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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Matthew Mason speaks with John Craig Hammond about his new book The Centrality of Slavery. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-centrali...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Check out our SHEAR Book Prize Talk with Richard Bell, 2025 SHEAR Book Prize winner, for The American Revolution and the Fate of the World. You can listen to his fascinating conversation with Kelly Gray, below: youtu.be/jWaXCMa7BEY?...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Edward J. Blum speaks with Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia about his new biography of Bernardo de Gálvez. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/bernardo-de-...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode David Gellman speaks with Nicholas P. Wood about his new book Let the Oppressed Go Free. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/let-the-oppr...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Robert Parkinson speaks with Peter S. Onuf and Francis D. Cogliano about their new book Thomas Jefferson Survives. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/thomas-jeffe...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Edward J. Blum speaks with Matthew Mason about his new book Seeking the High Ground. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/seeking-the-...

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The JER Pano @thejerpano.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The complete #JERPano Vol. 46 Fall issue is available free on Project MUSE for the next four weeks, courtesy of @uncpress.bsky.social. Every article in this edition is open to read, download, and share with students and colleagues! Click the link in the🧵or scan the QR code to access.

"Read the Fall issue without a login until the second week of October! Scan QR or click the link" in the thread below.

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Robert Parkinson speaks with Katherine Grandjean about her new book Kingdom of Devils. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/kingdom-of-d...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Amy Weitzman speaks with John Gilbert McCurdy about his new book Vicious and Immoral. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/vicious-and-...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Edward J. Blum speaks with Mark Peterson about his new book The Making & Breaking of the American Constitution. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-making-a...

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The JER Pano @thejerpano.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Fall issue of the #JERPano is out! Scan the QR code or click the link in the🧵below.

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode David Gellman speaks with Patrick Griffin about his new book The Age of Atlantic Revolution. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/patrick-grif...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The #SHEAR2027 CFP is open! The Program Committee invites proposals for sessions & papers exploring all aspects of the history & culture of an expansive early American republic, its transnational connections, & Native nations. Deadline: December 1. More details here: shear.org/annual-meeti...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Edward J. Blum speaks with Mélanie Lamotte about her new book By Flesh & Toil. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/by-flesh-and...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

New episodes of the Revolutionary America podcast! First, Amy Weitzman speaks with Eran A. Zelnik about his new book American Laughter, American Fury. Also, Edward J. Blum talks to Holly N.S. White about her new book Constructing American Childhood. Listen Here: newbooksnetwork.com/category/his...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Edward J. Blum speaks with Jamie L. Brummitt about her new book Protestant Relics in Early America. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/jamie-l-brum...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Edward J. Blum speaks with Eran Shalev about his new book The Star-Spangled Republic. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-star-spa...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Matthew Mason speaks with Arturo Chang about his new book A New World of Revolutions. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/a-new-world-...

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The JER Pano @thejerpano.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Read #JERpano award-winning scholarship for FREE Meagan Wierda's "Statistics 'in Relation to Themselves'" now available without a login thanks to @uncpress.bsky.social Learn about how Af-American activists challenged the flawed 1840 Census and used data to counter pro-slavery arguments Link 👇

Visual announcement with QR code for Meagan Wierda's article gaining open access status for a limited time by UNC press and the JERPano. Same link can be found in first thread.

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Russell Arbic speaks with Edward E. Andrews about his new book Newport Gardner’s Anthem. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/newport-gard...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Edward Blum speaks with David N. Gellman about his recent book Liberty’s Chain. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/libertys-chain.

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The JER Pano @thejerpano.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Join the #JERPano and @uncpress.bsky.social in congratulating Meagan Wierda on the remarkable recognition her Winter Publication in the JER received this year! Wierda's piece won "Best Article" from: @shearites.bsky.social , @susih.bsky.social , and @berksconference.bsky.social! Link below.

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Amy Weitzman speaks with Emily Sneff about her new book When the Declaration of Independence Was News. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/when-the-dec...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Job Opportunity: The William & Mary Libraries is seeking applications for Head of University Public History and Robert Francis Engs Director of the Lemon Project. To apply and learn more, click the link below: williammary.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WM/job....

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Head of University Public History and Robert Francis Engs Director of the Lemon Project

Job Requisition: JR101962 Head of University Public History and Robert Francis Engs Director of the Lemon Project (Open) Job Posting Title: Head of University Public History and Robert Francis Engs Di...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Episode Four of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Russell Arbic speaks with Linford D. Fisher on his new book Stealing America. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/linford-fish...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Episode Three of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! This episode features Matthew Mason in conversation with Richard Bell on his new book & SHEAR Best Book Prize Winner, The American Revolution & the Fate of the World. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-american...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

And with that, #SHEAR2026 has come to a close. We will see you in Richmond for #SHEAR2027.

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Yesterday, President Carolyn Eastman enthralled the audience at her #SHEAR2026 Presidential Address with a discussion of "Demagogues in the Early American Republic.” She revealed that the satirical language used at the time expressed profound concern about the persuasive potential of public speech.

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Congratulations to Kate Tyler Wall recipient of the 20 Years of Service Award.

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Congratulations to Johann Neem recipient of the SHEAR Distinguished Service Award

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Congratulations to Lauren Duval the second winner (not finalist!) for The SHEAR Book Prize for The Home Front: Revolutionary Households, Military Occupation, and the Making of American Independence. (@uncpress.bsky.social)

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Congratulations to Richard Bell the first winner of the SHEAR Book Prize for The American Revolution and the Fate of the World. (@riverheadbooks.bsky.social).

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Congratulations to Craig Thompson Friend winner of The James C. Bradford Best Biography Prize for Becoming Lunsford Lane: The Lives of an American Aeneas. (@uncpress.bsky.social)

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Congratulations to Lauren Duval winner of The Mary Kelley Prize in Gender & Women’s History for The Home Front: Revolutionary Households, Military Occupation, and the Making of American Independence. (@uncpress.bsky.social)

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Congratulations to Edward Green winner of The SHEAR Robyn Lily Davis Dissertation Prize “Captains and Community: Interdependency, Diplomacy, and Development of ‘Quotidian Power’ in the Choctaw Nation, 1729-1860.”

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Congratulations to Caylin Carbonell the inaugural winner of the joint SHEAR and MCEAS G.E.H. Article Prize for “Fraught Forms: Negotiating Servitude in Colonial New England” in Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. (@easmisc.bsky.social)

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Congratulations to Meagan Wierda winner of The Ralph D. Gray Article Prize for “‘Statistics in Relation to Themselves:’ African American Activists, the Census of 1840, and the Radical Potential of Quantification” in The Journal of the Early Republic. (@thejerpano.bsky.social)

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Congratulations to Justine Meberg winner of the James H. Broussard Best First Book Prize for Protecting Women: US Army Culture in the Second US-Seminole War and the US-Mexican War. (@universitypress.cambridge.org). #SHEAR2026

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

SHEAR is pleased to announce and congratulate the winners of the 2026 SHEAR Prizes which will be announced live here in this 🧵.

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Please consider donating to support the SHEAR DEI Fellowships. Link below:

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Are you unable to attend the tonight's (6:15pm) SHEAR Presidential Address? Well, President Carolyn Eastman’s address on “What They Talked About When They Talked About Demagogues in the Early American Republic,” will be livestreamed to our YouTube channel. Link here: www.youtube.com/live/0izEG4S...

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

What a(nother) great event! One slide 3 minutes. 😀 Ten (More) Things to Know about the American Revolution @ #SHEAR2026, following Ten Things in Providence in 2025. Co-sponsored by HSP, ITPS, & @jcblibrary.bsky.social (logo not appearing!) w super thanks to presenters & @noraslonimsky.bsky.social!

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Penn Press @pennpress.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We are all set up at @shearites.bsky.social's 2026 meeting! Come visit us in the book exhibit if you're attending, or head to our #SHEAR2026 virtual exhibit store for 40% off books with code SHEAR26 (through 8/19)! www.pennpress.org/conferences/shear

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We kicked off #SHEAR2026 yesterday with the President’s Plenary on “How to Tell the Truth about History in 2026.” We heard from scholars who challenged us to show up, embrace the messiness of history, and always “show your work.” Followed by a reception at Carpenters’ Hall with SHEAR cookies.

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

SHEAR welcomes you to Philadelphia for the 47th Annual Conference! Conference registration opens at 3pm in the DoubleTree Overture. For more details on conference events see, shear.org/annual-meeti... 📷Independence Hall. Philadelphia 1876 / Theodore Poleni. Library of Congress.

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Donation Drive! A donor will be matching donations to the DEI Fellowships Fund in honor of former SHEAR President James Brewer Stewart. Please consider giving to provide underrepresented/early-career scholars support with research expenses. Donate here: shear.app.neoncrm.com/forms/donati...

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Tomorrow! Register below to attend in-person or virtually.

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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Episode Two of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode, Edward J. Blum converses with Robert G. Parkinson on his new book Heart of American Darkness. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/robert-g-par...

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Emily Sneff @emilysneff.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Hey @shearites.bsky.social, stick around until Sunday morning, you won't want to miss this roundtable conversation featuring authors of recent books related to the Declaration of Independence! @michaelhattem.bsky.social @rparkinson.bsky.social @frankcogliano.bsky.social @stevesarson.bsky.social

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Writing About the Declaration of Independence 250 Years Later
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Sunday, July 19
11:00 AM

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The JER Pano @thejerpano.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🙌Free to the Public!🙌 #SHEAR2026 is Here! Register for the #JERPano Saturday (July 18th) Session Five from 9:00-10:45 am. "New Approaches to Freedom of Religion in the Early Republic" Link to Session Five: iona.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Link to all Sessions: thepanorama.shear.org/2026/07/13/s...

Register for the Free Public JER Session #5 from 9 to 10:45am on Saturday July 18th. Link in post. Image of SHEAR eagle and Panorama Icons on right.

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