Second week into the semester and I’m already behind. No one’s fault but mine. I get a bit too enthusiastic and carried away about the material

The 2nd Edition of 'A New History of Asian America' by Shelley Lee has now published! An expansive, updated synthesis of the Asian American experience, it is essential reading for UG students of #Americanhistory www.routledge.com/A-New-Histor...

Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning

We have a timely AMA today with @johnmkinder.bsky.social and Jen Murray on the memory of the Civil War in a polarized America over on @askhistorians.bsky.social- Come check it out! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

This hit so fucking hard today.

Found a catalogue of some of my pirate articles today. I’ve moved a couple of times over the last few years so I thought they were lost but NOPE! I’m always happy to write for anyone about pirates and I have availability if desired! 🏴‍☠️🗃️ @historytoday.com @historyextra.bsky.social

On the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade, I am reflecting on my recent trip to Ghana, where I had the privilege to visit Cape Coast Castle, a place I had encountered countless times, but only through records at The National Archives.

Hi Bluesky! I haven’t been active as a historian on social media in a long time, but I’ve decided it’s time to really reengage in this part of my life. I’m looking forward to reconnecting and connecting with my fellow historians and academics!

If you are inclined to read about funny novels in the 18th century, periods, labor and birth, hysteria etc you can pre-order the book! www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/delaware/bod...

New Publication Alert Hamlin, Christopher. "Rotten Bodies: Class and Contagion in 18th-Century Britain. By Kevin Siena." The Journal of Modern History, vol. 92, no. 4, 2020, pp. 933–35. JSTOR. #danieldefoe #defoe #18thCentury #C18th #18thC

I've begun a starter pack of scholars of the early modern Low Countries. Let me know if you want me to add you. #earlymodern 🗃️ go.bsky.app/VsHZ9xJ

Enter for your chance to win a copy of Ronaldo Angelo Johnson's Entangled Alliances: Racialized Freedom and Atlantic Diplomacy during the American Revolution (Cornell University Press, 2025). The raffle ends this Friday (11/28) at 11:59pm EDT. ageofrevolutions.com/2025/11/24/b...

TOMORROW! Nov. 25, 4 PM PST - come to my FREE virtual talk about pirates in colonial North Carolina and their connection to the Outlander series!

Do you like Outlander? Do you like pirates? Then come to my virtual presentation to discuss piracy in the Outlander series and Colonial America for the Wake County Public Library on Tuesday, Nov 25 at 4/7 PM PST/EST. It will be over Zoom and registration is FREE! wakegov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Destruction of the White House East Wing began today. Here it is in better times with better residents.

Took my students to the Getty Villa to see Ancient Greek/Roman artifacts today. Who says field trips aren’t for university?

ICYMI, you can watch my talk about my book, The Pirates’ Code, for the @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social on YouTube! youtu.be/b06sRWooshk?...

TOMORROW! June 11, 6 pm BST/10 am PST, come to a free online webinar to see me speak about my book and all things Pirates’ Code at the York Festival of ideas! Get you ticket at this link. @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calenda...

The #Kickstarter has gone live! Pledge your support for the first comic issue of Fang Hunters, a group of intergalactic vampire hunters! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nat...

Non-history plug: If you like comic books and want to read about a rag-tag group of intergalactic vampire hunters (think Firefly meets Cowboy Bebop meets Buffy), please support my husband’s Kickstarter campaign by following his page! officially launches May 1st! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nat...

Amazing phrase describing pirates that I’ve never encountered before: “Beasts of Prey.” source: A Speech made upon the Condemnation of Pirates [Nicholas Trott] 🗃️

GOP Sen Mike Lee suggests using privateers to take on the cartel at the US border. Because this has always been a great idea in history 🙃 www.abc4.com/news/nationa...

Saw a cybertruck and my son asked why Elon Musk would think that looked good and I said "remember that drug they gave you at the hospital when you broke your arm, and you got scared and said everyone had 4 eyes? he takes that all the time"

This spring my colleague Rachel and I will teach for the 3rd time out gender studies class at a women’s prison. We would appreciate any donations to provide folders, notebooks, and pens for our incarcerated students. To support them, venmo Rachel at Rachel-Leah. Many thanks!

After 8 years, I have finally finished the first draft of my pirate novel! I began writing it in August of 2017. The idea came to me 2015 when I read a particularly interesting trial from the Old Bailey Online. It's been a long road with many stops & starts, other articles & books, but here we are!

BREAKING: Israel has just confirmed that the small bodies delivered today are Kfir and Ariel, but the adult body was not Shiri Bibas. Where the hell is Shiri???

Am very much looking forward to reading @nmkennedy.bsky.social @joplingn.bsky.social @piratebeckalex.bsky.social

Thank you to the You’re Dead To Me podcast to help make me an expert to give today’s lecture in my brand-new-never-taught-before class. @gregjenner.bsky.social

"History's boldest pair of renegades." Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @piratebeckalex.bsky.social! Subscribe to Damn History: buff.ly/3CqxZ0z www.trulyadventure.us/revenge

This semester, I’m teaching US history, modern world history, modern European history, and pirate history. Time for some epic dismantling.

I’m just going to say that AOC is the acting leader of the Democratic Party until someone proves otherwise. At least insofar as she is responding to the moment with leadership.

We’re dead.

BREAKING: Trump signs executive order to withdraw from the World Health Organization WILD

Hello fellow historians! I will be teaching a lower-division World History Since 1500 class for the first time. I’ve researched textbooks and found several but before I commit, has anyone who’s taught this class have a favorite to recommend? Many thanks! 🗃️

Did you know my masters thesis on gender and piracy is available in paperback??? Discovery what drove some women to a life of piracy during The Golden Age 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ Tap the link below to order! www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSFGFCD...

If you buy a copy, send me a pic and I’ll send you a FREE signed bookplate!

Just in time for the gift-giving holidays, you can buy my book, The Pirates’ Code: Laws and Life Aboard Ship, in paperback in both the UK and USA! a.co/d/8OHQzbH

The cat’s out the bag! I’m so excited I can finally announce that @lhistorienne.bsky.social and I are writing a book together! “Pirates and Privateering in 50 Objects”, examining the relationship between material culture and the maritime world! Stay tuned…🏴‍☠️🗃️

#UnJourUnePhoto #Photovember 23/11 Lecture 📓☠️ #history - The pirates'code from Rebecca Simon 🤩

That's a winning combination :) Best of luck with the project and I look forward to reading it :) Bumping to the #MaritimeHistory feed :)

The cat’s out the bag! I’m so excited I can finally announce that @lhistorienne.bsky.social and I are writing a book together! “Pirates and Privateering in 50 Objects”, examining the relationship between material culture and the maritime world! Stay tuned…🏴‍☠️🗃️

So @piratebeckalex.bsky.social & I have been keeping a secret that we can now share: we’re writing a book together! “Pirates & Privateers in 50 Objects” will explore how material culture can provide an insight into maritime commerce raiding across time & space. 🏴‍☠️ #PirateHistory

I said pirates never buried treasure.

Did I spend too much money ordering this? Yes. Do I care? Absolutely not. 🗃️🏴‍☠️

A day of doing some pirate work brought me to the oldest liquor store in America 🗃️

Everyone can have a long century if they want. I'm not taking away people's pretty things. But the eighteenth century is the LONGEST and also the first out of the gate with this trick. We've got Milton; we've got Austen; even late Wordsworth. Gaze on our works and despair.

Getting close to Halloween and of course the @nytimes crossword had to pick the most sadistic pirate as a clue.

By the age of 30, you should have: - a Bluesky account - a favorite spoon - an account on Twitter that you can't quite bring yourself to delete but you know in your heart that the site will most likely get seized by an international agency at some point & get closed completely - back pain

Quick pirate break to plug the first issue of my husband’s comic book series, Fang Hunters, available as a free PDF on his website! Sci-fi, vampire hunting, and sentient spaceships galore! hotdamncomics.ck.page/freecomic?fb...

Debunking pirate mythology with @lhistorienne.bsky.social & @piratebeckalex.bsky.social this week on the Historians At The Movies Podcast