New job: Director, Oral History Research Center, UNLV University Libraries University of Nevada - Las Vegas jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69671

Historians lynnprobbins.bsky.social and jimambuske.bsky.social delve into the revolutions that reshaped the Atlantic world, from Britain's civil wars to Revolutionary Haiti, exploring the Enlightenment and everything in between.

OMG! @civicspod.bsky.social & I chat about French Foreign Minister Choiseul in our conversation about Entangled Alliances. What are the odds? 📚🎙️🇫🇷🇺🇸 www.civicsandcoffee.com/entangled-al...

Any conversation with @kawulf.bsky.social about a great new book is worth a listen! 📚

Get ready to celebrate Bennett College at 100: One century committed to Black women’s higher education! #bennettcollege

Adolph Reed wants a usable past that is not so flat and reductionist. thewayofimprovement.blog/2025/12/29/r...

Talking with @civicspod.bsky.social was so much fun. One of the best interviewers in the business! 📚🎙️

Thank you! 🙏🏾 Much love to @cornellupress.bsky.social 🫶🏾

Raymond Schuyler & Four of His Children c. 1904 in Worcester, MA. Portrait made by photographer William Bullard. Mr. Schuyler was an active member of All Saints Episcopal Church, the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, & the NAACP.

At Purdue, @johnnysmith135.bsky.social & I swapped dissertation woes over Buffalo Wild Wings. In 2025, Johnny published a new book with @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social & I wrote a new one with @cornellupress.bsky.social. 📚 Nice work, my friend! 🙌🏾

Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as: ⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year ⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year ⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Congratulations to Paul Reitter, whose translation of Karl Marx's Capital is the winner of the @modernlanguage.bsky.social's Lois Roth Award for a Translation of a Literary Work! The committee calls Reitter's work "a marvel" and "refreshingly readable." Check it out for yourself: hubs.ly/Q03YpqTz0

Celebrating the brilliant life and work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, born #OnThisDay in 1960. press.princeton.edu/books?search... #JeanMichelBasquiat #Basquiat #OTD

By chronicling the long history of Native land dispossession through financial paternalism, Vested Interests by Emilie Connolly reveals the unequal dividends of colonialism in the United States. Out now (20 Jan UK pub). Read a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #History

Now available worldwide, Shirley Samuels' Haunted by the Civil War explores how the legacy of the Civil War—as presented by writers, poets, and artists of the time—has shaped American visions of democracy. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #Literature #History

@historytoday.com selects The Third Reich of Dreams as one of their best books of the year!

Thrilled to see @quinnslobodian.com's Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right longlisted for the @bookcritics.bsky.social Award for Criticism! Check out his book and how neoliberals turned to nature to defend inequality after the end of the Cold War: hubs.ly/Q03YLsVS0

Daniela R. P. Weiner will discuss her book, TEACHING A DARK CHAPTER: HISTORY BOOKS AND THE HOLOCAUST IN ITALY AND THE GERMANYS, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. #SaveTheDate January 29, 2025 More info: https://jewishstudies.unc.edu/event/kaplan-brauer-lecture-daniela-r-p-weiner/

🏙️ DARK CONCRETE by Kimberley Johnson is about how the Black Power movement reshaped urban politics in the United States—from expectations to practices. #UrbanPolitics #History #CivilRights Learn more here ⬇️ https://ow.ly/ljY050XlP8w

🌍 AFTER BARBARY by Timothy Mason Roberts traces how Algeria became a key site in the making of the American and French empires—from the Barbary Wars through decolonization. #History #Empires #France #Algeria #USHistory Learn more here: https://ow.ly/NEuI50XlPNL

🌍 NORMS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (Second Edition) by Audie Klotz revisits the global struggle against apartheid and considers its impact on how we grapple with race and racism in international relations today. #InternationalRelations #Race #Apartheid Learn more here: https://ow.ly/RS9w50XlR2c

@ajhasocial.bsky.social Please spread the word about the Charles R. Eisendrath Fellowship at the Clements Library. The fellowship supports research on the relation of journalism to US history before 1900 in both pictorial and written reportage and commentary. See clements.umich.edu/research/fel...

🇺🇸 ORCHESTRATING POWER by Nathan K. Finney examines how the American state expanded for WWI through the Council of Defense system—revealing how local decisions drove national mobilization. #WWI #History #AmericanHistory #Governance Learn more here: https://ow.ly/XhJC50XlQ2n

Congratulations! 👏🏾

In WHEN REBELS WIN, @kaimthaler.bsky.social explores why victorious rebel groups govern in strikingly different ways. Learn more: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

In Elites and Democracy, @hdrochon.bsky.social explains why elites always rule democracies—and why recognizing that reality can help us respond to the crisis of democracy today. Available January 6 (3 March UK pub). Preorder your copy today: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #PoliticalScience

We're thrilled that Marie Gottschalk's book Crime and No Punishment is a finalist for @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social's Book Prize! This honors the book that best enhances our understanding of community and the forces that strengthen or undermine social cohesion. Explore her work: hubs.ly/Q03YpNfK0

@publisherswkly.bsky.social calls Steven Weitzman’s Disasters of Biblical Proportions “a comprehensive overview of a foundational biblical narrative and its complex legacies.” Read the full review:

Congratulations to @williammarx.bsky.social, whose book Libraries of the Mind has been selected as one of @washingtonpost.com's notable works of nonfiction of the year! Learn more about this erudite book here: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Thank you, @benjaminepark.bsky.social! So happy that Canal Dreamers made you list!

Next up on my top books of 2025: Kellie Carter Jackson’s We Refuse. I was drawn in by the artwork and stayed for the topnotch prose. We Refuse explores the history of black resistance throughout American history, giving attention to both non-violent and violent actions. 1/2

In Timaeus in Paradise, Piero Boitani traces the abiding legacy of the Timaeus, mapping an intellectual journey that begins with Plato and extends to Dante and beyond. Now available (20 Jan UK pub). Explore a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #Plato #AncientWorld #Dante

It is always a delight to talk with @ronajohnson.bsky.social, and never more than when he’s talking about his research. Check out our discussion about ENTANGLED ALLIANCES

“Entangled Alliances is an original look at how the American Revolution affected [Haiti] the Caribbean world’s most profitable slave colony.” 🇺🇸🇭🇹 Grateful for this review of my book with @cornellupress.bsky.social in the Journal of the American Revolution. 📚 allthingsliberty.com/2025/12/enta...

@econroykrutz.bsky.social & I chatted about my book *Entangled Alliances* as part of @cornellupress.bsky.social’s US in the World series. Take a listen! ⬇️📚🎙️ m.soundcloud.com/1869thecuppo...

Humbled to see my book with @cornellupress.bsky.social alongside works by some of my favorite authors. 🙏🏾📚🙌🏾

Delighted *Entangled Alliances* @cornellupress.bsky.social is sharing company with excellent works by Thomas Gidney, Eric H. Cline & @magslong.bsky.social in @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social's collection of New Books in Diplomatic History. 📚 open.spotify.com/show/0MIbXiv...

#diplomacy 🇨🇦🇬🇱

Baylor's campus is always beautiful -- but it especially shines at Christmas. 🐻🎄✨

Thanks American Antiquarian Society for highlighting my book with @cornellupress.bsky.social alongside new works by other phenomenal AAS fellows. 📚

The New Netherland Institute announces a new, semester-long fellowship to study the Dutch in/and the American Revolution. Applications are due 2/1/26. For more information and to apply, visit www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/application/... Image: St Eustatius, View of Fort Orange, ca. 1860.

“The benefits [of studying abroad] can be life-changing. Research indicates that studying abroad strengthens retention and completion rates.”

“A Syrian Australian illustrates a legacy of respect for the innocent and social harmony.”

Another wonderful round up of public scholarship. So thrilled that my conversation with the talented @ronajohnson.bsky.social made the list!

My chat with @civicspod.bsky.social about *Entangled Alliances* published by @cornellupress.bsky.social was pure joy. I hope you enjoy our conversation. ⬇️📚🎙️

Dec. 13, 1775: The Continental Congress authorizes the building of the Navy’s first 13 frigates. The ships, of 32, 28 and 24 guns, are to be fitted out in seaports from New Hampshire to Maryland at a cost of $67,000 each.

Tune in to our lovely conversation this Saturday! 📚🎙️

Congratulations, @mylynka.bsky.social, on winning a free copy of my latest book *Entangled Alliances* (@cornellupress.bsky.social) courtesy of the @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social raffle. Enjoy! 📚

I just read a 114-word sentence in a book. I feel seen. 😊