’s vital that we understand religion and religious people. The social sciences are remiss to ignore either.
Hire more religion specialists.
November 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Thrilled and honored that my book Religion for Realists was given the 2025 Distinguished Book Award by @sssreligion.bsky.social last night.
It’s vital that we understand religion and religious people. The social sciences are remiss to ignore either.
Hire more religion specialists.
It’s vital that we understand religion and religious people. The social sciences are remiss to ignore either.
Hire more religion specialists.
On this date 230 years ago, James K. Polk was born. If you are interested in how he became president, I can recommend a book! 😁
kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700635733/
kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700635733/
Who Is James K. Polk?
Finalist: Tennessee History Book AwardThe question Americans asked in 1844 was, “Who the hell is James K. Polk?”Polk, of course, was not unknown,...
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November 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
On this date 230 years ago, James K. Polk was born. If you are interested in how he became president, I can recommend a book! 😁
kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700635733/
kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700635733/
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Officially awarded my PhD today 🥲
November 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Officially awarded my PhD today 🥲
I feel this every Nov. 1.
Has November 1st always come right after October 31st? Seems kind of abrupt.
November 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I feel this every Nov. 1.
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A series on southern history from @uncpress.bsky.social, co-edited by @drkarenlcox.bsky.social. 🗃️
uncpress.org/series/bound...
uncpress.org/series/bound...
Boundless South
Series Editors: Karen L. Cox, University of North Carolina, Charlotte & Françoise N. Hamlin, Brown University
The Boundless South series publishes books that are regional, readable, an...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A series on southern history from @uncpress.bsky.social, co-edited by @drkarenlcox.bsky.social. 🗃️
uncpress.org/series/bound...
uncpress.org/series/bound...
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Halloween is tomorrow, so I am continuing my series of spooky Commonplace articles from the back catalog. Today, let's turn to a piece by Edward Blum, who checks in on the appearance of Satan in antebellum American politics and religion. Check it out here: 👿🗃️
commonplace.online/article/king...
commonplace.online/article/king...
The Kingdom of Satan in America - Commonplace
Weaving the Wicked Web of Antebellum Religion and Politics “Douglas is a cuning dog & the devil is […]
commonplace.online
October 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Halloween is tomorrow, so I am continuing my series of spooky Commonplace articles from the back catalog. Today, let's turn to a piece by Edward Blum, who checks in on the appearance of Satan in antebellum American politics and religion. Check it out here: 👿🗃️
commonplace.online/article/king...
commonplace.online/article/king...
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the german word for when you very clearly recognize someone in a movie but when you look them up on IMDB you haven't seen anything they've been in
October 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM
the german word for when you very clearly recognize someone in a movie but when you look them up on IMDB you haven't seen anything they've been in
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October 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Paperback of my Jefferson Bible book drops next week! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
The Jefferson Bible
The life and times of a uniquely American testament
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October 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Paperback of my Jefferson Bible book drops next week! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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It’s officially pub day for Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America‘s First Opioid Crisis! Available at a bookshop near you. Thanks to everyone who made it possible to bring this research to life! 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social uncpress.org/978146968953...
October 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It’s officially pub day for Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America‘s First Opioid Crisis! Available at a bookshop near you. Thanks to everyone who made it possible to bring this research to life! 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social uncpress.org/978146968953...
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FFS
*done*
Anyone have thread of all the ways to un-AI all the things? Preferably for Luddites.
*done*
Anyone have thread of all the ways to un-AI all the things? Preferably for Luddites.
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
FFS
*done*
Anyone have thread of all the ways to un-AI all the things? Preferably for Luddites.
*done*
Anyone have thread of all the ways to un-AI all the things? Preferably for Luddites.
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Dr. Tom Balcerski will be delivering the Fall 2025 Cynthia Van Buren Lecture on campus tomorrow.
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Dr. Tom Balcerski will be delivering the Fall 2025 Cynthia Van Buren Lecture on campus tomorrow.
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On this date in 1825, the Erie Canal opened. Martin Van Buren explained his support of the canal's construction in an 1817 speech that he gave while a New York state senator.
Credit: New York State Archives Partnership Trust and vanburenpapers.org/document-mvb...
Credit: New York State Archives Partnership Trust and vanburenpapers.org/document-mvb...
October 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
On this date in 1825, the Erie Canal opened. Martin Van Buren explained his support of the canal's construction in an 1817 speech that he gave while a New York state senator.
Credit: New York State Archives Partnership Trust and vanburenpapers.org/document-mvb...
Credit: New York State Archives Partnership Trust and vanburenpapers.org/document-mvb...
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Hey #SkyStorians. I am a sucker for old sayings and came across one from a Civil War archive. “Ground paint to carriage … news came that…” someone in 1861 wrote about a nearby battle alleged not to have gone well. I think I know, but wondering if the brain hive here has thoughts. 🗃️
October 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Hey #SkyStorians. I am a sucker for old sayings and came across one from a Civil War archive. “Ground paint to carriage … news came that…” someone in 1861 wrote about a nearby battle alleged not to have gone well. I think I know, but wondering if the brain hive here has thoughts. 🗃️
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Coming next spring, in time for what will surely be a lively but respectful debate about the 250th anniversary of the Declaration
October 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Coming next spring, in time for what will surely be a lively but respectful debate about the 250th anniversary of the Declaration
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at Cumberland Univ.’s Alumni Hall on Tues., Oct. 28, at 7:00P. PMVB is making approximately 15,000 Van Buren documents freely accessible to the public. Cumberland University, the NHPRC, and the NEH sponsor PMVB, produced in partnership with the Center for Digital Editing at the Univ. of Virginia.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
at Cumberland Univ.’s Alumni Hall on Tues., Oct. 28, at 7:00P. PMVB is making approximately 15,000 Van Buren documents freely accessible to the public. Cumberland University, the NHPRC, and the NEH sponsor PMVB, produced in partnership with the Center for Digital Editing at the Univ. of Virginia.