Association of Black Women Historians, founded 1979

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21 Dec 2024
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@abwhtruth @HachetteBooks giving away 3 free copies of Vengeance Feminism by @EmoryUniversity prof Kali Gross. Discover stories of Black women who fought back against injustice & abuse. U.S. mailing only. Enter by Jan 11: bit.ly/VFBookGiveaway #bookgiveaway #vengeancefeminism
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🚨 **Take a Stake in the Future of ABWH!** Nominations still open! Submit yours by **🗓️ December 20, 11:59 PM ET** Shape the leadership. Shape the legacy. Don’t miss your chance to make an impact! 💪 #ABWH #Leadership #NominationsOpen #ShapeTheLegacy
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14 Dec 2024
Time to elect 2025-26 @abwhtruth officers! Let your voice lead ABWH forward! - Learn more about positions: bit.ly/ABWHExecDuties - Nominate: bit.ly/3ZXe7LW - Key Dates: 12/13: Nominations Open 12/18: Nominations Close 12/23–30: Voting Period #ABWHElections #ShapeTheFuture
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11 Dec 2024
Congrats @abwhtruth 2024 Award Winners! Hornsby Essay: Matalin Crossgrove, "Contemporary Fiction as Historical Erasure" Houston Essay: Jade Bentil, "We Are Poor, We Are Black, & We Are Women" Brown Article: @margaritalrosa "They Won’t Let Me Alone" Brown Book: Nikki M Taylor, Brooding Over Bloody Revenge
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Congrats @abwhtruth 2024 Brown Book Prize winner @HowardUHistory Prof. Nikki M Taylor, Brooding Over Bloody Revenge: Enslaved Women’s Lethal Resistance (@cambUP_History). Learn more: nikkimtaylor.com Order: cambridge.org/us/universityp….
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Congrats! @abwhtruth 2024 Letitia Woods Brown Article Prize winner Margarita Lila Rosa margaritalilarosa.com, "They Won’t Let Me Alone”: Riotous Black Women and the Archival Offerings of Desire and Desperation (@JAAHistory). Read here: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/ab…
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Congrats 2024 @abwhtruth Houston Award for best essay in Black women’s history by a Black woman grad student winner Jade Bentil, “We Are Poor, We Are Black, & We Are Women”: Brixton Blk Women’s Group & the Intellectual Histy of Blk Socialist Feminism. jadebentil.com
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Congrats to @abwhtruth 2024 Hornsby Award winner Matalin Crossgrove for her essay, "Contemporary Fiction as Historical Erasure: Examining White Saviorism in The Help as a Novel and Film." The award honors the best unpublished essay on Black women by a Black woman undergraduate in History or related fields.
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In today’s Muster, Dr. Justene Hill Edwards, associate professor of history at the University of Virginia, discusses her new book Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank with the JCWE’s digital editor Robert Bland. journalofthecivilwarera.org/…
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‼️ABWH Featured Job Advertisement‼️ The Department of History at Pennsylvania State University invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position specializing in the Global South, broadly constructed, for the endowed professorship, the Oliver McCourtney Professor of History, at the rank of Professor, to start in August 2025. Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2024, and continue until the position is filled. abwh.org/2024/11/09/the-oliv…

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The Africana Studies Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte invites apps for an Assistant Professor position. They prefer a colleague whose research is in the College's areas of excellence in Urban Health, Environment, and Migration. indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=2b9b…
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The Department of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for a tenure-track position in Race and Medicine with a start date of July 1, 2025 or thereafter. indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=bb68…
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‼️ ABWH Featured Job Advertisement ‼️ The English Department and Program in Women and Gender Studies at Georgetown University invite applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin in August 2025. abwh.org/assistant-professor…

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The Gender Studies Program at the University of Notre Dame invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in Gender Studies. The successful candidate will teach one course per semester. genderstudies.nd.edu/people/…
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ABWH Truth retweeted
Job Alert for UTEP history Department Assistant Professor of 20 and 21st century Black History Start date: Fall 2025 To apply, please visit utep.interviewexchange.com/j… @ABWHTruth @aswadiaspora @clahistorians

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Don’t forget! Register for #ABWH2024 Conference 'Our Mothers' Gardens: The Future of Black Women's History' Dec 5-7, @Tulane for inspiring panels, powerful conversations & celebration of 45 years of ABWH. Register: abwhconference.org #ABWHFuture #ABWH45
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Announcing Words of Fire: Writing Black Women's Past and Futures at #ABWH2024! Join Deborah Gray White, @eddafieldsblack, Natanya Duncan & @soulistaphd as they explore Black women’s biography in a powerful state-of-the-field plenary. Dec 5-7, @Tulane. Register abwhconference.org
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