A 920 pm final on a Monday night does not seem aimed at people who have to go to work tomorrow. At least not the Eastern time zone.

DJ Burns for tournament MVP.

Been thinking about the stupidity of that IHE piece for the last 24 hours so here is a thread of 10 exceptional untenured scholars doing innovative and exciting work in pre-1900 U.S. history.

1. I can't wait to read John Bardes' forthcoming book uncpress.org/book/978146967… 1/11

Getting ready to present on how undergraduate students are creators — would love to feature you or your students who have done UG work using digital tools in a project-based course. Please share with me here or at [email protected].

16 years in to one of the first undergraduate digital history classes, I’m excited to start the most recent version with some amazing students. courses.mcclurken.org/adh24/ #adh2024

Moving and important work, thank you for sharing. Massachusetts Historical Society digitized + transcribed Monticello’s Farm Book here: masshist.org/thomasjefferso… #twitterstorians

Conversations will bring out the variety of experiences and knowledge students possess, writes Jennifer Orr. Through them, students can support each other’s growing background knowledge.

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Don't forget to nominate any #digitalHumanities #DH resources for
dhawards.org/dhawards2023/n…
before 28 January!

Coming to #AHA24 in San Francisco next week? Join us for two sessions on Digital History.

Digital Projects Showcase – aha.confex.com/aha/2024/meeti… -- 1:30-3 on Friday, 1/5, in Golden Gate 4 (Lobby, Hilton Union Square)

Digital Drop-in – aha.confex.com/aha/2024/meeti… -- same place 3:30-5

If we want students to think critically across disciplines, let’s give them time to talk, says EL columnist Jennifer Orr.

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Historians At The Movies just taped a pod on this a few weeks ago. I don’t wanna spoil the episode but the consensus is that it’s the single best film ever made on the War, and arguably the most important. You did a thing, Edward Zwick. 🙌 #HATM

This is such a fantastic thread about the making of the film *Glory,* from the director himself.

Next week I get to talk about my first book with the fabulous folks at Pennsylvania ASCD and I can't wait! I'd love to have anyone who is interested join us.

Interested in AI and the practice of history? Check out the forum edited by Joshua Sternfeld R Darrell Meadows and including pieces by Kate Crawford Meredith Broussard Matthew L. Jones Ben Schmidt / @[email protected] Leen-Kiat Soh, Liz Lorang, Chulwoo Pack, Yi Lui and…me on image analysis.academic.oup.com/ahr/issue/128/3

The Wicked Tiny Desk Concert has been shared a lot in spaces I'm in (and it's delightful) but it prompted me to rewatch my favorite Tiny Desk Concert, the touring cast for Six. It was exactly what my evening needed. youtu.be/vkzlU2fDLs8?si…

Folks in the US: you can order four free covid tests from the government as of today: special.usps.com/testkits

Looking forward to #AHA24 in San Francisco with all these great sessions. Please let me know if you have a digital project to share in the showcase or would want to participate in the ask a digital historian session. aha.confex.com/aha/2024/meeti…

This is a common conversation in our house. Jeffrey McClurken has a long commute, mine is shorter. We have a tendency to whine when we are stuck. Until we see how much worse it could have ben.

“Sometimes I look at a major problem or controversy in the science of depression & say the truth is unknown. One job of the humanities is to nurture tolerance of uncertainty. Granting uncertainty is not the same as a cynical nihilism….” — Sandowsky, Empire of Depression