Dr. Jim Downs @jimdowns1
Author of Maladies of Empire & Sick from Freedom; GilderLehrman NEH Prof at Gettysburg Coll; Editor of Civil War History; https://t.co/sRyPpIjqJf Philadelphia, PA Joined June 2012-
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For 756 enslaved African Americans along the shores of the Combahee River, June 1, 1863 marked their last day in bondage. They were soon to be liberated during the single largest act of military emancipation carried out during the Civil War.🧵 1/4
During Pride Month, I keep thinking about a question that shaped my research: How did LGBTQ people find one another before social media? The answer was often through community institutions they built themselves. That’s the story I tell in Stand by Me. amazon.com/gp/aw/d/082035…
HISTORIANS, Please share widely.I'm hosting an exciting Juneteenth event at the Library Company of Phila,June 16. "From Ledger to Genome: Data & the History of Black Life," exploring how Black lives have been recorded & recovered across time. Register here. support.librarycompany.org/.../juneteenth…
@profyounge @njlightfoot Thanks for letting me know. support.librarycompany.org/event/juneteen…
Now available at Project MUSE: the June issue of "Civil War History," including contributions from Gwion Wyn Jones, Jim Downs, Scott Hancock, David Blight, Drew Gilpin Faust, and Stephanie McCurry: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56800
We are living through an attack on science and public health, and the consequences are deadly. propublica.org/article/vitami…
Join us tomorrow May 13 at Barnes & Noble Upper West Side 82nd at 7pm I’m honored to be joined by an extraordinary group of historians and public intellectuals: Nikole Hannah-Jones, Julian E. Zelizer, Catherine Clinton, and Joanne B. Freeman. stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/97800622…
Shots fired at the White House correspondents dinner
Joining @HofstraU’s “How to ‘Public Humanities’” panel yesterday featuring @ruthbenghiat and @jimdowns1, hosted by @rkgar, the urgent need to bridge academia & civil society once again stood out to me, as it is already a commitment of mine. Such a connection is no longer a luxury or an optional approach, especially in the face of the rise & spread of #authoritarianism, and, more importantly, how authoritarians diversify their discourses & policies in ways that dangerously normalize extremism globally. Can’t wait to read Professor Ben-Ghiat’s upcoming book “Resisting Autocracy”, which feels especially needed right now after she laid out the unwritten handbook of authoritarians in her earlier book, “Strongmen: How They Rise, Why They Succeed, How They Fall.”
THIS IS AN AMAZING PROJECT. I am thrilled to be quoted in support of it. How One Man Is Preserving Queer History Marker By Marker. forbes.com/sites/rdaniel-…
Historians Attending OAH — Join Us! We invite you to gather at the Library Company of Philadelphia to honor the extraordinary work of Deirdre Cooper Owens in conversation with the irrepressibly dazzling Kellie Carter-Jackson. support.librarycompany.org/event/the-past…
The rage about DOGE canceling NEH grants b/c they mention “LGBTQ” is justified. But academia should also look in the mirror. How many departments actually teach LGBTQ history? How many efforts have there been to recruit LGBTQ faculty? Too often LGBTQ scholarship is treated as marginal or expendable.
For Black History Month ... Review of: Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine, by Jim Downs regarp.com/2022/05/31/rev…
My article in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Always better in print! “Slavery was central to the presidency. The President’s House should say so”inquirer.com/opinion/commen…
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