Dr. Jim Downs

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Author of Author of Maladies of Empire & Sick from Freedom; Stand by Me: The Forgotten History of Gay Liberation; Gilder Lehrman NEH Prof at Gettysburg College; Editor of Civil War History; Partenr at History Studio.

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In 1893, Black militia companies in Savannah, Georgia, paraded to celebrate the anniversary of the 15th Amendment's adoption. One company carried its flag "with the union down" - by accident, not to signal support for insurrection or contempt for their neighbors. "The oversight was corrected."🗃️

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As I was saying, "New pandemic histories ... show that histories that only begin their narratives with major recorded human outbreaks—the crisis that starts the dramaturgical arc & is captured in accounts from the literate classes—miss out most of the elements that have made pandemics pandemic."

1️⃣ What is the proximal origin of Mpox virus? 2️⃣ What factors drive emergence vs spread? 3️⃣ When and where? Immensely proud to be part of this work by a pan-Africa consortium established and led by Prof Happi and spearheaded by postdoc in the lab, Edyth Parker! Part 1: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Genomic epidemiology uncovers the timing and origin of the emergence of mpox in humanswww.medrxiv.org medRxiv - The Preprint Server for Health Sciences

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_Emancipation Celebration_, which features rare accounts of Juneteenth celebrations in 1864 New Orleans told from an entirely Black perspective, inspired this article by Ann Marsh Daly & me. Thanks @jimdowns.bsky.social for encouraging us to publish this! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Before Juneteenthwww.theatlantic.com A firsthand account of freedom’s earliest celebrations

Happy 🏳️‍🌈 Craig Rodwell, an architect of the 1st Pride, created a bookstore in 1967 b4 Stonewall that opposed the leading gay groups politics.”I wanted the Society to set up a combination bookstore, counseling service, fund-raising headquarters, and office. The main thing was to be out on the street.”

Thrilled this is published. I explain how the transatlantic slave trade coincided w/ the rise of chemistry, which crystalized ideas about oxygen.I then track ventilation from the c19 slavey to TB to CoVid to BLM. Thanks @steerewilliams.bsky.social for editing! academic.oup.com/jhmas/advanc...

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This was such a great conversation. And such delightful company! #skystorians 🗃️

Does the Civil War matter? I asked the nation's leading historians--Drew Faust, @mkn.bsky.social Kerri Greenidge, Stephanie McCurry, Yoni Applebaum, Megan Kate Nelson, & Adam Smith in the most recent issue of Civil War History. Crystal Feimster,Associate Editor, joined the conversation.Check it out!

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Good morning #skystorians and other Blueskis who love #history! I will be talking about my research adventures beyond the traditional archive while writing “The Three-Cornered War,” for the Smithsonian on May 30. ‘Tis virtual, so join us! 🗃️

Thanks to everyone who found the time to come to my book launch for the January 6 volume in New Orleans ! It was great to see you!

I am delighted to give this lecture tomorrow at Lehigh University for National Public Health Week. Thanks to the one and only epidemiologist & literary critic Lorenzo Servitje for inviting me.

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MS State History Department's 15th annual Symposium for History Undergraduate Research begins today w/ keynote speaker Jim Downs. If you're in the area, please join us! Check out the program: bit.ly/4aqbtQS #skystorians

Happy to talk about how slavery led to the emergence of epidemiology at the University of Michigan Medical School yesterday. Thanks for reading "Maladies of Empire."

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And for the cool kids in the Bluesky back: Dear Scotus: Warm greetings from Colorado and a @UGAPress recommendation while you ruminate: bit.ly/3OCx542 Jim Downs, Catherine Clinton, Stephanie McMurry, William Sturkey, @elizabethkai.bsky.social, @jbf1755.bsky.social, Julian Zelizer, Jill Lepore

January 6 and the Politics of Historybit.ly On January 6, 2021, more than two thousand rioters stormed the doors of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., hoping to interrupt the peaceful trans...

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Meine Unterwegsliteratur

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