Really looking forward to discussing 1960s biographies with @edgeofsports.bsky.social, Sasha Archibald, and Teishan Latner tomorrow at the @oah.org's annual meeting (12:45 PM-2:15 PM).
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Excited that my work "Turning Disaster into a Path for Development: Francoist Spain's Humanitarian Response to the 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake" has been published published in the @jds-disasters.bsky.social ✌️
Open access for all 👇
muse.jhu.edu/article/984818
Here's my review of @historianheather.bsky.social's excellent new book FEAR AND FURY in @jacobinmag.bsky.social. Many thanks to Meagan Day for the edits, and many thanks to Heather for writing yet another monumentally important book.🗃️
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ATTN: advanced grad students, early career, and intl scholars
My co-editor Jennifer Keene and I are very excited for our volume to come out this summer! Click through the link to see the amazing roster of contributors.
I don't know if people have noticed, but Trump's NEH is funneling much of its limited resources to right-wing orgs - $10 mil to the Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education, $2 mil to right-wing mag First Things, millions to various "civic leadership" projects www.neh.gov/sites/defaul...
Over three years, we recorded interviews with more than 450 officials, organizers, activists, and extraordinary people from all walks of life to put together the most expansive presidential oral history in existence.
The Obama Presidency Oral History is now live!! obamaoralhistory.columbia.edu
Episode 5 of my audiodocumentary on the Cuban Missile Crisis is live! In this episode, Dustin Walcher and I *finally* get around to discussing the crisis itself, yay! Please share and give it a listen! #history 🗃️ @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
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I'm pleased to share that Prisoners after War: Veterans in the Age of Mass Incarceration is a finalist for the Veterans Studies Association 2026 Book Award. As a civilian, I have always been a guest in veterans’ spaces, so I'm deeply honored to be recognized in this field.
Technology is terrible is so many ways, but it's been a key weapon in modern protest. Marwa Hermassi, a Tunisian student involved in the Arab Spring protests, wrote how, "People used Facebook & Twitter to talk, to discuss, to share, to tell the truth, to show facts. The Internet became our weapon."
Students want to be informed but often don't know the difference between an expert & an influencer
@laurenfturek.bsky.social & I tried to create a space--away from algo rabbit holes--where teachers could find expertise on these issues for their classrooms
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proud to be part of this conversation on the battle for academic freedom and its many dimensions across the country. look for the folks in your community who are organizing and building power together!
For @thenation.com, here's my obituary of Norman Podhoretz—the last canonical New York intellectual, and the first of a now-familiar breed of discourse demagogue
"The heroic excavators of government secrets" - Author Stephen Kinzer on 40 years of the National Security Archive @nsarchive.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/01/o...
***Awards!***
The IEHS offers a number of prestigious awards that recognize excellence in scholarship in the fields of immigration and ethnic history.
Visit the awards page for details regarding all 2025-26 awards, including deadlines:
iehs.org/awards/
Episode 3 of our SECOLAS audiodocumentary on the Cuban Missile Crisis is live! In this episode, we look at the global repercussions of the Cuban Revolution, analyzing Cuba’s relations with the United States, Latin America, the Soviet Union, and the Global South. (1/2) soundcloud.com/historiaspod...
Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Had a terrific talk w Julia Fournier about her dissertation research into American childcare infrastructure (or lack thereof) in the late 20thC! Tune in here or wherever you find your podcasts!
The Immigration and Ethnic History Society offers a number of prestigious awards that recognize excellence in scholarship in the fields of immigration and ethnic history.
More details here:
iehs.org/awards/?fbcl...
In today’s Guardian with @kcarterjackson.bsky.social, explaining why teach-ins (like the one we’re holding Sunday!) are a vital part of activism.
Let's dive down to the local level for today's anniversary thread. Today's excerpt from The Fate of the Americas comes from a discovery I made in Bolivia's Foreign Ministry archive. Bolivia's ambassador to Colombia sent back a bunch of reports about how people in Bogotá... #History🗃️ (1/14)
In the first piece of our "Comps Series" Summer Perritt explains just what comps are: "'Comps,' can be confusing and intimidating for graduate students, the first step to conquering Comps, and the fear they elicit, is to understand what they are, what they are designed to test, and how they work."
My book is officially here! Today (well tomorrow, actually) is the release date for The First Right: Self-Determination and the Transformation of International Order, 1941-2000. If you like the art check out Shakti Kroopkin, whose painting Journey Into Freedom graces the cover. shaktikroopkin.com
Please join us!
While I am document dumping, I am posting many of the files from my forthcoming book project on the politics of development and human rights during the Suharto era, including East Timor/Timor Leste.
www.bradleyrsimpson.com/indonesia-an...
One week left to apply for these awesome @shafrhistorians.bsky.social awards - including the Hogan Language Fellowship. I’m a previous Hogan winner & I have the honor of chairing the Hogan committee this year so apply or tell your PhD students to apply! #SHAFR #skystorians 🗃️
CRACKED FOUNDATIONS by @m-r-glass.bsky.social (out this week!) examines how debt and speculation financed the suburban American dream and led to today’s inequalities. Listen to Glass's conversation with Jenna Pittman on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to learn more! newbooksnetwork.com/cracked-foun...