Shenanigans

The University of Florida is hosting its first Colloquium on Guaman Poma to be held March 5-6, 2026, in Gainesville, Florida. The colloquium is organized by Dr. Paola Uparela, of the Spanish and Portuguese Studies Department.

Cervantine Blackness by #nicholasjones is now open access. Read #blackstudies. library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

Cervantine Blackness by #nicholasjones is now open access. Read #blackstudies. library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

The University of Florida is hosting its first Colloquium on Guaman Poma to be held March 5-6, 2026, in Gainesville, Florida. The colloquium is organized by Dr. Paola Uparela, of the Spanish and Portuguese Studies Department.

Umm Black students, faculty etc feel uncomfortable and no one cares, tf? ““If we had flipped Black to white in this situation and imagined Black students being made deliberately uncomfortable…I think we all agree that would be unacceptable.” www.chronicle.com/article/i-do...

Streaming @sierramatute.bsky.social and @cleahy.bsky.social en conversación con Nicholas Jones sobre su nuevo libro Cervantine Blackness! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jZi...

I forgot to add @cleahy.bsky.social will be there! This will certainly be a provocative conversation about the field of early modern studies and race!

Comically offensive as usual www.npr.org/2025/10/11/n...

Quick poll: Is Bad Bunny Black, yes or no? (Context: I asked this question and my students spent an hour debating it.)

It was a pleasure to host #mayrasantosfebres @hufaculty.bsky.social today. she spoke about her life, race in Latin America and her praxis as a writer. Thank you @mia1va.bsky.social for collaborating!

oh damn they clowning the shit outta Disney AND potus.

Thank you @mattisteinitz.bsky.social for giving a fantastic talk yesterday in my Black Lives in Latin America Through Literature and Film course yesterday on your work on Black Power and soul music. I think your work interviewing musical artists and activists fit great with the theme of the course!

Excited to present my research at #howarduniversity next Tuesday and grateful to @monicadstyles.bsky.social and Mesi Walton for making it happen!

The immediate and completely unwarranted threats against HBCUs (nowhere near Utah) today, should tell you everything you need to know about the kinds of "free speech" Charlie Kirk promoted. abcnews.go.com/US/multiple-...

Actually, tbd early October.

In conclusion….

The night after the murder of Melissa Hortman, the Democratic legislator in Minnesota, the Yankees were at the Red Sox and neither team requested a moment of silence. For an actual public servant. Who we choose to hold a moment of silence for and who we do not are silences that speak volumes.

Have you registered for the free webinar on birthright citizenship yet? It’s time to learn what’s at stake. We cannot protect it if we don’t understand it. howard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@mattisteinitz.bsky.social will be presenting about his new book at #howarduniversity next Tuesday, September 16. Check out the flyer for details!

@mattisteinitz.bsky.social will be presenting about his new book at #howarduniversity next Tuesday, September 16. Check out the flyer for details!

This week!

Our department is hiring! Join us and be part of a wonderful community of faculty, students, and staff. Apply here and/or please share: www.indeed.com/viewjob?from...

Life lately. My neighborhood. #dc #summer

Looking forward to what promises to be an engaging talk by #mayrasantosfebres on Sept. 10 at Howard. See the poster for details!

If you have any interesting photos from Summer in the archive please post to Instagram for the Renaissance Society of America Summer Archive contest with #rsasummerarchive! See the link below for details 😃. Submissions accepted until September 1.

I am organizing a panel for RSA 2026 in San Francisco. Please share! www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe...

Submissions accepted until September 1! #rsa #renaissance #archive www.rsa.org/news/698797/...

Another reason why we need more critical thinking...

I really enjoyed this film as part of the @lasabluesky.bsky.social Film Festival. I think I will inlcude it on my syllabus for a course of Black lives (biography/autobiography/fiction about either) in Latin America. humanpictures.me/portfolios/i...

I am organizing a panel for RSA 2026 in San Francisco. Please share! www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe...

I really enjoyed this film as part of the @lasabluesky.bsky.social Film Festival. I think I will inlcude it on my syllabus for a course of Black lives (biography/autobiography/fiction about either) in Latin America. humanpictures.me/portfolios/i...

I will be presenting at the Pre-LASA Virtual 2025 event organized by the Colonial Studies Section, which will take place on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. (EST), via Zoom: unr.zoom.us/j/83800288321

I will be presenting at the Pre-LASA Virtual 2025 event organized by the Colonial Studies Section, which will take place on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. (EST), via Zoom: unr.zoom.us/j/83800288321

#blackrage www.axios.com/local/new-or...

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Another book I wish I had read sooner.

3 ways to fight for the NEH: 1) Talk loudly about humanities research and public programming 2) Join @modernlanguage.bsky.social and/or @historians.org because the more members we have, the more clout we have. 3) Help fund this lawsuit through Paving the Way: www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...

For generations of Black workers, federal government jobs have provided a path into the middle class. The Trump administration's workforce cuts are now throwing that sense of stability up in the air.

There ain't a hell hot enough

#SECOLAS in Mexico City has been productive 🙂.

Are you an early modernist going into the archive this Summer? The winning photo gets free membership woth #rsa for 1 year. I am helping organize so feel free to reach out if you have questions. www.rsa.org/news/698797/...

Are you an early modernist going into the archive this Summer? The winning photo gets free membership woth #rsa for 1 year. I am helping organize so feel free to reach out if you have questions. www.rsa.org/news/698797/...

I know this is not good for my department..."And it says the department will end its contract with Howard University, a historically Black institution, to recruit candidates for the Rangel and Pickering fellowships, which are to be terminated."

They should have emphasized the value of humanities research too (yes, research in the humanities exists!) but I'm just glad they are taking a stand. Maybe Harvard is alluding to humanities research in the part about the value of diverse perspectives and freedom of inquiry. Directness is key.

Today at 12:30! Join us for lunch and a conversation with Professor Monica Styles (Howard University) about her book manuscript, “Recuperating Black Perspectives: Early Modern Caribbean Afro-Intertextuality.”

Panama opposition party accuses US of ‘camouflaged invasion’