The JCWE—published by @uncpress.bsky.social and @richardscenter.bsky.social —is home to the most creative new work on the many issues raised by slavery, the sectional crisis, war, emancipation, and Reconstruction. https://tinyurl.com/4hnmffeu
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In today's Muster, JCWE editor Megan Bever interviews author Ian Delahanty about his recent book, Embracing Emancipation www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/05/jcwe...
Please check out this special issue. It reflects both an expansive vision of the Civil War era and a deep-seated approach to scholarly collaboration
In today's Muster, Brook Thomas reflects on Birthright Citizenship and postbellum debates around the idea of allegiance www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/04/birt...
In today's Muster, William Horne examines the harrowing story of Margaret Cathrine Murphy, a woman who posed as a man to enlist in the Union Army www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/04/i-wa...
In today's Muster, Drew Baird examines the role of the Union Pacific in shaping the Greater Reconstruction in the American West www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/06/a-po...
In today's Muster, Cassandra Jane Werking examines the long history of Fort Pickens and its place in Florida and national memory www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/06/stan...
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With today’s Supreme Court decision drawing attention to the Voting Rights Act, we’re revisiting a 2020 #AHAPerspectives piece by Julian Zelizer: “The right to vote is the most basic element of a healthy democracy… we have done immense damage in dismantling it.”
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Railroads have long been subjects of Civil War era studies. Scholars have cast them as promoters of growth before the conflict, agents of capacity and connection during the war itself, and instruments...
Despite being in Confederate Florida, United States Fort Pickens repelled enemy attempts to gain control of the Union holdout. Situated on the bay of Pensacola, Fort Pickens remained in U.S. control f...
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The @richardscenter.bsky.social and @jcwe.bsky.social
announce a journal article workshop for advanced graduate students, recent PhDs, assistant professors, and independent scholars.
The June 2026 issue of @jcwe.bsky.social is a special one focused on the social history of the law in Brazil. The articles are currently free to read:
www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/june2026/
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American Historical Association
What does the Fourteenth Amendment actually say about birthright citizenship?
AHA member Kate Masur breaks down its historical foundations as the Supreme Court takes up the issue. 🗃️
#history #humanities #SCOTUS
Volume 16, No. 2 June 2026 Special Issue: “Noisy Archives: Race and the Social History of the Law in Brazil” This special issue examines how Brazilian historians have engaged with legal sources to rec...
CW: sexual violence and self-harm On May 17, 1863, Margaret Cathrine Murphy found herself in an unlikely situation: being interrogated as a spy while imprisoned in Annapolis. As she explained, she was...
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In today’s Muster, JCWE associate editor Megan Bever interviews Ian Delahanty. Delahanty is an associate professor of history at Springfield College and the author of Embracing Emancipation: A Transat...
Birthright citizenship is controlled by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of t...
The U.S. Supreme Court is set Wednesday to weigh in on President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship. Northwestern University professor and historian Kate Masur joins Dana Kozlov to ...
The latest issue of @jcwe.bsky.social on the social history of the law in Brazil is live and available to read for FREE on @projectmuse.bsky.social 🙌
Read it here👇
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