Historian of the American South, pioneer and advocate of digital history. Current projects: @newamericanhist @bunkhistory @UR_DSL @americanpano @ACWMuseum
Richmond, VA
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We hope you will check out BUNK Episodes! 🎧🎙️
Introducing BUNK Episodes!! 🎧🎤🎙️!! Check it out and send us your best history-themed podcast recs! 🎧🎙️ bunkhistory.org/podcasts #sschat
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Many thanks to our collaborators @TJMonticello and the many historians /experts across the 13 original states who contributed to this new #OER digital resource. Learn more at our upcoming @AHAhistorians regional conference in VA on 8/28-29.
We are delighted to share our newest project, STATES OF INDEPENDENCE, in collaboration with @TJMonticello and timed to the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. states.newamericanhistory.or… #sschat #APUSH
ALT Website STATES OF INDEPENDENCE with map of the original 13 US states.
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Hope to see everyone there on Saturday at #OAH2026
@edward_l_ayers has a few thoughts on the #digitalhumanities in the age of AI-join us with our #publichistory & K16 collaborators at #OAH2026 for “The Democratic Promises of Digital History,” Saturday, April 18, 2026 8:45 am - 10:15 am -Rm.408/409
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Checking in as it may be time to Upgrade Your American History in the New Year! youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… Explore our new video series from @NewAmericanHist and @bunkhistory 🇺🇸📜🗺️📰📖
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A Message From our Executive Director, @edward_l_ayers
We are delighted to share the news that Annie Evans has received the National Council for History Education's Sarah Drake Brown Leadership in History Education award.
ALT Leadership Award Announcement from NCHE
ALT Image of Annie Evans, award winner from NCGE announcement.
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Join me and our friends @Gilder_Lehrman for Inside the Vault on September 4, 2025, 7-8pm ET —A discussion on the Battle of Antietam & the Road to the Emancipation Proclamation
Registration Link:
bit.ly/InsideTheVaultEdAyers
ALT Image of the Emancipation Proclamation and text to invite participants to the event.
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At @NewAmericanHist we support our friends @VAHumanities and other state humanities councils. We hope you will, too!
Virginia’s stories are at risk. Federal funding cuts have jeopardized the programs that preserve Virginia’s history, foster dialogue, and connect communities across the state.
🔗 Make your gift today: loom.ly/bpTPtRY
💙 Help us spread the word by sharing this post
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Much thanks to our friends @ArcGISStoryMaps for featuring @NewAmericanHist on the @Esri StoryScape Community page and in your Sept issue!
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Just in time for Earth Day, we are leaning into what we might learn from some of our early 19th c. American environmental activists in this new @bunkhistory Bunk Collection inspired by American Visions. bunkhistory.org/collections/…
ALT Image of a Bunk collection from New American History and Bunkhistory.org
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A SHOUT-OUT to @DrewKochTweets & our friends from @jnginstitute for including @NewAmericanHist @bunkhistory and @UR_DSL @urichmond in this essay from @The_OAH @thejamhistory 👩🏻💻🗺️⚖️📰💡📜academic.oup.com/jah/article… (Extra ⭐️ for collab w/us and @AHAhistorians !)
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We hope all our friends from @NewAmericanHist will stop by and meet our team from @bunkhistory ! #NOLA #OAH24
We're holding it down today and tomorrow at a table in the #OAH24 exhibit hall. If you're here in NOLA too, come say hi!
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In New Orleans for #OAH24? Learn more about the history of the Crescent City via our new Bunk Exhibit:
bunkhistory.org/exhibits/new…
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Still at #AHA24? We hope you will join us today at 11-12:30 Plaza B for “Reimagining History” with Julian Hayter @MapM8ker exploring @NewAmericanHist @bunkhistory @UR_DSL @HOLCRedlining & new digital scholarship 👩🏻💻 from @edward_l_ayers American Visions! 📖🗺️🏘️📜⚖️🎥🎧
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As @GovernorVA goes on @CNN w/@jaketapper tonight to talk about the “battle over education,” here are some thoughts about what we’ve learned from the struggle so far in Virginia. richmond.com/opinion/columni…
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Happening tonight! Join @NewAmericanHist &
@MotonMuseum w/ #CivicLearningWeek 7 pm EST for a virtual screening/discussion of “School Interrupted,” from Field Studio #pbs @myVPM "The Future of America’s Past,” Barbara Johns & Moton School Walkout bit.ly/FoAPMarch8
ALT Text is the same as in the Tweet. Image of portrait of Barbara Johns, logos for Civic Learning Week, The Future of America's Past on PBS from Field Studio, the Moton Museum, and New American History,
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The DSL is hiring a new associate director, someone to help lead the lab and coordinate all the GIS work for projects like American Panorama and Mapping Inequality. If you're interested, info's at richmond.csod.com/ux/ats/car… . And pass along to anyone you think might be interested.
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As Virginia’s Board of Education meets again to discuss history standards, they need to remember that our kids deserve to be told the truth in compelling ways. richmond.com/opinion/columni…
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Join us this week for our virtual session w/ our friends @FtMonroeatOPC #AASLH2022 Making Connections: History in Place Through a Digital Scholarship Lens
Thursday, November 3rd, 4:00 - 5:15 PM EDT
ALT Historian Ed Ayers and NPS Supt. Terry Brown at Fort Monroe in "Freedom's Fortress," episode of The Future of America's Past on VPM/PBS.
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Hard to believe that the Valley of the Shadow is turning 30. On this anniversary, the Valley has an all-new look. Check it out! mailchi.mp/newamericanhistor…
ALT Valley of the Shadow v2.0 site: valley.newamericanhistory.org
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After decades of reading, writing, and teaching about the American past, I’m setting out to see how that past is remembered in the places where it happened - join me in this first dispatch of a new travel series on Medium: medium.com/new-american-hist…
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