My latest for Boston review, on Nick Witham's Popularizing the Past: Historians, Publishers, and Readers in Postwar America, with riffs on Hofstadter, Boorstin, John Hope Franklin, Gerda Lerner, Howard Zinn, and, of course, Harvey Neptune, Staughton Lynd: bostonreview.net/articles/who-i…

If you want to talk about a nice little book, signup is free.

Not to be missed if you are a Rochester local. This "little" book is central to understanding a significant part of Indigenous/colonial/U.S. history. It's pretty classroom friendly, too

James/Jim Axtell, William & Mary historian whose scholarship was foundational to the establishment of Ethnohistory and New Indian history, passed away earlier this week in Newport News. legacy.com/us/obituaries/…

Your quarterly bibliography of new material in #NativeAmerican/#Indigenous history. Hope you enjoy. Keep reading, folks. and buy some books from these authors if you have a few spare clams. michaelleroyoberg.com/new-publicatio…

Happy birthday Iona University! Join the #ITPS tomorrow for a virtual event with @ifphexplorers. Details⬇️

Tune in! This are wonderful (and free) events.

In recognition of #IndigenousPeoplesDay2023 please check out season two of the #ITPS podcast, Public History in a Virtual Age, which focuses on Indigenous Public History: theitps.org/public-history…

Evelyn Gandy online encyclopedia launched at USM | Mississippi Business Journal djournal.com/mbj/evelyn-gan…

International Tuba Superstar to Perform at USM | The University of Southern Mississippi usm.edu/news/2023/rele…

New Unsung History Podcast podcast. #MSWMedia Listen: unsunghistorypodcast.com/haudenosaunee/

Lots of excellent new podcast episodes this week, including the latest Unsung History Podcast featuring John C. Winters, Ph.D. on the Haudenosaunee Confederacy: unsunghistorypodcast.com/haudenosaunee/

Seeing old friends at the Oxford Academic booth at #aha2024

Tune in tomorrow! D Waldstreicher and I will be chatting about Boston and the tea party, courtesy of U.S. National Archives archivesfoundation.org/event/defiance…

Early academic career stuff is weird. I apply for so many fellowships/awards/stuff that I get rejections from things I don't remember applying for. Just got 2 in 1 day and had to look them up in my records. I thought it would feel less bad due to the surprise...not so much 🤷

Next month it's my turn!

Power! fame! drama! Look forward to chatting with the brilliant Cassandra Good Massachusetts Historical Society American Ancestors on Thursday 2/15, 6pm EST. We’ll explore the curious lives of George Washington’s heirs, join us! #twitterstorians masshist.org/events/first-f…

The McNeil Center will debut the first endowed lecture series in the field of early American Studies: the Benjamin Franklin Distinguished Lectures. Please join us in Nov. 2024 for the inaugural lectures, to be given by D Waldstreicher. More info here: tinyurl.com/55z4n7ud

We’re going beyond the Beyond!

On Thurs 4/18 @7-8pm, to fete the glorious 50th anniversary of my first backyard home run, I return to Long Island & I'm hoping a certain other Waldstreicher, who pitched that whiffle ball, will be there to witness: Cold Spring Harbor Library & via Zoom preservationlongisland.org/lecture-with-d…