Hey remember when I told you guys I wrote my 1st peer-reviewed essay in 4ever during the most challenging yr of my life? It's out! In Victorian Poetry! And it's OA! I critique the persistence of inside/outside metaphors & concepts to understand the production and consumption of scholarly work. 1/?
Carcassonne castle in the morning
Spread the word, my uni is hiring a one-year VAP in Medieval European History for the 2026-27 academic year. I am the chair of this search. Send potential candidates with questions my way! Review of applications begins 4/15/26!
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(photo from Carcassonne for attention)
Come work with me! careers.sru.edu/postings/10721
This is a full-time but temporary position in Medieval European History. (DM or email me, and I am happy to talk more about working here!)
I gasped so loud at this headline that I startled myself!
I describe it as such as a historian of disability because I want to remind scientists and the world that the history of science IS the history of eugenics, scientific racism and medical racism, and more.
I’m not comforting them with the idea that it was a ‘pseudoscience.’
This is your history.
Photo displays information on the French Colonial Historical Society's upcoming panel discussion on best practices for external reviewers of academic manuscripts. April 24, 2026 at 10am (GMT-4). Registration information is in text of post.
On 24 April 26 at 10am (GMT-4), FCHS will host a panel that brings together three journal editors and university press director to discuss what makes a good peer review.
Register Here:
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🗃️ Have a project you want to do on French political economy? Stanford Libraries are a great place to do research - especially if they're paying! Deadline on Friday.
We’re seeking information on the final resting place (grave) of Matthias Alexis Roche de Fermoy (ca. 1737-ca.1780), a brigadier general in the Continental Army who left that army around 1778, perhaps going to Guadeloupe or to Martinique, where he was born.
Briefly returning from my social media hiatus to share that my article for the Journal of the Early Republic, on Philadelphian freedom-seeking in the Haitian Revolutionary diaspora, is now live (thank you to @chelseastieber.bsky.social for alerting me!).
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My deepest thanks to the editorial team at @frenchcolonial.bsky.social, a phenomenal and supportive group to work with
Have you wondered how France tried to craft its representation in the #18thc Mediterranean?
Been curious about the role French dragomans played in constructing the boundaries of identity and nationality?
Well good news! I wrote an article about it! 🗃️
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if you are in search of decency in North America's iteration of this sport, you'll have to look only to the women's side
Online version published, print version coming soon!
The Oxford Handbook of Intersectional Approaches to Migration, Gender and Sexuality, edited with @gokceyurdakul.bsky.social @lizamugge.bsky.social Sarah Scuzzarello and Sirjit Sunata
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An African-American woman and man loading vegetables onto shelves in a food pantry. Volunteers Jamiela Taylor, left, and Tavion Melton worked to restock the produce section of the food pantry at NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center. Photo by David Pierini. From https://mynorthnews.org/stories/2025/10/30/need-a-hot-meal-or-groceries-for-your-family-we-have-a-growing-list-of-resources-in-minneapolis
Am a French historian looking for good articles/books that discuss the origins of the social bonds that we are seeing in action in #Minneapolis. Doesn't have to be abt #Minnesota. Social structures that generate strong communities.
Historians? Sociologists? Political scientists?
#Skystorians
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This cannot be reformed. These murderers need to be brought to justice
Call for Royal Historical Society PhD funding with text: The Royal Historical Society offers two annual PhD Fellowships for postgraduate historians in their third year of research at a university in the UK or overseas in order to complete a doctorate. The Fellowships comprise: Two RHS Centenary Fellowships: each Centenary Fellowship runs for 6-months and is worth £8,500 for final-year PhD students to complete their dissertations and to develop their research career. All Fellowships are open to candidates without regard to nationality or academic affiliation. They are jointly held with the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), University of London, where Fellows are based.
PhD funding for early career historians completing a doctorate.
Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT.
Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
I curate the history series at public media's trade journal Current. We're looking for pieces on the history of NPR, PBS and its affiliates, with some space to imagine public media's future. We accept academic articles repurposed for wide readership. Plus, we pay. Please circulate!
When you read Paxton's Anatomy of Fascism, this is basically the central point: it's not coherant. This is why he doesn't offer a definition until then end. Because you have to look at what fascists do, not what they say, to understand it. There is no ur-text of fascism.
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It’s time…
Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
Building on this, “Feeding AI” also devalues the labor of archivists, while endangering original records as well as the authenticity and reliability of the records. People do not understand that end of the work and assume we can just digitize everything. No. No we cannot.
I paid Rolling Stone enough money while they had a TV critic to not mind going around the paywall now. Enjoy! archive.ph/Ta745
Injecting some LIGHT 🕎 onto my timeline, by sharing my throwback @historians.org essay “Of Potato Latkes and Pedagogy.” Gender history, auto-ethnography, pedagogy… and “Mom’s” latke recipe! 😋 🗃️
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the reason its bad to run universities like businesses is that almost all businesses fail on any reasonable timeline of evaluation.
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
Dr. Schen and her daughter Maddy Cherr's coauthored essay, "Embracing the Untamed Garden," which recently appeared in the AHR was highlighted by the UB Arts and Sciences! The project was also recently featured on the American Historical Review's podcast, "Mistakes I Have Made."
Publication!! Parution!!
The newest edition of French Colonial History (vol 23-24) is now available!
La dernière édition de French Colonial History (vol. 23-24) est maintenant disponible !
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55916?...
Niche joke, but its beautiful