Lots of you have been asking for the syllabus for the lecture course -- "America at 250" -- that I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage.

Here you go:
president.yale.edu/sites/defaul...

🗃️ Do we now need to add ChatGPT to draft headers, as in:

“Do not circulate or cite without permission; do not feed into ChatGPT or other AI apps/software”

Cover image for American by Birth: Wong Kim Ark and the Battle for Birthright Citizenship by Carol Nackenoff and Julie Novkov, from the University Press of Kansas.

In light of today's decision, I once again recommend to everyone this book on the Wong Kim Ark case that guaranteed birthright citizenship. Now more than ever it is crucial to know and communicate this history. kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700634217/

Hey #skystorians, what advice can we give young historians about where to look for grants for public history projects, now that NEH is devastated?

I'm working on a resource on this at the moment, but also I think it's a conversation we need to have.

#historians #publichistory

History of Deportation – AHA This handout was created for the AHA's Congressional Briefing on the history of deportation.

Check out the handout from the AHA’s Congressional Briefing on the history of deportation. Panelists
@hidehirota.bsky.social, Ana Raquel Minian Andjel, &
@yaelschacher.bsky.social shared policies concerning immigration & deportation throughout US history. 🗃️

I’m at a teaching college (and love it!) and am staring down my book manuscript. So it’s reassuring to know it’s possible!

Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

I forgot to share this article on teaching the Indochina Wars when it was published last month
🗺️🗃️

journals.gmu.edu/whc/article/...

I just finished reading this and this is going to sit with me for some time.

Thanks so much @aambrogi.bsky.social! 🗃️

Lillian Hellman in a posed photo with a manual typewriter as if writing her letter to HUAC. She is a white woman with dark hair.

“I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.”

#OnThisDay, 19 May 1952, Lillian Hellman writes to the House of UnAmerican Activities refusing to testify against others.

#HollywoodHistory #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️
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On who was included and excluded from birthright citizenship, note "all persons" and including children of Chinese, Europeans, & many others -- a great thread by @unlawfulentries.bsky.social 🗃️👇

A Ticking Clock on American Freedom It’s later than you think, but it’s not too late.

“Today, right now—and I mean right this second—you have the most power you’ll ever have in the current fight against authoritarianism in America,” writes @adriennelaf.bsky.social. If you wait to speak out against autocrats, you have already lost:

Abrego Garcia has never even been charged with a crime. Donald Trump, in contrast, has been convicted, by a jury, of 34 felonies.

#ICYMI: @contingent-mag.bsky.social is seeking contributors for a roundtable that will examine how historians working outside the tenure track have been affected by recent changes in federal funding.

Click below to learn more & submit a pitch by Apr. 27!

#history #skystorians
#CfP #humanities 🗃️📜📚

I’m honored to have a short piece in a really stellar forum on animals in modern U.S. history. 🗃️

Great source of images from the history of science now available in public domain #histsci 🐡
pdimagearchive.org

UNC Charlotte is hiring an oral historian. Please share if you know someone who’s interested. 🗃️
jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/61064

This isn’t a hot take by any means but today is reminding me for a multitude of reasons why historical education (knowledge and skills) matters. And, perhaps even more so, seriously applying that education.

This.

Los Angeles Shouldn’t Rebuild the Same Way Again Environmental historian Char Miller makes a case for retreating from the hills.

@charmiller4.bsky.social #academicsky

That’s that.

Montana sues Yellowstone National Park over bison management plan Federal and state agencies are at odds over management of the park’s bison.

Yet another setback in decades of fights over bison and brucellosis. There’s a very deep history here that is difficult to convey in contemporary news articles. But, I would argue, that history is necessary to understand the context of the fight. #envhist

montanafreepress.org/2024/12/31/m...

a man and a woman are standing next to each other in a snowy city . ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other in a snowy city .

Watching the best Christmas movie ever.*

*no other opinions able to be registered at this time.

The way that elementary schools have become the testing ground for every new hair-brained tech sector "innovation" is really abhorrent to me. Let's find someone besides children to test these technologies on.

This line—

“When companies spend less than the allotted payment, they are typically allowed to keep some or all of what remains, which federal investigators and experts acknowledge may be incentivizing insurers to limit care.”

How do we know that autism is not linked to vaccines?

Short answer: Massive studies have not found a link between autism and vaccines.

Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️

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To everyone who has entered the grading slog, which is really the will I let this grading and catching up on the 1000 things classes forced me to put off until now ruin my holiday “break” slog, may the odds be ever in your favor