Has it been remarked at all that U.S. News has killed off its History subfield rankings, including "U.S. Colonial History?" Looks like they all went down in early 2025...

Our website (naajournal.org) has been fully redesigned. Check it out 👀!

Today we issued a statement strongly disagreeing with recent decisions by the US government to defund basic research across academia. Full text here, and excerpts below, on what we believe is specifically at stake for early American scholarship. mailchi.mp/1ec180eae4d2...

ICYMI, our third issue was published this fall! Download the full issue or individual articles here: naajournal.org/issues/

Essential: "[Humanists] need to organize the analysis and critique we already have into a much more coherent body...w/ all of its internal differences not suppressed but organized...an archive of our research along the lines of the National Bureau of Economic Research"

As I continue to say: at the schools slashing humanities programs, look at where the admins went to college, as well as where they send their own children. They have no problem narrowing the horizons for other people's kids because they and theirs remain untouched by the consequences.

We're very pleased to announce the publication of The New American Antiquarian 2 (Fall 2023). Now freely available for download at naajournal.org/issues

The McNeil Center will appoint two postdoctoral fellows for 2-year terms beginning July 2024. Applications are open until November 3rd—learn more here: mceas.org/fellowships/...

I have a new piece about the West African and African Atlantic history of smallpox inoculation in Slate

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