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Judith (Judy) Ridner, Associate Professor of History at Mississippi State University, has recently published a new book: The Scotch Irish of Early Pennsylvania. She recently blogged the following on The Website of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society to discuss the book and its message. The Scots Irish are surely among the most mythologized immigrant groups in America… Read On

Recognizing the importance of introducing the next generation of scholars and teachers to the best practices of the profession, the Pennsylvania Historical Association is pleased to announce the inclusion of a poster session for student research at its 2019 Annual Meeting… Read On

The Pennsylvania State Archives and the Pennsylvania Historical Association are now accepting applications for the 2019 Scholars in Residence Program. The Scholars in Residence Program provides support for up to four weeks of full-time research and study in the manuscript and state record collections maintained by the State Archives… Read On

Social Media/Web Editor Sydney Van Leeuwen recently spoke with 2018 prize winners Anne Morgan and Emma Tierney about their backgrounds and bodies of work. Here is a summary of their conversations: Anne Morgan of St. Louis, Missouri and student at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri is this year's recipient of the William Pencak Prize… Read On

The Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF) Ambassadors Awards provide funding for student groups (undergraduate and graduate) from North American institutions, with a faculty sponsor, to attend VAF's annual conference… Read On

The William A. Pencak Award for 2018 goes to Anne Morgan of Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, for her paper, “The Philadelphia Riots of 1844: Republican Catholicism and Irish Catholic Apologetics.” Ms. Morgan is a student of Professor Daniel Mandell. The Pencak Award committee found Morgan’s paper original and impressive… Read On

The American Revolution Round Table of Central Pennsylvania--dedicated to studying, discussing and preserving the founding history of the United States--would like to invite the Pennsylvania Historical Association to join them at a free event on November 4th at 2 pm at the PA Military Museum in Boalsburg… Read On

With less than a month left to go before this year's annual PHA Conference (to be held in Lancaster, PA October 12-14), we are already beginning preparations for next year! October 17-19, 2019 in Indiana, PA will be here before we know it, so please take note of the following deadlines for papers, nominations, applications for next year… Read On

The Story of the Socialists of Reading, Pennsylvania PHMC Scholar in Residence Ian Gavigan is a second-year graduate student in the Department of History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. Before entering graduate school, he worked as communications director for Philadelphia City Council member Helen Gym… Read On

The Scots Irish were one of early Pennsylvania’s largest non-English immigrant groups. They were stereotyped as frontier ruffians and Indian haters. In The Scots Irish of Early Pennsylvania: A Varied People, historian Judith Ridner insists that this immigrant group was socioeconomically diverse… Read On