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Various members of the UConn history extended family had a great time at @SHEARites this past weekend! Special congratulations to @ProfMSinha on a successful term as SHEAR President! history.uconn.edu/2025/07/21/uco…
PUB DATE today folks happy to have written the foreward to this edition of Sylvia Freys classic on black resistance in the south during the American Revolution, one of my favorite books in grad school. @PrincetonUPress did a great job with the new edition. press.princeton.edu/books/paperbac…
Folks join us today evening for this webinar and avoid the heat! americanancestors.org/events/march-f…
Congratulations to Mamiri Imai of @UConnHistory for being selected and completing the Sex Gender and Print seminar at the American Antiquarian Society!
My interview for a blog series to discuss my Graduate Assistantship with @UCHI_UConn and share advice about applying skills to different positions. I also talked about my work with @FionaVernal's EPOCH Initiative (w/ @UConnHistory) and with @SHEARites. career.uconn.edu/blog/2025/06/0…
Historian here presidential pardon is in the Constitution but the founders did not imagine they could be solicited through bribes or upend the rule of law. My take here on @WFSBnews .wfsb.com/2025/05/28/for…
Check out our own @ProfMSinha featured in a recent @nytimes piece! Link below: history.uconn.edu/2025/05/27/man…
Grades submitted, semester is over! Thanks to my wonderful undergraduate students who nominated me for the Provost’s teaching and mentorship award. And to top it this nice review of #theriseandfallofthesecondamericanrepublic @nybooks nybooks.com/articles/2025/…
We’re thrilled to announce that Frank Costigliola has been named a co-winner of the Sharon Harris Book Award, from @UCHI_UConn! Details below: history.uconn.edu/2025/05/05/115…
Historian here quoted in this article in @guardian on Trump's first 100 days and yes it's going worse than you imagined. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…
Super excited to repost! Shout out to our own Nu-Anh Tran!
Introducing JVS 20(2), “Rupture and Reunion: New Translations About the End of the War in Vietnam.” The issue—commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of April 30, 1975—is guest-edited by historian Nu-Anh Tran and comparative literature scholar Trinh M. Luu. 1/
PSA for any of our Arkansas followers!
Hey #twitterstorians if you are in the area join us tomorrow for the Hotz lecture at the University of Arkansas sponsored by the law school and the History department. news.uark.edu/articles/77276…
Huge congratulations to Dr. Kristen Vitale Engel!!
#PhDone 📚💝 @UConnHistory
Check out this awesome event TOMORROW (4/22)! Details below: Webinar Registration - Zoom isanet-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
Unfortunately we are having technical difficulties with the livestream for the #DraperSeries. We are working hard to get a working stream, and will have a full recording available, when the event concludes.
Today’s the day! The spring edition of the #DraperSeries is happening from 4-6 Please join @GregGrandin, Lauren Turek, Moon-Ho Jung, @bradleyrsimpson, and @ProfMSinha for a discussion of American imperialism and its present-day implications! RSVP Here: forms.office.com/Pages/Response…
We’re less closing in on the release of our own @xEmmaAmador’s fantastic new book, published by @DukePress! Out soon!
We are so excited to welcome Lauren Turek, @GregGrandin, and Moon-Ho Jung to Storrs to join our own @ProfMSinha and @bradleyrsimpson TOMORROW (4/17) for the Spring 2025 #DraperSeries! RSVP for livestream here: forms.office.com/Pages/Response…
We’re so excited to announce the launch of a new book edited by Prof. Jeffrey Ogbar, with essays by Prof. @FionaVernal and Prof. Melanie Newport! Check out the details below: politics-prose.com/jeffrey-ogbar
Huge congratulations to our own Dr. David Evans for successfully defending his PhD dissertation!
