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Amidst the recent wave of labor organizing, graduate students are leading the fight to better colleges and universities. In this piece, Omari Averette-Phillips offers helpful guidance for graduate students looking to organize on their campus clioandthecontemporary.com/2…
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ICYMI: In a post for @cliocontemp, @SarahKeyesPhD (AMERICAN BURIAL GROUND) explores how a Kevin Costner box office failure nonetheless helps us understand the cultural mythologies of the US West & cowboy masculinity—and the outcome of the 2024 election. ow.ly/83pB50UqH08
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In time for holiday dinner conversations that combat American myths with historical realities, @SarahKeyesPhD argues that while Ch1 of Kevin Costner’s Horizon was a box office failure, its portrayal of cowboy masculinity helps to explain Trump’s victory. clioandthecontemporary.com/2…
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In this post-election reflection, @wihorne asks: if America’s greatness is its love of freedom, who held the firehoses in Birmingham? Who wielded clubs on Edmund Pettus Bridge? clioandthecontemporary.com/?…

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The academic year is packed with work, meetings, readings, and teaching, but the summers can feel empty and hard to navigate. Here is some advice on how to find the summer employment opportunity that best fits your needs. clioandthecontemporary.com/2…
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How can #twitterstorians prepare students for a digital future? Chuning Xie challenges assumptions about the divide between tech and humanities and makes a compelling case that history students are particularly well-equipped to learn to code. clioandthecontemporary.com/?…
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CANNOT WAIT to share what has been one of the coolest and most important projects I’ve worked on, a podcast series on the history of the sanctuary movement. This collaboration with my pal @ElProfeBarba and our partners at @IRMCEorg examines…
Proud to announce our latest work - SANCTUARY: On the Border Between Church and State - a limited podcast series by @ElProfeBarba @SMGonzalezWI on the history of the sanctuary movement. Distributed by Axis Mundi Media with generous funding from @HLuceFdn and @AARWeb
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🚨Submissions are now open for the 2025 Maria Stewart Prize for the best journal article in Black intellectual history. 👉🏾Awarded to the author of the best article published in each volume of #GlobalBlackThought. Follow the link below for details. aaihs.org/accepting-submissi…
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One of the more important, yet undervalued aspects of "surviving" graduate school is staying healthy. @gibsoche wrote this excellent piece on how to focus on your physical health. 11/X clioandthecontemporary.com/2…

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More great advice pieces will be out soon! All of them were written by grad students for grad students. We're always accepting new pitches. If you would like to contribute to our "surviving grad school" series, send us a DM or reach out to @JoshKluever our managing editor. -END
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