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“Even as the differences between the rational and irrational have been deconstructed, even as it is argued that the emotional need not be false, unreliable and effete, the historian is meant to remain strictly unsullied by feeling. There is a disconnect vexing and unresolved.”

Zachary Jacobson for the blog on the development (or not) of the history of emotion as a field. s-usih.org/2023/08/a-still-fet

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Joseph M. Adelman · @jmadelman
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It takes hours and hours of research to make a conversational podcast sound effortless. JJ Bersch explains the research process that goes into Blank Check, a film podcast, in a piece for @contingent_mag. contingentmagazine.org/2023/08

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Joseph M. Adelman · @jmadelman
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Today is the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Robert Greene II looks back on how Americans have commemorated the March at another landmark moments, and the urgency of good history and memory right now. aaihs.org/on-the-sixtieth-anni

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Joseph M. Adelman · @jmadelman
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If you see this weekend, you’ll hear the famous line attributed to him: “I am become Death, Destroyer of Worlds.” As Dhruva Jaishankar explains for @contingent_mag, Oppenheimer was quoting the Bhagavad Gita. Like many other mid-20c scientists, he was fascinated by and drew inspiration from a broad range of humanistic texts, especially works of Eastern philosophy. @histodons contingentmagazine.org/2023/07

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Joseph M. Adelman · @jmadelman
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Joseph M. Adelman · @jmadelman
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Joseph M. Adelman · @jmadelman
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Please feel free—encouraged even—to share your experience here on Mastodon in general, and historians.social in particular. We’d love to talk about what you’re reading! @AHAHistorians @histodons

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Joseph M. Adelman · @jmadelman
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It’s June 1, which means that it’s also Day 1 of the 2023 Summer Reading Challenge from @AHAHistorians! Have you picked out your books yet? @histodons historians.org/research-and-pu

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Joseph M. Adelman · @jmadelman
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It’s a challenge to create a course from scratch, but I’m going to have a LOT of fun doing the background reading for my brand-new first-year seminar on baseball and American history over the summer.

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Joseph M. Adelman · @jmadelman
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A piece of American culture that speaks to quite a moment at the intersection of sports, capitalism, and international relations: Michael Jordan’s 1992 Olympic jacket—still modified to hide the logo of Reebok, competitor to his sponsor, Nike—is up for auction at Sotheby’s. sothebys.com/en/digital-catalo

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“Post-Civil War conversations surrounding social welfare were ultimately undercut by policy that transcended sectionalism and wove racial stereotypes into the very fabric of progressive ideologies.” Ryan Keating writes about the establishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau, Pension Bureau, and other relief agencies in the years after the US Civil War. @histodons aaihs.org/social-welfare-and-t

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Joseph M. Adelman · @jmadelman
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A heads-up for any planning research at the National Archives: they’re open by appointment only, so be sure to book ahead! (Just planned out my brief July stint.)

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In 1321, after 17 people were burned for heresy, someone "gave Berenguier Rocha a small morsel of flesh." Berenguier then took the relic "and placed it in the husk of a pomegranate," writes Corinne Kannenberg for in . historians.org/research-and-pu

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Joseph M. Adelman · @jmadelman
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Should the deliver mail on Sundays? The issue is now before the Supreme Court, and as @TheOtherRBG explains for the Washington Post, it’s a debate that goes back two centuries. wapo.st/3n5INKc

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Joseph M. Adelman · @jmadelman
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If you missed last week’s @AHAHistorians webinar on writing op-ed pieces for public audiences, you can now view it online. Lots to learn from @Jelaniya @lmansley @Bryanbanksphd, Brian Rosenwald, Maura Cunningham, and Francine Hirsch. @histodons youtu.be/X7gvVkM0rCo

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Joseph M. Adelman · @jmadelman
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I’m not a gamer but the Negro Leagues version of MLB: The Show 23 sounds fantastic. To start season 3 of the podcast, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick interviews Ramone Russell of Sony about how they developed the project and brought historic players and ballparks to life.

overcast.fm/+siIdfewWA

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Joseph M. Adelman · @jmadelman
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Grace McGowan and Ravynn K. Stringfield revisit Lizzo’s performance using James Madison’s flute, exploring the role of joy in engaging with the past. @histodons nursingclio.org/2023/03/29/a-d

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Why are orange-and-black ribbons everywhere in Russia's war imagery? The AHA's Brandon Schechter explains in . historians.org/research-and-pu

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Joseph M. Adelman · @jmadelman
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Historians make the news! The New York Times profiles Natalia Mehlman Petrzela (@nataliapetrzela), her work on the history of fitness, her podcasting, and her clash with producers over her work on a podcast about the origins of Chippendales. nytimes.com/2023/03/10/style/n

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