Reposted by Justin GageJustin Gage @justingage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The History Department at the University of Arkansas (my department) is hiring an Assistant Professor in U.S. Latino/a/e History! The U of A is setting enrollment & graduation rate records each year. Please help spread the word 🗃️: uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UAF_Ex... 45939
Justin Gage @justingage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The History Department at the University of Arkansas (my department) is hiring an Assistant Professor in U.S. Latino/a/e History! The U of A is setting enrollment & graduation rate records each year. Please help spread the word 🗃️: uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UAF_Ex... 45939
Reposted by Justin GageWOR$T GIRL IN ACADEMIA @medievaliste.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Once again, the median pay for an adjunct professor in the United States of America is $3,500 per course. Not per month, per course. 181270440
Reposted by Justin GageImmigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026***OAH Letter Writing Event for NARA*** The OAH Committee on the Status of African American, Latina/o, Asian American, and Native American Historians (ALANA) has an upcoming event to preserve the National Archives and Records Administration facilities in San Bruno and Chicago. Thread - 1/ 11312
Reposted by Justin GageDavid Silkenat @davidsilkenat.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Assistant Prof in American Legal History at UF explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/54...explore.jobs.ufl.eduUniversity of Florida - Details - Assistant Professor US Legal History– Tenure Accruing, Department of History 036
Reposted by Justin GageChris Cantwell @cdc29.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Excited for this new project from @petermanseau.bsky.social & friends at the Smithsonian's Center for Understanding Religion & American History. It's 25 essays from a wonderful set of authors on the many ways religion has shaped the US over the last 250 years. www.undergods.orgundergods.orgHome | Under GodsNew stories about the plural and powerful nature of religion in the United States, past and present. 174
Reposted by Justin GageStacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 03/07/2026The NARA San Francisco office is *the* place to study histories of US immigration and western histories of all sorts. Its staff are extraordinarily valuable for researchers, historians, and citizens who visit daily to learn more about these topics. This is terrible. www.kqed.org/news/1208890...kqed.orgExclusive: The Bay Area’s National Archives Office Is Closing. Researchers Are Worried | KQEDThe Bay Area collection includes original records from landmark birthright citizenship case United States v. Wong Kim Ark, and inmate records from Alcatraz. Federal officials didn’t provide details ab... 0195116
Reposted by Justin GageDaniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Check out Ernest Lee's review of Caroline Peyton's "Radioactive Dixie: A Nuclear History of the American South," published in 2025 by @ugapress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #nuclear www.h-net.org/reviews/show...h-net.org 052
Reposted by Justin GageStereogum @stereogum.com · 10/04/2026New Sufjan lore trickled out stereogum.com/2495390/sufj... 1337
Reposted by Justin GageBrian Leech @brianleechphd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Worth re-sharing for #envhist and #envhum folks! We’re excited to feature new research into extraction in the Midwest, past and present. 02010
Reposted by Justin GagePaul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social · 04/02/2026My department at Florida State is hiring a postdoc in public history! I’m not on the search committee, but please feel free to reach out if you have any questions about the position, the department, FSU, or Tallahassee. 🗃️ networks.h-net.org/jobs/69772/f...networks.h-net.orgFlorida State University - Dean's Postdoctoral Scholar (Public History) | H-Net 0138
Reposted by Justin GageJason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · 01/02/2026If any book review editors want a review essay putting these three books in conversation (once @mkn.bsky.social’s comes out), hit me up. 023
Reposted by Justin GageMichael Oberg @michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Some of this talk I expect to go into the final chapter of a book I am working on now on the Sullivan Clinton Campaign of 1779. If you are free on the 9th of February, I hope to see you (virtually) there. You can register for the Zoom in the link below. www.maxwell.syr.edu/events/2026/...maxwell.syr.eduUSA @ 250: Fighting Genocide-Dispossession, the Revolution, an Enduring Haudenosaunee Right to LandFaculty experts will delve into a variety of topics, from democracy and women’s voices to the Declaration of Independence, in a series of weekly lectures. 092
Reposted by Justin GageBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird... 6823741211
Reposted by Justin GageKarl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Attention scholars: to mark the 20th anniversary of Patrick Wolfe's "Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native," SETTLER COLONIAL STUDIES is soliciting reflections/ critiques for a special issue on Wolfe and his influence. Details below. Please circulate widely! 13227
Reposted by Justin GageAriel Ron @arielron.bsky.social · 05/12/2025The Clements Center for Southwest Studies invites fellowship applications for the 2026-2027 academic year. For more info and to apply: www.smu.edu/dedman/resea... If you're interested of have questions, feel free to contact me directly. 01113
Reposted by Justin GageKEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 05/12/2025Quintard Taylor was dedicated to studying Black people in the West — a field that often went unresearched, esp at the beginning of his research in the mid 1970s. Taylor’s work helped correct the narrative that the history of Black people in the West is insignificant. www.dailyuw.com/article/1353...dailyuw.comRemembering Quintard Taylor: Beloved professor, founder of BlackPast.orgRemembering Quintard Taylor: Beloved professor, founder of BlackPast.org 04012
Reposted by Justin GageMatt Jones @bymattjones.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Nate Allen, who spent 52 years covering the Razorbacks for Arkansas newspapers big and small, died this afternoon in Fayetteville. Remembering one of our state's great sports reporters. www.wholehogsports.com/news/2025/de...wholehogsports.comNate Allen, who spent more than a half-century covering the Razorbacks, dies at 75 | Whole Hog SportsWhole Hog Sports 153
Reposted by Justin Gagelucaswaldron.bsky.social @lucaswaldron.bsky.social · 01/12/2025We found that the BLM skipped environmental review on 75% of its grazing land. Our new @propublica.org story explains the ”loophole” that allows BLM to bypass enviro reviews. www.propublica.org/article/graz... 123681
Reposted by Justin GageJason Heppler @jasonheppler.org · 20/11/2025Western historians: consider this CFP for the digital history lightning round at the 2026 WHA conference in Portland! Great format for discussing work in progress with a supportive audience. Happy to answer any questions. Respond by Wed., Dec. 3. #AmWest 🗃️forms.gleWHA 2026 Digital Scholarship Lightning Round - Expression of InterestPlease complete the form below. Someone from the Digital Scholarship Committee will contact you to confirm your acceptance to the lightning round. Contact Sean Fraga, sfraga@usc.edu, with questions. 057
Reposted by Justin GageJimmy Sweet @jimmyskuya.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Today is publication day for my book, Mixed-Blood Histories: Race, Law, and Dakota Indians in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest, through the University of Minnesota Press! www.upress.umn.edu/978151792034...upress.umn.eduMixed-Blood HistoriesAn unprecedented study that puts mixed-ancestry Native Americans back into the heart of Indigenous history Historical accounts tend to neglect mixed-ancestry... 86919
Reposted by Justin GageFootnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 17/11/2025A photograph of Japanese American students at the Rohwer incarceration camp in Arkansas. The students rush between barracks to get to their respective classes. The photograph was taken by Tom Parker on November 17, 1942. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD 28529
Reposted by Justin GageJoey Crozier @joeycrozier.bsky.social · 13/11/2025CALL FOR PAPERS! Thrilled to announce the third Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference: ‘A Continent in Conversation.’ (Aberystwyth University, 11-12 June 2026). Please do check out and share our #CfP! #Earlymodern #History 02427
Reposted by Justin GageJustin Gage @justingage.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Applications due November 14! 🗃️ 11810
Reposted by Justin GageArkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Archivist Erin Fehr will speak about how Native American players helped cruise the Little Rock Travelers to a Southern League championship win in 1920 at CALS’ monthly Legacies & Lunch lecture.arktimes.comUA Little Rock Downtown to host 'American Indians in Arkansas Baseball' lecture Wednesday - Arkansas TimesArchivist Erin Fehr will speak about how Native American players helped cruise the Little Rock Travelers to a Southern League championship win in 1920 at CALS' monthly Legacies & Lunch lecture. 094
Reposted by Justin GageJeff Ostler @jostler.bsky.social · 14/10/2025nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...nebraskapublicmedia.org170 years ago, the US Army massacred a Lakota village. Their plundered belongings are now back in Nebraska170 years ago, the U.S. Army massacred a Lakota village near Lewellen, Nebraska. Dozens of items plundered from the dead were recently returned to tribal descendants. 0249
Reposted by Justin GageWill Grady @williamgrady.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Call for papers for the edited collection, Beyond the American Western: Picturing the Far West in Global Comics: williamgrady.co.uk/cfp/ Deadline for proposals: 14th December 2025. 21713
Reposted by Justin GageBobby Lee @bobbylee.bsky.social · 24/09/2025A nice job has opened in my department at Cambridge: Assistant Prof. in US History since 1920. Please share widely! No references letters required up front. Applications close 27 Oct. 2025.🗃️ www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...cam.ac.ukAssistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920The Faculty of History is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in post-1920 U.S. political history and/or the history of the United States in the World since 1920, beginning 1 October, 2026. The 02533
Reposted by Justin GageJustin Gage @justingage.bsky.social · 21/09/2025There's a job opportunity in my department at the University of Arkansas - Asst. Professor of Early American History jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69108 UA still experiencing enrollment growth each year. Our chancellor & vice provost are history dept. faculty members. And Fayetteville is a great place to live 1117
Reposted by Justin GageRep. Shaun Scott 🌹🤝 @organizewithshaun.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Tonight the University of Washington community is mourning the loss of professor Quintard Taylor. His 1994 book “The Forging of a Black Community” is foundational reading about race, class, and urban planning in Seattle political history. He will be missed sorely. 210016
Justin Gage @justingage.bsky.social · 21/09/2025There's a job opportunity in my department at the University of Arkansas - Asst. Professor of Early American History jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69108 UA still experiencing enrollment growth each year. Our chancellor & vice provost are history dept. faculty members. And Fayetteville is a great place to live 1117
Reposted by Justin GageSFGATE @sfgate.com · 23/07/2025"In order to know your role in history, you need to see yourself in it."bit.lyMuir Woods exhibit is first casualty of White House directive to erase history"In order to know your role in history, you need to see yourself in it." 01810
Reposted by Justin GageIan Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 07/07/2025The world’s richest 1 per cent have increased their wealth by $33.9 trillion since 2015, “more than enough to eliminate annual poverty 22 times over,” according to new @oxfaminternational.bsky.social analysis.washingtonpost.comWorld’s richest 1% increased wealth by $33.9 trillion since 2015, Oxfam saysThat amount is “more than enough to eliminate annual poverty 22 times over,” according to a new analysis from the anti-poverty group. 6272165
Reposted by Justin Gage100 years ago news @100yearsagonews.bsky.social · 21/06/2025June 21, 1925: A Ku Klux Klan baseball team plays a Black team in Wichita, Kan. The Black squad, the Wichita Monrovians, win, 10-8. How this matchup came to be is unexplained. Fans are warned against "strangle holds, razors, horsewhips, and other violent implements of argument." 1145
Reposted by Justin GageJudith Weisenfeld @jlweisenfeld.bsky.social · 25/05/2025#AmRel Postdoc beginning July. Bryn Mawr College 1-year renewable postdoct with expertise in contemporary American religion, partnering with President Wendy Cadge and research collaborators on a large national project about the changing spiritual infrastructure of the United States.apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 053
Reposted by Justin GageRyan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 12/05/2025Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a lossloc.govAbout this Collection | Chronicling America | Digital Collections | Library of CongressSearch America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963 Please Note: The Library of Congress has transitioned the longstanding Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website to this new digi... 451050695
Reposted by Justin GageImmigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 05/05/2025***Digital History Seed Grants*** The IEHS invites submissions for awards, up to $2,000 each, to support graduate students and early-career scholars seeking to develop or engage with digital history work connected to migration history and related fields. Deadline: 8/1/25 iehs.org/awards/seed_...iehs.orgDigital History Seed GrantsVisit the post for more. 11418
Reposted by Justin GageArkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 01/05/2025All five international students at the University of Arkansas who had their visa status revoked last month have been reinstated, a university spokesperson confirmed Thursday.buff.lyVisas reinstated for all University of Arkansas’ international students who had status revoked | Arkansas AdvocateAll five international students at the University of Arkansas who had their visa status revoked last month have been reinstated, a university spokesperson confirmed Thursday. 1237
Reposted by Justin GageDino Grandoni @dinograndoni.bsky.social · 01/05/2025NEW: A sweeping new study finds three-fourths of North America's bird species are in decline Scientists say it should be a wake-up call for us since some of the pressures on birds — climate change, pollution, etc. — aren't good for people, either www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...washingtonpost.com75 percent of North America’s bird species are in decline, study saysBirds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe. 14176116
Reposted by Justin GageSarah Brown @brownepoints.bsky.social · 25/04/2025NEW: DeSantis directed the University of Florida to cancel a nearly-complete search for its next dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences — because the governor believed the finalists were not in alignment with the state's opposition to DEIchronicle.comU. of Florida Calls Off Dean Search After DeSantis IntervenesA spokesperson said the governor’s office stepped in after a right-wing group posted videos of the finalists on social media and claimed they were “radical progressives with disdain for Florida’s DEI ... 1714993
Reposted by Justin GageManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Hey #skystorians if you are in the area do join us for the Hotz lecture at the University of Arkansas sponsored by the History department and the law school news.uark.edu/articles/772... 0267
Reposted by Justin GageSheila A Brennan @sheilaabrennan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025And overnight your friends at @nehgov.bsky.social staff have been placed on Admin Leave. 307339
Reposted by Justin GageDrew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Very excited to say something I haven't been able to say in a decade: we are hiring a tenure-track historian at Louisiana Tech. We're casting the net wide, basically any field outside of North America. Happy to answer any questions ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH...ulsltu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant Professor of HistoryThank you for your interest in employment with Louisiana Tech University. POSITION: Assistant Professor of History. The School of History and Social Sciences at Louisiana Tech University invites appli... 415363
Reposted by Justin GageArlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 20/03/2025I’m so tired of this! These are statements from Gila River Indian Community and Salt River Pima Indian Community leadership on the recent removal of flags from the 22 Arizona tribes from the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Phoenix. What is the point in this? 1010950
Reposted by Justin GageAndrew Wehrman @profwehrman.bsky.social · 20/03/2025David Sloan, early American historian and my undergrad advisor at the U. of Arkansas died last week. His courses on colonial America and the Revolution inspired me to study that period. He’s also the only historian I know who left the circus to study history www.bernafuneralhomes.com/m/obituaries...bernafuneralhomes.comDavid Andrew Sloan - View Obituary & Service InformationShare Memories and Support the Family. 1222
Justin Gage @justingage.bsky.social · 19/03/2025🗃️Exciting New Book News: Alessandra La Rocca Link's 'The Iron Horse in Indian Country Native Americans and Railroads in the US West' is out in a few weeks. Preorder: global.oup.com/academic/pro... and preview: books.google.com/books?id=1lh... 45113
Reposted by Justin GageBrian DeLay @briandelay.bsky.social · 17/03/2025I'm thrilled that "The Myth of Continuity in American Gun Culture," a long (79-p.) article that I spent most of a year working on, has just been published in the California Law Review www.californialawreview.org/print/gun-co...californialawreview.orgThe Myth of Continuity in American Gun Culture — California Law ReviewThe Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen elevated history, text, and tradition as the sole criteria for assessing the constitutionality of firearms... 713739
Reposted by Justin GageBYU Redd Center for Western Studies @byureddcenter.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Applications for our annual funding season are due in 4 DAYS! March 15th. Please help spread the word (and apply yourself)! 🗃️ #AmWest 025