@BUHistory

Please visit @baylorhistory for the Baylor Department of History. As of 8/11/2023, this account is no longer active or updated.

 Baylor University, Waco, TX
baylor.edu/history/
Joined September 2015
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Three faculty members and three doctoral students from @Baylor_AandS have received 2024 grant awards from Louisville Institute. See winners ℹ️ -> ow.ly/Eke750S11Ak
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Missed #OAH24? No worries! Catch panels and interviews this Saturday, May 18, starting at 3:30 pm ET on C-SPAN 2. Don’t miss this chance to catch up on fascinating historical discussions! 📺 First up is Missionary Diplomacy in the 19th Century. Watch 👉 ow.ly/htL650RJ0Ac
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The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument was unveiled at a Bronzeville church. blockclubchi.co/3qnKqV3
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Thrilled for @BUHistory (proudly my home department) to support (with @ionauniversity) the important @SHEARites DEI Fellows and graduate student mentorship initiatives at #SHEAR2023.
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@Baylor26 Jul 2023
LAST CALL: Know of a Baylor graduate who's gone above & beyond? Nominate them for the 2023-24 Baylor Alumni Awards! 🐻🏅 The submission deadline is August 1: bit.ly/3yvOhOD
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Bob Elder@southernphd13 Jul 2023
Yesterday, Kamala Harris equalled John C. Calhoun's 191-year-old record for breaking tie votes in the Senate (31). @TIME interviewed me for this piece on their very different historical contexts. time.com/6294599/kamala-harr…

The History Behind Kamala Harris Breaking the 191-Year-Old Record for Tiebreaking Votes

Vice President Kamala Harris broke John C. Calhoun's record for most tiebreaking votes cast as Vice President.

time.com
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#Historians will find much to think about when they see a road sign like this…. #HistoryMatters
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ICYMI, I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to review Beth Moore's *All My Knotted-Up Life.* It's important reading for understanding American evangelicalism, and women's experience in it, both bad and good. currentpub.com/2023/07/27/re…
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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin is coming to Baylor! The "Team of Rivals" author is the featured speaker at this year's Beall-Russell Lecture in the Humanities. Details: bit.ly/3QckczE
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Delighted @JamesMcClure included my July 4th @BFWorldPodcast conversation with @lizcovart & @lmchervinsky in his latest piece on the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation & early US diplomacy. ydr.com/story/opinion/2023/0…

York County in American Revolution: Three big anniversaries. Three chances to learn

York County joins the rest of America in planning for three 250th anniversaries of the Declaration, Articles and Treaties with France.

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Congratulations to @BaylorHistory alum Dr. @KatherineEliseL for being selected as one of this year's Young Scholars in American Religion!
K. Elise Leal@KatherineEliseL2 Aug 2023
Thrilled to be part of this cohort alongside these amazing young scholars.
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Announcing our next book talk on The Old Faith in a New Nation (@OUPAcademic, 2023). Join us for a conversation with author, Dr. Paul Gutacker, on Friday, July 14 at 12PM Central Time. Learn more: faithandhistory.org/book-tal…
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The @Baylor “US in WWII” study abroad students recently took in the exceptional Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek. The building was the HQ of the British Airborne Division during Operation Market-Garden. @BearsAbroad @BUhistory
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The inaugural @Baylor “US in WWII” study abroad trip is winding down. Today students went to the Anne Frank House and the Dutch Resistance Museum, both in Amsterdam. @BearsAbroad @BUHistory
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The @Baylor “US in WWII” study abroad trip rolls on. Yesterday we travelled from Eindhoven to Arnhem seeing sites related to the “Market-Garden” operation in September 1944. The Freedom Museum in Groesbeek & the Waalbrug in Nijmegen were highlights. @BearsAbroad @BUHistory
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The @Baylor “US in WWII” study abroad trip today took a step back from WWII and visited the Meuse-Argonne American cemetery where over 14,000 people who died in #WWI are buried. It’s the largest American battlefield cemetery in Europe. @BearsAbroad @BUHistory
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The @Baylor “US in WWII” study abroad trip is now heading east from Paris, generally tracing the route of the American Army. We stopped for lunch & found ourselves directly across the highway from the site of the 1792 Battle of Valmy! @BearsAbroad @BUHistory
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The @Baylor “US in WWII” study abroad trip had a busy day today with visits to the Museum of the French Resistance, the Museum of the Liberation, and quick check-ins at the Eiffel Tower and Les Invalides. @BearsAbroad @BUHistory
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Today the @Baylor “US in WWII” study abroad trip took a walking tour of Paris highlighting some sites related to WWII, went to the deeply-moving Shoah Memorial, & some other sites. Some of us visited the Pantheon & some of the greats of French history. @BearsAbroad @BUHistory
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The inaugural @Baylor “US in WWII” study abroad trip has made it to Paris. On the way students read Eisenhower’s account of the Allied armies approach to the Seine & the gates of Paris. Some of the students walked to Montmartre this afternoon for the view.@BearsAbroad @BUHistory
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