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Efforts to stop
#COVID19
have forced many conferences online or to cancel altogether. For those interested in sharing their work,
@HNet_Humanities
has created a Remote Conference Presentations repository. Please share widely.
#conferencecancelled
Great 🧵on the importance of physical archives. Even as a leader of an organization that supports and partakes in digital archives, I recognize how important this insight is. Thanks for sharing
@amaliasl
The hill I'm prepared to die on is that while digitized materials do facilitate access, they are entry points to and birdviews of archival collections.
They can never substitute research *at* archives because 1/
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To celebrate H-Net’s 25th anniversary, we want to do something for our subscribers. Tweet or DM us with your H-Net story using
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With many forced to convert to teaching online,
@HNet_Humanities
has created a Resources for Teaching Online repository. Please consider sharing for those feeling overwhelmed by the fallout of
#COVID19
and share widely.
#OnlineTeaching
#onlineclasses
Our Mastodon server,
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We've been thrilled by the number of H-Net subscribers who have joined us already!
@lmansley
Due to multiple questions about the veracity of the job post, we followed up with UPenn and found that it is indeed legitimate. Details to follow:
On Friday, 28 Jan 2022,
@HNet_Humanities
mistakenly published a sexist and inappropriate announcement on our H-Announce platform. Follow the link for an explanation and public apology by H-Net's Interim Executive Director:
Specific thank you's in thread:
NYU Space Talks: History, Politics, Astroculture
NYU Space Talks is a lecture series convened by Alexander C.T. Geppert at NYU's Center for European and Mediterranean Studies and NYU Shanghai with the Department of History in New York City.
Learn more:
Announcing the launch of the new H-Net Commons! Designed with a mobile-first focus emphasizing improved user experience, we think you're going to love the look of H-Net 3.0.
Check it out at
#AcademicTwitter
Let's welcome
#HNets
new network, H-Egypt!!
H-Egypt is a network intended for scholars of Egypt, from the early Islamic period to the present.
Check out H-Egypt here:
Our team has been exploring Mastodon and can't wait to welcome you to our server in the next few days. We're excited to see how the H-Net community can expand into this new space!
#AcademicTwitter
#twitterstorians
We've been so excited to welcome
#twitterstorians
turned
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The H-Net Commons is back online! Most of the changes are under the hood, but users should see an improvement in how content is organized using all new categories, making this shared resource even more useful. /1
Last year, supporters rallied behind H-Net allowing us to maintain operations in a time of great economic uncertainty. Our goal for this campaign is $30,000. Would you consider supporting H-Net with a tax-deductible contribution?
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#AHA23
grad students and other folks looking to learn more about
@HNet_Humanities
, I’ll be hanging out in the bar off the lobby of the Marriott today between 5-6:30. Stop by and say hello, I’ll buy you a round.
Check out this online lecture "Policing and Prisons; The fourth in the Population Surveillance, the Body, and Mobility series" for a celebration and pre-launch of Deniz Yonucu’s new book, Police, Provocation, and Politics.
More information here:
Are you interested in learning about podcasting for academics?
Listen to a recent conversation from
@ianmickcook
about his new book "Scholarly Podcasting: Why, What, How?"
More information here:
As Elon Musk attempts to monetize the public sphere on Twitter, H-Net will always be committed to Open Access and free scholarly exchange. Help us keep our valuable services running by supporting us this
#GivingTuesday
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H-Early America shares 8th Summer Academy of Atlantic History - Multiplicities of Freedom and Unfreedom in Atlantic Worlds August 23rd-26th.
Hosted by Trevor Burnard, Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery, Hull
More info here-
#AtlanticHistory
Call for Papers - The Folklore Area of the
@pcaaca
is now considering individual paper and full panel proposals for the PCA annual conference scheduled for April 13-16, 2022 in Seattle, WA.
Register for the Inaugural H-Net Teaching Conference, a remote conference taking place August 29 through September 2, 2022. For more information, access to the registration site, and the conference program click through:
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#AcademicTwitter
Laura Patricia Alvarez - The Cementing of an Empire this photo essay on the Regias del Drag competition in Monterrey, Mexico, photographer Laura Alvarez meditates on the experiences, identities, and things that comprise northern Mexico’s queer communities.
Excited for this panel on Baseball and Social Change with former
@MLB
commissioner Bud Selig and one of my graduate advisors, Sayuri Guthrie Shimizu.
#AHA23
@AHAhistorians
@tlakatekatl
- El Es Dios! outlines a brief historical sketch of the Danza Azteca-Chichimeca. It looks at origins during early colonial period of Mexico, to help elucidate the deep foundation of the dance tradition.
@HNetCelebration
@SECOLAS_org
Announcing a new H-Net podcast called Tales from the Archives.
This podcast features scholars in the humanities and social sciences sharing interesting tales and discoveries from archives around the world. Listen on Spotify & Apple
The
#Detroit67
Project is part of the
@DetDesign139
Inclusive Design exhibition currently on display at 1001 Woodward Ave! See it through the end of the month.
Graduate students at
#AHA23
, I’ll be dropping into the graduate reception tonight to say hello. If you’re interested in learning about joining a network in your field or writing/editing book reviews for
@HNet_Reviews
track me down! Any and all H-Net questions welcome!
🚨CFP🚨 the next issue of Journal of Festive Studies needs YOU! A special section - guest edited by Alex Boirot will focus on Party Tourism
Due Dec 1, 2022
#CFP
#twitterstorians
Call for Papers📝
The Travel and Tourism area of the Popular Culture Association (PCA) is seeking proposals for individual papers analyzing any aspect of travel and tourism in popularculture.
Submit here:
@lmansley
"This is a new undergraduate course on at Penn. It is part of a soon-to-launch program emphasizing civic engagement. Because the initiative is still being administratively stood up, there isn’t a lot more detail available online. But it is fully funded and a great opportunity."
Want to find a Journal that can Publish your articles?
H-Scholar has found a resource for you! The University of Portland's Clark Library has an online guide to help you find a journal that will publish your articles.
#AcademicChatter
#ScholarResources
@S_Mittermeier
Thanks to
@histofsex
and
@S_Mittermeier
for bringing this error to our attention. The post is heinous and has been removed. A full explanation and apology will be shared on all our channels later today.
Apply for the IEG Fellowships for Doctoral Students!
The IEG Fellowships provide a unique opportunity to pursue your individual PhD project while living and working for 6–12 months at the Institute in Mainz.
More info here:
Volume 5 of the Journal of Festive Studies, published by
@HNet_Humanities
Journals is now up!
Check out the our special sections "Party Tourism" and "Event Horizons" in addition to other peer-reviewed articles, book reviews, and contributions!
We are currently looking to recruit new network editors for H-Grad, the network that provides information, tips, and opportunities for surviving and succeeding in graduate school. If you're interested in becoming an H-Grad editor, apply here:
H-LatAm has just shared on their network a compiled list of podcasts that could be of interest to Latin Americanist.
Some of the podcasts includes The Latin American History Podcast, Historiografía Mexicana, and The Americas Quarterly. Check them out:
Continuing the celebration of Pet Day at H-Net's Home Office, meet Sully ❤️
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Would you like to learn more about the Gilded Age and Progressive Era?
Check out the monthly round-up of news articles and blog posts from around the web that touch on these subjects!
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Happy holidays! We’re taking a break and stepping back from social media over the holidays.
We will return on January 4 and can’t wait to share 2022 with you!
Call for Applications!
Toward Equity in Publishing is looking for scholars who are researching American art history & related visual culture topics.
Apply here:
.
@H_Mat_Culture
is the H-Net network for Material Culture, Vernacular Landscapes & Artifact Preservation.
H-Material-Culture promotes & supports the study of objects, buildings, sites & other material cultural productions as part of the visual record of life.
#HNetworkHighlight
Opportunities to support Ukrainian historians!
The Department of History at the University of Münster offers scholarships for Ukrainian historians who are forced to leave their country.
Learn more about the opportunity here:
Congratulations to Tiffany N. Florvil for having her monograph "Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement" for winning 2020 WCGS Book Prize.
Want to start a new digital humanities project? Have a problem with your current project that you want to talk through with an expert?
H- Teach shares an American Historical Association Digital Drop-In.
More info here-
@H__Ukraine
shares The Inaugural Seminar Series of the Ukrainian Environmental Humanities Network.
A group of Researchers, Designers, Artists, and Curators interested in decolonizing Ukrainian environment(alism)s.
More info here -
#environmentalism
Call for Papers📝
The Institute for Research on Women (IRW) at Rutgers University is seeking guest editors for the Spring 2023 issue of its online journal, Rejoinder!
Learn more about the themes for papers here:
Trying to find a job within academia? The H-Net Job Guide has been a reliable source for posting and finding academic jobs within the U.S. and abroad. Choose from one of our 180+ networks to find a job in your area of interest! Find more jobs here: