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Join us next week for a conversation with award-winning journalist Susan Page on her new book, The Queen and Her Presidents: The Hidden Hand That Shaped History (Harper, 2026).

Click here to register: tinyurl.com/yc468nky

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Congrats to #CPH Postdoc Alexander Stephens, who received the @oah.org Presidents' Travel Fund for Emerging Historians award! Alexander will join a roundtable on The Urgency of Recent Immigration History in the Trump Era, at #OAH26 Saturday, April 18, 8:45 AM–10:15 AM.

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Sherman Emerging Scholar Lecture Series Since 2002, the UNCW History Department has hosted an annual lecture series established to honor two lifelong learners and friends of the department, Virginia and Derrick Sherman.

The University of North Carolina Wilmington invites junior scholars to apply for the 2026 Sherman Emerging Scholar Lecture. This year's theme: “The Global American Revolution”
Deadline April 13
uncw.edu/academics/co...

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Long Before MAGA’s White Grievance, There Was Bernie Goetz In 1984, a white man named Bernie Goetz shot four unarmed black youths on a New York City subway train. The tabloids hailed him as a fed-up everyman — rhetoric that permeated the culture and intensifi...

Here's my review of @historianheather.bsky.social's excellent new book FEAR AND FURY in @jacobinmag.bsky.social. Many thanks to Meagan Day for the edits, and many thanks to Heather for writing yet another monumentally important book.🗃️

jacobin.com/2026/03/goet...

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Join us tomorrow for a conversation with Kate Epstein on her new book "Analog Superpowers: How Twentieth-Century Technology Theft Built the National Security State." @uchicagopress.bsky.social
Info & free registration here: blog.smu.edu/cph/event/an...

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TONIGHT! Join us at SMU to welcome @ronajohnson.bsky.social on his new book "Entangled Alliances: Racialized Freedom and Atlantic Diplomacy During the American Revolution." @cornellupress.bsky.social
Info & free registration here: blog.smu.edu/cph/event/en...

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Tomorrow! 📚🎙️

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What an honor it was speaking to Chris Jansing @msnowreports.bsky.social about Reverend Jesse Jackson's presidential runs, and his impact on the Civil Rights Movement! Lots of resonance with my forthcoming book's themes on how African Americans value the presidency.

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Former presidents among thousands at Rev. Jesse Jackson's funeral Former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton are among thousands honoring civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson at his memorial service in Chicago. Senior Fellow at SMU's Center for Presi...

CPH Senior Fellow Sharron Conrad appeared on @ms.now to reflect on the life and work of Rev. Jesse Jackson, and on the significance of three presidents being in attendance at his memorial service. www.ms.now/chris-jansin...

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So glad my talk on *Entangled Alliances* got rescheduled after the January ice storm. 📚

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Monday, 3/9, @ronajohnson.bsky.social joins the CPH to discuss his new book, Entangled Alliances
@cornellupress.bsky.social

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Calling all K-12 History educators! Applications are DUE MARCH 6 for our Summer 2026 Seminar on the Declaration of Independence!
Join us & 100 teachers at SMU in Dallas, all expenses paid.
You can find all application info at www.smu.edu/cph/A250

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Trump Memorializes Trump on Buildings, Bibles, and More - Christianity Today The president’s penchant for renaming things after himself is unprecedented in American politics.

CPH Director Jeffrey Engel quoted in this piece on Trump memorializing his own name, while still in office, from @christianitytoday.com www.christianitytoday.com/2026/03/trum...

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Applications are now open for our American History & Civics Summer Seminar for K-12 educators.
Topic: The Declaration of Independence:
Info: Summer 2026, SMU, Dallas, TX!

We welcome applications from educators across the country!

Deadline: March 6
Details & application: smu.edu/cph/A250

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This went really well. Solid turnout and great questions from the audience. Many thanks to the good folks @cphatsmu.bsky.social for inviting me back.

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Still time to join us tonight for this event with @renfro.bsky.social! SMU, Dallas Hall, 6pm.

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H-Diplo|Jervis Forum Review 168: Givens and Nichols on Lebovic, _State of Silence_ | H-Net The Jervis ForumH-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies ForumReview 168Sam Lebovic, State of Silence: The Espionage Act and the Rise of America’s Secrecy Regime. Basic Books, 2023. ISBN...

Had the great pleasure of collaboratively writing with recent OSU PhD Cameron Givens (now SMU CfPH postdoc) on the history of the US secrecy + surveillance regime, reviewing Sam Lebovic's superb State of Silence🗃️ @h-diplo.bsky.social @shafrhistorians.bsky.social networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

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If you're in the Dallas-area, join us Thursday (2/19) night at SMU for our event *The Life and Death of Ryan White4: AIDS and Inequality in America.* Featuring @renfro.bsky.social. Register for this free event here: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/a9jgesk
@uncpress.bsky.social

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2026 CPH Book Prize

Read more about our committee's selection of and praise for @oscarwinberg.bsky.social' book *Archie Bunker for President* here: www.smu.edu/dedman/resea...

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Such an honor to receive this recognition for my book!

Archie Bunker for President was my dream project and I enjoyed every step of the process. I'm particularly glad to see the award committee describe it as an "insightful and thoroughly entertaining book."

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Join us in offering congratulations to @oscarwinberg.bsky.social, winner of the 2026 CPH Book Prize(!) for his book *Archie Bunker for President* @uncpress.bsky.social
We look forward to welcoming Dr. Winberg to SMU next academic year to share his work with our campus and Dallas community!

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Really looking forward to this! See y'all later this week.

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Join us Thursday night for a conversation with @renfro.bsky.social, historian at Florida State and former CPH postdoc! He'll be discussing his new book, The Life and Death of Ryan White: AIDS and Inequality in America @uncpress.bsky.social

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Congratulations to former CPH postdoc @lizingleson.bsky.social on her new position, Assistant Professor in US History since 1920 @camhistory.bsky.social!!

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Congratulations to the 2026 CPH Book Prize finalists!
@alkleintop.bsky.social "Counting the Cost of Freedom"
@jrogg.bsky.social "The Spy and the State"
@oscarwinberg.bsky.social "Archie Bunker for President"
We'll announce the 2026 winner next week!
@oxfordunipress.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social

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Intelligence history is American history! Honored to be a finalist for such a prestigious prize and on America’s 250th, too!
@cphatsmu.bsky.social
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Applications are now open for our American History & Civics Summer Seminar for K-12 educators.
Topic: The Declaration of Independence:
Info: Summer 2026, SMU, Dallas, TX!

We welcome applications from educators across the country!

Deadline: March 6
Details & application: smu.edu/cph/A250

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