David Silkenat
@davidsilkenat
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Professor of U.S. History @EdinburghUni. Starting in August 2024: Richard J. Milbauer Professor @UF
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Joined May 2014
Now that Scars on the Land is out in the world, I'd like to thank some of the people and institutions that helped bring it to fruition. @OUPHistory @EdinburghUni
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RT @RoyalHistSoc: Today's Guardian includes an obituary of the historian of global slavery, Trevor Burnard. Trevor's untimely death is a gr…
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RT @CulturedModesty: Researching the history of slavery in the Philadelphia-area? Take a peek at digitized documents from the @historicalpa…
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RT @enghistrev: Lynn Nelson @mtsuhistory reviews Scars on the Land: An Environmental History of Slavery in the American South, by David Si…
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RT @aishadjelid: Excited to join @UniofOxford @RAIOxford in September for the year as a Departmental Lecturer in American History! Already…
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RT @SoCWHistorians: Dear Friends, In shock and grief, the Society of Civil War Historians mourns the sudden death of long-time member Dr.…
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RT @GeorgeTakei: Echoes of my own childhood experiences in internment camps in America. #NeverAgain
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RT @JoanECashin: Announcing a new research grant of $1000.00 for graduate students studying some aspect of the Abraham Lincoln administrati…
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RT @agordonreed: OMG. There is actually an episode of The Jeffersons in which George Jefferson planned to pose as a descendent of TJ for an…
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RT @earlymodjustice: Seven times between 1801 and 1869 Congress changed the size of the court, going from a low of five justices in 1801 to…
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RT @mpklapka: How to spend the afternoon of the 4th? Finishing this excellent work by @FrankCogliano , that's how! 5 stars, highly recommen…
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RT @kcarterjackson: I loved @TiyaMilesTAM "Night Flyer" on the Life of Harriet Tubman. Everyone should read it. Here's my review for @thena…
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RT @petersterne: In @newrepublic, historian @earlymodjustice compares the Supreme Court decision granting Trump immunity for "official acts…
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RT @The_OAH: Just released! "Dread Danger: Cowardice and Combat in the American Civil War" by OAH DLP @ljgordon106. Pick up your copy today…
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RT @BlkPerspectives: 🚨Submissions are now open for #AAIHS2025! 👉🏽AAIHS encourages conference participants to reflect on how histories of A…
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RT @SoCWHistorians: Safe travels to everyone who attended our conference in Raleigh. It’s never too early to start thinking about 2026! We…
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RT @LauraJuneDavis: This is all from @SoCWHistorians Panel #29: New Ways engaging with #CivilWar History with @davidsilkenat (Chair), Trae…
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RT @kcarterjackson: Grateful for a chance to talk about my work. #WeRefuse is the perfect #Juneteenth book. @Wellesley @SealPress @BasicB…
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