It feels like it's been impossible to get people outside of higher ed to understand that eliminating staff/programs/majors is primarily an ideological project, whatever claims are made about finances. What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.

Recently the @historians.org Council vetoed member resolutions that would have committed AHA to defense of academic freedom. In doing so, the org relayed their stance that its federal underwriters-not historians themselves-determine our discipline's limits. 🔗⬇️ www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Seeking roundtable panelist for late breaking session at #2026OAH in Philly on academic freedom and US history. Sponsored by Committee on Academic Freedom. Please repost! DM if interested. ##skystorians 🗃

Crucial win in the battle for academic freedom!!!💥💥💥I must say, I didn't expect this! I'm hugely relieved at this positive development on TX SB 37 that allows us to continue teaching about the history of race, gender, inequality, ethnicity...in other words, history. #AFT #unions #skystorians

Shameless plug on the 5-year anniversary of my first book! Looking for a U.S. history that covers segregation in the post-Jim Crow South, foreign relations, international students, Asian Americans, and urban hist? Consider 📗 Redefining the Immigrant South!📗 uncpress.org/book/9781469... #skystorians

a society where "bad immigrants" are demonised is a society where no immigrant can truly feel welcome, because aren't we all just one wrong turn or accident away from being unemployed? on disability benefits? unable to care for our children without state help? just no such thing as a safe immigrant

State takeover of higher ed now goes to the House. Don't, for a second, think this strategy will remain confined to TX #history www.texastribune.org/2025/04/10/t...

"Radical proposal for universities: Act like universities, not like businesses. Spend your endowments. Accept more, not fewer students...expand your reach not by buying real estate but by bringing education to communities. Create a base. Become a movement."🗃 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...

Taking joy where we can these days. @illinoispress.bsky.social did a fantastic job with Hidden Histories! Couldn't be more proud to work with @kangborderlaw.bsky.social and all of our authors on this project.

📚 BOOK HAUL from #OAH25. 🗃 Finally got there as they were shutting down but still found these gems!

Always excited about @beaconpress.bsky.social ReVisioning History series but especially Gloria Browne-Marshall's "A Protest History of the US." This is the history we need rn!✊️ 🗃

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Money quote: "You know that you are no longer living in a democracy because the elections in which you are participating no longer can yield political change." www.vox.com/the-big-idea...

Today at 4pm Central! Collab with @penamerica.bsky.social. Much of the session is reserved for audience Q&A so come armed with ALL the questions! 🗃 #skystorians #AcademicFreedom @oah.org

Breaking: DOJ freezes all cases in civil rights division. "It’s unprecedented. We’ve never seen this before at this scale with any transfer of power, regardless of the ideology of any incoming president or administration." Story w/ @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Lots of sudden interest in Daniel Immerwahr's map of the "Greater United States," and that's all well and good, but I'm personally partial to Bill Rankin's master map of the Territories of the US, which more fully captures the patchwork of jurisdictions (including, crucially, military installations)

Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! on the annual meeting of the AHA and its vote against scholasticide in Gaza. @srseikaly.bsky.social, Barbara Weinstein, and @quinnslobodian.com showing how we amplify our voices as historians on the most urgent issues. @weinstein www.democracynow.org/2025/1/6/aha...

🗃️If you're interested in #immigration history @iehs.bsky.social runs a lively online series featuring some great recent books, with 10-minute presentations posted at www.youtube.com/@iehs_org. Recent authors include @carlygoodman.bsky.social @ithacamcg.bsky.social camcg.bsky.social & many others.

I have jury duty today. What's your advice? Bad advice only. 😈

Thrilled to help kick off the terrific "Speech & the Border" @knightcolumbia.org podcast series with George Wang in Ep. 1, featuring my research on ideological exclusion/deportation & activist Ravi Ragbir, who challenged his retaliatory deportation under Trump 1.0 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Reposting: Since this place is suddenly buzzing, help me add new names to this Immigration Historians starter pack. Anyone can be added--just reply below go.bsky.app/KTQuNKx. Share freely! 🗃

I wrote for @thenation.com about what we have been watching over the past 24 hours. The people in power are terrified of the strength of this movement, and they are doing everything they can to punish students for having the audacity to challenge them. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Hello everyone! The Immigration and Ethnic History Society is making itself at home at Bluesky. Like and share our account to learn more about the study of immigration history!

First post = first book talk announcement! Wednesday, Oct. 25 in Tontitown, Arkansas. Come hear about how Italian immigrants shaped US immigration policy in the first ten years of unified federal border controls: news.uark.edu/articles/664...

He found me 😉😈

So I'm thinking it's that time of the semester when I can finally disable email push notifications on my cellphone. Y'all?

SHAFR historians, check your email! The Council on Foreign Relations has pledged to contribute $5,000 to SHAFR's grad student travel fund if 30% of SHAFR members complete the CFR's survey on historic foreign policy decisions. Just takes a few minutes!

Suggestions for books on citizenship & immigration history (esp. early America)? Assigned @John O'Keefe's "Stranger Citizens" in my grad seminar. Next time, will pair it with Amanda Frost's "You Are Not American" to generate lively discussion on the limits of citizenship.

This place feels like Twitter used to feel. Liking it.