Alexis Cruz, M.A.
@aacruz1009.bsky.social
Historian and Information Specialist. Current Data Coordinator and independent scholar. Interested in U.S. Human Rights History and archives. Views my own.
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Yall, @herberthistory.bsky.social told me I have to go buy champagne and drink it Sunday night.
I don’t make the rules around here. I just follow them… happily. 😂 #HATM
I don’t make the rules around here. I just follow them… happily. 😂 #HATM
Holiday movie season is here and Historians At The Movies is all about it. This week we are talking about wine and love. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, November 30 at 8pm eastern for CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS. #HATM
Be the toast of the town by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Be the toast of the town by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Yall, @herberthistory.bsky.social told me I have to go buy champagne and drink it Sunday night.
I don’t make the rules around here. I just follow them… happily. 😂 #HATM
I don’t make the rules around here. I just follow them… happily. 😂 #HATM
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Bookish/collections people of Bluesky! What are some of your favorite examples of Libguides? I'm thinking both in terms of design and content!
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Bookish/collections people of Bluesky! What are some of your favorite examples of Libguides? I'm thinking both in terms of design and content!
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Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
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🎉 Diplomatic History turns 50 in 2027!
RIAS is hosting a workshop for a special anniversary issue on European perspectives on the U.S.’s global interactions. Read the CFP here: tinyurl.com/mry26zx2
cc: @diplomatichistory.bsky.social
RIAS is hosting a workshop for a special anniversary issue on European perspectives on the U.S.’s global interactions. Read the CFP here: tinyurl.com/mry26zx2
cc: @diplomatichistory.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
🎉 Diplomatic History turns 50 in 2027!
RIAS is hosting a workshop for a special anniversary issue on European perspectives on the U.S.’s global interactions. Read the CFP here: tinyurl.com/mry26zx2
cc: @diplomatichistory.bsky.social
RIAS is hosting a workshop for a special anniversary issue on European perspectives on the U.S.’s global interactions. Read the CFP here: tinyurl.com/mry26zx2
cc: @diplomatichistory.bsky.social
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Congratulations to Allmaps (led by @bertspaan.nl & Jules Schoonman) + @iiif.bsky.social on the announcement of this partnership. It's a fantastic step towards a sustainable, open, digital maps infrastructure and data ecosystem.
Learn more at allmaps.org/iiif-partner... & iiif.io/news/2025/11...
Learn more at allmaps.org/iiif-partner... & iiif.io/news/2025/11...
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Congratulations to Allmaps (led by @bertspaan.nl & Jules Schoonman) + @iiif.bsky.social on the announcement of this partnership. It's a fantastic step towards a sustainable, open, digital maps infrastructure and data ecosystem.
Learn more at allmaps.org/iiif-partner... & iiif.io/news/2025/11...
Learn more at allmaps.org/iiif-partner... & iiif.io/news/2025/11...
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Thank you to @erinbartram.bsky.social for the idea as a public scholarly companion to Contingent's end of year list of publications from non-tenure track historians.
Submissions for @contingent-mag.bsky.social are due by November 29th if you haven't submitted yet!
Submissions for @contingent-mag.bsky.social are due by November 29th if you haven't submitted yet!
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Thank you to @erinbartram.bsky.social for the idea as a public scholarly companion to Contingent's end of year list of publications from non-tenure track historians.
Submissions for @contingent-mag.bsky.social are due by November 29th if you haven't submitted yet!
Submissions for @contingent-mag.bsky.social are due by November 29th if you haven't submitted yet!
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Chicago Manual of Style arcana!
In my meeting with a student about to file his thesis, he told me he realized there's an asterisk to the idea that CMS 18 does away with place of publication.
It only does that if the book is post-1900!
Before that, you keep place & normally omit publisher!
In my meeting with a student about to file his thesis, he told me he realized there's an asterisk to the idea that CMS 18 does away with place of publication.
It only does that if the book is post-1900!
Before that, you keep place & normally omit publisher!
![14: Source Citations: Examples
14.31: Place and date only, for books published before 1900
Chapter Contents / Books / Facts of Publication / Place of Publication
For books published before 1900, the city of publication is typically of greater interest than the name of the publisher (often a long-defunct printer); it is therefore usually preferable to omit publishers’ names and instead include only a place and date of publication. A comma follows the place. See also 14.30.
1. Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield (Salisbury, 1766).
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. 2 vols. Madrid, 1605–15.
If for any reason the publisher is included, retain the city of publication, followed by a colon.
Austen, Jane [as “A Lady”]. Sense and Sensibility. London: T. Egerton, 1811.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7mpwyqkv2tdiho653oyczicd/bafkreidywdczjom3bt6stsfimfqlklwlkmvvfdfu2xwjidhjrpidey5biq@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Chicago Manual of Style arcana!
In my meeting with a student about to file his thesis, he told me he realized there's an asterisk to the idea that CMS 18 does away with place of publication.
It only does that if the book is post-1900!
Before that, you keep place & normally omit publisher!
In my meeting with a student about to file his thesis, he told me he realized there's an asterisk to the idea that CMS 18 does away with place of publication.
It only does that if the book is post-1900!
Before that, you keep place & normally omit publisher!
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So after the @herberthistory.bsky.social had Richard Bell on to discuss his book "The American Revolution and the Fate of the World" I started to listen to the book.
It's a great take on different perspectives on the AmRev. Really dives into a global story (and the indigenous impact).
#HATM
It's a great take on different perspectives on the AmRev. Really dives into a global story (and the indigenous impact).
#HATM
The American Revolution and the Fate of the World by Richard Bell: 9780593719510 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“American history as if from a barstool, not a lecture podium. Giddy, rollicking, and bold.” —Ilyon Woo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Master Slave Husband Wife "Accessible and impassioned...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
So after the @herberthistory.bsky.social had Richard Bell on to discuss his book "The American Revolution and the Fate of the World" I started to listen to the book.
It's a great take on different perspectives on the AmRev. Really dives into a global story (and the indigenous impact).
#HATM
It's a great take on different perspectives on the AmRev. Really dives into a global story (and the indigenous impact).
#HATM
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_The American Revolution_ offers a look at how complex and violent — and also inspiring— the American founding was. Getting huge coverage, it may give folks time to digest that complexity as 2026 commences. Premieres tonight + PBS has preview clips of all episodes. www.pbs.org/show/the-ame...
The American Revolution
Thirteen colonies unite in rebellion, win their independence, and found the United States.
www.pbs.org
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
_The American Revolution_ offers a look at how complex and violent — and also inspiring— the American founding was. Getting huge coverage, it may give folks time to digest that complexity as 2026 commences. Premieres tonight + PBS has preview clips of all episodes. www.pbs.org/show/the-ame...
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Will Ken Burns’ American Revolution deify, vilify, or humanize the Founders? Will it advance a clear interpretation or will it let the viewer decide? Will it give us anything new, or just present what historians have been arguing about for years?
Find out tonight…
#hatm
Find out tonight…
#hatm
Exciting news for the new Ken Burns series on the American Revolution. @lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social & Historians At The Movies are partnering to bring you a first of its kind watch party next Sunday. Detail below. Share widely. #HATM
open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...
open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...
The American Revolution on PBS
A Historians At The Movies/Ben Franklin’s World Watch Party
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Will Ken Burns’ American Revolution deify, vilify, or humanize the Founders? Will it advance a clear interpretation or will it let the viewer decide? Will it give us anything new, or just present what historians have been arguing about for years?
Find out tonight…
#hatm
Find out tonight…
#hatm
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#NWSA25 ends today, but the savings last through December 25! Save 40% on all books and journal issues with code NWSA25 on our website or that of our UK partner, MNG. #NWSA2025 #WomensStudies #GenderStudies #FeministStudies #SexualityStudies buff.ly/Vvbqfqg
November 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
#NWSA25 ends today, but the savings last through December 25! Save 40% on all books and journal issues with code NWSA25 on our website or that of our UK partner, MNG. #NWSA2025 #WomensStudies #GenderStudies #FeministStudies #SexualityStudies buff.ly/Vvbqfqg
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Stunning. Archives are everything.
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard University fights to preserve Black newspapers. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/... Last year, during a move, workers found two whole boxes of Frederick Douglass’s’ The North Star’s first year of publication.
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers.
Across the United States, scholars are working to preserve the history of the Black press before the brittle pages are lost forever. In a basement at Howard University, uncovered treasures have includ...
www.csmonitor.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Stunning. Archives are everything.
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A question!
There are lots of 'literary houses' round the UK which have museums and archives related to their authors (I'll pop a link to a list)
If you're interested in any of these authors but live far away or can't visit, what would you like to see them offer online?
www.lithouses.org
There are lots of 'literary houses' round the UK which have museums and archives related to their authors (I'll pop a link to a list)
If you're interested in any of these authors but live far away or can't visit, what would you like to see them offer online?
www.lithouses.org
LitHouses - Literary Homes and Museums of Great Britain
Literary Homes and Museums of Great Britain - celebrating Great Britain's literary heritage through the homes and museums of Britain's greatest writers.
www.lithouses.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
A question!
There are lots of 'literary houses' round the UK which have museums and archives related to their authors (I'll pop a link to a list)
If you're interested in any of these authors but live far away or can't visit, what would you like to see them offer online?
www.lithouses.org
There are lots of 'literary houses' round the UK which have museums and archives related to their authors (I'll pop a link to a list)
If you're interested in any of these authors but live far away or can't visit, what would you like to see them offer online?
www.lithouses.org
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🗃️ #Skystorians tell your students to buy this book if they do modern US.
Preorder the 2nd edition of my book No Common Ground using the code 01SOCIAL30 on uncpress.org to get 30% off. @uncpress.bsky.social #confederate #monuments
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
🗃️ #Skystorians tell your students to buy this book if they do modern US.
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CFP for the Kansas Association of Historians meeting in Topeka, March 2026. A fun and welcoming conference for historians in or adjacent to Kansas, all fields. Students welcome. 🗃️ kansashistorians.org
Kansas Association of Historians - Promoting the sharing and learning of history by Kansans for Kansans since 1927
kansashistorians.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
CFP for the Kansas Association of Historians meeting in Topeka, March 2026. A fun and welcoming conference for historians in or adjacent to Kansas, all fields. Students welcome. 🗃️ kansashistorians.org
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Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Great to see that my article Lifesaving, Sovereignty, & the Place of the Late Ottoman Empire in the European International Order is now officially out in excellent company in the latest issue of the Journal of World History: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55899. OA through zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1753...
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Great to see that my article Lifesaving, Sovereignty, & the Place of the Late Ottoman Empire in the European International Order is now officially out in excellent company in the latest issue of the Journal of World History: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55899. OA through zenodo: zenodo.org/records/1753...
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The Renaissance Society of America is partnering with the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) to offer five tuition scholarships (each for one week) to current RSA members who wish to attend the institute in 2026. Deadline November 19, 2025.
www.rsa.org/general/cust...
www.rsa.org/general/cust...
www.rsa.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The Renaissance Society of America is partnering with the Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) to offer five tuition scholarships (each for one week) to current RSA members who wish to attend the institute in 2026. Deadline November 19, 2025.
www.rsa.org/general/cust...
www.rsa.org/general/cust...
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📢Funding announcement! Applications for our bursary are now open (deadline 15 December 2025). £750 for ECRs, indie scholars or PhD students working on any aspect of women's studies in the period 1558 to 1837. Full details available on our website:
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
WSG Bursary Scheme
Applications for 2025-2026 open on 1 November 2025 WSG is offering a bursary of £750 to an early career researcher*, independent scholar or PhD student who is a member of the WSG. The bursary is in…
womensstudiesgroup.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
📢Funding announcement! Applications for our bursary are now open (deadline 15 December 2025). £750 for ECRs, indie scholars or PhD students working on any aspect of women's studies in the period 1558 to 1837. Full details available on our website:
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
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Very much enjoying listening to the lovely @drjoannepaul.bsky.social with @katecarp.bsky.social on @draftingthepast.bsky.social. And now I want to know what the best books were that she read on life-writing and writing biographies! 😊 🗃️
Joanne Paul Isn't Afraid to Call Herself an Artist
Podcast Episode · Drafting the Past · 28/10/2025 · 40m
podcasts.apple.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Very much enjoying listening to the lovely @drjoannepaul.bsky.social with @katecarp.bsky.social on @draftingthepast.bsky.social. And now I want to know what the best books were that she read on life-writing and writing biographies! 😊 🗃️
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My book #Strongmen turns 5 today! The paperback edition, with a new epilogue on January 6, is now 4. The book built a large readership gradually and became a New York Times bestseller in Nov. 2024. Thank you to all who read it and share its warnings about what such leaders do to societies.
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
My book #Strongmen turns 5 today! The paperback edition, with a new epilogue on January 6, is now 4. The book built a large readership gradually and became a New York Times bestseller in Nov. 2024. Thank you to all who read it and share its warnings about what such leaders do to societies.
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hey book history people: has anyone encountered marcas de fuego on the fore-edge of a book (instead of the top or bottom)? We’ve got a weird one (that also doesn’t show up in the BUAP database)
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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"History, ethics, and war: on the moral equality of combatants" by Luke Glanville, Cian O‘Driscoll and Emily Tannock is out now in EJIR and available online.
You can read it here: t1p.de/dzw0p
You can read it here: t1p.de/dzw0p
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"History, ethics, and war: on the moral equality of combatants" by Luke Glanville, Cian O‘Driscoll and Emily Tannock is out now in EJIR and available online.
You can read it here: t1p.de/dzw0p
You can read it here: t1p.de/dzw0p
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