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Explore the origins of true crime through early modern Europe. Amanda Madden's curriculum uses pamphlets, murder ballads, and digital tools to engage students with the history of crime. Learn more: https://ow.ly/58mn50ZqQvo

Congratulations to John Turner, Professor of Religious Studies and History at George Mason University, whose book Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet, has won the 2026 Evans Biography Award. Read more: https://ow.ly/ixWn50Zz0uq

Explore Governing Ground, an ongoing digital history project examining the politics of public lands in the American West through narrative history, interactive maps, and network visualizations. Explore the project: https://governingground.org/

Spiritualism became one of the fastest-growing religious movements in 19th-century America. Caroline Greer explores the Fox sisters and how Spiritualist denominations were documented in the 1926 Census of Religious Bodies. https://rrchnm.org/blog/talking-to-the-dead-spiritualists-and-seances/

Want to make your research more accessible? Shae Corey shares how academic zines can help translate scholarship for public audiences through thoughtful design and storytelling. Read more: https://rrchnm.org/blog/how-to-make-an-academic-zine-for-a-public-audience/

Museum data can reveal more than what's on display. Deepthi Murali explores The Met's South Asia collection using computational methods to uncover new perspectives on collecting history and representation. Read more: https://rrchnm.org/blog/exploring-south-asia-at-the-met-through-data/

Stephen Robertson joins Kishauna Soljour to discuss Harlem in Disorder, a digital monograph exploring the 1935 Harlem uprising through spatial history. Listen here: https://newbooksnetwork.com/harlem-in-disorder-a-spatial-history-of-how-racial-violence-changed-in-1935

Dr. Jessica Otis and Katherine Kania published "The Monarchs' Bills of Mortality," analyzing 17th-century London death records to reveal connections between epidemic outbreaks, socioeconomic trends, and environmental factors. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03058034.2025.2572138

CRDH Vol. 8: New research from Fabio Gigone, Natacha Klein Käfer, Natália da Silva Perez, Nadav Borenstein, Miara Fraikin, Sanne Maekelberg, and Anna McGee explores topics from royal iconography to AI-powered print analysis, midwifery education to palace networks. Read here: https://crdh.rrchnm.org

Ahead of #AHA26 in Chicago, check out our Resources & Guides to learn about our annual meeting policies, accessibility, travel, resources for speakers and undergraduates, and much more. 🗃️

The AHA offers travel and childcare grants to help graduate students, early career historians, un/underemployed historians, and community college and public high school teachers attend #AHA26. Check out the full list of available grants at the link. 🗃️

How do you tell the story of a copy of the Declaration of Independence that doesn't exist anymore? This week's newsletter focuses on Polly Palmer, with help from the @rrchnm.bsky.social podcast Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant declarationstories.org/stories/miss-polly-or-myra

📖We’re now accepting nominations for the NCPH #BookAward through November 1! Books published in 2024 or 2025 are eligible for the $1,000 prize. The winner will be honored by NCPH at the joint NCPH-AASLH conference in Providence, RI, next September. https://ncph.org/about/awards/book-award/

Why does having a cover for your book make it feel more official? Thrilled to share mine for Civil Blood: Vendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy out Nov 15 with @cornellupress.bsky.social This book has some things to say about the intersections between violence and statecraft.

Happy First Day of School! Make sure you've signed up for our monthly newsletter to stay up to date on all of our projects. airtable.com/appCTQZLKPTy...

1) Finally back in the research trenches and working on the next book (and the project Mapping Violence) and the Venetian material I've collected continues to delight. Today's find from the archives of the Council of Ten: An investigation of a 'cartello' of a treasonous poem from Verona.

Undergraduates: submit to #AHA26's Undergraduate Poster Session by October 15. The Poster Session is an opportunity for undergraduates to share their research with peers and established scholars in a visual format.

Want to learn more about our Omeka Intensive Courses? Join us for an info session on Wednesday, August 27th at 7:30 PM EDT. Instructor Dani Willcutt will provide a brief overview of the Classic and S courses and address audience questions. Register now:

It' that time again! Registration is now open for our Fall intensive trainings. Sign up to reserve your spot in our Classic or S course today:

Hearing from Jessica Otis at @rrchnm.bsky.social about their monumental effort to reduce technical debt and figure out what to do with several DH projects since 2014. Similar situation was faced by MITH and @kingsdigitallab.bsky.social among others. #dh2025

We’re hiring! Join AIP’s research team as an Archives Fellow or Intern to help highlight women’s contributions to the physical sciences. Great part time opportunities for grad students. Apply here: - Fellow: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau... - Intern: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

The JCB is seeking a senior leader for its ambitious digital programs. Our Associate Director for Digital Asset Management will guide the continuing development of our innovative platform, Americana, and oversee the digitization of library collections. 1/3

If you're attending #DH2025 make sure to check out @jmotis.bsky.social's panel Revitalizing, Maintaining, & Sunsetting the Digital Humanities on Friday and @deepthimurali.bsky.social & @jasonheppler.org's session Participatory Platforms, Open Scholarship and Advanced OCR on Thursday.

Coming in October 2025. A new, three-volume history of Greater Philadelphia. Look for my entry on the 1844 nativist riots in volume 3: Greater Philadelphia and the World www.pennpress.org/978151282935...

Heads up! The new series I'm editing for @unmpress.bsky.social has been renamed to "The West in Context" (less generic than the original). Flyer attached. Please message me if you want to pitch a manuscript or otherwise talk shop!

"One of many!" How did the East India Company get its start on the Indian sub-continent? Contributing expert @deepthimurali.bsky.social of George Mason University takes us back to the reign of Elizabeth I in this clip from Episode 16: The Tea.

The Rebellion is now in progress.

Thrilled to say that Worlds Turned Upside Down is nominated for the 2025 People's Choice Podcast Awards in two categories: People's Choice Award and Best History Podcast. We'd be most grateful for your vote! Cast your ballot here: www.podcastawards.com

One of the podcasts I produce is up for TWO People's Choice Podcast Awards! Worlds Turned Upside Down has been nominated for the People's Choice Award and Best History Podcast. I would really appreciate it if you would vote for Worlds Turned Upside Down! www.podcastawards.com

NOW PLAYING: Episode 15: The Heavens Fall The detainment of a West African-born enslaved Virginian named James Somerset in London leads to a court case decided by England's most powerful judge that challenges the foundations of slavery in the British Empire. www.r2studios.org/show/worlds-...

🚨New Episode ft. digital, environmental, & urban historian, Dr. @jasonheppler.org (Senior Developer, @rrchnm.bsky.social @georgemasonu.bsky.social), & his book "Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism" (@oupress.bsky.social, 2024). www.podbean.com/eas/pb-wmhpv...

Congratulations DR. Greer!

The #AHR is seeking proposals for a special issue on methodological approaches to archival silences in early history. Visit our website to read the full call for proposals and learn more about the guidelines for submission. Proposals are due September 16. 🗃️

The print edition of the Washington Post may be shrinking, but it's nice that they found room for this review of the new biography of Joseph Smith by my wonderful colleague, John Turner. Also, first peaches of the summer.

Big news from the #ITPS! We are thrilled to share a new series with @uvapress.bsky.social! Here are more details about "From Pamphlets to Podcasts" and if you're working on relevant themes (this is an intentionally 'big tent' series), consider sending them our way upress.virginia.edu/news/new-boo...

Congratulations to @jeanettepatrick.bsky.social for winning the Best Producer Award!!

📣 Call for participants 📣 Have you ever used any History Workshop Journal articles in your teaching practice? We’d love to hear from you for the 100th issue of HWJ! Please let us know by sending an email or feel free to DM.

Check the programme of the student led seminar, with presentation from 14 students from all over the world www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even... #PublicHistory #Past #Conflict #Heritage @uni.lu @c2dh.uni.lu @ncph.bsky.social

Our friends @shearites.bsky.social are expanding a wonderful initiative around mentorship in honor of the late, great Jan Lewis, which kicks off this afternoon with a conversation about conferences with @carolyneastman.bsky.social @wmackintosh.bsky.social & @drhonor.bsky.social. Details⬇️

Congratulations to our former GRA Hernán Adasme on winning this award!

And that's a wrap on the grants awarded to the Department of History and Art History! We want to thank all our Program Officers at the NEH for their decades of hard work bringing #NEHfunded projects to the public. We couldn't have done any of this without you.