Midwestern History Association
Official account for the Midwestern History Association, studying the history of the Heartland since 2014. Learn more and join us: https://www.midwesternhistory.com/
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Midwestern History Scholars
Collection of scholars offering rich insight into the Midwest and its history.
@stevenlouisbrawley.bsky.social
Servant Leader & Historian: #LGBTQIA www.pinkpillbox.com www.stlouislgbthistory.com
@innisjimenez.bsky.social
Latinx Historian, Professor of American Studies, co-editor of UNC Press' Latinx Histories book series
@drmediaprof.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Western State. Likes movies, dogs, coffee, and hiking. Opinions mine but should be yours.
@brettolmsted.bsky.social
PhD in 20th Cen. U.S. History (Latinx, Labor, Immigration, Politics). College professor. Forthcoming book: Making Michigan Home: Mexican Americans Bridging the Rural-Urban Experience (Illinois Press Fall 2025) Views my own / Reposts are not endorsements
@drchristinadabreu.bsky.social
Historian. Mom. Cuba / U.S. Latinx / Music and Sports. Always hungry.
@aaronfountainjr.bsky.social
Historian (PhD) / Author / Freelancer / Video Editor Pre-order my book: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469691824/high-school-students-unite/ aaronfountainjr.com
@milakaut.bsky.social
history PhD student @ northwestern | researching gender, race, settler colonialism, and public memory in the Midwest
@maxmonegan.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, Gender Studies @ IU. Former K-12 educator. Historian of LGBTQ+ community & identity, gender & sexuality in the 20th century US, the queer Midwest. Cat-person, cook, 🏳️🌈 🏴Ⓐ
@katederickson.bsky.social
Professor at U of Minnesota Geog & Director, Urban Studies; Managing Editor, Society & Space; Instructor, Stillwater State Prison
@egbooth.bsky.social
Hydroecologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Interested in interactions between water, land, climate, humans, food, energy, etc. and transdisciplinary community-engaged research. Views shared here are my own. https://www.ericbooth.org/
@oieahc.bsky.social
We support the scholars and scholarship of early America, broadly understood to mean the Atlantic World between roughly the 1480s and 1820. We publish the William and Mary Quarterly and a series of award-winning books as well as sponsor conferences & more.
@jonathansjones.bsky.social
Historian at James Madison University | US Civil War era, History of Medicine | Author of Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans & America’s First Opioid Crisis (preorder: https://tinyurl.com/opiumslavery) | proud #firstgen | jonathansjones.net
@ksupress.bsky.social
Publisher of books and journals based at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Learn more at kentstatebooks.wordpress.com and kentstateuniversitypress.com.
@historyecon.bsky.social
Official account for the Joint Center for History and Economics at Harvard University, University of Cambridge and Sciences Po. https://histecon.fas.harvard.edu/ https://www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/ https://histecon.fr/en/
@ryanwrites.bsky.social
Writes CNF and short fiction www.ryantpozzi.com Rep: The Anderson Literary Agency https://andersonliteraryagency.com Author of The Mess That Made Them Appears in Across the Margin, Brilliant Flash Fiction, Villain Era, Northern New England Review, others.
@mjsdc.bsky.social
Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Dad to one toddler and several other animals.
@cliocontemporary.bsky.social
Connecting history to the present—articles, teaching materials, & advice for the contemporary historian. Accepting submissions. Eds @sarahking.bsky.social & @malszy.bsky.social clioandthecontemporary.com | #bskystorians
@whspress.bsky.social
Publishing Wisconsin history and culture since 1855. https://linktr.ee/whspress
@kamoskowitz.bsky.social
Visiting Lecturer @ Indiana University Kokomo. Automotive Historian: PhD @ UTA. Technology, environment, and urban development. Digital humanities advocate.
@cheyennewriter.bsky.social
Northern Cheyenne Author/Historian The Cheyenne Story: An Interpretation of Courage Winner: 2019 Western Heritage Award Trying my best to walk where they walked and how they walked.
@mtgauger.bsky.social
Writer/editor: American history (specializing in the Progressive Era and World War I) and political science; philanthropy for youth music education. Proud University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alumnus. Opinions mine. A repost isn’t necessarily an endorsement.
@rlspang.bsky.social
Professor of History, sometimes administrator at big public university in Midwest. Writes about money, French Revolution, restaurants. Friend to vert paleo. ex UCL History; Yale SOM Visiting Fellow; Guggenheim and New America Fellow. once/future Mainer
@drkarenlcox.bsky.social
Award-winning historian. Professor Emerita. Lady scribbler. Author of four books & my share of op-eds in NYT, WaPo, CNN, Time, & Smithsonian Magazine. #NC #WV
@historycounts.bsky.social
Historian of all sorts of things in the US South, particularly the history of Jim Crow and Louisiana. Author/Editor. Night owl. Feral cat wrangler (TNR). Living in TX 20+ years. Native of MA.
@glendagilmore.bsky.social
Historian who lives in Connecticut and County Kerry. Latest book is Romare Bearden in the Homeland of His Imagination.
@joycechaplin.bsky.social
Harvard professor, historian of science, technology, medicine, food, climate, and biodiversity 🜃 (https://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/joyce-chaplin) New book: THE FRANKLIN STOVE (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374613808/thefranklinstove/)
@drkyliesmith.bsky.social
Historian. Assoc Prof. Director of the Center for Healthcare History and Policy @Emory. Writing “Jim Crow in the Asylum” for @UNCPress. Knitter, baker, dog lover. Un-American. 🇦🇺
@annesarah.bsky.social
Historian of the American Civil War and the South, writing about food and famine. Maybe a mean girl Dissent is Patriotic Trans rights are human rights.
@tamikaynunley.bsky.social
Historian writing about Black women, liberation and justice. Cleveland girl, Nari and Sophie's Mom and Duke prof.
@adamhdomby.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History, Auburn University. Huntington Fellow. All opinions are my own.
@herstoryprof.bsky.social
Feminist historian, dog-mom, book-lover. She/her. “Sex Matters: Katharine Bement Davis and the Study of Women’s Sexuality before Kinsey” f/c from NYU Press. More at anyajabour.com.
@frelaine.bsky.social
A historian with a recklessly optimistic view of human nature paired with always- low expectations for human actions. We meant well.
@antiquatedmeds.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies @unlv.bsky.social. Author #MastersofHealth: slavery & racial science in #MedEd @uncpress.bsky.social. Editor #Medicine&Healing in the Age of Slavery @lsupress.bsky.social. views mine
@carolineegrego.bsky.social
Environmentally minded historian of, from, and back in the South. Assistant professor, author of Hurricane Jim Crow.
@jwbernier.bsky.social
Black Studies, history, slavery, abolition, and freedom(s) she/her Freedom’s Currency 30% off with code PENN-BERNIER30 https://tinyurl.com/4cs3uumh
@drmbutler.bsky.social
Kenan Distinguished Professor of History @FlaglerCollege - Civil Rights, Southern, & Cultural History. Natural Heel. Posts don’t represent my employer (but should)! www.jmichaelbutler.com
@shuffard.bsky.social
historian, author, train song connoisseur, and college prof posting dispatches from deep in the blue ridge mountains (Beech Mountain, NC). Currently working on a book about Casey Jones. Also into skiing, cycling, folklore, and fiddling w/the banjo
@jforret.bsky.social
Dad, historian, prof, first-gen academic. Author of The Price They Paid, Williams' Gang, Slave against Slave, Race Relations at the Margins.
@thesouthernsha.bsky.social
The SHA formed in 1934 with a mandate to take an investigative rather than a memorial approach to southern history. We have been investigating ever since.
@herecomesdrbob.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History, Appalachian Studies, and Divisive Concepts Author of BLOODY BREATHITT from @KENTUCKYPRESS I like to steal, gamble, and rob.
@mingerton.bsky.social
Historian @UNC, dad, author, record collector, cat caretaker, born in Buffalo, live in NC.
@ekytle.bsky.social
Historian, Fresno State; co-author "Denmark Vesey's Garden: Slavery & Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy"; next book on 1960 fight to desegregate New Orleans public schools; Tar Heels sports
@profsommerville.bsky.social
Historian of the 19th-century South. Fond of binders. Fonder still of spicy margaritas.
@skantrow.bsky.social
Historian: Citizens of a Stolen Land; More Than Freedom; Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy. Midlife dog convert. Inyalowda.
@projectmuse.bsky.social
At Project MUSE, we believe that knowledge has the power to enrich lives and that a sustainable scholarly ecosystem is essential for advancing humanity.
@eherbin.bsky.social
Scholar of African-American history, Amherst College. Author of Threatening Property: Race, Class, and Campaigns to Legislate Jim Crow Neighborhoods. Nature-lover.
@joanmjohnsonphd.bsky.social
Historian, US women, gender, race, philanthropy, education, reform, suffrage. Author of Funding Feminism; and of The Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States