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Modern American History @modamhist.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Attention graduate students and early career historians: Essay prize submissions due in 10 days!

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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 08/05/2026

I spend YEARS brainstorming and MONTHS outlining and that IS the work. Zero tolerance for this shit.

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Is this anything?

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Dr. Suzanne Scott @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Me, getting all my term paper grades and comments into canvas mere minutes before the hack.

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Indiana Jones Escapes Closing Stone Door

ALT: Indiana Jones Escapes Closing Stone Door

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Modern American History @modamhist.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Announcement: We are now accepting submissions for the Fourth Annual Brooke L. Blower and Sarah T. Phillips Essay Prize. Ph.D. candidates and early-career contingent instructors are invited submit until June 15. Details below:

Essays may deal with any period or topic in the history of the post-1890 United States. The author of the winning essay will receive a cash prize of $500.00, and the essay itself will be published in Modern American History (MAH). Past winners, Syrus Solo Jin’s “‘Are You My Kimchi Mother?’ Race, Women, and the U.S. Military’s Study Abroad Training Program in the Early Cold War,” John Miles Branch’s “Union Exemption: Nonprofit Work and the Boundaries of the Commercial Economy, 1951–1976,” and Julia Brown-Bernstein’s “Bring ‘The Plant’ to Life: Imagining Community Revitalization in the Neoliberal Era,” have contributed to our understanding of modern U.S. history, and demonstrate the caliber of research this prize seeks to promote.
Essays, including footnotes, should be based on original research and analysis, with a total count of between 11,000 and 14,000 words (including footnotes). Submissions should be sent to MAH@cambridge.org with “2026 Essay Prize Entry” noted in the subject line. The author’s name, graduate program/home institution, brief bio, and abstract should appear in the body of the email. An anonymized .docx version of the essay should be attached.
Significance of the subject matter, significance of core claims, literary craftsmanship, and proficiency in the handling of primary and secondary sources are some of the factors that will be considered in judging the essays. The deadline for submitting an essay for consideration is June 15, 2026.
The final decision will be made by the Brooke L. Blower and Sarah T. Phillips Essay Prize Committee by September 30, 2026. Shortly thereafter, the executive editors of MAH will provide the winning author with details regarding the cash prize and publishing process. They will also notify runner-up authors with an honorable mention and the opportunity to submit their revised essays to MAH for consideration of future publication.

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Ella Hadacek @ellahadacek.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Really excited to share that JGAPE has published my article, "Doubly Intolerable: Gender, Union Busting, and the Fear of Catholic Power in the Loeb Affair, 1915–1917." It looks at how sexism and anti-Catholicism acted together to union bust the Chicago Teachers' Federation.

The “S.O.S.” issue of The Menace contained several other cartoons, all signed by an artist, “Mark Luther.” Original in State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. This image courtesy Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Struck with how many movements the men calling for racial, social, economic justice are busy violently abusing women between press releases and how we really need to sit with it because it's not in the past but still going on today.

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Ella Hadacek @ellahadacek.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

This is one of the things I’ve made sure my students this semester take away from my women’s history class

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Ella Hadacek @ellahadacek.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Working on this as an editorial assistant is just one of the many rewarding parts of being with MAH! And it has given me so much to think about how I frame my own dissertation.

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Ella Hadacek @ellahadacek.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Wasn’t expecting to see my dissertation topic in the news while I’m writing the chapter where this fits.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

If you use AI to create your art, your story, your whatever, I immediately know you don’t care about making things — you only care about selling them.

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Ella Hadacek @ellahadacek.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Just finished a lovely and fruitful three weeks at the @burnslibrary.bsky.social as part of my NERFC fellowship. I’ll miss the reading room and the incredible staff!

John J. Burns Reading Room at Boston College

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Ella Hadacek @ellahadacek.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Bessie Belloc’s habit of sending her best friend annotated versions of letters she’d received from others is the progressive era equivalent of me sending my best friend screenshots

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Ella Hadacek @ellahadacek.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

My dissertation research has included reading some nineteenth century poetry, and my favorite so far has been “Renouncement” by Alice Meynell

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Modern American History @modamhist.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Read the 2024 Brooke L. Blower and Sarah T. Phillips prize winning essay from John Miles Brach, titled "Union Exemption: Nonprofit Work and the Boundaries of the Commercial Economy, 1951–1976." Early career scholars, see below for details on how to submit your own piece for consideration for 2025!

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Union Exemption: Nonprofit Work and the Boundaries of the Commercial Economy, 1951–1976 | Modern American History | Cambridge Core

Union Exemption: Nonprofit Work and the Boundaries of the Commercial Economy, 1951–1976 - Volume 8 Issue 1

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Hector Diaz @iamhectordiaz.com · 08/05/2025

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

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Ella Hadacek @ellahadacek.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

I first heard about this project when Brantley zoomed into a labor history grad seminar at ND. It’s so exciting to see more work on the intersection of labor and religion!

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Ella Hadacek @ellahadacek.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I’m trying to find a 1915 periodical titled “The Catholic Convert,” and google is like “did you mean JD Vance and that one NYT article from 2022”

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Ella Hadacek @ellahadacek.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

between the panels | NYC/AHA on 35 mm film

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Modern American History @modamhist.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

We're saying goodbye to one editorial assistant and welcoming another! A warm thank you to Sean Raming, who has been invaluable for the past 2 years. After working alongside Sean for the past few months, Notre Dame grad student Ella Hadacek @ellahadacek.bsky.social takes over as the new EA!

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Modern American History @modamhist.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Call for Papers! *Deadline Extended* Until January 31st, MAH is accepting proposals for a 2026 Special Issue on the US #Semiquincentennial (250th). See this CFP (link below) for details, and send any questions to mah@cambridge.org www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Ella Hadacek @ellahadacek.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

the camera vs the photos //Chicago in November on Kodak gold

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Thrilled to see @modamhist.bsky.social here on Bluesky!

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Ella Hadacek @ellahadacek.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

finally winter in South Bend ❄️

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Ella Hadacek @ellahadacek.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Anyone have any ideas about what cursive method this is? I’ve seen it in different collections. It’s always so distinctive, but it’s not one of the main ones I can fine online

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Ella Hadacek @ellahadacek.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I wish people in the nineteenth century would’ve just used another piece of paper (I’m going through another collection full of cross writing)

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Ella Hadacek @ellahadacek.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Quick intro: I am a 3rd year PhD student, and I study the intersection of women & gender and religious history. My dissertation project looks at English and American women who converted to Catholicism in the long 19th. Outside of work, I’m a knitter, film photographer, and coffee shop dweller!

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Monica L. Mercado @monicalmercado.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Tried my hand at a starter pack for Catholic history folks in anticipation of AHA/ACHA 2025 (let me know if you want to be added!) go.bsky.app/Dr6tri

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