Anyone else seeing ads on social media about the value #GRE for prospective college students lately? Just us?
Looking for #skystorians interested in writing about the history of standardized testing, higher ed admissions, and related topics. The #SAT turns 100 on June 23.
If any historians want to suffer through the Florida Man Version of AP History, here's the document:
We welcome new authors!
Send us your pitch about historically significant anniversaries or forgotten events that deserve more attention. 🗃️#academicsky
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Check out our new guide to digital #archives that deal with sensitive material, written by archivists Virginia Dressler & @amaliasl.bsky.social. They explore 9 archives and their attempts to navigate ethical issues, such as representation of marginalized communities. 🗃️
Sharing some of my favorite end-of-semester memes from students in my Vietnam War class (with their consent). Enjoy! #VietnamWar #history #historymemes 🗃️
I don't think people fully understand yet just how fragile university-hosted digital resources are after external funding ends (especially if the lead academic retires or moves or is made redundant).
I've written a new piece, together with my colleague Virginia Dressler.
Thank you to @cliocontemporary.bsky.social for providing the platform.
Special thanks to the many archivists, librarians, and information professionals who work on making these stories accessible.
Here it is, my 273rd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ +
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Creative and unexpected angles from historians are particularly welcome.
If you have early inklings of an idea, we'd love to help you shape it into a pitch.
#Skystorians: Contact us! #writingsky
I feel like digital humanities was this great 15 year moment of techno-optimism that created solid resources and showed how old media connected to new media. Whereas AI is going to introduce a period of techno-cannibalism designed to devour digital humanities labor and anyone else in its proximity.
Ethical access to digital archives includes issues of privacy, sensitive content, and ethical representation of marginalized communities. This piece examines nine digital archives and their attempt…