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A monthly roundup of what we’re reading, watching, or listening to this month in the world of material culture, alongside any updates from our editorial board.

The upgrade of our H-Material Culture website has happened! Check it out! Over the summer, the folks at H-Net updated the platform and have been gradually adjusting the system to function optimally for each different H-group under their umbrella. We’re still getting used to the new bells and whistles but, overall, the site is more functional and more searchable. We’ve still got a lot of work to do in terms of updating pages

Living in a Material World

June 2023 NEWSLETTER

A monthly roundup of what we’re reading this month – or listening to – in the world of material culture, alongside any updates from our editorial board.

The upgrade of our H-Material Culture website is coming this summer! If you’re curious about what the new platform will be like and how you can use it to build a personal public profile, there’s a 90 second trailer available here: https://networks.h-net.org/system/files/contributed-files/h-net30teasertrailerv2.mp4

What we’ve been reading

Carly Ciufo:

I have been watching the Deindustrialization and the

Living in a Material World

MAY 2023 NEWSLETTER

A monthly roundup of what we’re reading this month – or listening to – in the world of material culture, alongside any updates from our editorial board.

The upgrade of our H-Material Culture website is coming this summer! If you’re curious about what the new platform will be like and how you can use it to build a personal public profile, there’s a 90 second trailer available here: https://networks.h-net.org/system/files/contributed-files/h-net30teasertrailerv2.mp4

What we’ve been reading

Jennifer M. Black:

This past week my university sponsored a

Living in a Material World

APRIL 2023 NEWSLETTER

A monthly roundup of what we’re reading this month – or listening to – in the world of material culture, alongside any updates from our editorial board.

What we’ve been reading

Carly Ciufo:

When on fieldwork in Liverpool in 2019, multiple educators that I spoke to at the International Slavery Museum (ISM) proudly discussed a stamp of abolitionist Harriet Tubman that was archived in both their handling and permanent collections. Created by artist Dano Wall when the Tubman revision to the $20USD banknote was halted, it stamps Tubman’s image over

Living in a Material World

Newsletter for Jan 23 2023

On Editors and Book Reviews

Happy 2023 to all of our subscribers at H-Material Culture!

We'd like to take this opportunity to announce some important changes to the editorial team here at H-Material Culture:

After serving as book review editor for H-Material Culture for the past four years (a tumultuous time to say the least!), we'd like to announce the "retirement" of Colin Fanning in that role. Colin, you've put so much work and effort into this and we are truly thankful for your contribution to the Material Culture community. Best wishes to

A selected round-up of democracy in the news. All opinions are those of their respective owners and do not reflect the opinions of H-Democracy.

Desperate Trump is putting democracy at risk

Republicans Are Suddenly Afraid of Democracy

US and West need to stand solid behind Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia's only democracy

Azerbaijan's assault against Armenia threatens democracy everywhere

Retired General Backs Biden, Says A 2nd Trump Term Would Put Democracy 'At Risk'
 

The Military History Digest is a selected assortment of military history pieces from around the web. Suggestions for entries or sites to follow are always welcome at <hwar@silbey.net>

18th Century:

  •Scattered across the Globe and the Political Spectrum: The Tilghman Family in the Revolutionary War | underbelly http://www.mdhs.org/underbelly/2018/10/25/scattered-across-the-globe-and-the-political-spectrum-the-tilghman-family-in-the-revolutionary-war/

19th Century:

  •A Fierce Glory: Antietam The Desperate Battle that Saved Lincoln and Doomed Slavery - National Archives Foundation https://www