The AHA has issued a statement “deplor[ing] recent decisions among college and university administrators to draw on local and state police forces to evict peaceful demonstrators.” historians.org/news-and-advoc…

Members of the History faculty UVA condemn yesterday's police action and demand an honest explanation from the university. Proud to co-sign this open letter with 34 colleagues and counting.

No, College Curriculums Aren’t Too Focused on Decolonization - Critics of campus demonstrations are aiming at the wrong target. We need to study more history, not less. foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/02/col…

Very happy to share this review of our 2022 book 'The Politics of Historical Memory and Commemoration in Africa' edited by Cassandra Mark-Thiesen, Michelle Sikes and myself.

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De Gruyter Brill De Gruyter History Rabea Rittgerodt

No, College Curriculums Aren’t Too Focused on Decolonization - Critics of campus demonstrations are aiming at the wrong target. We need to study more history, not less. foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/02/col…

Our 2024 Civil War Weekend lectures will be broadcast on C-SPAN 2 over the next few Saturdays at 2 p.m. ET. Tomorrow, author Tom Wheeler discusses Abraham Lincoln's use of the new technology of the telegraph to help win the Civil War: c-span.org/video/?534436-…
American History TV

Id love to talk to people who participated in US student protests against apartheid in the 1980s. If you did, let me know: [email protected]

There is more to say, but for now let me tell you how proud I am of our Columbia Journalism students, whom I've watched report non-stop for days, sleep on floors, support one another & give their all to bearing witness under dire conditions: pulitzer.org/news/statement… The Pulitzer Prizes

The students in last year’s History Lab class had no idea how relevant their research would be. Learn more about the history of student protest on our campus!

On Monday 13 May, I'll be speaking online about making a career in mining history.
Tickets are free and you can sign up here:
projecthindsight.co.uk/labs

📅 UHA Awards deadline EXTENDED to May 14

Includes categories like Best First Book in Urban History, Best Book in Urban History (excluding the U.S., Canada, and Europe), Michael Katz Award for Best Dissertation in Urban History, and more!

As these divestment protests on FL campuses grow in earnest, it might be helpful to understand the history of similar protests that took place across FL related to the anti-apartheid movement. While not a perfect parallel, similarities remain #FloridaHistory #DivestmentHistory 🧵

Submit nominations by May 15 for the Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History, joint with the AHA and RRCHNM. This prize is awarded annually to honor and support work on a creative and freely available new media project. historians.org/awards-and-gra…

Cleveland's efforts erased the activist origins of the federal holidays, which like many others, are a retailer grab bag convincing us we need color coded decorations, or a new grill to celebrate the day off, which dull us to the radical efforts of various movements.

I did an interview on the history of divestment protests on college campuses with Marketplace, a *very* short (ie a sentence) portion of which was featured on NPR's Marketplace Morning Report NPR Marketplace this morning! marketplace.org/shows/marketpl….

Five days left to apply for the IIHS Urban Fellows Programme (UFP)!

Apply now for an opportunity to learn about different aspects of the Urban in a nine month, interdisciplinary, residential programme at the IIHS, Bengaluru Campus.

Apply here: bit.ly/3K0zOSx

Event: Jane Jacobs and the Detroit Economy + Jane’s Walk detroitography.com/2024/04/29/eve…

I’m so excited to see this field continue to grow and receive attention! Especially the amazing work being done on the continent within and outside of the academy! Many thanks to James Babátúndé Yékú for his continuing work.

The guys at If More Let's Divide Podcast had me over for a chat about architecture history, politics and more. Listen and follow one of the best podcasts in Ghana right now.

'Half a century ago, Amílcar Cabral asked a group of young filmmakers from Guinea-Bissau to bring his country’s independence struggle to the big screen. They’re now completing the project as a tribute to one of Africa’s greatest revolutionaries.'
jacobin.com/2024/04/amilca…