American Laughter, American Fury is in the best of 2025 “This sobering history tracks how humor… was deployed… to tear down old hierarchies and build up new ones, in the process helping the young United States become a democracy reserved for the benefit of white men www.newyorker.com/best-books-2...

Read @eranzelnik.bsky.social on how a myth about farmers taking on the British has fueled more than two centuries of exclusionary nationalism. www.hnn.us/article/the-...

Just for today there’s 50% discount on my book (as well as all other JHUP books), about 32.50 before taxes, instead of 65$ before tax. Also no shipping charge of orders over 50$ Use the code: HCYB25 www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

We will host an online discussion with Raz Segal, associate professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Stockton University, about the genocide in Gaza. נקיים דיון מקוון עם רז סגל, פרופסור ללימודי שואה ורצח עם באוניברסיטת סטוקטון, על רצח העם בעזה.

Check out Robin Marie Averbeck's (my favorite person) brilliant response to Alex Gourevitch's piece @bostonreview.bsky.social Indeed, as the title of her 2018 book astutely states: "liberalism is not enough." www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-ri...

Curious about the origins of toxic white masculinity in the United States? Sign up for my Zoom book talk with The Library Company of Philadelphia fireside chats program at 7pm Eastern today. support.librarycompany.org/event/firesi...

Sing up for my Zoom book talk on July 22 at The Library Company where I did a good amount of my research for American Laughter American Fury Going to SHEAR? this is conveniently scheduled two days after the conference ends to alleviate withdrawal symptoms. support.librarycompany.org/event/firesi...

Inerested in the origins of toxic white masculinity in the United States, sign up for my book talk for the Library Company of Philadelphia in July! librarycompany.org/events/fires...

Nice to see that the audio version of my book American Laughter, American Fury is reasonably priced at about 20$! (On Amazon the hard cover is going of 55$) Also, you might enjoy the grainy grandfatherly voice of the reader... www.audible.com/pd/American-...

A complete breakdown of the international system is in progress: instead of sanctioning Netanyahu and his ministers for their serial war crimes, western governments offer funding and diplomatic cover while suppressing domestic critics of Israel

Today is 250 Years to Lexington and Concord, check out my piece @myHNN "When it comes to nationalism, the dangers tend to outweigh the benefits. Unleash them at your own peril — as well as the peril of future generations" www.hnn.us/article/the-...

On the 250th Anniversary of the “Shot Heard Round the World” I feel it is fitting to post this fascinating recent piece by @eranzelnik.bsky.social about the continuing myths and afterlives of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. www.hnn.us/article/the-...

The Wall Street Journal piece on Trump's 'task force' makes it crystal clear that 'combating antisemitism' is the most cynical smokescreen imaginable: these guys want to destroy universities as one of the final remaining sites of resistance to their worldview

As the 250th anniversary of Lexington and Concord approaches, read @eranzelnik.bsky.social on how a myth about farmers taking on the British has fueled more than two centuries of exclusionary nationalism. www.hnn.us/article/the-...

My piece about the dangerous memory of Lexington and Concord came out with @myhnn.bsky.social today. It will be 250 years to the famous "shot heard round the world" on April 19 Thanks @jaimefuller.bsky.social for all your help with the piece www.hnn.us/article/the-...

I had the distinct pleasure of hearing @eranzelnik.bsky.social talk about his fascinating new book during this week’s @uconnhistory.bsky.social Wednesday Workshop and receiving a signed copy (thx @profmsinha.bsky.social). Looking forward to reading it! And get yourself a copy too!

Guess I’m in the right place, excited to talk about my book with @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social and other CUNY folks

Happening now! “Quaff and Quill,” a series with the Thomas Paine Cottage Museum, with @eranzelnik.bsky.social and #ITPS public historian Nicole Mahoney📖

a voice of reason, standing in a chaotic storm. Thanks Eran Zelnik @eranzelnik.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"I’ve called the Gaza war a genocide and spoken in favor of sanctions on Israel. I was also in the IDF. I ask the FBI: should you arrest me?" @eranzelnik.bsky.social calls out the fascism of the Trump regime & the hypocrisy & sycophancy of Kash Patel www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"I have long heard stories about the rise of fascism in Europe from my grandparents, all of whom fled Europe ...The similarities between the actions of this administration and what my grandparents have lived through are unmistakable." @eranzelnik.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I’m a #Jewish Israeli in US standing up for #Palestine. By #Trump ’s logic, I'm a #terror supporter I’ve called #Gaza war a #Genocide & spoken in favor of sanctions on #Israel. I was also in #IDF. I ask the #FBI: should you arrest me? By @eranzelnik.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This was fantastic. I hope it doesn't escape the notice of the people who most need to read it. Keep speaking out. :)

As @eranzelnik.bsky.social says in his excellent piece in today's @theguardian.com ... "The similarities between the actions of this administration and what my grandparents have lived through are unmistakable." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Respekt for @eranzelnik.bsky.social og hans mod til at stå op mod Gaza krigen og Trumps styre der sammenlignes med fascismen. Interessant indlæg som stiller de rigtige spørgsmål. Tak for det. #dkpol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Wrote a piece for @theguardian.com addressed to Kash Patel. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If elite universities could work together to inflate tuition, they should be able to work together to defend academic freedom

I have a book talk @theitps.bsky.social the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies at Iona College near New York City tomorrow, Thursday at 6pm EST. You can sign up for it with the link below. Also I love that there is an Institute for Thomas Paine Studies! www.eventbrite.com/e/quaff-quil...

Along with our partners at the Thomas Paine Cottage Museum, the #ITPS is excited for the return of Quaff and Quill this Thursday with @eranzelnik.bsky.social, who will share some highlights from his new book, "American Laughter, American Fury." Details⬇️

I'm traveling to the east coast for some talks this week. The first one is Wednesday at UConn at 1:15 events.uconn.edu/.../743015-w... Zelnik I will have talks in New York on Thursday at 6 at Iona College and Friday at CUNY Graduate center. Would be great to see familiar faces.

It's time, especially, for secure Jewish faculty members to state the facts, chest out, full-voice: there is no actual epidemic of campus antisemitism, only the malign and opportunistic work of Zionists (Jewish and Christian) trying to shut down free inquiry, speech, assembly.

Rumeysa Ozturk is apparently being held in an ICE facility in Louisiana, owned by GEO Group, a private prison company that does much of the immigration prison contracting. Here's an image of what happened to GEO's stock price, nearly doubling from Nov 4 to Nov 11. Hate is a for profit business.

Youtube of my virtual book talk for the American Antiquarian Society a while agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGRKnh0JA9E

Come to the United States, where you’ll be kidnapped in broad daylight because you wrote an op-ed.

Rubio tries to strip another Columbia student of lawful permanent resident status. No convictions, a young woman who apparently attended Gaza protests on campus.

Does Columbia still merit the name of a university?

Now you can also read my review of Dave Houpt's To Organize the Sovereign People, which is *much* more sympathetic than Lurie to the people who put parties at the centre of early US (or at least, Pennsylvania) politics. brill.com/view/journal...

I've written a lot of book reviews this year, and they're now starting to appear in their venues. The first was on @shiralurie.bsky.social's American Liberty Pole, which took a critical angle on the arduous triumph of formal electoral politics in the early republic. muse.jhu.edu/pub/142/arti...

In a completely predictable series of events, the administration won’t restore the funding it’s illegally withholding from Columbia even after Columbia gave in. So what was the point of giving in? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/n...

This is a shameful moment in the history of the American university.

I say once again to my liberal friends who are so often silent on the question of Palestine: if you think that you can sacrifice academic freedom on this issue and retain it for the issues you care about, you're making a huge mistake

The most immediate problem for the professoriate right now is that its vision of the university has no political advocates. Democrats really don't care about anything but universities as job training centers, and are proposing massive budget cuts at the state level dailybruin.com/2025/03/13/u...

“On the Iraq War Anniversary, Where Are the Architects of the Illegal Invasion?” 22 years on, Zeteo reveals how 11 people who played key roles in pushing for the invasion have dodged accountability and failed upwards.

A great conversation last night in Brooklyn. @marthasjones.bsky.social and @nhannahjones.bsky.social were brilliant!

Had fun yesterday answering questions about my new book American Laughter American Fury, and US history more broadly. @askhistorians.bsky.social Thanks for the invite! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

The fantastic #AMA with @eranzelnik.bsky.social is upon us! This is your chance to come and ask all your questions about how race, gender, settler colonialism, humour, and nationalism in the early United States found expression in culture. www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

Schumer: “When you're on that bike in your shorts, panting away next to a Republican, a lot of the inhibitions come off.” This is the man who’s supposed to lead the opposition to tyranny in this country. We are lost.

Eager for more fantastic #AMA's #Skystorians? You're in luck, because tomorrow March 19th, we'll be featuring @eranzelnik.bsky.social , author of American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man's Democracy, 1750–1850. Join us on AskHistorians to ask all your questions!