Sara Georgini
@sarageorgini.bsky.social
Historian & Series Editor, The Adams Papers, MHS. PhD.📚Household Gods, Our Library in Paris, Oxford Handbook of Family History & Genealogy, Americans in Revolution. Views mine, history for all.
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NEW ARRIVALS with New Cat!
We have not yet settled on a new professional name for New Cat, so your suggestions are welcome!
Place your order via 319-337-2996 or [email protected] - We ship! Or stop by 219 N Gilbert Street, Iowa City, 11-6 Central Mon-Sat.
We have not yet settled on a new professional name for New Cat, so your suggestions are welcome!
Place your order via 319-337-2996 or [email protected] - We ship! Or stop by 219 N Gilbert Street, Iowa City, 11-6 Central Mon-Sat.
September 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM
NEW ARRIVALS with New Cat!
We have not yet settled on a new professional name for New Cat, so your suggestions are welcome!
Place your order via 319-337-2996 or [email protected] - We ship! Or stop by 219 N Gilbert Street, Iowa City, 11-6 Central Mon-Sat.
We have not yet settled on a new professional name for New Cat, so your suggestions are welcome!
Place your order via 319-337-2996 or [email protected] - We ship! Or stop by 219 N Gilbert Street, Iowa City, 11-6 Central Mon-Sat.
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Doing some of the very pretty touristy spots of Nova Scotia today
September 16, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Doing some of the very pretty touristy spots of Nova Scotia today
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September 16, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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Celeste-Marie Bernier presents the first standalone biography of Anna Murray Douglass, wife and co-revolutionary of Frederick Douglass, honoring her history-making role as a campaigner, liberator, and freedom-fighter. Read a sample for free now:
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September 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Celeste-Marie Bernier presents the first standalone biography of Anna Murray Douglass, wife and co-revolutionary of Frederick Douglass, honoring her history-making role as a campaigner, liberator, and freedom-fighter. Read a sample for free now:
buff.ly/4etAj6v
buff.ly/4etAj6v
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Night night sweet dreamies
If it boosts your mental, emotional, or physical health, do it.
Self-care is essential.
If it boosts your mental, emotional, or physical health, do it.
Self-care is essential.
September 14, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Night night sweet dreamies
If it boosts your mental, emotional, or physical health, do it.
Self-care is essential.
If it boosts your mental, emotional, or physical health, do it.
Self-care is essential.
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"Saw it in the window and couldn't resist." RIP Bob Mackie, creator of the funniest Carol Burnett entrance dress of all time.
Carol Burnett's Iconic Curtain Rod Dress Sketch
Alt: Carol Burnett's Iconic Curtain Rod Dress Sketch
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September 14, 2026 at 4:51 PM
"Saw it in the window and couldn't resist." RIP Bob Mackie, creator of the funniest Carol Burnett entrance dress of all time.
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Okay but hear me out:
A book club, and everyone brings a cat.
A book club, and everyone brings a cat.
September 14, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Okay but hear me out:
A book club, and everyone brings a cat.
A book club, and everyone brings a cat.
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The most important thing I’ve written is about my dad, a comp scientist who experienced the full arc of public investment in higher ed & its power to empower more people inclusively. Who helped usher in amazing tech, & disastrous STEM worship. 10/ scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/26/d...
Did My Father’s World Die with Him? Grieving the Incalculable Costs of “STEM.” - The Scholarly Kitchen
Grieving my father's death feels inextricably tangled with grieving the catastrophe overtaking the whole of our research infrastructure.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
September 14, 2026 at 10:18 AM
The most important thing I’ve written is about my dad, a comp scientist who experienced the full arc of public investment in higher ed & its power to empower more people inclusively. Who helped usher in amazing tech, & disastrous STEM worship. 10/ scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/06/26/d...
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This is a big one: Brown University is searching for the next director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice.
Please help us identify excellent candidates to lead this signature program into the future.
Please write me with ideas; please share in your networks; please apply.
Please help us identify excellent candidates to lead this signature program into the future.
Please write me with ideas; please share in your networks; please apply.
Brown University - Professor and Director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice | H-Net
1. Academic Accomplishment. We seek a scholar with a strong scholarly record, including excellence in both research and teaching, appropriate for appointment at the level of full professor in a social science, humanities, or arts department at Brown.
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September 14, 2026 at 12:13 PM
This is a big one: Brown University is searching for the next director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice.
Please help us identify excellent candidates to lead this signature program into the future.
Please write me with ideas; please share in your networks; please apply.
Please help us identify excellent candidates to lead this signature program into the future.
Please write me with ideas; please share in your networks; please apply.
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now *that's* a Monday mood
September 14, 2026 at 12:12 PM
now *that's* a Monday mood
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In interview on eve of 71st birthday, Leo’s Brother reveals “Some time ago, he helped me with my computer because I’m hopeless with technology and couldn't get it to work;” Leo also helped his Brother with tax filing. Tomorrow on his birthday, Leo will visit Vatican Museum to bless water exhibition
September 13, 2026 at 10:48 PM
In interview on eve of 71st birthday, Leo’s Brother reveals “Some time ago, he helped me with my computer because I’m hopeless with technology and couldn't get it to work;” Leo also helped his Brother with tax filing. Tomorrow on his birthday, Leo will visit Vatican Museum to bless water exhibition
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Applications now invited for the Society's next round of research funding: for Postgraduates, studying for a PhD, and Early Career Historians, within 5 years of completing a doctorate: bit.ly/4ywZi0S
Grants of £500-£1000 to pursue research. Closing date 4 December 2026 #Skystorians 1/2
Grants of £500-£1000 to pursue research. Closing date 4 December 2026 #Skystorians 1/2
Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: December 2026 deadlines - RHS
The Society invites applications for the following three schemes — open to historians at a range of career stages — with closing dates from 4 December 2026. Postgraduate Research Support Grants, 2026-...
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September 11, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Applications now invited for the Society's next round of research funding: for Postgraduates, studying for a PhD, and Early Career Historians, within 5 years of completing a doctorate: bit.ly/4ywZi0S
Grants of £500-£1000 to pursue research. Closing date 4 December 2026 #Skystorians 1/2
Grants of £500-£1000 to pursue research. Closing date 4 December 2026 #Skystorians 1/2
🗃️ Salut, #skystorians, due 9/30!
Call for Papers!
Especially welcome are proposals (in French) from doctoral students and Early Career Researchers working on Voltaire or Diderot.
voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/ca...
Especially welcome are proposals (in French) from doctoral students and Early Career Researchers working on Voltaire or Diderot.
voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/ca...
Call for Papers: Journées internationales jeunes chercheuses et chercheurs Diderot-Voltaire 2027
Doctoral students and Early Career Researchers working on Voltaire or Diderot are warmly encouraged to submit proposals in French (by 30 September 2026) for the next Journées internationales jeunes…
voltaire.ox.ac.uk
September 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
🗃️ Salut, #skystorians, due 9/30!
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The Chicago Public Library informs patrons of how much money they’ve saved borrowing from the library instead of buying. “You just saved $58.94 by using your library. You have saved $231.79 this past year and $1,107.24 since you began using the library!” [salon.com]
My library card has saved me $1,330 — and I want more
Chicago Public Library tells patrons exactly what they’ve saved. I’ve become obsessed with running up the score.
www.salon.com
September 10, 2026 at 1:24 AM
The Chicago Public Library informs patrons of how much money they’ve saved borrowing from the library instead of buying. “You just saved $58.94 by using your library. You have saved $231.79 this past year and $1,107.24 since you began using the library!” [salon.com]
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I’m pleased to share that records for parish churches and chapels are now available on Medieval Libraries of Great Britain - mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
#provenance #manuscripts @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
#provenance #manuscripts @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
September 4, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I’m pleased to share that records for parish churches and chapels are now available on Medieval Libraries of Great Britain - mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
#provenance #manuscripts @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
#provenance #manuscripts @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Re: Anthropic (are you sick of thinking about this yet?) and speaking generally about the situation overall: it's a glitch, we are fixing it, longer statement to follow, you should still email me (or your editor if that person is not me) if you got one of those "JHUP is claiming 100%" emails.
September 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Re: Anthropic (are you sick of thinking about this yet?) and speaking generally about the situation overall: it's a glitch, we are fixing it, longer statement to follow, you should still email me (or your editor if that person is not me) if you got one of those "JHUP is claiming 100%" emails.
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More to say but, mostly he's just the best. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Lonnie Bunch Is Leaving the Smithsonian
After months of clashes with the White House, the historian and leader of the institution is retiring later this year.
www.theatlantic.com
September 8, 2026 at 4:03 PM
More to say but, mostly he's just the best. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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A blue plaque has been unveiled at the National History Museum in Tring, Hertfordshire for palaeontologist, Dorothea Bate. Self taught, she published more than 80 scientific papers, despite spending most of her career without a permanent paid position. 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Carmarthen fossil hunter Dorothea Bate recognised with blue plaque
Dorothea Bate discovered the dwarf elephant and the myotragus, an extinct goat-like antelope.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 7, 2026 at 6:37 AM
A blue plaque has been unveiled at the National History Museum in Tring, Hertfordshire for palaeontologist, Dorothea Bate. Self taught, she published more than 80 scientific papers, despite spending most of her career without a permanent paid position. 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.
September 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM
The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.
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Also, we are currently accepting pitches for reviews of history nonfiction books that will be published in December 2026 or January 2027.
FYI, aspiring book reviewers!
Added a note that we require contributors to affirm that they don't use gen-AI to produce their content to the "pitch us" section of the website, in the (probably futile) hope that this will reduce the number of AI generated pitches we receive. 🫠
September 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Also, we are currently accepting pitches for reviews of history nonfiction books that will be published in December 2026 or January 2027.
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Been enjoying the Merlin app, from Cornell University. You just turn on the app and leave it by the window and it tells you which birds are making what sounds outside.
Identify Bird Songs and Calls with Sound ID
Sound ID listens to the birds around you and shows real-time suggestions for who’s singing. Compare your recording to the songs and calls in Merlin to confirm what you heard.
More About Sound ID
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merlin.allaboutbirds.org
September 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Been enjoying the Merlin app, from Cornell University. You just turn on the app and leave it by the window and it tells you which birds are making what sounds outside.
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Archaeologists! Do you want to come work with me out on the forests and grasslands doing some amazing w Tribes?
Professors- do you have promising students perfect for these jobs?
We have TWO archaeology positions & an admin position available. Apply by September 9.
Hit me up w any questions! 1/
Professors- do you have promising students perfect for these jobs?
We have TWO archaeology positions & an admin position available. Apply by September 9.
Hit me up w any questions! 1/
September 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Archaeologists! Do you want to come work with me out on the forests and grasslands doing some amazing w Tribes?
Professors- do you have promising students perfect for these jobs?
We have TWO archaeology positions & an admin position available. Apply by September 9.
Hit me up w any questions! 1/
Professors- do you have promising students perfect for these jobs?
We have TWO archaeology positions & an admin position available. Apply by September 9.
Hit me up w any questions! 1/
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Come and join @boston1775.bsky.social, @friederikebbaer.bsky.social, @bencarp.bsky.social, Larry Kidder, Phillip, & me at Trenton, 6-8 November 2026 as the British Empire (& Americans) Strike Back.
thepursuitofhistory.org/weekends/the...
thepursuitofhistory.org/weekends/the...
The British Empire Strikes Back | Fall 2026 - The Pursuit of History
The British Empire Strikes Back | Fall 2026
thepursuitofhistory.org
September 5, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Come and join @boston1775.bsky.social, @friederikebbaer.bsky.social, @bencarp.bsky.social, Larry Kidder, Phillip, & me at Trenton, 6-8 November 2026 as the British Empire (& Americans) Strike Back.
thepursuitofhistory.org/weekends/the...
thepursuitofhistory.org/weekends/the...
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There’s a species of shark called the ninja lanternshark. It glows in the dark, like all lantern sharks.
It’s called ninja because the scientist who discovered it was explaining her discovery to family at Thanksgiving and then her young cousin shouted “ninjas are cool, call it the ninja shark!”
It’s called ninja because the scientist who discovered it was explaining her discovery to family at Thanksgiving and then her young cousin shouted “ninjas are cool, call it the ninja shark!”
Tell me a fun fact.
September 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
There’s a species of shark called the ninja lanternshark. It glows in the dark, like all lantern sharks.
It’s called ninja because the scientist who discovered it was explaining her discovery to family at Thanksgiving and then her young cousin shouted “ninjas are cool, call it the ninja shark!”
It’s called ninja because the scientist who discovered it was explaining her discovery to family at Thanksgiving and then her young cousin shouted “ninjas are cool, call it the ninja shark!”