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[UT History Department @UT_HistDept]

Big news! This account is now an archive — we've moved! 🎉 Follow us on IG and LinkedIn for everything UT History going forward. #uthistory

📸 @uthistory on Instagram
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[Dr. Peniel E. Joseph ��🇹🇺🇸 @PenielJoseph]

My new book is available for preorder. https://t.co/LuGdXoX9qh @VanLathan @csrdut @Gilder_Lehrman @HenryLouisGates @AliVelshi @RFKHumanRights @NYHistory @ransomcenter @UT_HistDept @TheLBJSchool @LBJLibrary

[UT Austin Research @UTexasResearch]

🌟 Celebrate research excellence! 🌟

Join us from 4 to 5 p.m. April 7 at Hogg Auditorium to honor the @UTAustin researchers who are changing the world.

🎓 Honorees at the 2025 Celebration of Research include:

David Allen (@TexasChE, @CockrellSchool)

Sharon Vaughn (@UTexasCOE, @MCPER_EDU)

Sumit Guha (@UT_HistDept, @LiberalArtsUT)

Lisa B. Thompson (@uttad, @BlackStudiesUT)

Vagheesh Narasimhan (@texas_IB, @TexasScience)

�� RSVP now: https://t.co/jsLxeaZU9m

#UTResearch #ResearchExcellence #UTAustin #TexasResearch #WhatStartsHere #ItStartsWithResearch

[UT History Department @UT_HistDept]

🗓️ Join us Wed. April 16 at 5:30pm in RLP 0.128 for The Littlefield Lecture Series! Pulitzer-prize winning historian W. Caleb McDaniel will deliver this year's distinguished talk. Free & open to the public! Full details at: https://t.co/m2AKQTlK5C!

[UT History Department @UT_HistDept]

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🗓️ Join us Wednesday, April 16
🕠 5:30pm
📍 RLP 0.128, UT Austin
🔗 https://t.co/m2AKQTmhVa
Free & open to the public!
We hope to see you there for this important and timely lecture. #HistoryMatters #UTHistory

[UT History Department @UT_HistDept]

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The @UT_HistDept Littlefield Lecture Series is honored to welcome @PulitzerPrizes-winning historian W. Caleb McDaniel (@RiceUniversity) to @UTAustin this month!
Dr. McDaniel is the author of Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America.
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[UT History Department @UT_HistDept]

3/ Dr. McDaniel’s research centers on the 19th-century U.S., the Civil War Era, and the ongoing struggle over slavery and justice. He also co-chairs @RiceUniversity’s Task Force on Slavery, Segregation, and Racial Injustice: https://t.co/Xest4clDgH

[Jeremi Suri @JeremiSuri]

In dark times individuals can still promote hope and justice. We can be happy warriors. Our podcast discusses the enduring example of Hubert Humphrey. With @SamuelGFreedman.
@TheLBJSchool @UT_HistDept @columbiajourn @UTJewishStudies
https://t.co/j4eLGHYGua

[UT History Department @UT_HistDept]

Next Thursday, @ClementsCenter presents & #uthistory co-sponsors Paul M. Sparrow (former director, FDR Library), speaking on his book, 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢, in Patton Hall (RLP 1.302B) at 12:15 pm!

[UT History Department @UT_HistDept]

Hot off the press, ICYMI! "POTUS vs. The Press: Who decides what the public needs to know?" is available for viewing online now at: https://t.co/caYffqX69s.

[UT History Department @UT_HistDept]

Today at 3pm CST! Dr. @JeremiSuri joins a panel discussion exploring how competing narratives from politicians and the press can shape the public's understanding of the politics and policy. Read more and reserve your spot at https://t.co/7mo8uvhxvI!

[UT History Department @UT_HistDept]

Today at 3pm CST! Dr. @JeremiSuri joins a panel discussion exploring how competing narratives from politicians and the press can shape the public's understanding of the politics and policy. Read more and reserve your spot at https://t.co/7mo8uvhxvI!

[Jeremi Suri @JeremiSuri]

Please join my live PBS discussion today at 3pm CST on "POTUS v the Press."
@AmExperiencePBS @POTUS @UT_HistDept @TheLBJSchool @UTAustin
https://t.co/57dlp7jgZ3

[BOMB Magazine @BOMBmagazine]

To celebrate the launch of our Oral History Project Study Guides, join us for a free online workshop with Ron Bechet, Willie Birch, and Folayemi Wilson. They will lead us in an interactive activity mixing art with jazz.

RSVP: https://t.co/OqlMrQsEWo

[UT History Department @UT_HistDept]

⬇️Exciting new work by Dr. @EyalWeinberg '19 (Asst Prof of History @FloridaAtlantic https://t.co/SuB7Lu8SPx)! Eyal's awardwinning dissertation "Tending to the Body Politic: Doctors, Military Repression & Transitional Justice in Brazil, 1961-88" was supervised by Dr. Seth Garfield

[HistoryInstitute@UTAustin @utaustinihs]

IHS Alum Dr. @EyalWeinberg @FloridaAtlantic has guest edited a special issue of Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina AND published an article in the @ILWCHJournal @CambridgeCore! Read more at: https://t.co/gsbYhLxxZy. Congrats, Eyal!

[HistoryInstitute@UTAustin @utaustinihs]

IHS Fellow Alumna Prof. Michelle T. King's latest bk "Chop Fry Watch Learn" https://t.co/DdUeHsHAle was selected a @nytimes Editors' Choice & @amazon Best Bk of the Month! Check out her recent @KCRWGoodFood @KCRW pod at https://t.co/6kCuxv3Gmm. Read more: https://t.co/HhUVtzP2V7.

[HistoryInstitute@UTAustin @utaustinihs]

IHS Alum William Max Nelson '10-11 has published "Enlightenment Biopolitics," (https://t.co/TQ8LpXWiQf), a wide-ranging history tracing the birth of biopolitics in Enlightenment thought & its aftermath. Prof. Nelson began work on the mss right here at IHS. https://t.co/2tXAkId5GV

[LBJ Library @LBJLibrary]

We’re saying farewell to our Director Dr. Mark Lawrence as he returns to @UTAustin as Chair of the @UT_HistDept.

His leadership at the #LBJLibrary will be missed, and we’re grateful for all he’s done and the lasting impact he’s made. Wishing him the very best in his new role!

[Not Even Past @NotEvenPast]

We’re excited to announce a new series, NEP's Archive Chronicles, curated by Associate Editor @camilaordoricab. This series will explore global archives as affective, historical spaces, offering practical insights for research. More here: https://t.co/eWu8SMGzY8

[UT History Department @UT_HistDept]

👀#UThistory is hiring!👀 Learn more, apply, & share widely!

*Asst Prof, Atlantic Slavery/African Diaspora, U.S. pre-1865: https://t.co/awYXh29yTM

*Asst Prof, History of Modern South Asia: https://t.co/Aj3zbU8YzT

*Prof / Assoc Prof, British Empire: https://t.co/Uj4JmHILoj

[UT History Department @UT_HistDept]

On Sep. 11 @ut_histdept Prof. @JeremiSuri will provide a Congressional Briefing organized by @AHAhistorians on the history of US military alliances. #uthistory alumna Prof. @RenataNKeller presents as well. Historical Perspectives on US Military Alliances: https://t.co/prMK30SSBh.