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Joyce Chaplin @joycechaplin.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

It was wonderful to talk Tom Paine and climate change last night—thank you @theitps.bsky.social and @noraslonimsky.bsky.social !

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The ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) @theitps.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The brilliant @joycechaplin.bsky.social delivering the second annual Lapidus Lecture in Paine Studies!

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Jim Ambuske @jimambuske.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Terrific "Taking Stock and Setting Agendas" meeting this past weekend @theitps.bsky.social centered on early American studies and digital history. Thanks to @noraslonimsky.bsky.social, @ben-wright.bsky.social, & Mark Boonshoft for the chance to present "Hard of Hearing: Podcasting Early America."

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The ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) @theitps.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Thank you to our friends at RW250 for including the ITPS in the planning at the beautiful Wainright House for exciting upcoming #Rev250 events next autumn! Keep a look out for “Revolution on the Sound” in October 2026.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Happy Labor Day! Today, we're honoring the library workers across the country whose dedication and expertise keep our libraries and our communities strong. Libraries work because library workers do! ALA offices are closed in observance.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/09/2025

Labor Day | noun | a day set aside for special recognition of working people

In honor of Labor Day, we decided to rest instead of making this post.

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

On this day in 1920, the 19th Amendment was certified, giving women the Constitutional right to vote. After Congress sent the Amendment to the states 15 months earlier, the National Woman’s Party would sew a new star on this flag whenever a new state ratified it. 🧵

National Woman's Party activists watch Alice Paul sew a star onto the NWP Ratification Flag. 1920. Photo by the National Photo Company. National Women's Party Records, Library of Congress.

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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 26/08/2025

Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, marks 104 years since the 19th Amendment was certified, recognizing women’s constitutional right to vote.

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Women’s Equality Day: Celebrate the Victories. Confront the Backlash.

Women’s Equality Day: Celebrate the Victories for Women and the Right to Vote. Confront the Backlash—like to the Equal Rights Amendment.

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John Carter Brown Library @jcblibrary.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Interested in learning more about our current exhibition, Elemental: Crafting Books from Nature? Check out this article: www.brown.edu/news/2025-06... Elemental is on view until Dec. 15, M-Th, 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., and F 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Photo credit: Rythum Vinoben.

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Beyond the pages: John Carter Brown Library exhibition celebrates the making of rare books

“Elemental: Crafting Books from Nature” is an ode to the physical book, exploring thousands of years of practical knowledge and natural resources that led to the production of books.

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

So the London reprints of Common Sense from 1776 CENSORED extra mean and snarky comments about the king but the Edinburgh reprints did NOT —- i repeat: the SCOTTISH reprints KEPT all the very mean and snarky comments about the king, the ROYAL BRUTE OF BRITAIN. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥇

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Great talk!

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Ronald Angelo Johnson @ronajohnson.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Congratulations Meg! Check out Meg’s article in the Journal of the Early Republic. muse.jhu.edu/pub/12/artic...

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Project MUSE - “Capacity for Labor,” Work, and Disability in the Early Republic, 1791–1833

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

So excited to have most of my responsibilities discharged and be able to relish sessions this morning at #SHEAR2025!

Open spiral with Sunday morning sessions listed for the society for historians of the early American republic.

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The ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) @theitps.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Paine and “Common Sense” make an appearance in @shearites.bsky.social President Manisha Sinha’s address⬇️

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

This event is going to be so cool! And the idea, cooked up with @noraslonimsky.bsky.social, is to do this format again in 2026. We're excited about it! And super grateful to this awesome line-up of scholars.

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Paul Erickson @mrsidetable.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Great batch of new manuscript collection finding aids at the Clements Library! Wonderful opportunities for research. clements.umich.edu/mss-finding-...

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New Manuscripts Finding Aids, June 2025 - UM Clements Library

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Still unsurpassed as the best close reading of a non-literary text in my field. Robert A. Ferguson, “The Commonalities of COMMON SENSE.” William and Mary Quarterly (2000)

The opening page of the essay. Here is the first paragraph:
-HISTORIANS always note the great impact of Thomas Paine's of the most brilliant pamphlets ever written in the English lan-guage." Yet, despite the frequency of these claims, scholars rarely bring them together as mutually informing insights or controlling premises.! On the one side, the twin appeals of the pamphlet-the historical assertion of immediate impact and the literary assessment of timeless merit-make it an extraordinary source for gauging how Americans think about themselves and their country, then and now. On the other side, the same unique combination of instant effect and lasting influence welcomes rhetorical analy-sis, turning Common Sense into a seminal text for thinking about "the art of persuasion" in American life. One can go further. Precisely how the pamphlet persuades its readers is an object lesson in the workings of modern democratic culture, and the way Americans have absorbed it into collective or national memory remains an untold story in ideological formations.

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Submissions are open for the 2026 Eccles Institute & Hay Festival Global Writer’s Award! The prize grants £20,000 annually to two writers for a yet-to-be-published book relating to the Americas, as well as a unique research residency at the Library. Find out more & apply: bit.ly/BL-WritersAw...

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The Organization of American Historians @oah.org · 18/06/2025

OAH has partnered with @volckeralliance.bsky.social to capture oral histories! Read about the project here: ow.ly/ww9h50Wbmsb

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Kim Sherman, PhD @ghoulscoutcamp.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

This is cool. I always explain to students that broadsides were kind of like an early modern blog post!

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The ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) @theitps.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Big news from the #ITPS! We are thrilled to share a new series with @uvapress.bsky.social! Here are more details about "From Pamphlets to Podcasts" and if you're working on relevant themes (this is an intentionally 'big tent' series), consider sending them our way upress.virginia.edu/news/new-boo...

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New Book Series Brings the Spirit of Paine’s “Common Sense” and the Founding Era into the 21st Century

<p>The University of Virginia Press is pleased to announce “From Pamphlets to Podcasts: An Institute for Thomas Paine Studies Series,” a new series th

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Julia Gaffield, PhD @juliagaffield.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

PUBLICATION DAY! _I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom_ is now available from @yalepress.bsky.social To celebrate, I am going to post some of the most extraordinary Dessalines quotations below! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

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I Have Avenged America

A moving and humane portrait of the abolitionist revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who led Haiti’s fight for independence from French colonial rule ...

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The ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) @theitps.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Happening this afternoon! The second workshop in an ongoing series with our friends at the Mellon Foundation and National Park Service about “American Revolutions in the Digital Age,” the ITPS open access voluem with @cornellupress.bsky.social: livinglandscapeobserver.net/american-rev...

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American Revolutions in the Digital Age Virtual Event Series | Living Landscape Observer

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The ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) @theitps.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

A few more weeks to send in your proposals for "Common Sense at 250"! Talks can (and hopefully will) take a broad approach to the topic, and some support for travel to the UK or virtual participation may be possible, so please send your ideas our way: theitps.org/event/common...

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Common Sense at 250: Legacies of Democracy from Paine to Today – ITPS Research Portal

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The Organization of American Historians @oah.org · 28/05/2025

📣 The OAH is proud to partner with @brennancenter.org for an exciting event exploring the history and future of birthright citizenship. 🗓️ June 12 🕧 12:30pm ET 📍 Online – Free to attend! 🔗 Register: ow.ly/9Qas50W0t7R

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

***Attention graduate students*** Apply to the George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award! IEHS invites submissions for two awards of $3,500 each (up from $1,000) to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history. iehs.org/awards/georg...

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George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award

Visit the post for more.

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The ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) @theitps.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Our friends @shearites.bsky.social are expanding a wonderful initiative around mentorship in honor of the late, great Jan Lewis, which kicks off this afternoon with a conversation about conferences with @carolyneastman.bsky.social @wmackintosh.bsky.social & @drhonor.bsky.social. Details⬇️

a purple flyer with tourqouise details, featuring a picture of a conference panel and audience, along with three headshots, one of a man with short blond hair and glasses, one of a woman with brown straight hair and a blue dress, and one of a woman with brown curly hair and a black shirt.

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Gautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Fantastic resource! Alec's book, which was based on some of this research, is also worth your time and attention! James Alexander Dun, Dangerous Neighbors: Making the Haitian Revolution in Early America (UPenn Press, 2016)

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Age of Revolutions @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Make sure to pickup our exec editor’s book!

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Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Pre-order ENTANGLED ALLIANCES here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I just interviewed a brilliant historian who also happens to be a good friend and mentor. It was fun! I think you are all going to enjoy @kawulf.bsky.social's new book Lineage, which you can pre-order now. #Skystorians #History #Genealogy

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Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America

Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America

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The ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) @theitps.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Kicking off the start of our three-day pAIne workshop with Portland State’s publishing studies program with some comparisons between communication, past and present with Iona libraries!

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The ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) @theitps.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Iona University’s historians are ready for commencement! Congratulations to the class of 2025, and thank you for believing in the value of education 🎓🎉

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Two more weeks to apply!

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The ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) @theitps.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

While it's not reflected on our site yet (will be soon) the CFP for "Taking Stock and Setting Agendas" with the @easmisc.bsky.social & @mcneilcenter.bsky.social is extended until June 1st! So some extra time to send in your proposals, and check out the details here: theitps.org/event/taking...

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Taking Stock and Setting Agendas: A Workshop on Data, Digital Humanities, and Early American Studies – ITPS Research Portal

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The book is about the power of genealogy, emotional texture and statecraft alike. In the weeks before publication in early July I'm highlighting individual items that make up the beautiful cover, starting with this 1776 Franktur birth certificate from the collections at the Newberry Library. 1/

The cover of Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America, with a collage of different textual and visual items. A Franktur birth certificate, highly colored with a heart shape predominant in the upper left is highlighted in this post. More info at link to a blog post.

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The ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) @theitps.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Check out our most recent updates (and sign up for more!) with the #ITPS newsletter, Page of Reason, here! itps.substack.com/p/page-of-re...

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Page of Reason | April 2025

Dispatches from your most humble servant

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Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

In celebration of April's #CUPSpringSale, we're excited to share some pictures from our Week 3 as we invited our Bluesky followers to show off their stacks of Cornell University Press (and imprints) books. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup-spring-o...

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Stacking Books toward Blue Skies: Celebrating the CUP Spring Sale through Photos

In celebration of the CUP Spring Sale, we're excited to share some pictures from our Week 3 as we invited our Bluesky followers to show off their stacks of Cornell University Press (and imprints) book...

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Early American Studies @easmisc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

#EAS is excited to announce "Taking Stock and Setting Agendas," a joint workshop with @theitps.bsky.social and @mcneilcenter.bsky.social this September. For more information, see: theitps.org/scholarship-...

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Happy #PreservationWeek! This year’s theme is "Preserve the Past, Shape the Future: Inspiring the Next Generation." Check out the free webinars happening this week, including a discussion with @mychal3ts.bsky.social, 2025 honorary chair. 🔗 preservationweek.org/free-webinars/

Preservation Week, April 27-May 1. Mychal Threets (pictured) 2025 Honorary Chair. Preservationweek.org. ALA Core.

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Early American Studies @easmisc.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

‪#EAS is excited to announce "Taking Stock and Setting Agendas," a joint workshop with @theitps.bsky.social and @mcneilcenter.bsky.social this September. For more information, see: theitps.org/common-sense...

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Iain McDaniel @iainmcdaniel.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Call for Papers: 'Common Sense at 250: Legacies of Democracy from Paine to today' Conference at Sussex University and Lewes, January 9-10 2026: theitps.org/common-sense... Co-organised with the @theitps.bsky.social and Thomas Paine: Legacy Keynotes @gclaeyshistory.bsky.social and Danielle Allen

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Common Sense at 250: Legacies of Democracy from Paine to Today – ITPS Research Portal

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Early American Studies @easmisc.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

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