"Xingu," Edith Wharton's conceptualization of 6 7

You should probably stock up on drinking water too. Untenable...

Yair Wallach is one of just two people I follow for political insights. Highly recommend his thoughtful comments (and his scholarly works on urban texts and ephemera also great).

I encourage everyone to consider attending one of the many demonstrations planned for tomorrow across the country.

Show up. Demand accountability. Peacefully protest.

Find the rally closest to you: NoKings.org

@tennispodcast.bsky.social Been hitting refresh on podcast app for nearly three hours! In Indiana and waiting for you to weigh in on the 2025 men's final! Spectacular as I think? Or am I a prisoner of the moment? Or did I hallucinate it all?

college newspapers are critical right now...

Purdue refuses to distribute The Exponent after 50 years of doing so Purdue University told The Purdue Exponent last Friday they will no longer assist in the distribution of newspapers. Purdue has aided in the circulation of The Exponent for the past 50 years.

www.purdueexponent.org/campus/gener...

really addicted to the em dash--admitting the problem is the first step to overcoming it.

Unbelievable...

Riffing here, but would a comparison to FLN in 1950s be useful-FLN killed more Algerians in 1st 2 years of War of Independence than French. Leaders upped violence, as I understand it, with belief that subsequent reprisals would generate attention overseas and mass movement at home.

Highly Recommend! Yair Wallach wrote a great book on urban texts (ephemera), and he gave an engaging talk with students in my Arab-Israeli class last semester. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-je...

This was a great article, and it really informed the organization of my class on "The Arab-Israeli Conflict" last semester.

Flagging #SHAFR2025 Second Book Workshop to take place the day before the conference begins in Arlington. I participated years ago and still go back to those notes! Now honored to lead the Women in SHAFR Committee organizing it. Consider applying! shafr.memberclicks.net/index.php?op...

The Aga Khan, philanthropist and spiritual leader, dies aged 88 Considered a direct descendant of the prophet Muhammad, the Aga Khan spent billions on homes, hospitals and schools in developing countries

The Aga Khan has died: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

It's crazy that this & previous governments (rightly) constantly hymn 'Britain's world-class universities' and (rightly) consistently identify them as central to national strategy, and yet pursue policies which are eroding, if not destroying, an asset that other countries would give anything to have

Can you read cursive? It's a superpower the National Archives is looking for. The National Archives is looking for volunteers with an increasingly rare skill: Reading cursive.

It was my biggest fear when I first heard that cursive would no longer be taught in school, that so much history would be lost to future generations, and here we are.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Historical document in Ottoman Turkish.

📄 Ottoman document includes the testimony of the customs director of Izmir, affirming that the American merchant residing in Izmir is among those who are truthful and free from deceit, January 15, 1819 #americanhistory #19thcentury #1810s

my heart goes out to you…

That would certainly make sense. Would love to read about sign language in the late-Ottoman Empire, if you have recs.

@ottomanhistory.bsky.social

What are the students in the back row signing? Photo of a school for the deaf in the late-nineteenth century Ottoman Empire from the LoC Abdulhamid II online collection, www.loc.gov/pictures/ite.... #ottomanhistory #signlanguage #nineteenthcentury

What it means to be Jewish now With anti-Semitism rising and divisions on the left over the Gaza war, writers reflect on being Jewish now.

"With anti-Semitism rising and divisions on the left over the Gaza war, writers reflect on being Jewish now."

Fania Oz Salzberger
Howard Jacobson
Yair Wallach

and others

The Social and Cultural History of Palestine The Social and Cultural History of Palestine

I'm pleased to say that the festschrift I edited, The Social and Cultural History of Palestine: Essays in Honour of Salim Tamari, is now available in paperback, and with a 30% discount if ordered direct from @edinburghup.bsky.social with the code PAPER30: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-soc...

It's release day! UNMENTIONABLES is officially published and @stanfordpress.bsky.social is offering a 20% discount for copies ordered on their website (with code FAHRENTHOLD20): www.sup.org/books/histor...

This looks like a really interesting read!

a group of people are watching a soccer game on a field . ALT: a group of people are watching a soccer game on a field .

Do we do a #MarxistMonday? We've got #SocialistSunday but what about the followers of old Karl eh?

just looking myself for that Ottoman Studies Starter Pack. Please post when you find it.

Donate to Support Hedaya Shamoun's Safe Arrival, organized by Merve Emre Over the past few months, we (Merve Emre, Isabella Hammad) have been working with the… Merve Emre needs your support for Support Hedaya Shamoun's Safe Arrival

Dear friends, please help us support the Palestinian writer and journalist Hedaya Shamoun and her family, who will be moving to Middletown this fall on a fellowship. Any amount helps. Thank you for your generosity. www.gofundme.com/f/support-he...