Joshua R. Strayhorn, Ph.D.

Historian. NCCUAlum

[Joshua R. Strayhorn, Ph.D. @jstray_hist]

I am happy to announce that my article, "and no sich is to open their mouths in dis place": James City and the Legacies of Communal Radicalism" has been published in the Spring issue of the North Carolina Historical Review!

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@VanLathan https://t.co/CMPgb52nsc

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@HistoryEdProf @adillahunt_ Thank you!

[Joshua R. Strayhorn, Ph.D. @jstray_hist]

I am thrilled to announce that I will be the 2025-2026 Civil War Era Postdoctoral Fellow at the Richards Center at Penn State University!

[Joshua R. Strayhorn, Ph.D. @jstray_hist]

@ProfMcInnis Thank you so much!

[Joshua R. Strayhorn, Ph.D. @jstray_hist]

@haleeranae Congratulations!

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@JerryGersh1 Thanks, Dr. Gershenhorn!

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@NewBlackMan Thank you !!

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@profcsanders Thank you !!

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@adillahunt_ Thanks bro !!

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@PhenomenalTiana Thank you !

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@ProfMcInnis @DukeU Congratulations!!

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@JTRoane @ISGRJRutgers Congratulations!

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@DrHenryWashJr not too much 😭

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

Oh boy. I am happy to finally say, on March 31, I defended my dissertation, “Contested Liberty: Fugitive Women & the Shadow of Re-Enslavement and Displacement in Revolutionary Virginia.” Tears of joy! More to come later. 🥹❤️😉

If you tryna help me celebrate, CashApp: $AXM1992

[Joshua R. Strayhorn, Ph.D. @jstray_hist]

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of launching the digital exhibit for a project I have been working on for the past year with the James City Historical Society in Eastern North Carolina. I am happy to share the site with you all.
https://t.co/HeNs6H16me

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@JTRoane @NYUpress Congratulations!!

[Elliot Mamet @emamet]

Super excited about this — thanks @PrincetonSPIA for the shoutout. You can read our paper, open access, here: https://t.co/GjbOY6KiBt @abussing5 @PolityalsBeruf

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

The History Department at the University of Massachusetts Boston seeks applicants for a tenure-track assistant professor in the history of race in Colonial and Revolutionary America, beginning September 1, 2025.

https://t.co/BKJxJ6gsH0

[Global Black Studies at Duke @DukeAAAS]

📚@DukeU faculty @NewBlackMan and @tracie_canada, and @DukeHistoryDept alum @josh_strayhorn visited the International Civil Rights Center & Museum (@sitinmuseum) with @DukeMBB

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