"'I have no confidence, whatsoever, that my administration will support faculty if academic freedom is under assault,' one [survey response read]...'In the past few weeks, administrators have told faculty to not speak, teach or research certain things.'" www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

"The key to radio's future does not lie, as so many broadcasters seem to think, in doing more cheaply what television can do...Rather the key to radio's future lies in another direction: doing the things that television cannot do." File under: unheeded advice, 1952. www.nytimes.com/1952/06/01/a...

Just confirming that Made by History will now be back up and running in the next few weeks with a new home and new partners at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Exciting! So, if you have pitches, now's the time to start sending them to [email protected] 🗃️ #MadebyHistory #HistoryMatters

This is a long shot given how local my network is on here but I’ve complied a fair amount of resources on how to identify the vehicles and agents involved in these raids and what to do if you see them. Happy to share with anybody looking to set up patrols in New Orleans or Charlotte, DM me

This is a fantastic set of reflections on the meaning of the American South and how we teach, research, and talk about it

"Instead of focusing on what computer vision can achieve in processing images, I want to offer a historical account of the language and the feelings used to frame its imagined role in art-historical practice." www.artforum.com/features/gen...

J. D. Vance: I’m here to surprise a really deserving family with a total home makeover! The family is the Trumps! Donald, the patriarch, is the monarch of a small, backwater nation. He’s hoping to completely redo his house so that one day, he can pass it down to his kids!

"Understanding what this place offers is deepened by learning how it came to be."

Our local arts & culture mag wrote a super nice piece on my students' work documenting neighborhood histories in postwar Champaign-Urbana (thank you!) - very proud of the student work and look forward to adding to this project with future classes www.smilepolitely.com/culture/stud...

Historic Preservation job in my hometown - the Preservation Resource Center is in such a lovely Gothic Revival warehouse by the GNO bridge. Great opportunity to help make preservation work in New Orleans! preservenet.org/job/preserva...

New from me in Mas Context: In February NPS removed Transgender and Queer from the Stonewall National Monument website. NPS also removed LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer History—the 1st federal account of the LGBTQ community.

This point is not made enough. The US has an embarrassment of riches of great colleges and universities. There are strong institutions in every state. It’s as if those places don’t count.

✨ Job posting: ✨Visiting Assistant Director of the Humanities Without Walls program at the HRI, U of Illinois Urbana-Champaign✨ illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Everyone deserves dignity and equality regardless of who they are or who they love. On International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, know that Illinois stands with our LGBTQ+ community. Hate has no home here in the Land of Lincoln.

My book's pub day is next week, so sharing bits! In 1925, Paul R. Williams, the 1st Black registered architect in California, designed this house for a competition held by a Santa Barbara-based org. The design was inspired by Mexican buildings, but white architects tried to minimize those influences

The Society of Architectural Historians welcomes paper submissions for its 79th Annual International Conference in Mexico City April 15-19, 2026. 50+ sessions target diverse topics across the length and breadth of history. Submit by June 5, 2025. www.sah.org/docs/default...

May I recommend my book if you want fires, oil spills, eugenics, earthquakes, mudslides, unfriendly neighbors, the mores of the wealthy, beautiful beaches and mountains, and a reference to HBO’s Succession AND the Duchess of Sussex in one tidy package on sale? press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

From The Clay Studio in Philadelphia (and I’m part of the team 😎): “How do we observe the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States in 2026? How has the Declaration of Independence been commemorated or criticized in the past?” (1/2)

Ireland phone. www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1... #StPatricksDay

SHOT 2025 Open sessions Individuals and groups interested in finding others to join an organized session can submit an open session proposal to be posted on the open sessions list below. The list will be updated daily until March 23th, 2025. www.historyoftechnology.org/annual-meeti...

If you think they will not notice you consider the words listed below. They include or describe work across disciplines, practices, and world views. Stand up now

Spotted in the wild! Terrific new book on architect, engineer & teacher Nathan Ricker, founder of the first public university program in architecture at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1873. The architects of 19th c. Chicago were shaped by his rigorous teaching - a great new resource!

Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage. So gather your justice and humanity, Illinois, and do not let despair overcome us when our country needs us the most.

Another home from the Making Place for the Arts exhibition - the Dot and John Replinger House & Studios, designed by John (architect) for him and his wife Dorothy, a fiber artist and weaver whose work should be (much!) better known. The work here is "Sainte Chapelle" made for the home's entry hall

From our exhibition, Making Place for the Arts at Home, the first of 4 houses: the Margaret Erlanger House designed for the professor who established the Department of Dance at Illinois (architect Jack Baker, 1964). A radically simple design, double-height living room + space for dance, music, art

📢 Big news: UT's Architecture & Planning Library has been renamed to honor John S. Chase, Texas’ 1st Black licensed architect & 1st Black graduate of UT’s School of Architecture. Celebrate a legacy of breaking barriers & building community. 🏛️ ow.ly/6iHY50UM6T3

Our exhibition is open! Highlighting 4 houses that facilitate performance, designed by architecture faculty for colleagues & themselves. Over the next few days I'll share about the houses, for now here's the exhibition webpage with much supporting archival material kam.illinois.edu/exhibition/m...

While the adaptive reuse and retrofit of heritage buildings is currently the main topic of discussion in the world of architecture, the humble telephone box has been a trailblazer in this for decades: from micro-galleries to farm shops, lending libraries to food banks.

Since moving to Illinois a year and a half ago, I've been working on a project about a group of postwar modernist architects in Champaign-Urbana (and started living in a crazy house by one of them). The exhibition based on part of that work is being installed now - look forward to sharing more soon!

Great list for historic preservation folks!

These photographs and drone views of corn infrastructure in Decatur, Illinois are fascinating - nature's metropolis through the looking glass

The joint PhD program in Architecture and Landscape Architecture at Illinois is recruiting 2 students in architectural history with generous funding to start in Fall 2025. The program has a deep bench of core and affiliated faculty from across the university. More info: www.sah.org/jobs-opportu...

Hello Bluesky - quiet poster here sharing architecture, urbanism, and heritage/preservation research and teaching, plus telephone buildings (like this favorite in Columbus, Indiana).