
Edward L. Ayers
@edward_l_ayers
Historian of the American South, pioneer and advocate of digital history. Current projects: @newamericanhist @bunkhistory @UR_DSL @americanpano @ACWMuseum
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Proud of the work of URichmond DSL's Justin Madron + Nathaniel Ayers on Southern Journey! Do check it out 👇


On this National Day of Remembrance, marking 80 years since the Executive Order that led to Japanese American incarceration during WWII, a look back at the episode of "The Future of America's Past" we made about people working to teach this history today: futureofamericaspast.com/season1-episod…


Exciting new job posting from our colleagues at URichmond DSL:

#FYE instructors: Join us Tuesday, May 10, 3 p.m. EST - Learn how to use Bunk American Panorama to increase engagement, make powerful interdisciplinary connections via inquiry - in collaboration w/ Gardner Institute Registration bit.ly/NAHFYEMay22




Join us this week for our virtual session w/ our friends Fort Monroe at Old Point Comfort #AASLH2022 Making Connections: History in Place Through a Digital Scholarship Lens Thursday, November 3rd, 4:00 - 5:15 PM EDT


The DSL is hiring a new associate director, someone to help lead the lab and coordinate all the GIS work for projects like American Panorama and Mapping Inequality. If you're interested, info's at richmond.csod.com/ux/ats/careers… . And pass along to anyone you think might be interested.


Happening tonight! Join New American History & Moton Museum w/ #CivicLearningWeek 7 pm EST for a virtual screening/discussion of “School Interrupted,” from Field Studio #pbs VPM "The Future of America’s Past,” Barbara Johns & Moton School Walkout bit.ly/FoAPMarch8


As Governor Glenn Youngkin goes on CNN w/Jake Tapper 🦅 tonight to talk about the “battle over education,” here are some thoughts about what we’ve learned from the struggle so far in Virginia. richmond.com/opinion/column…

Still at #AHA24? We hope you will join us today at 11-12:30 Plaza B for “Reimagining History” with Julian Hayter Annie Evans 🚺🏡🌍 🇺🇸📰🗽⚖️ exploring New American History Bunk URichmond DSL Mapping Inequality & new digital scholarship 👩🏻💻 from Edward L. Ayers American Visions! 📖🗺️🏘️📜⚖️🎥🎧



A SHOUT-OUT to Drew Koch & our friends from Gardner Institute for including New American History Bunk and URichmond DSL University of Richmond in this essay from Organization of American Historians Journal of American History 👩🏻💻🗺️⚖️📰💡📜academic.oup.com/jah/article/11… (Extra ⭐️ for collab w/us and American Historical Association !)




Much thanks to our friends ArcGIS StoryMaps for featuring New American History on the Esri StoryScape Community page and in your Sept issue!


At New American History we support our friends Virginia Humanities and other state humanities councils. We hope you will, too!