Please circulate - we are hiring in Early Modern European history!

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

I have always loved this 2017 (!) post from Dani Rabaiotti on how/whether to ask a question at a conference. Has anyone seen something similar for how to contribute constructively in department meetings? Asking for a friend. danirabaiotti.wordpress.com/2017/05/15/a...

Parallel map for NEH funding to states. NB that 40% of NEH funding goes directly to the state humanities councils, which do critical community work and which benefits people --culturally and economically-- all across the country. www.neh.gov/impact/states

An NEH Fellowship in 2005 allowed me to write this book, which has informed so much of my teaching about the politics of knowledge.

Cuts to universities aren't just about "woke" and affect Red states too. @sethrockman.bsky.social organized a "teach-in" at the NCAA tourney in Providence. Hear me talk (1 min) about the US gov't as the world's ultimate venture capitalist! @phileil.bsky.social took great notes.

A few photos from the teach-in organized by @sethrockman.bsky.social in downtown Providence this afternoon.

I went to a #MarchMadnessTeachIn today

Second round Men's Tournament preview #MarchMadness

In honor of #MarchMadness, let's talk about how all 8 men's teams playing in Providence this week are threatened by the Musk/Trump Admin. If you love college sports, you're going to have to stand up for colleges!!!!

Need a history of science summer reading list? www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Another 2-year postdoc in the Brown History Dept! Postdoctoral Fellowship in Diversifying Historical Epistemology. Apply by 2/15. apply.interfolio.com/138414

[Unbelievably excited to announce] A two-year postdoctoral appointment in LABOR HISTORY, 1500-Present. Brown University, Department of History Applications due 2/15/24

Please apply and share! The Department of Africana Studies, Center for Digital Scholarship, and Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown U invite applications for the 2024-2026 International Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship in Black Digital Humanities. apply.interfolio.com/136664

A good mail day! I received my copies of the new paperback edition of Anna Zieglerin and the Lion’s blood. Out Nov. 7, just in time for spring semester classes.