Yesterday we invited @brooklyncollege.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @historygc.bsky.social history prof. @bencarp.bsky.social to talk to the @baruch.cuny.edu community about "Revolutionary New York" - part of our ongoing series, 250: An Independent History

As part of our ongoing 250: An Independent History series for the @baruch.cuny.edu community, we're hosting @brooklyncollege.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @historygc.bsky.social prof. Benjamin Carp who will join our very own prof. Alexander Manevitz on Dec 9 to discuss Revolutionary NYC

Another new publication from our @cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @baruch.cuny.edu faculty!

On November 13, @baruch.cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social history professor, Anna Boozer, will be presenting at the prestigious E. Adelaide Hahn Memorial Lecture at @huntercollege.bsky.social.

🚨Tenure track job. Final alert🚨 The @cuny.edu @baruch.cuny.edu history department is accepting applications for the position of assistant professor of the history of South Asia. Deadline is NOVEMBER 15. cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

Our catalog of electives for the @baruch.cuny.edu spring 2026 semester is published! From ancient Rome to the US in the 1990s, everything has a history - and we're covering it next semester!

Congrats to @baruch.cuny.edu history department's Gabriel Tennen on his recent and timely article in @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social on what history can tell us about the New York mayoral election. www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/mam...

LARR 60.3 is out now! My article on Sor Juana and her transoceanic enigmas: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @lasabluesky.bsky.social

🚨Upcoming faculty publication! Congrats to @baruch.cuny.edu history prof. @zoegriffith.bsky.social on the upcoming publication of her new book, Egypt's Mediterranean, with @ucpress.bsky.social. www.ucpress.edu/books/egypts...

The @baruch.cuny.edu community is invited to our kick-off event for the series, 250: An Independent History. We're marking 250 years of US Independence in 2025-26 and we're kicking off the event with our very own distinguished historian, Carol Berkin. See you on October 23!

This First Friday @baruch.cuny.edu Weissman School of Arts and Sciences Newsletter features our department! Check out the recent exciting news, events, and accomplishments: myemail.constantcontact.com/HISTORY-EDIT...

🚨Tenure-track job🚨 Applications close on November 15, 2025 for an assistant professor position specializing on the history of South Asia at @cuny.edu @baruch.cuny.edu. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37877043...

Congrats to @baruch.cuny.edu history prof. @profbrooks.bsky.social for your new book from @ucpress.bsky.social.

Today @baruch.cuny.edu history professor @markricehistory.bsky.social was interviewed by @cnnipr.bsky.social about controversies surrounding #MachuPicchu.

We're excited to once again host the New York City Latin American History Workshop at @baruch.cuny.edu. Check out the presenters, our schedule, and registration info:

Congrats to Prof. Anna Boozer. Her book, At Home in Roman Egypt: A Social Archaeology, is now available in paperback: www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

Congrats to Baruch history prof. Martina Nguyen on the opening of her new co-curated exhibition, The Vietnamese Áo Dài in a Time of War.

And a new semester dawns on Baruch. We're looking forward to starting a new academic year with returning students and new members of the Baruch community at @cuny.edu

***Job Opportunity*** Assistant Professor - History of South Asia, Baruch College ( @baruchhistory.bsky.social ) 59/ cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

Hi, @nellstra.bsky.social! Can you do us a favor and add our job to your list? We're excited to add a new colleague to our department.

🚨TENURE TRACK JOB OPENING🚨 South Asian History We are looking to hire an assistant professor who specializes in the history of South Asia to join our department at @baruch.cuny.edu. Information and link to apply here: cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

FYI!

Yesterday, students from our History of Tourism class taught by @markricehistory.bsky.social organized a historical walking tour of Madison Sq. Park. Students researched and presented about various sites in and around the park - part of our department's commitment to experiential learning.

Congrats to Baruch history prof. @markricehistory.bsky.social. His work is published in the new series, Perú Global from the Fondo Editorial de la Universidad del Pacífico in Lima.

Women's History Month spotlight: students in "Women and Gender during the Cold War" conduct research on relevant topics of their choice, focusing on methodologies of gender history. Learn about their research at Baruch's Reseach and Creative Inquiry Expo in May! blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/history/?p=336

Students in our Women and Gender in the Middle East course use @wikieducation.bsky.social to improve Wikipedia articles on relevant topics. Today's student profile is history major William Alex Wong, expanding an article on Women in Palestine. blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/history/?p=327 #WomensHistoryMonth

Thank you, Parsons School of Design prof. Dr. Jonathan Michael Square for presenting at the history department's Friedman Lecture on Tuesday. Dr. Square presented on how curators document and curate Black visual culture and later met with history students.

For Women's History Month, we're recognizing the excellent work of students in @zoegriffith.bsky.social's course Women & Gender in the Middle East, in which students edit Wikipedia pages on relevant topics. History major Amalia Parrish researchs Islamic clothing: blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/history/?p=323

Student (looking around the @baruchhistory.bsky.social reception area): This kinda looks like a doctor’s office Me (barely hiding my joy at getting the perfect set up for dad joke of the week): Well, technically…

Recently, the collaborate history, The Sweet Life: The Sweet Life: Julius Leblanc Stewart and Painting the Belle Époque featuring the work of Baruch history professor Vincent DiGirolamo, received a glowing review: www.themagazineantiques.com/article/book...

Tomorrow! Dr. Jonathan Michael Square, Asst. Prof. of Black Visual Culture at the Parsons School of Design will present "Looking Back to the Future: Realizing the Afric-American Picture Gallery" Mar. 25, 12:45pm in NVC 5-165 Sponsored by the Department of History and the Robert A. Friedman Seminar

Great event hosted by @iehs.bsky.social event on the Page Act featuring Baruch history's @profbrooks.bsky.social!

We're excited to welcome Dr. Jonathan Michael Square, Asst Prof of Black Visual Culture at Parsons School of Design, to Baruch on Tues to give a public lecture, "Looking Back to the Future: Realizing the Afric-American Picture Gallery," 3/25 12:45pm in VC 5-165 baruch.event.cuny.edu/events/BxuT4...

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Did you know that NYC's first Irish-American mayor, W.R. Grace, first rose to prominence as a resident and businessman of Latin America? Our very own @markricehistory.bsky.social has written about it.

We are pleased to host Dr. Sara Rahnama of Morgan State University for a Globus Seminar lecture on her new book, The Future is Feminist: Women and Social Change in Interwar Algeria. Join us Thurs 4/10, 12:30-2pm in NVC 5-160, followed by light refreshments in the History Department.

Happy to see that my review of John Soluri's book, Creatures of Fashion, was published in The Americas. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

What can you do with a history degree? Quite a lot actually! Join us on February 27.

February is Black History Month! Here are some reading & listening suggestions featuring Baruch College history faculty T.J. Desch-Obi and Alexander Manevitz, whose research areas delve into Black history in NYC and around the world. Recommendations below ⬇️

Recently, Baruch College history professor and expert on the US Gilded Age, Vincent DiGirolamo, was interviewed by @nytimes.com on the resurgence of private dining rooms for New York's luxury towers. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/n...

Well, well, well...looks like the "people trained to read, evaluate material for accuracy, and write well" are proving to be extra important at their workplaces today. #HistoryCareers

Dear students: We apologize for some delays in printing out class materials this week. Our department copier has experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly.

Four Baruch History professors will be participating at this year's @historians.org annual meeting. Don't miss out on these exciting panels and discussions. #AHA25

If you're attending the @historians.org and CLAH annual meeting in a few days in New York, check out our panel.

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Faculty research spotlight! This week, Baruch history prof. @zoegriffith.bsky.social will be presenting at Stanford Univ.'s Abbasi Annual Conference: The Sarrafs: Money, State, and Finance Dealers in the Ottoman Empire (1700-1900)

Hello new Bluesky arrivals! We're a history department educating the next generation of New Yorkers while punching a bit above our weight with our research and and publications. Follow us for announcements about department events, people, and accomplishments!

Halloween social at the history department! 🎃

Enrollment is starting for Baruch College's spring 2025 semester, and the history department is ready! Check out our course catalog of upper-level classes!

Recently, Baruch College history professor @markricehistory.bsky.social presented at the Biblioteca Nacional del Perú's international conference on the Peruvian feminist Zoila Aurora Cáceres and the 100th anniversary of the creation of Feminismo Peruano.

Another Latinx Heritage Month rec: a Q&A w/ Prof TJ Desch-Obi from his February talk, "Fighting for Archives: Endangered Archives and Preserving the History of the Afro-Colombian Martial Arts." Watch: baruch.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/1_71x8... More about this project: eap.bl.uk/project/EAP650