Special Damage by Jessica Lake book cover
HCV's first Book & Author chat is with Jessica Lake, the author of Special Damage: The Slander of Women and the Gendered History of Defamation Law.
Thursday, 5 March, 6 pm at Bard's Apothecary, 24 Crossley Street, Melbourne.
www.historycouncilvic.org.au/book_author_...
#vichistoryevents
08.02.2026 22:29
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FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.
08.02.2026 14:28
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Is the Chronicle still bothering to collect salary information on adjuncts or do we need to do another Google spreadsheet?
08.02.2026 16:51
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oooh we are posting super bowls?
As a specialist in Islamic ceramics *cracks knuckles* I present this fabulous 11th c. lustre painted bowl from Fatimid Cairo depicting a Coptic priest. Its white glaze imitates Chinese porcelain and the lustre technique was invented in Iraq a century earlier.
08.02.2026 17:04
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Thank god for my walking pad as it continues to be snowpacolypse outside
08.02.2026 18:02
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yβall, one of the questions is about 1st century mark.
email shouldnβt be fun. and yetβ¦
04.02.2026 18:02
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Deadline to submit draft application is this Wednesday (4th Feb)!
We're hosting a webinar on drafting applications for postdoc fellowships on 12th Feb.
Your application will be reviewed and discussed by assessors and successful applicants. Full details below.
02.02.2026 08:58
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Hello new followers!
We're glad that our goal here resonated, but it's not what this account usually does. We're (mostly) about showcasing the great history questions and answers from our community.
We'd love it if you clicked on them when you see them! It's all free and written by volunteers.
02.02.2026 12:28
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csgreer6's comment on "In societies with menstruation taboos, how were women who didn't have periods viewed?"
Explore this conversation and more from the AskHistorians community
How about a @askhistorians.bsky.social post for #MenstruationMonday? Have you ever wondered how women without periods thought about their (lack of condition)? Here is an answer in the context of 19th century US with the professionalization of male physicians: www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
02.02.2026 16:49
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March 6 is the deadline to apply for Introduction to #Arabic #Manuscript Studiesβa virtual, one-week intensive course held from June 22 to 26, 2026.
Apply today: hmml.org/programs/arabic-mss-studies
28.01.2026 15:36
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This conference means so much to me. In 2019, @jenguiliano.bsky.social & I collaborated to put on the 1st ACH conference since the 1990s. I ran it for the next few years and now the labor has been taken on by other wonderful people. #ReviewsInDH, among other projects, would not exist if not for it.
28.01.2026 15:33
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9 February (19:00β20:30 CET) | Book Launch: #PublicDataCultures with @jwyg.bsky.social
Join us in Amsterdam to meet Jonathan, a researcher, writer, and long-time @archive.org collaborator, and hear about his new book exploring #PublicData.
π Read more: www.internetarchive.eu/nl/2026/01/2...
28.01.2026 14:00
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The cover of The Crown's Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas--out TODAY with Mariner!
Out today: THE CROWN'S SILENCE
I'm delighted to share that my new book is officially out! It traces the British monarchy's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery over hundreds of years. Please buy a copy, tell your library, & spread the word. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
27.01.2026 12:02
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it's always revelatory and yet disappointing when the expensive art materials work better
16.07.2025 18:52
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Our posting is up for the @jcblibrary.bsky.social Associate Director -- please share! It's a good place to work, imho. π brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-...
14.07.2025 16:58
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Nominees Announced for the 2025 George Washington Prize, One of Americaβs Most Esteemed Literary Awards
Nominees Announced for the 2025 George Washington Prize, One of Americaβs Most Esteemed Literary Awards
Congratulations to Worlds Turned Upside Down contributors @frankcogliano.bsky.social and @michaelhattem.bsky.social on their nominations for the George Washington Prize! Youβll hear from both soon in Episode 19: The Gambit www.mountvernon.org/about/news/n...
16.07.2025 14:57
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when I grow up I wanna be me, but a me who has helped fight off authoritarianism
20.05.2025 19:25
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Historians who work with oral history etc know this effect. It increases significantly around traumatic events, & over multiple retellings, which is one reason testimony around eg the JFK assassination is contradictory. Memory isnβt a record of events; itβs your brain forming a narrative for you.
16.07.2025 18:16
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A small, black cat with green eyes sits on the floor and plays with a rainbow toy
Also I got a cat named Harissa
15.07.2025 18:51
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friends, sorry for being MIA but I have sent everything off for my dissertation and have nothing else left to complete :)
15.07.2025 18:49
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The Rebellion is now in progress.
08.07.2025 15:06
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Team: I am sorry to report that RRCHNM is eliminating my position in late August. That means I am in the hunt for new full-time and consulting opportunities in history, public history, and podcast production. Have a lead? Please let me know!
And yes, Worlds Turned Upside Down will continue.
08.07.2025 16:42
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Time means nothing it was two (2) days ago but I was barely a person yesterday :)
26.06.2025 21:13
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A quick announcement that I successfully defended my dissertation yesterday!
26.06.2025 17:02
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Join us on Thursday, May 29th at 7:00 pm for a Hybrid Public Program by Craig Thompson FriendβBecoming Lunsford Lane: The Lives of an American Aeneas
www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12758
27.05.2025 19:33
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