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Becky West

@rebeccawest.bsky.social
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history grad student | professional email sender for @historians.org

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/05/2026
A federal judge ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration’s cancellation of more than 1,400 previously approved grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities violated the Constitution, while also creating a broad “chilling effect.”
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DOGE’s Termination of Humanities Grants Is Ruled Unconstitutional
A lawsuit against the National Endowment for the Humanities drew wide attention for revealing how DOGE had used ChatGPT to cancel grants.
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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The videos are back online.
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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I really don’t think enough is being made of the fact that it’s a three supposedly do-nothing toothless scholarly organizations—the AHA, the MLA, and the ACLS— who are directly responsible for one of the clearest and most damning exposures of this administration’s stupidity and malfeasance.
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
One $16k NEH grant at a research library can change the life of a scholar forever while adding to our shared knowledge of history and culture. These depositions will drive me mad
From a Facebook post about one of the DOGE guy’s deposition “Earlier in the deposition, Cavanaugh insisted he had no regrets about people losing income and research funding because the cuts were meant to reduce the federal deficit. When asked if those actions actually reduced the deficit, he admitted they did not.”
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Jim Ambuske @jimambuske.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
A good overview of the incompetent and nonsensical (but not unexpected) way DOGE ripped apart the NEH last spring, leading to hundreds of cancelled grants for petty reasons. I'm grateful to @historians.org and co-plantiffs for challenging these actions in federal court.
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Becky West @rebeccawest.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I always tell myself I'm going to post On Here throughout the annual meeting and then immediately get caught up and forget to look at the internet for four days. So, belatedly, thanks to everyone who came out to #AHA26! My fifth(!!) meeting as AHA staff and possibly my favorite one yet 🩵
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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Not to be completely earnest on main, but I have some of the best colleagues around. Brilliant historians, thinkers, organizers, community builders. No one else I would rather be incredibly tired with after a 15-hour day than the AHA staff. #AHA26
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 15/12/2025
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Just loving this year's art, designed by our own @rebeccawest.bsky.social. You can read about how the design came together in #AHAPerspectives. 🗃️
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Creating the Artwork for AHA26 – AHA
AHA marketing coordinator Rebecca L. West explains the creative process of designing this year’s annual meeting artwork.
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Becky West @rebeccawest.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Really pleased with how this year's cover art came out and excited to finally be holding the program in my hands!! Time to flip through and highlight more sessions than I will possibly be able to attend
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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Reminds me of pro-slavery southern voices before the civil war, like John C Calhoun. They worried about new “free states” joining the union, and losing their majority in the senate—
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Becky West @rebeccawest.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
😊🫶
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Becky West @rebeccawest.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Hey that's me!
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Jim Ambuske @jimambuske.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
This January, @danieljstory.bsky.social, Alexandra Levy, and I are once again co-leading @historians.org's Sinclair Podcast Workshops. Do you have a history pod idea you want to vet with a small group? Pitch us for Developmental Conversations! Deadline 12/1/25. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
#AHAReads is wrapping up for another summer. Thanks to all who participated. I always love hearing about what folks are reading and enjoying. 🗃️
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AHA Reads 2025: Challenge Complete!
Find out what AHA members and staff have been reading to fulfill the fourth annual AHA Summer Reading Challenge.
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
trains are such a great example of how the future is here, if we want it and are willing to subsidize it
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Megan Zahneis @mzahneis.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
@jasperjsmith.bsky.social and @katiemangan.bsky.social have been all over the George Mason U. DOJ investigations since they began. Today they broke some news @chronicle.com: GMU president Gregory Washington is digging his heels in and won't be apologizing for DEI work. #HigherEd #AcademicSky
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GMU President Refuses to Apologize for Diversity Efforts, Lawyer Calls Ed. Dept. Claims ‘Absurd’
In a 10-page letter, Gregory Washington’s lawyer says the Trump administration conducted an incomplete and haphazard investigation full of “gross mischaracterizations.”
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Becky West @rebeccawest.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
thank you jay
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Becky West @rebeccawest.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Fall 2025 semester let's goooooo
On a table outside on a sunny college campus: a black journal covered in stickers, an ipad with a van gogh almond blossoms cover, a smoothie, a tote bag, and the Princeton Guide to Historical Research.
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Remora House DC @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
We talked to @igd.bsky.social about the ongoing resistance and mutual aid efforts happening in DC as the military and federal police occupy our city. Check it out! itsgoingdown.org/whole-city-f...
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“The Whole City is Fighting Back”: Remora House on Grassroots Resistance to Military Occupation in DC
For the last several weeks, federal agents and National Guard troops have flooded the streets of Washington DC, setting up an authoritarian occupation of the city; harassing residents, dismantling hom...
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Becky West @rebeccawest.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Another #AHAReads pick done! Despite the title of Charlie English’s “The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature,” the book really focuses on the Polish Solidarity movement, making it perfect for the “history of a resistance movement” task.
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American Historical Association @historians.org · 11/07/2025
We’re almost halfway through this year’s AHA Summer Reading Challenge — but there’s still plenty of time to join in! Check out our roundup of what participants read in June for inspiration. #AHAReads 📚
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AHA Reads 2025: First Month Complete!
Find out what AHA members, Council, and staff have been reading to fulfill the fourth annual AHA Summer Reading Challenge.
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
It’s appropriate that, on this especially fraught holiday weekend, my 232nd #ScholarSunday thread is my longest yet, full of so much public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy! 🗃️ americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...
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#ScholarSunday Thread 232
Published on July 6, 2025
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Becky West @rebeccawest.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Thanks for the shoutout, Ben!
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Becky West @rebeccawest.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I loved talking to the folks restoring and preserving some of the DC area's most iconic historic buildings for this piece. The Folklife Festival runs through July 7, make sure to go see these immensely talented craftspeople if you're attending! (And drink lots of water and wear sunscreen!)
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
LAURA IS SUCH A GREAT PERSON AND ALSO A CREDIT TO OUR PROFESSION AND ALSO AN AMAZING LEADER OF HISTORIANS AND ALSO HOORAY
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Becky West @rebeccawest.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
I also squeezed in the historical fiction task with The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh! After reading his nonfiction for class a few years ago, it was fascinating to see how he approached imperialism, colonialism, culture, and climate through fiction #AHAReads www.goodreads.com/book/show/77...
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The Glass Palace
Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, The G…
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Becky West @rebeccawest.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
For the material culture task I read Skirts by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell -- I loved learned about the "hemline wars" and the a lot of social and cultural forces behind what's in my closet! #AHAReads www.goodreads.com/book/show/59...
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Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth C…
In a sparkling, beautifully illustrated social history,…
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Becky West @rebeccawest.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Happy #AHAReads season!! My first pick this summer is Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell for the "read a history that uses material culture" task 👗
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Becky West @rebeccawest.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Oh I read that this spring! Let me know what you think!!
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NEH Union - AFGE L3403 @nehafge3403.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
What a beautiful May Day to launch the fight for the rights of our labor - #NEH staff and grantees alike - and for the #humanities. Our work to preserve and make accessible #history and #culture for all people is NOT expendable. @paulakrebs.bsky.social @acls1919.bsky.social
Screenshot of the AHA statement that says, "The humanities are not a luxury," said MLA executive director Paula M. Krebs. "They are a necessity, teaching people vital skills, including how to effectively communicate, construct arguments, evaluate evidence, and build connections across cultures. Cutting the NEH's funding and staff jeopardizes not only the work of the MLA and its members but also thousands of locally led programs across the country that provide Americans with access to essential education. In the face of these unprecedented and destructive cuts, humanities leaders must fight back together."
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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
#Skystorians, the best way you can support actions like this is to join @historians.org at historians.org/join. You can also donate to the AHA’s advocacy fund to help support this lawsuit. historians.org/donate
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Donate - AHA
Give Today The American Historical Association, founded in 1884, is the largest association of historians in the world. We promote the critical role of historical thinking in public life, lead the dis...
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American Historical Association @historians.org · 01/05/2025
@acls1919.bsky.social, the AHA, & @modernlanguage.bsky.social filed a lawsuit in federal district court today, seeking to reverse the recent actions of the NEH to devastate the agency, including the elimination of grant programs, staff, and entire divisions and programs. 🗃️
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American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, and Modern Language Association File Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Dismantling of National Endowment for the Humanities - AHA
Lawsuit aims to reinstate NEH grant programs, divisions, and staff. For Immediate Release / May 1, 2025 (New York, NY) — The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), the American Historical Assoc...
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Hope J. Shannon @historianhope.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
AHA staff does Broadway before #AHA25 begins tomorrow!
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Becky West @rebeccawest.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Thrilled to find that someone has created my dream store: combination ice cream shop and bookshop! Shoutout the the Fountain Bookshop in Washington Heights for the NYE treats 📚🍦
A hand holding a small cup of chocolate ice cream with Reese's Pieces topping up in front of a bookshelf filled with colorful books
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Becky West @rebeccawest.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Is it really an AHA annual meeting if I don't get into town early to catch some hockey? Got to NYC and immediately hopped a train down to New Jersey for the afternoon, super glad to finally get to a PWHL game!
Photo taken from the stands of a hockey game between the New York Sirens and the Ottaw Charge of the PWHL as the teams take a faceoff at center ice.
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Becky West @rebeccawest.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Come see us in New York!!
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Becky West @rebeccawest.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
oh good
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Becky West @rebeccawest.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
can we go in december
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