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The Journal of Southern History—published by the Southern Historical Association and edited at and supported by Rice University—is a quarterly devoted to the history of the American South broadly conceived. thesha.org/jsh
The November issue of the Journal of Southern History features a forum of 21 essays on "Teaching about the South" #openaccess

muse.jhu.edu/issue/55697
November 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is just a small portion of the publications we consult to compile the annual bibliography of articles in southern history. We regularly check 300+ journal titles! But also, if you've had an article come out in 2025 related to the history of the U.S. South, let us know so we can check it out.
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
NEW in NOV: A Journal of Southern History special issue, for those who teach about the South, in the South and beyond #openaccess

muse.jhu.edu/issue/55697
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Thank you, St Pete Beach! #2025SHA @thesouthernsha.bsky.social

Ready for even more new scholarship in the history of the South? You can find JSH submission guidelines here: thesha.org/submissions and can always see what's current and forthcoming in the JSH here: thesha.org/contents
November 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Congratulations to Edda L. Fields-Black, winner of the Tom Watson Brown Book Award for COMBEE. #2025SHA
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Congratulations, SHA president Lorri Glover @thesouthernsha.bsky.social on your presidential address. We look forward to publishing it in the February 2026 issue of the Journal. #2025SHA #forthcoming

thesha.org/contents
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Beau Cleland, BETWEEN KING COTTON AND QUEEN VICTORIA (University of Georgia Press)

And in the JSH: “Sustaining the Confederacy: Informal Diplomacy, Anglo-Confederate Relations, and Blockade-Running in the Bahamas” (Feb 2023):
muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

#2025SHA
November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
David T. Ballantyne, FRACTURED FREEDOMS: RECONSTRUCTING CENTRAL LOUISIANA (@lsupress.bsky.social)

And in the JSH: “Remembering the Colfax Massacre: Race, Sex, and the Meanings of Reconstruction Violence” (Aug 2021): muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

#2025SHA
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Kylie M. Smith, JIM CROW IN THE ASYLUM: PSYCHIATRY AND CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH (@uncpress.bsky.social)

In the JSH: “No Medical Justification: Segregation and Civil Rights in Alabama’s Psychiatric Hospitals, 1952–1972” (Nov 2021): muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

#2025SHA
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Robert E. Hunt, THE LOST CAUSE AND THE GREAT WAR: PROGRESSIVE REFORM AND PATRIOTISM IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH (Univ of Ala. Press)

JSH: “Luke Lea, the Legionnaires, & the Legacy of Two Wars: The Politics of Memory in the Mind of a Nashville Progressive" (Aug 2017): muse.jhu.edu/article/666351 #2025SHA
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Justin Randolph, MISSISSIPPI LAW: POLICING AND REFORM IN AMERICA’S JIM CROW COUNTRYSIDE (@uncpress.bsky.social)

And in the JSH: “The Jim Crow Militia: Paramilitary Police Reform and Law-and-Order Liberalism in Mississippi” (May 2024): muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

#2025SHA
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Steven Hahn, ILLIBERAL AMERICA: A HISTORY (@wwnorton.com)

In the JSH: “Emancipation, Incarceration, and the Boundaries of Coercion” (February 2022): muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...

#2025SHA
November 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Good morning, #2025SHA! Looking forward to a full first day of history and conversation.

thesha.org/meeting
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
✍️We're excited that the November 2025 JSH will soon be out in the world. It features a special forum on teaching about the South, in the South and beyond. The issue will also be free-to-read on Project Muse. So, SHA members check your mailboxes, and watch this space.✍️

thesha.org/contents
October 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Who's ready for the Southern?
thesha.org/meeting
@thesouthernsha.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Current (August 2025) and forthcoming (November 2025) in the Journal of Southern History

thesha.org/contents
September 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Very excited to be checking page proof for a special forum, "Teaching about the South," #forthcoming in the November 2025 issue of the Journal of Southern History.

TOC: www.thesha.org/contents#upc...
August 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
New in the August 2025 JSH:

"A Badge of Slavery: Clothing and Enslaved Teenage Girls' Identity Formation," by Courtney Moore Taylor

muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...
August 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Now in the August 2025 JSH:

"Rejecting Restraint: The 1856 Guard House Riot and the Roots of Political Violence in Antebellum South Carolina," by Robert Elder

muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...
August 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Now in the August 2025 JSH:

"Homeplace Politics on the New River: Rural Environmentalism in Southern Appalachia, 1962–1976," by Madison W. Cates

muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...
August 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Current (August 2025) and forthcoming (November 2025) in the Journal of Southern History

thesha.org/contents
August 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
New in the August 2025 JSH:

"Homeplace Politics on the New River: Rural Environmentalism in Southern Appalachia, 1962–1976," by Madison W. Cates

muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...
August 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
New in the August 2025 JSH:

"Rejecting Restraint: The 1856 Guard House Riot and the Roots of Political Violence in Antebellum South Carolina," by Robert Elder

muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...
August 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
New in the August 2025 JSH:

"A Badge of Slavery: Clothing and Enslaved Teenage Girls' Identity Formation," by Courtney Moore Taylor

muse.jhu.edu/pub/285/arti...
August 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Advance copies of the August 2025 issue have arrived at the editorial office. In the mail for SHA members soon!
thesha.org/contents#upcoming
July 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM