November 22, 2023: Thankful for Scholarly Communities: 9 Online Conference

[For thisyear’s Thanksgiving series, I wanted to express thanks for a handful ofopportunities I’ve had to connect with scholarly communities this Fall. Leadingup to a special tribute to my two most important scholarly influences!]

As I’ve highlightedmany times in this space, mycurrent book project focuses on one of my favorite stories from Americanhistory: that of the Celestialsbaseball team and their tragic yet triumphant final game in 1881 SanFrancisco. As a result of that focus I’ve started to learn a good bit moreabout 19thcentury baseball, but there’s so much more for to explore, and so I wasbeyond excited to get to share my own thoughts and listen to many others atthis fall’s 9 Online VirtualBaseball Conference. I also connected there with a wonderful high schooleducator, historian, and public scholar, BrianSheehy from North Andover High School, with whom I look forward to many futurecollaborations around Americanhistory, sports histories, patriotism, and more. The best conferences offerboth immediate inspiration and ongoing conversations, and I found both at 9Online and look forward to finding (and writing here about!) furtheropportunities to connect to baseball and sports historians.

NextThanks-giving tomorrow,

Ben

PS. Communities(or anything else) you’re thankful for this year?