Global Black Thought, the official journal of the African American Intellectual History Society, is seeking submissions now for a special issue on Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and the Black intellectual tradition! Read the #CFP for more info: https://bit.ly/42kS6Xw
If you're attending #OAH26, come visit us at booth 408 in the the book exhibit tomorrow, Saturday April 18, where we'll be giving away our display copies to graduate students and contingent scholars between noon and 5 p.m. (limit one book per person)!
Don't miss author William E. Scheuerman discussing his new book PROPERTY DISOBEDIENCE AS PROTEST in an "Author Meets Critics" event at Indiana University Bloomington tomorrow (Friday, April 17) at 12 p.m. ET! More info: https://bit.ly/4cxqDGW
We're all set up here in Philly for @oah.org's annual meeting! Come visit us in booth 408 in the book exhibit if you're attending, or check out our #OAH26 virtual exhibit store, where you can save 40% on all books with code OAH26 (expires May 19)! https://bit.ly/3OjA5pj
NYC-area followers: Jordan B. Smith will give a talk on his book THE INVENTION OF RUM at @theitps.bsky.social tomorrow, April 15, at 6 p.m. ET! Learn more & register here: bit.ly/41h6K1B
Don't miss @jessicaannlevy.bsky.social discussing BLACK POWER, INC., her new book tracing the rise of Black empowerment politics in the United States and Africa, in conversation with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor at Wooden Shoe Books tomorrow, Wednesday, April 15, at 7 p.m. ET! https://bit.ly/3OoFNpQ
ICYMI: @choicereviews.bsky.social recently highlighted @randybrowne.bsky.social's THE DRIVER'S STORY, which they selected as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2025, with a snippet review in a round-up on their website! https://bit.ly/3Q5VcMk
ICYMI: Get acquainted with Matthew Ritger's new book HOUSES OF CORRECTION in this post on his Substack! The first book-length literary history of some of early modern Europe’s most influential carceral institutions, HOUSES OF CORRECTION is out now https://bit.ly/4ty7qM2
Congratulations to Laura K. Muñoz, whose book DESERT DREAMS has received an Honorable Mention for the Best Book Award, granted by the National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies (@naccsorg.bsky.social)! https://bit.ly/3D2zWAQ
Philly-area followers: Don't miss @jessicaannlevy.bsky.social discussing her new book BLACK POWER, INC., which traces the rise of Black empowerment politics in the United States and Africa, with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor at Wooden Shoe Books next Wednesday, April 15! https://bit.ly/3OoFNpQ
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I have finally secured physical copies for all four of the first books my former students put out this year so you people are going to hear about them again.
NYC-area followers: Don't miss Jordan B. Smith discussing THE INVENTION OF RUM at @theitps.bsky.social on Wednesday, April 15 at 6 p.m. ET! Learn more & register here: https://bit.ly/41h6K1B
EVENT: Babak Rahimi will discuss his new book SENSE OF MOURNING at the University of Michigan Global Islamic Studies Center on Thursday April 9! Register now to reserve your spot https://bit.ly/3Q4cGZn
Congratulations to author Caitlin Reed Wiesner, whose book BETWEEN THE STREET AND THE STATE has won the Liberty Legacy Foundation Award, granted by @oah.org! https://bit.ly/4clsqzL
ICYMI: @m-r-glass.bsky.social recently discussed his new book CRACKED FOUNDATIONS with @ryanreft.bsky.social for @urbanhistorya.bsky.social's blog The Metropole! Read on to learn more about how debt financing made suburban life unsteady and precarious from the very beginning.
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We're all set up at @saaupdates.bsky.social's annual meeting! Come visit us in the book exhibit if you're attending, or head to our #Shax2026 virtual exhibit store to save 40% on books with code SHAKESPEARE26 (expires May 4)
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The Franklin's Faves section of our website offers a rotating slate of Penn Press books available for *75% off*, and we've just updated the selection! Browse these 20 great titles and use code FRANKLINSFAVES at checkout to save
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"In 1717 two African princes were sold into slavery. Navigating London society and the machinations of the East India and Royal African Companies, they negotiated a path home."
Don't miss this essay from Lindsay O'Neill (author, THE TWO PRINCES OF MPFUMO) on @historytoday.com https://bit.ly/3ObisrA
Congratulations to author Katherine J. Parkin, whose book THE ABORTION MARKET has won the Ralph Gomory Prize and been named a finalist for the Hagley Prize in Business History, both granted by @businesshistoryc.bsky.social! https://bit.ly/46kfF5N
Philly followers: Tomorrow, April 1, author Jordan B. Smith will discuss his book THE INVENTION OF RUM in the event "Fish and Rum in the Atlantic World" hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Department of History!
More info: https://www.history.upenn.edu/node/16039
Today on @askhistorians.bsky.social we have an Ask Me Anything with @singingarchives.bsky.social for Speaking, Stammering, Singing, Shouting: A Social History of the Modern Voice. Come check it out! @pennpress.bsky.social
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It was fun chatting about my @pennpress.bsky.social book with @ryanreft.bsky.social for the @urbanhistorya.bsky.social blog.
We talked about everything from Leave It To Beaver to critical race theory and Trump's crazy proposal for 50-year mortgages. Great conversation!
It's your last chance to save 50% on all available books on pennpress.org with our Founder's Day flash sale! Use code FOUNDERSDAY26 at checkout by midnight tonight in your time zone to receive the discount
Ends today! Go forth and buy some books!
Check out the Founders Day sale at @pennpress.bsky.social!!! 50% off all books, including this one! 🗃️
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We're all set up at the African American Intellectual History Society's 2026 conference! Come visit us in the book exhibit if you're attending, or visit our #AAIHS2026 virtual exhibit store to save 40% on books with code AAIHS26 at checkout!
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speaking of which - work by many friends and colleagues including @meganlcook.bsky.social & Tim Stewart-Winter and more and my own book Thinking in Public: Strauss, Levinas, Arendt all at 50% of the $ and 100% of the scholarship!
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