Jordan E. Taylor

And here's the other 3-year position, focused on onsite programming and training, as well as development of a research report.
recruiting.ultipro.com/COL1030CWF/J...

I can check but I think so.

Office is a two minute walk from the Inn!

Oh my god this looks amazing

The successful candidate would need to live in Virginia. Not fully remote unfortunately, as this person will need to do some in person video production work. We are typically in the office in Williamsburg at least 3x a week.

I'm hiring! 🏛️

This is a VA-based, hybrid 3-year position for a historian working on digital projects related to religious history. We'll also be hiring a historian working on onsite programming and training related to religious history.

Feel free to reach out! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

When I decided to go to grad school for early American history, it could not have occurred to me less that I would be coming of age as a historian as the country anticipated its first quarter of a millennium.

I regret everything.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that an early American historian, in possession of good research, must be in want of a commemoration.

My book The Contagion of Liberty, which, among other things, explains the enthusiasm early Americans had for public health and inoculations. Is coming soon to paperback and can be preordered for 40% off with code HHOL25 www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Promise of Freedom: A Story of Dunmore's Proclamation YouTube video by Colonial Williamsburg

Today is the 250th anniversary of the signing of Dunmore’s Proclamation.

Some of my amazing colleagues at CW have told a powerful story set in that historical moment.

I highly recommend it.

youtu.be/l5OYpv1HSOk?...

CFP: A Time of Monsters The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

thrilled to announced that a LinkedIn scambot has selected me to be featured in "Influential Women Magazine."

tempted to let them scam me just to see what happens...

Same and same.

The OAH strongly endorses the National Humanities Alliance’s statement opposing the proposed cuts to the NEH. These cuts threaten critical funding for historical research, education, and public programs that connect communities to their past.
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SHEAR offers fellowships to scholars examining African diasporic, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian American, and/or Pacific Island history from 1776 to 1861. Scholars from underrepresented backgrounds, early career, contingent faculty encouraged to apply.

shear.org/about-us/she...

Virtual Workshops for the 250th — Declaration Stories Join Dr. Emily Sneff to learn the history of the Declaration of Independence before the 250th anniversary in 2026

So pleased to see people registering for my upcoming series of virtual workshops on the history of the #DeclarationofIndependence for #America250 planning. Please spread the word!

Register 👉 www.declarationstories.org/workshops

Another fun thing about working at CW:

My calendar has lots of normal meetings, but occasionally in the middle of the day I just get to have an amiable chat with a farmer.

I’ve been thinking about media literacy a lot. I think about how it has always been a problem in early America and the new United States and about how it is a problem today.

I also think about how a lack of media literacy and expertise pervades our digital tools and publishing systems.

5 Things You Should Know About James Armistead Lafayette YouTube video by Colonial Williamsburg

Despite getting a Ph.D. in early American history, James (La) Fayette's story passed me by. I only learned it after coming to work for Colonial Williamsburg. Here's a video I got to work on. I think every American ought to know his story.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSoO...

a sunset sky with a lot of clouds Alt: Dawn of a new day

It's a new dawn, it's a new day, Vast Early America. Excited to be here.

The Case for Facts - Nieman Reports Verifiable evidence remains journalism’s foundation, despite mounting attacks on the press. Story by Angie Holan, director of the International Fact-Checking Network.

"If history has its eyes on journalism, it feels like a death stare....fact-checking...holds the line on reality for history’s sake." In other words, we need the full complement of expertise inc copyediting and fact checking in journalism *and scholarly publishing.* niemanreports.org/fact-checkin...

The Executive Order: A History of Its Rise and Slow Decline President George Washington was the first to issue proclamations or executive orders. Their use peaked under Franklin Roosevelt, but they have been used fewer times in recent presidencies. Will Biden ...

I’m putting together the latest History Behind the Headlines newsletter. This week the focus is the origin of the Executive Order.

I’m being very careful to vet and verify internet sources. Fortunately, this article was written by @lmchervinsky.bsky.social so I know it is accurate.

Took a social media break, which lingered for 2-3 business years. I'm delighted to rejoin the land of the digital and hear about all the history things y'all are up to! If you need editing, fact-checking, or transcription services to help make your media clear, accurate, & accessible, let’s talk.

Screen shot of the opening scroll from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace that reads: "Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute."

Just put on Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. Time to take a big sip of coffee and check the news.

1 JANUARY 1775, BOSTON: This account echoes merchant John Andrews “With wishing you a happy new year. … I must add my wishes that we may have a less troublesome year than the last, and that Great Britain may see her error in distressing the Colonies,

The Tedious Heroism of David Ruggles - Commonplace History also changes because of strange, flawed, deeply human people doing unremarkable, tedious, and often boring work.

We have one last piece up this year at Commonplace. Isaac Kolding tells the tough, relentless and often disappointing work of activism in a story about David Ruggles and his resistance to a Portuguese slave ship docked in NYC:🗃️ commonplace.online/article/the-...

The best summary of George Washington’s Rules of Civility is a Michael Scott quote: “Don't ever, for any reason, do anything to anyone for any reason ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you've been... ever, for any reason whatsoever.”

AHA Surveys: Historians Teaching Off the Tenure Track - AHA Goals of the Surveys The Professional Division of the American Historical Association seeks to collect and collate information about the working conditions of historians employed as contingent faculty...

The AHA seeks to collect information about the working conditions of historians employed as contingent faculty. We hope the survey results will empower faculty to engage in evidence-based negotiations about their working conditions. 🗃️

I have not seen that, but now I have a quest!

It’s not my favorite part of working at Colonial Williamsburg, but seeing this sign every time I go to the bathroom is up there.