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Jennifer Hart

@detroittoaccra.bsky.social

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Africanist by training; historian by trade; teacher, singer, cook by passion - talking up the new book (Making an African City: Technopolitics and the Infrastructure of Everyday Life in Colonial Accra), History at Virginia Tech, and Gen Ed at the AAC&U

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Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · Jan 9

“Making an African City” might be coming to a conference near you thanks to my awesome editors at IUPress. Grab a copy to support academic publishing, but you can also access it for free here: publish.iupress.indiana.edu/projects/mak...

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Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social · 1d

This is in my research wheelhouse, but I'm not an early career scholar.

Get this money young scholars!!

DEADLINE EXTENDED: 2025 Eighteenth-Century Africa Publication Fellowships – ASECS

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Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations!

Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · 20d

Friends! It’s here! The 2026 GSA conference CFP! Propose your panels or papers or workshops or film screenings or other creative forms of presentation and join us in Kumasi.

There’s going to be some special opportunities for Ghana-based doctoral students/candidates and virtual (not hybrid) options!

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 26d

The program for #AHA26 is available to browse! This year’s annual meeting will feature over 460 sessions and events. Join us in Chicago on January 8–11, 2026. 🗃️

“Let Facts Be Submitted to a Candid World”: Historians, their Publics, and the 250th Anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · Sep 9

History majors have lower unemployment than computer science majors.

Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs.

Study history! Get a job!

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Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · Sep 6

K-16 history conversations and commitment to high quality history education at all levels are so important right now - to gain new majors, increase historically literacy, gain respect for what we do. We do that by working WITH and supporting teachers!

Also: read and cite and engage African history!

Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · Sep 6

Honored to be included @historians.org and thrilled to be able to hype amazing colleagues like Trevor Getz and Jonathan Roberts who’ve been building stellar resources and support for this work for a long time.

American Historical Association @historians.org · Sep 5

The first installment features historian Jennifer Hart on the state of the field of African History. 🗃️

State of the Field for Busy Teachers: African History

In four brief episodes we offer a rapid review of a field of historical scholarship. This first installment features historian Jennifer Hart on the state of the field of African History.

www.historians.org

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Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · Sep 3

Very excited about this miniseries and honored to be part of it! Thanks so much @danieljstory.bsky.social

Daniel J. Story, PhD 🚴🏻‍♂️🎙️🗺️ @danieljstory.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm excited to kick off a new season of #HistoryInFocus with a miniseries we're calling "State of the Field for Busy Teachers." In four brief episodes, we survey the fields of African History, Native American History, LGBTQ+ History, and Graphic History. @historians.org @detroittoaccra.bsky.social

State of the Field for Busy Teachers: African History

In four brief episodes we offer a rapid review of a field of historical scholarship. This first installment features historian Jennifer Hart on the state of the field of African History.

www.historians.org

Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · Aug 28

I don’t even know what’s happening and I’m blocked. Did everyone with “historian” in their bio get targeted?

Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · Aug 27

Oh for sure! Love completion presents!

Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · Aug 27

Ahhh! Happy birthday, friend!!!

Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · Aug 26

Excited for this @hofrench.bsky.social

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Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · Aug 26

As I start yet another new academic year in what feels like chaos, I keep remembering to ground myself in things that are real and take time to breathe and think.

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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · Aug 9

Delighted to share this essay adopted from my new book, The Second Emancipation, out in two weeks and available for pre-order now. foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/s...

The Political Giant the West Forgot

Kwame Nkrumah’s life demonstrates that the end of colonial rule in Africa is central to modern history.

foreignpolicy.com

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Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · Jul 31

I did it for both books! But it’s a commitment lol

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Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · Jul 31

I also sometimes read it out loud!

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udadisi.bsky.social @udadisi.bsky.social · Jul 26

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Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · Jul 24

Excellent!!!

Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · Jun 19

And have a tendency to list things… :)

Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · Jun 19

I love an em dash

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Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · Jun 19

Aww thank you!!! Looking forward to reading yours!!!

Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · Jun 19

And massive thanks to my Ghanaian colleagues Tracy Mensah, Aisha Nelson, Harry Odamtten, and Jacob Tetteh Ashong who helped me parse the meaning of Ga words for “neighbor” and ensure that I could make an argument that was both nuanced AND correct!

Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · Jun 19

Excited to see this article out at last, part of a special issue edited by @aselmeyer.bsky.social and Avner Ofrath and growing out of a fantastic conference they organized several years ago! Grateful for the chance to think about my work in a new way and learn from such interesting scholars!

Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · Jun 19

📣 New #OpenAccess article on #FirstView

🇬🇭 @detroittoaccra.bsky.social, '"In the neighbourhood": social solidarity and the politics of urban governance in colonial Accra'

🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory

Title and abstract for the linked article

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American Historical Association @historians.org · Jun 16

Register by TODAY, June 16, for the AHA's annual Department Chairs’ Workshop, which will be held online from June 23–⁠24. The workshop is an opportunity for chairs to share resources, learn from one another, and build a cohort to support their professional development. 🗃️

Annual Department Chairs' Workshop | American Historical Association

This workshop provides a unique space for new and experienced chairs to hold productive discussions about the issues facing department chairs in our discipline.

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Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra.bsky.social · Jun 4

That definitely goes on your cv