Jordan Grant

Public historian studying Early America & Digital History | PhD, @AmericanU | Digital Experience, @amhistorymuseum

[Jordan Grant @historyshack]

@AmeliaTGrabow You were wrong both then and now.

[Adam X. McNeil, PhD (aka Metaphors & Memes) @CulturedModesty]

Norfolk to Nova Scotia: Judith Jackson's Crooked Road to Freedom https://t.co/zSfXrfLfD2

[Library of Virginia @LibraryofVA]

LVA is hosting a @VAHumanities Fellow this fall! #dataanalyst & #webdeveloper Tev'n Powers will be researching self-emancipated #Black Virginians to build out his website "Fugitive Data Portraits: Self-Emancipation in Virginia" (FDP).
#educators #data #interactivedesign #History

[nolen @itseieio]

At the height of One Million Checkboxes's popularity I thought I'd been hacked. A few hours later I was tearing up, extraordinarily proud of some brilliant teens.

A thread about my favorite story from running OMCB....

[Ben Wright @benjamingwright]

A 🧵about American Revolutions in the Digital Age, an open-access book I edited with @NoraSlonimsky and @markdboonie, with @CornellPress. In 15 chapters, outstanding scholars connect the early American republic and the digital humanities. Learn more ↓
https://t.co/DfQwShr02B

[Jordan Grant @historyshack]

@AmeliaTGrabow Keep the 5 stars and sentimental faves; lose the rest.

[Michael Hattem @MichaelHattem]

Today is publication day for my new book, which explores the role of the Revolution in American politics and culture and how Americans have fought over its meaning and legacy for nearly 250 years.
https://t.co/zJXc5o1W4e

[Doug McCarthy @CultureDoug]

How profitable are museum picture libraries and how does their business model intersect with museums’ public missions?

I explore these questions in a new post 👇
https://t.co/QkhiksIhoU

#museums #copyright #licensing #digitalstrategy #openaccess #openGLAM

[Jordan Grant @historyshack]

@AmeliaTGrabow It would all be cocktail based. Or—I’ve always wanted to reread *The Golum and Jinni* and then retrace the characters’ walks through Central Park.

[Jennifer Schuessler @jennyschuessler]

Breaking 19th-cent news!

A lost slave narrative, furious & damning, resurfaces after 170 years. Republished by @UChicagoPress, w a new biography of the author, the brother of Harriet Jacobs, author of the classic "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"

https://t.co/PyY1uZL5Nm

[Jordan Grant @historyshack]

@AmeliaTGrabow Back in the day, I really did sell crab bisque and steamed crabs to the same table!

[Jordan Grant @historyshack]

@jonahbklyn @AUHistoryDept Congratulations, Jonah! 🎉🎉🎉

[Seth Rockman @sethrockman]

Guess what else is happening on November 5, 2024?

[Jordan Grant @historyshack]

@AmeliaTGrabow Sunny says yes; I say meh

[Jordan Grant @historyshack]

@jonahbklyn Congrats, Jonah! 🎉🎉🎉

[Jordan Grant @historyshack]

@AmeliaTGrabow We mostly do MARC from St. Denis (Camden Line), but the Halethorpe route is faster. In DC, the circulator is a handy way to get from Union State directly to the Mall.