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George Oberle

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Historian and Librarian. Director of the Center for Mason Legacies. Works at George Mason University.

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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Today @gauthamrao.bsky.social joins us to talk about his new book from @uncpress.bsky.social White Power: Policing American Slavery. Come check it out! @askhistorians.bsky.social www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
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Dan Howlett @dhowlett1692.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Today on r/AskHistorians, we have @goberle.bsky.social discussing Creating an Informed Citizenry: Knowledge and Democracy in the Early American Republic, new from @uvapress.bsky.social Come check it out! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
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Jim Ambuske @jimambuske.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Check out this great talk by @linford.bsky.social on "Stolen Relations: Indigenous Enslavement in the Americas" at a recent @oieahc.bsky.social Digital Projects Coffeehouse. youtu.be/XquBsLNNhy0?...
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Stolen Relations: Indigenous Enslavement in the Americas
YouTube video by Omohundro Institute
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UVA Press @uvapress.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Announcement: The @shearites.bsky.social Robyn Lily Davis Dissertation Prize Starting with the July 2026 award, the winner will receive $1,000! For the 2026 competition, please submit a CV, the dissertation’s table of contents, the introduction, and a sample chapter by January 30, 2026.
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UVA Press @uvapress.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Now available! "Creating an Informed Citizenry: Knowledge and Democracy in the Early American Republic" by George D. Oberle III. Examining the early debates in the United States over how best to educate the constituents of the new nation www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10158/ #Booksky #skystorians
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UVA Press @uvapress.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Read an interview with the author: www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...
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Author's Corner with George D. Oberle III, author of CREATING AN INFORMED CITIZENRY
<p>Today, we are happy to bring you our conversation with George D. Oberle III, author of <em>Creating an Informed Citizenry: Knowledge and Democracy
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Jim Ambuske @jimambuske.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
NOW PLAYING: Episode 19: The Gambit With British authority collapsing in North America, Britons on both sides of the Atlantic including Benjamin Franklin, Caroline Howe, and Lord Dartmouth engage in desperate and secret negotiations to avoid all the horrors of civil war. #podcast #history
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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Why not check out Benedict Carton and George D. Oberle III's latest article for ANCH, exploring the relationship between slavery and US universities, via George Mason #blackhistory #AmericanHistory www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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From the Enslaved Children of George Mason to Black Lives Next Door: rediscovering the namesake of Virginia’s largest university in the “plantation” suburbs of Washington, D.C.
Established in 1972, George Mason University (GMU) lauds its eighteenth-century namesake whose Gunston Hall Plantation in Virginia is a national landmark. An author of the U.S. Bill of Rights, he i...
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Jim Ambuske @jimambuske.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Yesterday, the @rrchnm.bsky.social team was fortunate to tour Historic Blenheim in Fairfax, VA to see graffiti left by Union soldiers during the Civil War. RRCHNM is working with Blenheim & similar sites to digitize the graffiti & make it widely available for teaching & research.
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RRCHNM @rrchnm.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Dr. Cynthia Kierner joins host Kathryn Gehred to discuss a 1778 letter from Richard Henry Lee to his sister Hannah Lee Corbin. In a lost letter, Hannah previously expressed her frustrations that widows are being taxed without representation. Listen here: www.r2studios.org/show/your-mo...
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Episode 57: Those Tumultuous Assemblies of Men
Dr. Cynthia Kierner joins host Kathryn Gehred to discuss a 1778 letter from Richard Henry Lee to his sister Hannah Lee Corbin. In a lost letter, Hannah previously e…
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Andrew Hartman @andrewhartman.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
One thing that really excites me about my forthcoming book is that it includes 27 images. I worked hard to obtain rights to all of these. A small sample.
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Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Important to understand that (1) political appointees, not the university administration, are doing this; (2) they're not cancelling courses, but removing them from the list that satisfy breadth reqmts (i.e. death by strangling rather than a knife to the back). www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
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FSU board OKs removal of over 400 courses from general education offerings after review
“We’re living through an era of legislature-driven higher education reform,” FSU Provost Jim Clark said.
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RRCHNM @rrchnm.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
RRCHNM's R2 Studios has received a grant from the Dr. Scholl Foundation which will support several elements of podcast production, including work on the fourth season of Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant and the upcoming series Finding Jane Austen. Learn more here: rrchnm.org/news/r2-stud...
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R2 Studios Receives Dr. Scholl Foundation Grant – Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
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Mark R. Stoneman @markstoneman.com · 15/11/2024
"Digitizing rare ‘hidden’ trans archives - University of Victoria" www.uvic.ca/news/topics/2024+hidden… 🗃️ #sexuality #TransArchives 🏳️‍⚧️
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Digitizing rare ‘hidden’ trans archives - University of Victoria
Hundreds of at-risk, rarely seen, audio visual items that document the history of Trans+ activism will be made digitally accessible with the support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that preserves and improves research and learning.
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George Oberle @goberle.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge
Book Cover of Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
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