More pics from the weekend..below left is @wwnorton.com author Bench Ansfield at the @urbanhistorya.bsky.social exhibit holding Born in Flames, & on the right, @fordhampress.bsky.social author Christopher Breu at the @moderniststudies.bsky.social exhibit with In Defense of Sex. #uha2025 #msa2025

#UHA2025 may be ending, but our virtual exhibit is still open! Browse our virtual exhibit and get 30% off & free domestic shipping using code EX58110: bit.ly/UCPEXUHA

Step into the rich world of urban pasts — no travel required! Visit our #UHA2025 virtual booth and save 30% using code SUHA25 through November 12, 2025.

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#UrbanHistory #HistoryLovers #CityStories #UrbanStudies

We'd love to see all 750 @urbanhistorya.bsky.social attendees at the opening of our exhibit at 9 a.m. We've got books from publishers such as @gettymuseum.bsky.social @lsupress.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @rutgersupress.bsky.social
& several more! #UHA2025

At the Urban History Association meeting this year? We'll see you there! Whether you're attending or not, you can now browse our virtual exhibit. Check out our featured books and get 30% off & free domestic shipping with promo code EX58110 at our virtual exhibit: bit.ly/UCPEXUHA #UHA2025

California’s Invisible Infrastructure: What Auto Insurance Tells Us about Race, Risk, and Responsibility By Genevieve Carpio Being a historian often means living with the contradictions of the present. As an Angeleno, I see my city in pain. There is resilience and courage too, but the suffering caused…

"Focusing on automobile insurance in California, the topic of my current book project, reveals a cultural history of race, redlining, and how those viewed most unfavorably by risk assessment models..."

@drgenacarpio.bsky.social's article -> themetropole.blog/2025/10/07/c... #UHA2025 #Skystorians

Panel description for "Roundtable: Telling Herstory: New Approaches to Women's Public History in Los Angeles."

Black & white portrait of Manuela García, courtesy of the Autry.

Screen capture from the multi-faceted project "Versos y Besos: The Anthrophony of Manuela García." This image shows the section developed by historian Marissa López titled, "Mapping Manuela: Creating Spaces from Archival Traces."

Looking forward to discussing #womenshistory on this @urbanhistorya.bsky.social panel! #UHA2025

Musician Manuela García (1860s-1930) will be one of the LA women in my talk. In 2020, a handful of scholars & artists developed this project about García's musical life: asapjournal.com/node/versos-...

The @urbanhistorya.bsky.social conference begins this week (on Thurs) in downtown Los Angeles. Conference info: www.urbanhistory.org/uha2025 #HistorySky #skystorians #UHA2025

Here are a few more panels discussing SoCal & #LosAngelesHistory: ⬇️

We'll also be in L.A. this week for the
@urbanhistorya.bsky.social
conference where we'll be exhibitng books from 16 publishers. You can find us in the Gold Room of the Biltmore Hotel. #uha2025 #urbanhistory

UHA 2025: Tips for Engaging Tours With UHA2025 just around the corner next month, historian Elaine Lewinnek, with assistance from Elsa DeVienne, offers some tips of the trade for conducting walking tours and tours generally. Sign u…

Historian Elaine Lewinnek (with help from @elsadevienne.bsky.social) discusses tips for conducting historical walking tours (with links to tours still available for #UHA2025 in Los Angeles Oct 9-12) themetropole.blog/2025/09/11/u...

UHA2025: Advice for Attending Academic Conferences Editor’s note: With UHA2025 just around the corner next month, historians Elaine Lewinnek and Daniela Sheinin offer some tips for getting the most out of an academic conference. See here for …

Historians Elaine Lewinnek & Daniela Sheinin offer some advice on attending the Urban History Association's 2025 conference in Los Angeles this year, October 9-12 #UHA2025: themetropole.blog/2025/09/10/u...

I'm currently not signed up for the conference, but if there were a spot to share this piece in slide form, I would gladly join... the histories of urban heat session sounds fantastic! #UHA2025

Our favourite Up Helly Aa minute - and it is just a minute - is the Lighting Up. Right outside the Library, 1,000 burning torches are set alight. 🔥🙂 #UHA2025 #UpHellyAa #Shetland #Libraries

The Up Helly Aa 2025 procession taking in the Library as usual 🙂
Everyone’s now off to party all night. Except us, of course. We’re off to bed with a good book.
#UpHellyAa #UHA2025

Live from Shetland: Lerwick Up Helly Aa 2025 torchlit procession and galley burning YouTube video by Promote Shetland

Up helly aa - 2025 LIVE STREAM

#Shetland #UHA2025

Lego Viking burning his Viking galley.

🔥 From grand old Viking centuries, Up Helly Aa has come! 🔥
Wishing Guizer Jarl Calum Grains a great, memorable day!

(What a way to celebrate International Lego Day! 😉👍)

#UpHellyAa #UHA2025 #InternationalLegoDay #Shetland

This year's @urbanhistorya.bsky.social conference will be in Los Angeles, California.

Submit your paper or panel proposals by 1 February 2025 to take part in what we're sure will be an important conference.

🔗 www.urbanhistory.org/uha2025

#UrbanHistory #UHA2025

UHA 2023 Pittsburgh, the Past; UHA 2025 Los Angeles, the Future Over the long weekend of October 26-29, urban historians gathered in Pittsburgh for the 10th biennial Urban History Association conference. The first UHA gathering since the pandemic, it was a resound...

With a short (tweet) laden round up (including
@EToddBreland, @DrMikeAmezcua, @innisjimenez, @DavarianBaldwin, @ToddMichney, and others!) of #UHA2023, we also preview #UHA2025 Los Angeles:
themetropole.blog/2023/11/06/u...