This year is a particularly special one for us all. As we've grown through the years, /r/AskHistorians has come to be one of the absolute best places for learning about history online, and as many of you know, this September, we're taking a huge step forward and hosting our first history conference. From September 15th to 17th, we are super excited to be bringing to the community a collection of 8 incredible panels, 3 days of networking, some very promising roundtable discussions, and of course a keynote address by our very own /u/restricteddata.
If you haven't done so yet, definitely make sure to check out the slate of panels and speakers:
Also make sure to check out the networking events! Hosted on Remo and sponsored by Fordham University Press, we will be hosting sessions for academics, GLAM professionals (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums), as well as sessions intended for just open discussion about your favorite historical topics, although all are welcome to any session. Make sure to check out the networking schedule and sign up for the ones you are most interested in as there is a limit on spaces!
We also of course have to extend a massive thank you to those who have helped make this possible, especially those of you who participated in our the crowdfunding effort through Fundrazr, and Fordham University Press whose sponsorship of the networking events has allowed us to expand the capacity, but none of this would have been possible without each and every one of you who has helped make this place into the absolutely amazing community that it is today.
Finally, if you want to be the first to know about Conference events and scheduling, make sure to sign up for the newsletter!
Another META thread is another chance to share one of the best youtube videos of all time.
This sub was a huge catalyst for me throughout the years to change my profession ( I was a long time lurker before I signed up for Reddit). The details in the answers and the inevitable rabbit holes they send you down are incredible. Not to mention the reading reccomendations which I can't thank people enough for. I worked in the medical field after graduating college. The money was good but there was no passion there. A few years ago I went back to school in my 30s and now teach High School history and I'm an adjunct professor at a community college at night. I love what I do now, and I love engaging with students in a similar manner that people who take the time writing thoughtful responses engage with this community. Thanks for everything r/askhistorians and happy birthday!
I brought this sub into this world, and so help me God I'll take it out if you kids don't behave.
Happy [Removed] to us!
^^^^heck
I am a young askhistorians citizen celebrating my 9th birthday in the early-mid 21st century. What would me and my friends be doing? What were the common traditions?
Tag yourself, I'm the centre-right corgi who's delighted to be part of everything but mildly confused as to what's going on
I feel sorry for the sub when it gets old enough to drink. I've seen the questions that get asked here sometimes, and the sub is going to be in for a rough puberty.
Whoa happy birthday to here!
I am of course not surprised that the 10th anniversary will be next year, which is also the dreaded unleashing of 2001...
Happy birthday, AskHistorians! I was just thinking to myself yesterday what a badly-needed refuge this sub is lately. With everything in my part of the world so tumultuous and the constant back-and-forth battles here on Reddit, it's nice to be able to step into this little library and disappear into history for a while. Coming back to our world better informed and with a greater sense of perspective on events is a huge bonus. Endless thanks to the relentless moderators, the tireless academic professionals, and the curious questioners who consistently make this the best sub on Reddit! Looking forward to many more years of learning from and with y'all!
Are we sure it's been that long? Can we be positive there weren't some "lost years" in there somewhere? Maybe Tartaria destroyed our records... it could have happened.
In 2031, when I get curious about the beginnings of the subreddit and online community establishment in the early tens, do I tag the thread as meta or not?
Feliz cumpleaños to our beautiful community! Yes, this is our birthday, I'm allowing myself to speak español
Post as if you were not to follow the Chicago citation style.
I'm not a historian, ask my anything and I'll give it my best guess
Why, ... I remember when it was just a whippersnapper! Happy Birthday!
Nine years of writing, reading, learning, and growing, as a person and a scholar, thanks to this little haven. Thank you so, so much to all the mods past and present, those who ask questions, those who write answers, and those who report the dross.
What an amazing community.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WOOOO
Actually semi-serious question - what was going on in late August 2011 that made folks decide "you know what, we need an AskHistorians subreddit"?
What did Hitler do on his 9th birthday?
High school history teacher here. This sub has excellent content and the mods are amazing! Thanks for making this one must read reddit!
bah, humbug!
jk miss y'alllll and so proud of you 💕
Til hamingju með daginn!
Wait we can be RAMBUNCTIOUS in this thread.
HEY GUYS LOOK AT ME IM COMMENTING A TOP LEVEL COMMENT AND IM NOT EVEN A PROFESSIONAL HISTORIAN THERES NO RUUUUUULEZ
No matter how ignorant the question and dismissive my answer, I always get deleted. Sigh.... happy birthday you heartless subreddit
Joy! [Removed]! Merriment! Wansui, banzai, manse! May r/AskHistorians live and reign for ten-thousand years, ten-thousand years, ten-thousand of ten-thousand years!
Happy Birthday! I finally got a good reason to post here instead of just read. Thanks for all of the great posts by both questioners and those historians who answer.
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Gratulerer med dagen!
Bon anniversaire!
Happy 9th Birthday ! We could celebrate or we could really celebrate
Thank you mods, for all that you do. This place stands out as an example of how a heavily-modded and structured community, with clear guidelines, can thrive and educate and entertain on the internet. Cheers!
What is the current scholarly consensus on butts?
Hee hee
I love this subreddit. Good work to the mods and of course the historians!
Happy Birthday. I would like to express thanks to the moderators who do not tolerate inflammatory questions disguised as curiosity.
Thank you!!!
Happy bday to all! On this historic occasion I'd like to quote from a classic paper by Yorke/Greenwood/O'Brien/Greenwood/Selway, given in 1997 at the annual Computer Science Conference (CSC) which seems highly relevant:
Karma police I've given all I can It's not enough I've given all I can But we're still on the payroll (p. 24)
(... it does feature a Hitler hairdo reference also)
I love this sub. My favorite mod is the bot--I giggle every time I see its flair.
Seriously, the mods and contributors here are awesome and reading the topics and the answers to them makes me very happy (and educated). Thanks to everyone for helping us out (especially Skynet).
Happy birthday! Thank you for all the help and education throughout the years :) !
Yay! Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday! I'm looking forward to the conference.
Hey, a post I feel comfortable commenting on! Finally. Happy birthday, AskHistorians! You do Reddit proud.
So you're saying we have to wait 11 years to make meta questions?
Happy birthday! Looking forward to next year when you guys are walking through the mine fields of questions about 9/11!
Chiming in with thanks to the mods. This is the only sub on this hellsite worth the electricity to power it.
A very happy birthday to AskHistorians. Thank you to all the mods and quality contributors. I hope everyone, mods, contributors, subscribers (even lurkers like myself) have a great year moving forward with many more quality posts.
Thank you mods for the best subreddit around!!
They're asleep, someone post about how five Shermans were needed to fight one Tiger!
This is one of my most favorite subreddits ever. <3
Thank you to everyone who is an expert and writes long, detailed, fascinating answers to people's history questions. This has been my favorite subreddit since I found out about it, and I'm honestly thrilled to have a place where someone like me has to shut up and learn things.
That didn't come off as sarcasm, right? Because it wasn't.
I love this sub
You guys are awesome
Happy Birthday, AskHistorians! It’s tough to put into words how much I’ve learned from this subreddit. Know that your work is deeply appreciated—and by many! Cheers.
Happy Birthday! One of my favorite subreddits on the site!
Happy birthday to the best community out there! And the dogs are so cute <3
Thanks to the historians who answer the questions, the inquirers who bravely put forth wondering, and the mod team that keeps the sub lean and fit. Appreciation for all
Oh man this means I get to ask all the questions I’ve always wanted to but couldn’t!
What question HASN’T been asked on this sub that you’d like to elaborate on?
What are your favorite movies - historical or otherwise?
Are you guys coke or Pepsi people?
Happy birthday /r/askhistorians
A place where an answer may take a while to come, but almost always worth the wait. Thank you to everyone who contributed their expertise and knowledge in answering questions in informative and generally easy to read ways. This sub has been the cause of many a lost hour from going off on a tangent based on either a question or an answer.
Hey mods! We should have a free-for-all day or monthly thread so people can ask questions that only require short answers!
Happy Birthday you crazy redditors.
Muahahah! Now I can make responses that are mis-information! Like... did you know you swallow 90 flies a day when you go to sleep? And uhhh.... spiders actually have 30 legs, not 8?
As per tradition all responses should be removed by moderator. (:
This sub is over moderated which is why it hasn’t grown more.
