THIS IS IT! You have until 11.59pm TONIGHT to submit your proposals for #BSECS2026 Ease yourself into the New Year by joining us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026 #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

Before COVID After COVID

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STOP PLANNING DEPARTMENT MEETINGS ON YOM KIPPUR

Earlier: Many of our grandparents and great-grandparents came to the US fleeing similar conditions afflicting current arrivals, seeking a country guided by democracy, freedom, & the rule of law, so different from the oppression of their homelands.

These could both be satirical.

Time to fold up your tallis

Yes, @jeannetteoho.bsky.social and I are working on a special issue on May Ayim, which will appear next fall 2026. The contributions are truly great and offer different perspectives that explore the literary works of this fabulous writer.

Before COVID After COVID

Before is a tidy kitchen ready for a party of hordes of people. After is a crazy kitchen after the hordes came and ate daintily.

Denial is not a survival strategy. Anne Dufourmantelle had a point. "Peril must be faced head-on. This is the least among the forms of courage that might save us. We can always recover from pain, catastrophe, or mourning, but evil will always claim a share. We will never be saved in advance".

I’m having intro chats with dissertation students this fortnight, and one of them asked which historians I’d recommend for beautiful writing they could absorb to further develop their own writing style. So, gang, which are your favourite *writers* among historians, any time, any topic, any place. 🗃️

Behold my Sonne with whom I am well pleased 🥺

Once again, if you teach or conduct research in higher ed, please join @aaup.org

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I am SO excited for this piece especially because it dramatically breaks with the “enrichment” model of #HealthHumanities. The studia humanitatis have always been about rigorous research and scholarship - the humanists were early translational researchers! Can’t wait to dig in.

My department at CU Boulder is hiring BOTH an Assistant Professor of Journalism AND an Associate/Full Professor of Journalism Studies. I am on the search committee for the Associate job. Happy to answer questions or direct you to the right people. Links in this thread.

Hey יידיש-פֿיד, if you're translating a Yiddish writer for the first time, do you spell their name the way they spelled it in English, or do you transliterate the way they spelled it in Yiddish? Or put one in brackets (but which)?

Sharon Jones --> Staples Singers --> Billy Joel?? Why, Spotify?

#BBCNews - Not proven verdict to be scrapped as Scottish Parliament backs reforms www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Most recent acquittals by not proven were rape and sexual assault cases

Oh man, I totally misunderstood R’s post.

@melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social Spotify thinks I like Ambrosia. What have I done??

Big essay out by @sdileonardi.bsky.social in @publicbooks.bsky.social today, drawing on 100 years of translations and bestseller data to show that the US has seen three waves of translation: European; Latin American Boom; Nordic Noir. And what this means for us. www.publicbooks.org/how-translat...

In thinking through what sort of evidence might help alleviate my concerns that #ungrading models aren't just refurbished versions of existing assessment practices--that, instead, they actually improve learning in the classroom--I came across this essay by Horace Crogman, et al.

I will be talking about ‘good’ mothers and #18thC fashion as guest speaker at the Costume Society’s annual #conference Ticketing open now www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-sha...

Come join us in January 2026. This year’s theme is Big and Small (though papers can be on any topic). I’ve gone for comfort/discomfort + letter writing for my paper, with the Big/Small highlighting the stress placed on each in 18th c. letters. What are you thinking of topicwise? #skystorians #18c

Now this will be interesting. The big question is how does he answer for his past support for the Georgia voter bill and his record on abortion. How does he reach out to Black voters?

Sarah The Cat is exploring my mini living room

Sarah The Cat is exploring my mini living room

So delighted to share I’ve been cast as Mrs Muller in a performance of Doubt at the Loft Theatre next year ✨ Those of you who have seen the movie will have seen Viola Davis’s incredible performance in the role on the big screen - so no pressure there 😅

Channel your outrage about @washingtonpost.com firing @karenattiah.bsky.social into support for her work

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

@jjgass.bsky.social is there ever a time when "originalist" (outside of the first letter of a sentence) when the O is capitalized?

Get ready to fall in love with every wag of, Griffin, located in Evansville, IN. Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/griffin-77649692/in/evansville/it-takes-a-village-no-kill-rescue-inc-in522/

Good morning fellow #18thCentury #Romanticism and #DigitalHumanities friends! My monograph, British Women Novelists and the Review Periodical will be out in March 2026! I hope you'll request that your library purchases a copy, & snag one for yourself! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

No words, only symbols, and terrifying

Meet your new feline friend, Four, located in Zimmerman, MN. Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/four-77571118/mn/zimmerman/arrows-heart-animal-rescue-mn351/

Joanna Baillie (1762–1851) was born #OTD, 11 Sep. Plays on the Passions, a series of female-led comedies & tragedies, brought Baillie fame during a period when serious drama was in decline. Her 256th birthday was commemorated by a Google doodle in 2018 #C18th 1/3 doodles.google/doodle/joann...

Only 25 days left to get your covid shot without prescription in NYS! Get your shot asap! (It wouldn't hurt to start calling Hochul's office to urge her to renew the EO next month, preferably with a personal story about why it's important to you. 1-518-474-8390)

My book is happening & I am learning how to create a video abstract 📖🐈‍⬛

To my lawyer friends and helpers it's finally coming together. Many thanks to @smouritsen.bsky.social, @nealgoldfarb.bsky.social, @akivamcohen.bsky.social

So many broken links now on federal government websites hosting historical documents….

To my lawyer friends and helpers it's finally coming together. Many thanks to @smouritsen.bsky.social, @nealgoldfarb.bsky.social, @akivamcohen.bsky.social

My book is happening & I am learning how to create a video abstract 📖🐈‍⬛

We are pleased to announce that Valencia Abbott of Rockingham Early College High School in Wentworth, NC, has been named the 2025 National History Teacher of the Year! Please join us in congratulating Valencia! www.gilderlehrman.org/history-teac... @vannabbott.bsky.social #NHTOY #NHTOY2025 #HTOY

I could not be happier for @vannabbott.bsky.social. So well deserved. Congratulations!

I wrote about how RFK Jr.'s supposed linking of Tylenol and autism are nothing but a return to the dark days when society used to blame autism on unloving mothers. via @msnbc.com www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...