Kathryn Olivarius

It is the honor of my day, week, month, year, and DECADE to win the Frederick Jackson Turner Prize from #OAH2023. Eternal thanks to @historicallyKM and @Harvard_Press - and to my @StanfordHistory colleagues and students - I'm just chuffed and I love you!

In this episode of History Shorts, we’re joined by @katolivarius , professor @Stanford , historian, and author of Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom. Her work unveils the chilling and lesser-known reality of how yellow fever shaped the antebellum South, not just as a disease, but as a tool of power, privilege, and control. LISTEN: directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/… MORE ABOUT KATHRYN: kathrynolivarius.com BUY KATHRYN'S BOOK: amazon.com/Necropolis-Dis… #HistoryMatters #conversationsseries #podcast

@DrMaryHicks Well isn’t that a beauty!

@agordonreed That is so cool!

Tonight, in honor of the enslaved African American chefs.

@AntiquatedMeds @JAAHistory It's a fantastic book -- and it really has changed how I teach this tricky topic.

Come one, come all -- because this is truly great! amazon.com/Against-Consti…

Jonathan Gienapp @TheGNapp just released his second creation, AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL ORIGINALISM, one of the smartest books I've read this year. I'm biased, of course. He's more than a world-class legal scholar and historian. He's also a best friend, someone I'm proud to know.

Publication day is here. Thrilled to announce that my new book, *Against Constitutional Originalism: A Historical Critique*, is now available! amazon.com/Against-Consti…

A brilliant review of my colleague ROWAN DORIN's super book NO RETURN. Among “the most compelling, learned, and creatively argued revisionist studies I have ever read...one of the most promising medieval historians working today.” @stanfordhistory @PrincetonUPress #jealousproud

3 more awards for Prof. Dorin's 📖@PrincetonUPress *2023 S. Baron Book Prize, American Academy for Jewish Research *2024 W. K. Ferguson Prize, Canadian Historical Assoc. *202 M. Wade Labarge Prize, Canadian Society of Medievalists @StanfordHumSci @stanfordjewishs @CMEMSStanford

I'm so proud of @katieengelhart for her #pulitzer prize. She's a brilliant journalist who writes beautiful stories about dementia and the trickiness of death, stories that never fail to grant subjects-and readers, I'd add-dignity. Incredible recognition for an incredible friend.

My first book comes out on July 16. Available to preorder now. A lot of people to thank, but I’m especially grateful for the support of my editor @Davulis and everyone at @JHUPress. Also, if you’re looking for a solid index, hire @varsha_venkat_. press.jhu.edu/books/title/12…

You will not find a kinder and more supportive scholar than @SharonAnnMurph1. We all benefit from her support of grad students and early career scholars. She also writes amazing books. Congrats on the prize Sharon!

You can read more about the mechanisms of “Immunocapitalism” in this brief excerpt of @katolivarius excellent new book “Necropolis: Disease, Capitalism, and Power in the Cotton Kingdom” 64parishes.org/immunocapitali…

Congratulations on your new book #OAHLecturer @juliairwin! We are grateful to have you in the OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program. Learn more: oah.org/lectures/lectu…

I’ve received an awful lot of emails today with some variation of the same idea — “I could have sworn you had written that article about my daughter.”

1/ First up: our conversation with @katolivarius about the economy and social structure that emerged around yellow fever in antebellum New Orleans, and her book Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom on.soundcloud.com/8cwjjhECS6k2N9…

@profburns Yahoo! Well done Jennifer!

Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative named a best book of 2023 by The Economist economist.com/culture/2023/1…

How will AI affect the way we treat each other? In "hybrid systems" of humans and machines, how will AI (whether simple or complex) affect not just human-machine interactions, but human-human interactions in the presence of machines? Will AI change human ethical behavior? 1/

Today in the patron feed, we revisit our conversation with @katolivarius about the economy and social structure that emerged around yellow fever in antebellum New Orleans patreon.com/posts/93226703

Tamika Nunley and Kathryn Olivarius, co-winners of the Francis B. Simkins Award for the best first book in southern history D. Andrew Johnson and Carolyn Arena, winners of the Green-Ramsdell Award for the best article published in the Journal of Southern History 3