Israel: ¿la gran democracia del Medio Oriente?

Benito Santiago receives his 1988 Gold Glove Award. #Padres #Baseball

Sarah Pearsall, historiadora: “El asedio de Gibraltar fue la batalla más larga de la Guerra de Independencia de EE UU” Para unirme a la conmemoración de los 250 años de la declaración de independencia estadounidense, comparto una entrevista del periodista Iker Seisdos a la historiadora…

1893 Street children. Often referred to as Street Arabs in newspapers and books of the period. #History #HistoryMatters

1940 Bomb damage in Bloomsbury Square, London. #WW2 #History #HistoryMatters

London 1892 Tower Bridge under construction #History #HistoryMatters

Protesting Investigation of Professor Savneet Talwar over Palestine at School of Art Institute of Chicago www.juancole.com/2026/06/prot...

1900 Marble Arch tube Station, London. #History #HistoryMatters

'About 150 academic roles are set to go at the south-west institution, which said it was targeting areas that are “no longer sustainable” or have seen changes in student demand.' History and English are name-checked. 1/3

Really fascinating talk from Caroline Séquin on her prize winning book on the racial history of sex work in France and Colonial Senegal. Excellent questions from Danielle Beaujon.

I feel like this is the epitome of every single academic historian's experience...

"Among the World Cup for everyone. as it has been dubbed by FIFA, players carry historic stories of war and displacement."

This reminds me of my first "archives shock" when I was an undergraduate. (Note that in telling this story I'm going to use historical anti Japanese slurs). I went to high school in Phoenix, AZ. At some point in college I was made aware of the prison camp full of German UBoat sailors (1) 🗃️

Designed for American military personnel and their families, a 1947 map of occupied Tokyo reveals more than streets and landmarks. In #AHAPerspectives, Steven P. Remy explores what it tells us about privilege, power, and daily life in postwar Japan. #EverythingHasAHistory

Today In 1948: Babe Ruth poses with some lucky young fans before a New York #Yankees vs. St. Louis #Browns game! #MLB #Baseball #History

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Author copies are in – can confirm the book is real! 😁 Get yours here (30% off with AUFLY30) ➡️ global.oup.com/academic/pro... #HistIR Officially out next week 5 May!

This looks great #HistIR www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Exciting new book coming out in November 👇📚 #HistIR

"How to Sell a Genocide:" Gaza Reporting's Double Standards www.juancole.com/2026/05/geno...

CBS News Radio may be gone, but you can hear the incredible story of the prisoner whose broadcast got it started (and a bit about my upcoming biography of Edward R. Murrow) on this week’s @onthemedia.bsky.social! 🗃️

The contractor given a no-bid contract to repair the Reflecting Pool is being paid an inflated profit margin. The typical margin of federal construction contracts is 6-12%. But the firm fixing the pool submitted a bid that charged 20% — adding at least $850,000 to the cost. https://nyti.ms/4wWDaNw

Israel is a Democracy . . . a Profoundly Racist Democracy www.juancole.com/2026/05/isra...