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Department of History @kuhistorydept.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

📰 Prof. Jonathan Hagel has been featured in KU Today for his role as a plaintiff in the case against the state of New Jersey about the handling of the Charles Lindbergh archive.🛩️🧬 Learn more about the steps Hagel is taking to ensure history remains accurate & truthful: bit.ly/KUNewsHagel

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Department of History @kuhistorydept.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

We’re thrilled to relay that Dr. Andrew Denning has been promoted to Full Professor effective 2025-26. Please join our department in congratulating and celebrating Denning for reaching this significant career milestone! Congratulations, Dr. Denning! 🎉

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Department of History @kuhistorydept.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

We are thrilled to introduce Dr. Hayden Nelson! Hayden successfully defended his dissertation this afternoon. Our department is extremely proud of Hayden’s hard work, dedication, and success. Congratulations to Dr. Nelson on being officially #PhDone! 👏🎉🥳

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KU News Service @kunewsservice.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Manifest destiny was a highly contested and highly divisive notion, according to a @kuhistorydept.bsky.social professor whose latest book is out from @uncpress.bsky.social. “There was always considerable resistance to it.” news.ku.edu/news/article...

news.ku.edu

Limits of nation’s belief in manifest destiny explored in new ‘Borderlands’ book

A new book offers a reconsidered history of manifest destiny that breaks from traditional narratives of U.S. territorial expansion.

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Department of History @kuhistorydept.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Congratulations to Sheyda Jahanbani, Kent Blansett, Abigail Grace Scott, Ridwan Muhammed, and Han Mao for earning awards from the @hallcenter.bsky.social which will allow them to continue their groundbreaking humanities research. Our department is so proud of these scholars! 👏📚📜🎉 🔗bit.ly/3R83YXc

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Department of History @kuhistorydept.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Last Friday we asked our department “What’s one good thing that happened to you this week?” Our colleagues did not disappoint. 📰✨ What’s one good that happened to you this week?

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Department of History @kuhistorydept.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

🎉🥳 This month marks the one-year anniversary of the audio book release of Sheyda Jahanbani's, “Poverty of the World: Rediscovering the Poor at Home and Abroad, 1941-1968." Celebrate by snagging your copy at 70% off: bit.ly/4kgiREa

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Department of History @kuhistorydept.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

As we enjoy another snow day, KU History Department stands in solidarity with the employees of Haskell Indian Nations University who abruptly lost their jobs as part of the nation-wide cuts to the federal workforce. Learn more in this story written by KU alumni, Molly Adams 🔗 bit.ly/3CY1Kq0

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Haskell Indian Nations University lays off dozens of employees after federal orders

Numerous employees of Haskell Indian Nations University lost their jobs Friday as part of sweeping nationwide cuts ordered by President Donald Trump's administration.

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The Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities @idrh-ku.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy Birthday Frederick Douglass! Join us in Watson Library to celebrate! @douglassday.bsky.social

White sheet cake with red piping that reads “Happy Birthday Frederick Douglass” with an image of Douglass.

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Department of History @kuhistorydept.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy Douglass Day!!! Happening now in Watson Library until 2:00 pm. Bring your laptop and let's make some history together. @douglassday.bsky.social #Douglassday2025

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