Our 2024 Call for Papers awaits you! We'll meet July 31-August 2 at the University of Hawai'i. You can find it at pcb-aha.org/archives/1822
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We agree, and at the PCB-AHA, we work hard to make sure our conferences are pleasant experiences.
"For rookie & experienced attendees alike, there is no shortage of advice about how to make conferences work for yourself. But established scholars have a second obligation to make conferences work for others..." Superb advice from Benjamin Carp chronicle.com/article/were-n…
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Continuing with PCB-AHA award winners ... @Prof_NataliaM won the Norris and Carol Hundley Award for best book by a scholar living in our region for A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community, published by @ucpress. Congratulations!
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Continuing with our awards! The W. Turrentine Jackson Dissertation Award committee also offered an honorable mention to @vsmyan of @Stanford, now at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, for her work. 1/2
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The winner is Joseph David Schiller of @OUHistDept for “Zombie Miners: Life, Death, and Reanimation in the Wide Rural Rust Belt.” He is now with @OUPress.
More winners to come!
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First, our awards from @PacHistReview. The W. Turrentine Jackson Award for outstanding dissertation on the history of the American West in the twentieth century. It is named for a longtime professor at @History_UCDavis who specialized in western and public history. 2/
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The PCB-AHA conference is now behind us, and we hope those who attended enjoyed it. We would like to announce a few things related to the conference! We would like to share information about our award winners, who were honored at our awards ceremony. 1/
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#Florida's new African American history standards merit scrutiny far beyond treatment of slavery. miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e…
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PCB-AHA President @PenielJoseph, who delivered a terrific presidential address today, with a terrific essay on the life and work of Charles Ogletree.
"The tributes and recognition will continue as they should. But Tree’s biggest legacy reverberates in the thousands of lives he touched, including mine," writes @PenielJoseph cnn.com/2023/08/09/opinions/…
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Today the PCB-AHA Graduate Student Caucus held a reception, and our conference has begun. Tag us @PCB_AHA!
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Our conference begins Wednesday @csunorthridge with meetings and a graduate student reception, then panels, luncheons, and more Thursday and Friday. Tag us! And go to pcb-aha.org for the program and all the information.
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Teaching the events of January 6—which are not a “moment” but the product of a long history—presents a familiar yet urgent challenge: how can students use historical knowledge & thinking to understand recent crises? Here are some resources that might help. historians.org/jan6resources
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The Western Association of Women Historians @WAWHTweets features Judy Tzu-Chun Wu on "Rethinking US Feminism Through Patsy Takemoto Mink, First Woman of Color in Congress." 3/3
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The Camarillo Family Latino/a Scholars Luncheon features @OrnelasHigdon on "The Grapes of Conquest: Race, Labor, and the Industrialization of California Wine, 1769-1920." 2/
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Put an X on your calendar for August 9-11 for our annual conference. And don't miss our two luncheons with great speakers! eventbrite.com/e/2023-pcb-ah… 1/
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Don't forget to register for our pending conference, including for luncheons and museum tours! eventbrite.com/e/2023-pcb-ah…
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Don't forget to register for the PCB-AHA conference!
eventbrite.com/e/2023-pcb-ah…
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We have a list of PCB-AHA program sessions, including President @PenielJoseph, our luncheons, and our awards ceremony/reception, at pcb-aha.org/archives/1792. We'll have the more detailed program available soon!
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.@JimGrossmanAHA joined @NewsHour to discuss how the American Revolution has become part of the political divide. Historians "have to help Americans understand that facts are not very useful unless we know how to ask the right questions," said Grossman.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-th…
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You can register for our conference, August 9-11 at Cal State Northridge, at eventbrite.com/e/2023-pcb-ah…. Details soon on our website, pcb-aha.org! 2/2
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