I had a great time speaking about my new book with Gary Girod on the French History Podcast. Enjoy! Jewish Women & the Memory of the Holocaust with Dr. Ashley Valan… www.thefrenchhistorypodcast.com/jewish-women... #podcast #FrenchHistory #France

I'm being interviewed about my book on a podcast next week. Any tips for first timers? (I ordered a decent mic already) #podcast #authors #interview

Look at this incredible work Ellie Smith is doing at Virginia Tech! #Dday #virginiatech youtu.be/PDZdnY1SPME?...

Thank you to the Tennessee Holocaust Commission for inviting me to speak about my book at the Vise Family Holocaust Education Summit. What an incredible audience of #teachers !

As someone who absolutely loves bears, I am more excited than ever to join Clark. (I'm not being sarcastic about my love of bears) www.wcvb.com/article/blac...

Thanks to the #Nashville Sounds for honoring me as their Hit City Hero tonight ! #veteran

The Germans deported Leon alongside his wife, Renee. Their daughter, Denise Baumann, made sure they were memorialized through decades of memory work in France. I wrote about the Baumanns in my book: iupress.org/978025307582...

The special issue on incarceration for French Historical Studies is now out! In our (open access) introduction, we begin by journeying through the carceral archipelago in France and its empire from the early modern period through to today ... doi.org/10.1215/0016... 🧵🗃️ 1/7 @fuggbug.bsky.social

The first box is finally here !! #IUP #France

Wow!!!! "In an ephemeral era of mass documentation — of our own lives, of our public and private existence — the re-emergence of these photographs is a tangible reminder that some images refuse to be erased from our collective past." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/o...

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

For those of you in NYC, here's an event not to miss: www.lbi.org/events/free-...

Headed to Clark in August! www.clarku.edu/news/2026/05...

Tomorrow I'm facilitating a virtual conversation with Lilly Maier. Check it out: “Rescue as Resistance – Jewish Female Rescuers in France” Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 10-11:30 am EST Please email [email protected] to register and to receive the paper and the ZOOM link.

Congratulations MTSU Grads!! Proud to be the mace bearer for your special day.

Books are being delivered now!

“One of the unfortunate results of technology is that you can spend your whole life by yourself in a room and feel like you’re in touch with the world,” he said. “There’s a price to be paid for that. History has to be felt. Not just taught.” www.chronicle.com/article/hist...

I assigned this powerful interview to my class and was reminded about how much we have left to do to fight the insidiousness of sexual violence in our society. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e7M...

'Guillon de Prince said on Saturday that other French families must confront their historical allegiances to slavery and the state should go beyond symbolic gestures to address the past, including through reparations.'

A sad goodbye to a mentor and a great historian. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/b...

Powerful and tragically beautiful. Dance as protest. youtube.com/shorts/8OVi5...

Check out the latest from @markdoyle.bsky.social !!! www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/04/the-...

We're hosting this timely symposium on trauma-informed pedagogy. It's online, join us! #highered #trauma #teaching

Love this quote from Clint Smith in reference to the Whitney Plantation: "It is a place asking the question How do you tell a story that has been told the wrong way for so long?"

Seems like an appropriate day here in Tennessee to repost this important statement. www.ala.org/advocacy/int...

I charged students taking an independent study with me to plan an event. Look at what they did!!! Join us on April 15 to hear from Holocaust survivor and speaker George Rishfeld.

I love librarians! www.newschannel5.com/news/state/t...

The one nugget of good news I needed to see today: Meryl Streep Makes Seven-Figure Gift to Advance the Future of Women’s History | National Women's History Museum share.google/7wscNSHLsOub...

Harriet Taylor Mill officially recognised as co-author of 'On Liberty'! dailynous.com/2026/03/19/o...

Dolores Huerta issued a statement following the New York Times’ investigation into sexual misconduct by Cesar Chavez medium.com/@dolores_hue...

Thankful to the Tennessee Holocaust Commission for the invite to participate in their Holocaust education summit. Local educators should check it out. Students get half off at registration.

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:

I don’t know whether you know this but my book is Open Access and you can read it for free on your kindle via Amazon (where it is the number one health policy download!). Also totally open access with extra resources online at jimcrowintheasylum.com

The blast in Liège exposes a hollowed-out Belgian ethics. Tolerance is a performance if the state cannot guarantee the safety of its citizens' faith. www.reuters.com/world/synago...

Seeing the ships I once served on firing missiles into Iran and killing children in the process is indicative of how far this administration has gone to ruin the integrity of our military. (Screenshot from a NYT video).

New article in French History! ‘By the king’s suspension, the constitution is violated’: provincial opposition to the revolution of 10 August 1792' by William S. Cormack 🇫🇷🧐💾👨‍🎤🤴 Open Access here: doi.org/10.1093/fh/c... @frenchhistory.bsky.social

Hey writer folks, I'm looking for indie publishers who like short story collections and are open to direct (unagented) queries. Anyone have good recent experiences to share?

This just in...

The deadline is Monday for anyone still interested!!

Inspired by the Olympics, we went skating.

Claude Auclair End of the World (back cover illustration for Métal Hurlant) 1977 Ink and color illustration Science fiction

Excited to announce that my book is available for pre-order: iupress.org/978025307582... #France #highered #history

We're hosting a virtual, interdisciplinary symposium on trauma-informed teaching. The call for papers is open until March 2! #highered #traumainformed

Thankful for our friends, tree removal teams, electricians, Airbnb owners, and NES workers who are helping us through this crazy week in Nashville. Still over 60k homes without power, but we're getting through it.

I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”

In Minneapolis and many other communities across the country, we're seeing people come together to peacefully protest and support their neighbors. If you're looking to get involved, here are some ways to help:

Act now: pat.ag/B/26/ACLU The killings by federal agents of Renée Good and Alex Pretti took place less than 20 minutes from Patagonia’s St. Paul store, a location that’s been part of the community for 21 years. A thread 🧵

Reminder that we have a live CFP for our @uclpress.bsky.social Open Access publication Paper Trails. We are looking for material related to 'Difficult Collections' - deadline for proposals 31 Jan. You can find more info here: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll... 🗃️ #skystorians

A colleague sent me this fantastic article on Philippe Sands today. This distressing line about international law stood out: “We are beginning to have to imagine doing the work we do without having the United States as a backstop." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/m...

Attacked in 1967, attacked in 2026. What a horrible reality. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...