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Sara Georgini

@sarageorgini.bsky.social
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Historian & Series Editor, The Adams Papers, MHS. PhD.📚Household Gods, Our Library in Paris, Oxford Handbook of Family History & Genealogy, Americans in Revolution. Views mine, history for all.

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Sara Georgini @sarageorgini.bsky.social · 4h
🗃️ 🎞️ such a cool virtual tour. Thanks, @ritterton.bsky.social 👏 #HATM
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Sara Georgini @sarageorgini.bsky.social · 4h
What is the movie that came out before you were born that you’ve watched the most times? 🗃️ #HATM
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Wss Musical Dance Performance
Alt: Rita Moreno in pink dress spinning fabulously j front of a dancing crowd
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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · 9h
An amazing tour around the Bodleian library in Oxford this weekend #medievalsky
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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 5h
Any historians out there 🗃️use “commonplace books” in class as scaffolding for writing in the age of AI? I’d love to see what you’re doing, if so.
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 5h
Here's the thing: most books that are banned don't make the lists that get circulated each #BannedBooksWeek. If you're a book creator and your book gets banned, please respond to this post with your book and its buy link on bookshop.org. That way we can support indies and banned books 💛
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Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 5h
New York at Night, 1932, by the great Berenice Abbott.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
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Sara Georgini @sarageorgini.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Confirmed ✅ 🗃️
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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 03/10/2026
It's October 3rd, so we're wearing pink! 🌸 On Cerro Pachón in Chile, nature puts on its own show during twilight, painting the sky and NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory in glowing pink. We can't really enforce a dress code for the cosmos, but the Chilean skies clearly got the memo.
Large observatory with open dome on rocky terrain under a pink and purple twilight sky.A large boot-shaped observatory on the left and small cylindrical dome on the right, both perched on rocky hills under a vibrant pink and purple sunset sky.Boot-shaped observatory building against a gradient sky transitioning from orange up to deep purple.White astronomical observatory dome with closed shutter against a pink and blue twilight sky with pink sunset clouds.
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just had lunch w 6 undergrad researchers @theotherrbg.bsky.social and I have been working w and let me tell you the JOY of hearing them talk about ideas, history, literature, languages, science for humanity, classes on theory and why they want all that in the face of AI. We were 🥹🥹!
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Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Highly recommend working @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social
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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A journey through Florence's multifaceted global connections Brace for the opening of the exhibition: 🌏 Global Florence. The World of Francesco Carletti, ca. 1573-1636 📆 9 October 2026 - 9 January 2027 📍 Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, Italy
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Casey Schmitt @csschmitt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey historians! Check out this incredible CFP and please share!🗃️ atlanticexchanges.wm.edu/home-2/2027-...
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2027 Workshop Call for Proposals - Atlantic Exchanges Workshop
Atlantic Exchanges 2027 Slavery and the Commercial Machinery of Empires The Atlantic Exchanges Workshop invites proposals for its second edition, […]
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On this lovely Friday, please enjoy this tree in my neighborhood that has fully embraced the autumn.
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
*A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw* Hits Bookstores Today #CivilWarMemory #booksky 🗃️ kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/a-glorious...
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*A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw* Hits Bookstores Today
It’s been a long time coming, but today is the official release of A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tell your members of Congress to vote to protect the Kennedy Center. It’s up for debate.
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Sara Georgini @sarageorgini.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🗃️ Pleqse share, friends! www.artsactionfund.org/take-action-...
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Sara Georgini @sarageorgini.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🗃️ Pleqse share, friends! www.artsactionfund.org/take-action-...
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The Organization of American Historians @oah.org · 24/09/2026
We Want More History events highlight public libraries, museums, and historic sites as anchors of civic engagement, intellectual freedom, lifelong learning, and community well-being. History is for everyone! To find an event near you, head to www.wewantmorehistory.org. #WeWantMoreHistory
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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Sara Georgini @sarageorgini.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🗃️ This looks amazing! Please share and apply!
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Congratulations to @sarageorgini.bsky.social and the rest of the team.
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The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com · 17/09/2026
NEW ARRIVALS with New Cat! We have not yet settled on a new professional name for New Cat, so your suggestions are welcome! Place your order via 319-337-2996 or infodesk@thehauntedbookshop.com - We ship! Or stop by 219 N Gilbert Street, Iowa City, 11-6 Central Mon-Sat.
A golden tabby cat with very leonine features and a big, fluffy tail looks up from a food dish in a room with a squishy couch and a lot of mystery novelsA roll of discount stickers and three piles of Babysitter's Club paperbacks from the 1980s, except with an adorable golden tabby cat flopped over in the middle of everything, allowing store employee Felix to rub his foreheadGolden tabby cat looks off-camera like a movie starlet while accidentally wearing a discount price sticker on his chest. Let me stress, urgently, that the cat is not for sale. We love him.Oh right, books. Here are some nonfiction titles, including a couple versions of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the Analects of Confucius, C.S. Lewis' A Grief Observed, books about Montaigne and Emerson and the Inklings, a little criticism, some war history of both recent and long distant varieties, some classical history, and a bit of Western philosophy
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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Doing some of the very pretty touristy spots of Nova Scotia today
A photo of boats and old houses on the Atlantic coast. Peggy’s Cove
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The Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hat botfrens.com/collections/223/conten…
Gift of Elizabeth A. Tilson, 1975
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Celeste-Marie Bernier presents the first standalone biography of Anna Murray Douglass, wife and co-revolutionary of Frederick Douglass, honoring her history-making role as a campaigner, liberator, and freedom-fighter. Read a sample for free now: buff.ly/4etAj6v
Cover of Anna Murray Douglass: Biography of a Revolutionary by Celeste-Marie Bernier. The cover is a photograph of Anna Murray Douglass as a duotone in pink and red. There are three squares made of transparent gold triangle patterns overlayed. The title is written large in a bold white script across the cover. The subtitle is smaller below and aligned left. The authors name appears in the top left corner of the cover in white.
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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Night night sweet dreamies If it boosts your mental, emotional, or physical health, do it. Self-care is essential.
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Karen Dalton Beninato @kbeninato.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Saw it in the window and couldn't resist." RIP Bob Mackie, creator of the funniest Carol Burnett entrance dress of all time.
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Carol Burnett's Iconic Curtain Rod Dress Sketch
Alt: Carol Burnett's Iconic Curtain Rod Dress Sketch
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Okay but hear me out: A book club, and everyone brings a cat.
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The most important thing I’ve written is about my dad, a comp scientist who experienced the full arc of public investment in higher ed & its power to empower more people inclusively. Who helped usher in amazing tech, & disastrous STEM worship. 10/ scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/26/d...
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Did My Father’s World Die with Him? Grieving the Incalculable Costs of “STEM.” - The Scholarly Kitchen
Grieving my father's death feels inextricably tangled with grieving the catastrophe overtaking the whole of our research infrastructure.
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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is a big one: Brown University is searching for the next director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. Please help us identify excellent candidates to lead this signature program into the future. Please write me with ideas; please share in your networks; please apply.
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Brown University - Professor and Director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice | H-Net
1. Academic Accomplishment. We seek a scholar with a strong scholarly record, including excellence in both research and teaching, appropriate for appointment at the level of full professor in a social science, humanities, or arts department at Brown.
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Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 14/09/2026
now *that's* a Monday mood
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
In interview on eve of 71st birthday, Leo’s Brother reveals “Some time ago, he helped me with my computer because I’m hopeless with technology and couldn't get it to work;” Leo also helped his Brother with tax filing. Tomorrow on his birthday, Leo will visit Vatican Museum to bless water exhibition
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/09/2026
#Caturday glow-up
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 11/09/2026
Applications now invited for the Society's next round of research funding: for Postgraduates, studying for a PhD, and Early Career Historians, within 5 years of completing a doctorate: bit.ly/4ywZi0S Grants of £500-£1000 to pursue research. Closing date 4 December 2026 #Skystorians 1/2
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Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: December 2026 deadlines - RHS
The Society invites applications for the following three schemes — open to historians at a range of career stages — with closing dates from 4 December 2026. Postgraduate Research Support Grants, 2026-...
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Sara Georgini @sarageorgini.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🗃️ Salut, #skystorians, due 9/30!
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 10/09/2026
The Chicago Public Library informs patrons of how much money they’ve saved borrowing from the library instead of buying. “You just saved $58.94 by using your library. You have saved $231.79 this past year and $1,107.24 since you began using the library!” [salon.com]
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My library card has saved me $1,330 — and I want more
Chicago Public Library tells patrons exactly what they’ve saved. I’ve become obsessed with running up the score.
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Dr Sian Witherden @sianwitherden.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I’m pleased to share that records for parish churches and chapels are now available on Medieval Libraries of Great Britain - mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk #provenance #manuscripts @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Re: Anthropic (are you sick of thinking about this yet?) and speaking generally about the situation overall: it's a glitch, we are fixing it, longer statement to follow, you should still email me (or your editor if that person is not me) if you got one of those "JHUP is claiming 100%" emails.
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
More to say but, mostly he's just the best. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Lonnie Bunch Is Leaving the Smithsonian
After months of clashes with the White House, the historian and leader of the institution is retiring later this year.
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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A blue plaque has been unveiled at the National History Museum in Tring, Hertfordshire for palaeontologist, Dorothea Bate. Self taught, she published more than 80 scientific papers, despite spending most of her career without a permanent paid position. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Carmarthen fossil hunter Dorothea Bate recognised with blue plaque
Dorothea Bate discovered the dwarf elephant and the myotragus, an extinct goat-like antelope.
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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.
Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and whiteCenter square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettesBlock of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in markerCarol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

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satin ribbons

After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson
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Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Also, we are currently accepting pitches for reviews of history nonfiction books that will be published in December 2026 or January 2027.
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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Been enjoying the Merlin app, from Cornell University. You just turn on the app and leave it by the window and it tells you which birds are making what sounds outside.
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Identify Bird Songs and Calls with Sound ID
Sound ID listens to the birds around you and shows real-time suggestions for who’s singing. Compare your recording to the songs and calls in Merlin to confirm what you heard. More About Sound ID ...
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Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Archaeologists! Do you want to come work with me out on the forests and grasslands doing some amazing w Tribes? Professors- do you have promising students perfect for these jobs? We have TWO archaeology positions & an admin position available. Apply by September 9. Hit me up w any questions! 1/
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Rick Herrera @herreramilhist.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Come and join @boston1775.bsky.social, @friederikebbaer.bsky.social, @bencarp.bsky.social, Larry Kidder, Phillip, & me at Trenton, 6-8 November 2026 as the British Empire (& Americans) Strike Back. thepursuitofhistory.org/weekends/the...
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The British Empire Strikes Back | Fall 2026 - The Pursuit of History
The British Empire Strikes Back | Fall 2026
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
There’s a species of shark called the ninja lanternshark. It glows in the dark, like all lantern sharks. It’s called ninja because the scientist who discovered it was explaining her discovery to family at Thanksgiving and then her young cousin shouted “ninjas are cool, call it the ninja shark!”
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
thirty eight bluesky dogs and cats u should see
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Library and Archives Canada's account is as delightful as you'd expect.
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Jean-Jacques Sempé (b. 1932). Night in the city.
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