Dr. Rebecca Shrum
@material_world
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Director of Public History @IUILiberalArts. Living with #longcovid (August 2022).
Indianapolis, IN
Joined April 2009
Interested in how objects of the material world shape individual and group identities? Check out my book: In the Looking Glass (@JHUP, 2017) https://t.co/oPsxC93OsH I'm happy to zoom to a class/group! Reviews here: https://t.co/ljnURgqwVE
#materialculture #twitterstorians
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Our public history program is so well represented @NCPH this year! Thankful for the commitment of each of these public historians to the field! @IUILiberalArts #NCPH2025
Some of our students attended #NCPH2025 this week in Montréal, Canada! Kayley Schacht was awarded the Graduate Student Travel Award and presented alongside Hannah Brennan, Jessica Baloun, and Emma Donaghy. Monica Berg worked as a conference assistant. Congratulations, all!
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I hope nobody heard me as I was running up that hill this morning saying out loud "wait for me, wait for me" to the sky. 😂I don't care anyway because it did indeed wait for me. Glastonbury Tor about 15 minutes before sunrise.
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It’s outrageous that Missouri is so close to executing Marcellus Williams. He was convicted at a trial where prosecutors intentionally struck at least one Black person from the jury pool. Witnesses were paid to point the finger at Marcellus. His DNA is not on the murder weapon.
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Protect trans youth.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will hear from transgender youth, their families, and their doctors in a challenge brought against Tennessee's ban prohibiting them from accessing gender-affirming medical care.
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[Volume on] I’ve never before seen a starling murmuration like last night’s - just a couple of inches off the ground. Ace flying skills!
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I’m suing the Louisiana Board of Pardons. The Board held a secret meeting on September 29th in an attempt to thwart clemency hearings for 56 Louisiana death row prisoners. The secret meeting occurred in violation of Louisiana’s Open Meetings Law.
theguardian.com
Sister Helen Prejean, known for 1995 film Dead Man Walking, accues board of pardons of breaking state’s public meetings law
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I’m *thrilled* to share we have a cover for COMING OUT REPUBLICAN: A HISTORY OF THE GAY RIGHT. Out in April 2024 from @UChicagoPress You can pre-order here: https://t.co/coWRZpWz5k
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I am just a tired, tired girl, asking how in the world so many of y’all manage teaching + make progress on individual research projects + support others + perform departmental service +read for pleasure + maintain your wellbeing all within the same semester?
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See this striking tintype portrait. @NMAAHC, which houses this photo, thinks this is probably Sarah Loguen Fraser, one of the first Black women to earn a medical license in the US. Hear her story in our latest episode. https://t.co/B9Zo5QSGcM
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Bit embarrassed by how much I've just giggled at this...
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Please remind yourself you *don't have to feel guilty* for not beginning a PhD program, quitting one, declining to apply for a job, resigning a position, or leaving your academic work behind completely. Academic culture wants you to feel shame. Reject this. Live your life.
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Be sure to check out our Brose lectures this year, featuring Dr. Thavolia Glymph! #BroseLectures
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"Capital is vulnerable when we are determined to act" Seen in Kansas City, Missouri
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1/4 We are saddened to announce that former Somerset Place Site Manager, Dorothy Spruill Redford passed away Saturday, 9/30/23. Dorothy Redford served as site manager at Somerset Place for 20 yrs. & spent over a decade prior researching her family & other Somerset descendants’
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