We talked about George and Martha as products of 18th century Virginia elite, about what the textual and material record of their lives tells us, about how we understand her as someone who fully expected to own people, but not to be the First Lady of an unimaginable new nation. Hope you'll listen!
How did Martha Washington create an office before women could hold one? In the newest episode of In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan, @kawulf.bsky.social tells us about the first First Lady and the struggle to throw off monarchy in the new republic.
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Excited to be part of this project! Talking about Martha Washington and why she matters.
And will be listening tomorrow like this 😬 bc dear god my voice! I can never believe that I really sound like this I can't be the only one.
Not everyday one of your projects gets blurbed in @theguardian.com. Thanks for the shoutout to "In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan!"
Find out what it's all about on your favorite pod app and get ready for tomorrow's episode starring @kawulf.bsky.social! @inpursuitusa.bsky.social
I want a "conference" where every academic cooks a dish for everyone and we all talk about our work casually while cooking. People can sous chef for each other. We eat and talk about our work in progress. You submit an abstract and a recipe.
Proud to say that In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan is now live!
Check out our first episode featuring Doug Bradburn of George Washington's Mount Vernon about the lessons we can learn from the man who would not be king, and his "only unavoidable subject of regret."
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Team: Check out this exciting opportunity from UVA's Center for Digital Editing to discuss how archives and collections shape our understand of revolutionary moments, & how evolving technologies, methods, and public needs are reshaping the editorial landscape.
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Jefferson on Race: A Reader, edited by Annette Gordon-Reed, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award
Jefferson on Race, edited by @agordonreed.bsky.social, is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand Thomas Jefferson’s conflicted attitudes—& the impact of race & slavery on American history.
Out March 31 (26 May UK pub).
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For In Pursuit, Sharon McMahon writes about William Henry Harrison and an inaugural address that nearly outlasted the presidency it opened.
Folks: Pull yourselves together and check out the latest episode of Revolutions in Retrospect, featuring my chat with historian Patrick Griffin about his excellent book, "The Age of Atlantic Revolution: The Fall and Rise of a Connected World"
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Cool!
Performance artist Laurie Anderson was NASA’s artist in residence and shocked them by writing poems rather than doing tech installations. From the exhibit of her work at the Hirschorn
Science is good. We should fund it.
Tha mi a' tuigsinn. Biodh spòrs agad.
I was very happy to talk with educator Eric Salmonsen about the Declaration of Independence on his "The Everything is a Primary Source" pod. Our convo will be out in July, but in the meantime check out his Road Trip 250 project and learn how you can take part!
www.everything-history.com/america250
What did Peter do now?
Nice to be back on the Apple Podcast History Charts again following the first episode of In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan!
Regardless of whether it’s all talk, when the leader of our country expresses plainly genocidal intent, everyone has to do something.
For citizens of all political stripes, it means rejecting this madness. For Congress, it means taking action to rein him in. Now.
Thank you, Karin! Looking forward to your episode in two weeks!
Proud to say that In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan is now live!
Check out our first episode featuring Doug Bradburn of George Washington's Mount Vernon about the lessons we can learn from the man who would not be king, and his "only unavoidable subject of regret."
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Excellent first episode w Doug Bradburn on Washington's leadership. Failures military and moral, humility, and critical leadership examples. Highly recommend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or4H...
"And then, a hand emerges from the sands, and begins clawing its way out of the Sarlac's maw, and we pull back and reveal it's Boba Fett!"
Co-sign. A good mic doesn't cost much and it makes our job easier. Your publishers (and audiences) will thank you.
Added bonus: Attending a conference and think you're loud enough that you don't need a mic for the audience to hear you? Guess what? You do.
Just as the American West enters an abnormally warm spring and summer after an abnormally dry winter (and more of that pattern likely to continue).
Congrats, Frank! Excited to dive in!
Happy #pubday to "The American Revolution at 250: Twenty-Four Historians Reflect on the Founding," edited by Francis D. Cogliano!
The preeminent historians of the founding era speak their mind on the anniversary of the United States’ birth
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10183/
#skystorians #readUP
