Richards Center Penn State
@richardscenter.bsky.social
We Are the Richards Civil War Era Center, a scholarly home dedicated to the idea that the Civil War was fundamentally a struggle over the intersections of race, slavery, and democracy.
Congratulations to our Post-Doctoral Fellow Hannah Katherine Hicks on an amazing book proposal workshop yesterday!
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Congratulations to our Post-Doctoral Fellow Hannah Katherine Hicks on an amazing book proposal workshop yesterday!
The Richards Center has SIX paid internships available for Penn State undergraduates for summer 2026! The John W. Kluge Center at the @librarycongress.bsky.social, Gettysburg Nat. Military Park, @harpersferrynhp.bsky.social
More information on our website: (richardscenter.la.psu.edu/internships/)
More information on our website: (richardscenter.la.psu.edu/internships/)
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Richards Center has SIX paid internships available for Penn State undergraduates for summer 2026! The John W. Kluge Center at the @librarycongress.bsky.social, Gettysburg Nat. Military Park, @harpersferrynhp.bsky.social
More information on our website: (richardscenter.la.psu.edu/internships/)
More information on our website: (richardscenter.la.psu.edu/internships/)
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 15:
We are accepting applications for TWO postdoctoral fellows! Fellowships are for two years and offer competitive wages and travel funds.
Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
We are accepting applications for TWO postdoctoral fellows! Fellowships are for two years and offer competitive wages and travel funds.
Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 15:
We are accepting applications for TWO postdoctoral fellows! Fellowships are for two years and offer competitive wages and travel funds.
Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
We are accepting applications for TWO postdoctoral fellows! Fellowships are for two years and offer competitive wages and travel funds.
Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
Today we're highlighting Richards Center faculty affiliate A.K. Sandoval-Strausz, editor of “Metropolitan Latinidad: Transforming American Urban History,” which was published by University of Chicago Press earlier this year! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Today we're highlighting Richards Center faculty affiliate A.K. Sandoval-Strausz, editor of “Metropolitan Latinidad: Transforming American Urban History,” which was published by University of Chicago Press earlier this year! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Thank you Robert Lockhart, Senior Editor at the University of Pennsylvania Press, for talking with the Richards Center community about the "nut and bolts of publishing with a university press."
November 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Thank you Robert Lockhart, Senior Editor at the University of Pennsylvania Press, for talking with the Richards Center community about the "nut and bolts of publishing with a university press."
Congratulations to Richards Center affiliate and @jcwe.bsky.social Editorial Assistant Cameron Sauers, who published a book review essay entitled "Black Movement and Rebellion Across the Atlantic World" in the latest issue of Pennsylvania History: tinyurl.com/exbvayrc
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Congratulations to Richards Center affiliate and @jcwe.bsky.social Editorial Assistant Cameron Sauers, who published a book review essay entitled "Black Movement and Rebellion Across the Atlantic World" in the latest issue of Pennsylvania History: tinyurl.com/exbvayrc
Deadline Extended Until Nov 15, 2025
We are accepting applications for TWO postdoctoral fellows! Fellowships are for two years and offer competitive wages and travel funds.
Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
We are accepting applications for TWO postdoctoral fellows! Fellowships are for two years and offer competitive wages and travel funds.
Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
October 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Deadline Extended Until Nov 15, 2025
We are accepting applications for TWO postdoctoral fellows! Fellowships are for two years and offer competitive wages and travel funds.
Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
We are accepting applications for TWO postdoctoral fellows! Fellowships are for two years and offer competitive wages and travel funds.
Additional information and how to apply can be found here: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/fellowships/...
Thanks to everyone for attending an exciting workshop with Dr. Corey Brooks from York College of Pennsylvania on the history of the Freedman's Bureau!
October 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Thanks to everyone for attending an exciting workshop with Dr. Corey Brooks from York College of Pennsylvania on the history of the Freedman's Bureau!
October 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Spread the word! This is the final call for our postdoctoral fellowships in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Deadline is 11/1!
Postdoc, African American History: tinyurl.com/5e8khmcx
Postdoc, Civil War: tinyurl.com/ymermzvu
Postdoc, African American History: tinyurl.com/5e8khmcx
Postdoc, Civil War: tinyurl.com/ymermzvu
October 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Spread the word! This is the final call for our postdoctoral fellowships in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Deadline is 11/1!
Postdoc, African American History: tinyurl.com/5e8khmcx
Postdoc, Civil War: tinyurl.com/ymermzvu
Postdoc, African American History: tinyurl.com/5e8khmcx
Postdoc, Civil War: tinyurl.com/ymermzvu
Interested in our postdoctoral fellowships?
African American History: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
Civil War Era: go.bsky.app/redirect?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com%2FPSU_Academic%2Fjob%2FPenn-State-University-Park%2FPostdoctoral-Scholar--Civil-War-Era_REQ_0000070586-1
African American History: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
Civil War Era: go.bsky.app/redirect?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com%2FPSU_Academic%2Fjob%2FPenn-State-University-Park%2FPostdoctoral-Scholar--Civil-War-Era_REQ_0000070586-1
October 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Interested in our postdoctoral fellowships?
African American History: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
Civil War Era: go.bsky.app/redirect?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com%2FPSU_Academic%2Fjob%2FPenn-State-University-Park%2FPostdoctoral-Scholar--Civil-War-Era_REQ_0000070586-1
African American History: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
Civil War Era: go.bsky.app/redirect?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com%2FPSU_Academic%2Fjob%2FPenn-State-University-Park%2FPostdoctoral-Scholar--Civil-War-Era_REQ_0000070586-1
LAST CALL - The deadline to apply is NOVEMBER 1!
We're looking for TWO postdoctoral scholars in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Fellowships are for two years, and the anticipated start date is July 1, 2026.
Links in the replies below.
We're looking for TWO postdoctoral scholars in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Fellowships are for two years, and the anticipated start date is July 1, 2026.
Links in the replies below.
October 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
LAST CALL - The deadline to apply is NOVEMBER 1!
We're looking for TWO postdoctoral scholars in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Fellowships are for two years, and the anticipated start date is July 1, 2026.
Links in the replies below.
We're looking for TWO postdoctoral scholars in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Fellowships are for two years, and the anticipated start date is July 1, 2026.
Links in the replies below.
The Africana Research Center will present the Barbara Jordan Lecture Series featuring Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar on Wednesday, November 5: events.la.psu.edu/event/barbar...
October 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Africana Research Center will present the Barbara Jordan Lecture Series featuring Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar on Wednesday, November 5: events.la.psu.edu/event/barbar...
Join us this week - October 23, 24, and 25 - for the 2025 Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lectures Series. This year our lecturer is Dr. Laura F. Edwards of Princeton University. Learn more: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/events/upcom...
October 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Join us this week - October 23, 24, and 25 - for the 2025 Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lectures Series. This year our lecturer is Dr. Laura F. Edwards of Princeton University. Learn more: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/events/upcom...
We’re thrilled to share that Dr. Sherita Johnson, Director of the Africana Research Center and Associate Professor of English at Penn State, will be the keynote speaker at an upcoming public lecture and discussion titled “An Evening with Frances Ellen Watkins Harper” on October 29.
October 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We’re thrilled to share that Dr. Sherita Johnson, Director of the Africana Research Center and Associate Professor of English at Penn State, will be the keynote speaker at an upcoming public lecture and discussion titled “An Evening with Frances Ellen Watkins Harper” on October 29.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE IN TWO WEEKS!
We're looking for TWO postdoctoral scholars in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Fellowships are for two years, and the anticipated start date is July 1, 2026. The deadline to apply is NOVEMBER 1!
Links in the replies below.
We're looking for TWO postdoctoral scholars in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Fellowships are for two years, and the anticipated start date is July 1, 2026. The deadline to apply is NOVEMBER 1!
Links in the replies below.
October 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
APPLICATIONS CLOSE IN TWO WEEKS!
We're looking for TWO postdoctoral scholars in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Fellowships are for two years, and the anticipated start date is July 1, 2026. The deadline to apply is NOVEMBER 1!
Links in the replies below.
We're looking for TWO postdoctoral scholars in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Fellowships are for two years, and the anticipated start date is July 1, 2026. The deadline to apply is NOVEMBER 1!
Links in the replies below.
Shoutout and congratulations to Richards Center faculty affiliate Keith Gilyard, who published not one, but FOUR books in 2025! Learn more here: www.psu.edu/news/liberal...
October 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Shoutout and congratulations to Richards Center faculty affiliate Keith Gilyard, who published not one, but FOUR books in 2025! Learn more here: www.psu.edu/news/liberal...
Congratulations to Richards Center faculty affiliate Matthew Restall on publication of his new book “The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus” by W.W. Norton & Company! Learn more here: www.psu.edu/news/liberal...
October 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Congratulations to Richards Center faculty affiliate Matthew Restall on publication of his new book “The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus” by W.W. Norton & Company! Learn more here: www.psu.edu/news/liberal...
Congratulations to our faculty affiliate Lucien Holness for his presentation of "Juneteenth: The Commemoration and Celebration of Emancipation and the Making of Freedom" at the Central Pennsylvania Civil War round table on Tuesday!
October 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Congratulations to our faculty affiliate Lucien Holness for his presentation of "Juneteenth: The Commemoration and Celebration of Emancipation and the Making of Freedom" at the Central Pennsylvania Civil War round table on Tuesday!
Congratulations to our Persun Visiting Scholar Ryan Quintana for a successful presentation of "Westward How?! The Politics and Practice of Trans-Continental Travel in the Civil War Era" at the Central Pennsylvania Civil War Round Table.
October 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Congratulations to our Persun Visiting Scholar Ryan Quintana for a successful presentation of "Westward How?! The Politics and Practice of Trans-Continental Travel in the Civil War Era" at the Central Pennsylvania Civil War Round Table.
Congrats to Michael Kaelin our 2025-2026 Predoctoral Fellow on a great chapter workshop this week!
October 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Congrats to Michael Kaelin our 2025-2026 Predoctoral Fellow on a great chapter workshop this week!
Join us on October 23, 24, and 25 for the 2025 Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lectures Series. This year our lecturer is Dr. Laura F. Edwards of Princeton University. Learn more: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/events/upcom...
October 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Join us on October 23, 24, and 25 for the 2025 Steven and Janice Brose Distinguished Lectures Series. This year our lecturer is Dr. Laura F. Edwards of Princeton University. Learn more: richardscenter.la.psu.edu/events/upcom...
We're looking for TWO postdoctoral scholars in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Fellowships are for two years, and the anticipated start date is July 1, 2026. The deadline to apply is NOVEMBER 1!
Links in the replies below.
Links in the replies below.
October 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We're looking for TWO postdoctoral scholars in African American history and history of the Civil War era. Fellowships are for two years, and the anticipated start date is July 1, 2026. The deadline to apply is NOVEMBER 1!
Links in the replies below.
Links in the replies below.
Congratulations to former Richards Center postdoc Jessica Wicks-Allen, whose article, "Child Apprenticeship and Black Maternal Authority following the Civil War," published in September issue of The Journal of American History: academic.oup.com/jah/article/...
October 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Congratulations to former Richards Center postdoc Jessica Wicks-Allen, whose article, "Child Apprenticeship and Black Maternal Authority following the Civil War," published in September issue of The Journal of American History: academic.oup.com/jah/article/...
Thank you everyone for attending "Inquisition, Incarceration, and Gendered Resistance in Colonial Latin America" with Dr. Amanda Summers, Global Indigeneity Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen’s University, Ontario.
September 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Thank you everyone for attending "Inquisition, Incarceration, and Gendered Resistance in Colonial Latin America" with Dr. Amanda Summers, Global Indigeneity Postdoctoral Fellow at Queen’s University, Ontario.