Sacred Heart University History Department

Happy International Women’s Day!

Heartbreak on the Colonial Front: Women’s Writing, the Seven Years War, and Humanity in the Archive By Thomas Lecaque This article is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Patrick Lecaque, 1/15/1949-10/11/2025, who taught his son the joy of history, of research, of discovery, and to find the individuals…

A powerful look at how women’s writing during the Seven Years’ War reveals the raw emotion, loss, and humanity often hidden in colonial archives. A moving reminder that behind every global conflict are intimate stories worth remembering. @tlecaque.bsky.social ageofrevolutions.com/2026/03/02/h...

Happy World Book Day to all who celebrate!

115: Votes for College Women: Alumni, Students, and the Woman Suffrage Campaign Podcast Episode · The Gilded Age and Progressive Era · February 25 · 46m

Pod Drop!

I had a great conversion with Kelly Marino about the suffrage activism of college students- people angry about protesting college students has a long history, but college students fighting to make the world better also has a history!

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On Wednesday, our seniors presented research posters!

We had a great conversation about women and peace activism on Tuesday with Dr. Ashley Morin and Dr. Kate Kelly!

Cataloging Black Knowledge – AHA A “bibliomaniac” forged an alternative to Eurocentric library classifications.

From #AHAPerspectives in 2018: Zita Cristina Nunes described how Dorothy Porter successfully built @howard.edu's Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, one of the world’s leading repositories for Black history and culture, and the legacy of her work for contemporary scholars. 🗃️

Total War and the Ottoman Empire Using Ottoman primary sources to teach total war

Most teachers focus on total war in the First World War. We often use examples from the Western Front, but what did total war look like in the Ottoman Empire?
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https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/total-war-and-the-ottoman-empire/

The National Archives Foundation Opens Sixth-Annual Application for Cokie Roberts Women’s History Fellowship - National Archives Foundation WASHINGTON, D.C.–The National Archives Foundation, the nonprofit partner of the National Archives and Records Administration, opened applications for the sixth-annual […]

Cokie Roberts fellowship application is open for anyone researching women's history at the U.S. National Archives -- due April 15 archivesfoundation.org/news/sixth-a...

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29 January 1845

The Raven was published in The Evening Mirror in New York City.

It was the first publication under the name of Edgar Allan Poe.
#History #HistoryMatters #poetry

"#Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, #history is silent, #literature dumb, #science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill."

✒ American historian #BarbaraWTuchman was #BOTD 30 January 1912.

Octavia Minor: The Sister of Augustus Who Helped Birth the Roman Empire Octavia Minor (circa 69 BCE to 11 BCE) was a Roman noblewoman who rose to prominence during the early years of the Roman Empire. The sister of Emperor Augustus (reign 27 BCE to 14 CE) and wife of Mark...

As a young woman, Octavia was viewed as a pawn to advance the political interests of her family.  #history

Call for Proposals - AHA The AHA's annual meeting is the largest yearly gathering of historians in the United States. All historians are welcome and encouraged to submit proposals. The AHA also invites historically focused pr...

The call for proposals for #AHA27 is open until February 15, 2026. Our 2027 annual meeting will take place on January 7–10, 2027, in New Orleans. The Program Committee welcomes and encourages all historians to submit proposals. 🗃️

History & Public Policy - AHA AHA Advocacy at the Federal Level Supporting Robust Funding for History & the Humanities The American Historical Association is unique among history organizations with the breadth and depth of our adv...

The AHA supports the historians who work for the National Park Service and the hundreds of parks and national historic sites they preserve and interpret. Check out our #AHAPerspectives series on the historical work of NPS. 🗃️

Guest Post: Matt Dworkowitz on World War II’s Best Kept Secret: The Discovery of Chemotherapy in New Haven – Black and White and Read All Over [Matt Dworkowitz is a third year undergraduate student at Sacred Heart University, who majors in Health Science, and minors in American History and Chemistry. This past semester, Matt worked with Dr. ...

I'm proud to share my latest AmericanStudier Guest Post, @sacredheartuniv.bsky.social undergrad Matt Dworkowitz on the fascinating, largely forgotten history of how chemotherapy was discovered at Yale Med School during WWII! 🗃️

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Alt Text for Cover Image Cover of Connecticut History Review, Volume 64, Number 2, Spring 2025. The Association for the Study of Connecticut History, navy blue background. Cover photo: May 2, 1914, Hartford Suffrage Parade, Hahn Family photograph album of a trip to Connecticut. Courtesy of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History.

Connecticut History Review 64.2, a special issue on Connecticut Women's Political and Economic Experience, is online! Contributors: Heather Munro Prescott ( @knittingclio.bsky.social ), @kmarino1.bsky.social ( @shuhistorydept.bsky.social ), + more
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Have a wonderful winter break!

Have you got a new book out about Irish America? Regardless of discipline, if it came out in 2025, you can submit it to the ACIS Lawrence McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish America! You need to fill out the form on this website and the books need to be sent by 1 January!
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Last few days to apply to be an @ijhs.bsky.social editor alongside me & a bunch of other great scholars! #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️

So proud of my honor’s class for making these cute little books this semester!

Happy Thanksgiving to all! 🦃

The Lost History of Roman Theatre by T.P. Wiseman

In The Lost History of Roman Theatre, the distinguished classics scholar T. P. Wiseman investigates the origins of theatre in archaic Rome.

Out now (20 Jan UK pub). Learn more:

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#History #RomanHistory #RomanTheatre #AncientHistory