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Love @SpencerWMcBride's thread here on practical steps *individuals* can take at conferences like @SHEARites to help people feel welcome (even as we advocate for structural changes). Thought I might add a few ideas to the list. #SHEAR2021 /1
Resolve to meet one new person each day of the conference. Maybe that person is a brand new MA student. Maybe they're a long-established scholar. Regardless, everyone needs to feel like they're connected. /2
Invite someone when you are planning to go out for a meal. We all have those moments when we're standing around trying to figure out lunch. Just look around. You'll see someone alone, guaranteed. Unless the meal is *personal,* there's rarely reason not to include more. /3
I've been really enjoying the virtual #SHEAR2021 conference, though certainly missing seeing everyone in person. But one of my favorite events are the book awards, so in advance of tonight's @SHEARites announcements, here are my Top #10 Early Republic Books from 2020.
First, because I'm a cheater, I want to list three "Honorable Mentions"--books that I loved, but probably fall just outside SHEAR's scope, which I interpret as *after* the Revolution and *before* the Civil War.
Honorable Mention #1: @SerenaZabin's THE BOSTON MASSACRE: A FAMILY HISTORY, a gripping social history that brought new perspectives on the local conflict that ignited a global war. indiebound.org/book/978054491…
