So excited to see the cover for this fascinating, touching book on the hist of schoolhouses in the south, beautifully co-authored by my brilliant colleague & spouse, @abegibson.bsky.social, & his pops Benny Gibson.
The Vanishing Schools of Franklin County: A History of Public Education in Rural VA
Every time I feel like I screw up as a parent, I remind myself that Hemingway used to leave his kid with his cat as a babysitter.
Rumors are that it’s finally happening…
🗣️ New publication!
In this introduction, @nagonzalezq.bsky.social and I revisit the historiography on refugees and explore how the category of “refugee” (or its historical equivalent) was constructed in Atlantic and Mediterranean societies (18th–19th c.) ...
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@bryanbanksphd.bsky.social pitches me the best pedagogy pieces. Don't miss the latest in #AHAPerspectives!
Age of Revolutions has had the same look for a decade. It was time for a refresh. New Design! Same Revolutionary Content! ageofrevolutions.com
Images don’t just document history—they create it. In “Maduro Captured: On Film and Mythmaking” @danielrunnels.bsky.social examines photography, mythmaking, and the construction of public authority. ageofrevolutions.com/2026/03/16/m...
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It's really fun to be citing my friends while fleshing out footnotes for the chapter draft. If you haven't read @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social 's Write to Return: Huguenot Refugees on the Frontiers of the French Enlightenment, I highly recommend it.
🎉🇫🇷The call is open for the 2026-2027 Gustave Gimon Collection on French Political Economy short-term visiting fellowship at Stanford University Libraries. Deadline: March 15, 2026.
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Reach out with any questions about the collection or the fellowship.
Advice: End virtual meetings with "last one off the call is a rotten egg." Trust me.
If the closing word is written by the inimitable Lynn Hunt, the volume is edited by @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social ans @cindyermus.bsky.social - who wouldn’t want to devour this volume that just arrived! (and we are in it as well 🤗)
Enter by 11:59 PM EDT on Friday, March 13 for your chance to win a copy of Carl P. Borick's Backcountry Resistance: South Carolina's Militia and the Fight for American Independence! ageofrevolutions.com/2026/03/09/b...
Teaching classes on the history of revolutions? Consider assigning this book and couple it with essays from @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social.
@bryanbanksphd.bsky.social always bring us great pedagogical pieces. Check out his latest in #AHAPerspectives.
One day I wanted to engage students in my history class in a way that would make an impact. I wrote an article for this month’s issue of Perspectives on History (American Historical Association) that will blow you away about it! Read the pdf version here: www.historians.org/wp-content/u...
Want to learn how to craft a compelling op-ed?
Watch “Op-Ed Writing for Historians" with @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social, @jelaniya.bsky.social, @mauracunningham.bsky.social, @franhirsch.bsky.social, @brianros1.bsky.social, & moderator @lmansley.bsky.social. #AHAOnline 🗃️
You can buy our collection now here and read an interview @cindyermus.bsky.social and I did about putting it together. bsky.app/profile/ageo...
It's meant so much to have Robert Darnton's support over the last 10 years. For @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social and now for our @uvapress.bsky.social collection of essays. I read him in college, became enamored with cultural history, & dared to read sources differently to write histories from below.
Pick up your Age Of Revolutions companion collection! Great essays drawn from essays that first appeared on the site and others unique to the book! upress.virginia.edu/title/10176/
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My copy of the newly published 'The Global Age of Revolutions' arrived in the post yesterday! My chapter is called 'The Bastille and the Roundabout: the revolutionary past of the gilets jaunes'
Just a reminder of the deep humanist roots @tlecaque.bsky.social brings to his work. This is a good reminder to not lose sight of lived experience in our historical writing. Bravo Thomas!
What if the American Revolution was also a supply‑chain crisis? This post rethinks independence through the lens of logistics, scarcity, and survival—using Nova Scotia (1783–1794) as a revealing case study.
👉 Read more: ageofrevolutions.com/2026/02/23/a...
among my favorite French Revolution details: the King's cousin, the Duke of Orleans, was so shook by the events of the revolution that he not only voted to execute his cousin but legally changed his name to Equality Phil.
One of the toughest obstacles to this volume was selecting which pieces from @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social to include. There are so many great essays. The volume is meant to be read alongside the website! www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...
Read an interview with the editors! www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...
🥳 Happy Book Birthday to The Global Age of Revolutions edited collection, from @cindyermus.bsky.social & @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social - the two founders of @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social & two fabulous people and scholars. More info on how they seek to rethink the Age of Revolutions in the post! 🗃️
Hearing about NC and seeing the 400 Souls book by AAIHS scholars was certainly an inspiration!
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