Congratulations, Class of 2026! 🎉 Your dedication to exploring the past, asking important questions, and advancing historical scholarship has brought you to this moment of well-earned success. We are so proud of all you have accomplished and excited to see what the future holds. 🎓 #Brown2026

"Two books about China’s ancient past" — including IBES & @brownhist.bsky.social Assoc Prof Brian Lander's "The King's Harvest" — "offer very different perspectives on its place in the world today," Tobie Meyer-Fong writes for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social. lareviewofbooks.org/article/anci...

Honored to deliver a Senior Toast to the Class of 2026 in the Ruth Simmons Quadrangle today. Spoke about finding your people, resilience, and discernment. #classof2026 @brownhist.bsky.social @africanastudies.bsky.social

History Ph.D. Candidate Ebru Erginbas had the pleasure of watching students in her TA section of "The Viking Age" develop a range of final projects that reflected extensive research, thoughtful planning, and the historical themes and methodologies explored throughout the semester.

The countdown is on. 🐻🎉 Brown’s 258th Commencement and Reunion Weekend starts this Friday!

During Commencement 2026, Brown University will bestow honorary degrees on a diverse group of leaders in fields ranging from artificial intelligence and national security to civil rights, economics and business.

Heavy history, incredible resilience — Associate Professor of History @linford.bsky.social was interviewed about his research and his new book, “Stealing America: The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History” in this article from Johnston SunRise.

Yesterday the university awarded me the Karen T. Romer Award for Excellence in Advising (created to recognize and award excellence in advising by Brown faculty). My family and some of my dearest friends came to celebrate! @brownhist.bsky.social @africanastudies.bsky.social

‘We have to keep resisting’: Keisha Blain centers Black women in human rights history — In this piece from @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social, Blain was interviewed about her book, "Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights."

Friday, 4/24 at 5PM — Join us for a book talk with @linford.bsky.social on his latest publication, "Stealing America: The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History." Co-sponsored by the History Department and the @jcblibrary.bsky.social. Register to attend in person or via Zoom:

Today, 4/6 at 5:30PM — "Trust in Data/Research: What Threatens, Makes, and Maintains It." What factors are affecting public and scholarly trust in academic research and data and why does it matter? Moderated by Holly Case. Co-sponsored by @cogutinstitute.bsky.social and the Data Science Institute.

In a recent graduate student spotlight, Aaron Stark highlights his History Advanced Teaching Fellowship and undergraduate seminar entitled "On the Move: Problems and Histories of Tourism and Mobilities." The course examines how tourism and human movement reshape places and global power relations.

This Wednesday, 4/1 at 6PM — "A Tale of Two Cities: Jews and Christians at the Edge of Europe." A conversation with @omerbartov.bsky.social and Paris Papamichos Chronakis, Assistant Professor in Modern Greek History, Royal Holloway University of London. Co-sponsored by the Department of History.

Next Week: 4/3 at 5PM — Join Brown 2026 and the Discovery Through Dialogue project for "Cross Talk: A Whole Campus, Distinct Disciplines Approach." The first Cross Talk takes on an enduring aspect of the human experience: labor. Moderated by @sethrockman.bsky.social. Please register to attend!

friends near pvd: join #Brown2026 and Discovery Through Dialogue for Cross Talk: A Whole Campus, Distinct Disciplines Approach @jcblibrary.bsky.social on Fri. April 3, 2026, at 5pm. this first Cross Talk is about Labor, moderated by @sethrockman.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

WATCH: @kawulf.bsky.social recently sat down to discuss her latest book, "Lineage," with the history department. The book offers a deep understanding of genealogy as a foundational element of American history, illuminating its vital role from the colonial era through the birth of the nation.

Join us THIS FRIDAY at 4 p.m. for Visualizing the Age of Revolutions: A Conversation with the Curators of the Brown 2026 Exhibits. This event will be held at the JCB, 94 George Street, Providence. More details are available at jcblibrary.org.

Today, 3/18 at 4PM: "Global Mexico: Justice Movements and Out-Migration from Mexico to the World." Commentators include Assistant Professor of History, Marc Ocegueda. Sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS). Learn more and register to attend:

Historian & Brown Univ. alum Suvaid Yaseen (Hamilton College) explores the inadequacies of the colonial & postcolonial archives in Kashmir in the talk “Inadequate Modernities: Islam, Archives, & #History in Kashmir” 3/30, 12:30–2 pm, on campus. Details & registration: buff.ly/pVrmwap #Humanities

Monday, 3/30 at 12:30PM — "Inadequate Modernities: Islam, Archives, and History in Kashmir." Presented by historian and Brown History alum Suvaid Yaseen '23. Sponsored by @cogutinstitute.bsky.social. Learn more and register to attend:

Grateful to @brownhist.bsky.social for producing this book promo video! Turns out it is not easy to summarize a long book in a few short minutes. I was also to sneak in a shoutout to the @stolenrelations.bsky.social project. Out 4.28.26! @liveright.bsky.social @wwnorton.com vimeo.com/1173391102/b...

many thanks to @brownhist.bsky.social for this video promoting DEAR MISS PERKINS (@kensingtonbooks.bsky.social) just in time for #womenshistorymonth www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsxx...

Women's History Month Spotlight: Emily Owens is an Associate Professor of History who teaches about U.S. slavery, the legal history of race and sexual violence, and the intellectual history of American feminisms. In this piece, she discusses what Women's History Month means to her and her research.

In a recent graduate student spotlight, Aaron Stark highlights his History Advanced Teaching Fellowship and undergraduate seminar entitled "On the Move: Problems and Histories of Tourism and Mobilities." The course examines how tourism and human movement reshape places and global power relations.

Looking forward to having @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social join us this week at Brown! Thursday, March 5, 10:30am-noon in the history department’s Pavillion Room @brownhist.bsky.social

Reimagining how fossils from Lakota treaty lands are displayed & interpreted — This segment from South Dakota Public Broadcasting (SDPB) highlights the collaborations between Associate Prof. of History Lukas Rieppel & Craig Howe, director of the Center for American Indian Research & Native Studies.

Next week, 2/26 at 6:30PM: "The Historian and the Historian-ish." In the contemporary, people are engaging in forms of historical practice that allow them to act in the role of the historian. This talk examines how this came to be and what it has meant for the historical profession and our society.

New! The @jcblibrary.bsky.social is hosting a year-long public exhibition titled, “1776 Across the Americas: A Hemispheric History from the Collections of the John Carter Brown Library,” now on view in the Bromsen Room during Reading Room hours. Learn more:

This past Monday, the history department held a book launch for Professor Benjamin Hein’s new publication "The Migrant’s Spirit: How Industrial Modernity Came to the German Lands" (Oxford University Press, 2025). Hein was joined in conversation by Alison Frank Johnson and Mark Blyth. bit.ly/4693wjD

Today, 2/11 at 4PM — "A Grain of Sand: A History of the Central American Solidarity Movement." Presented by Adam Goodman, associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Illinois Chicago. Part of the @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social's Global Challenges Research Seminar.

Decoded: Keisha Blain on the erasure of Black history — In this video interview from Black America Web, Professor of Africana Studies and History Keisha Blain discussed challenges to the preservation of Black history.

A campuswide University Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, Feb. 7, to honor the lives of students Ella Cook and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov and bring the community together in a shared moment of remembrance, healing and recovery. Full details: events.brown.edu/university-e... 📸 Nick Dentamaro

Monday, 2/9 at 10:30AM — Join the Department of History and greater @brown.edu community for an event celebrating Professor Benjamin Hein’s new book, "The Migrant’s Spirit: How Industrial Modernity Came to the German Lands" (Oxford University Press, 2025). Learn more and view each speaker bio:

"Rivers are messy: Beyond the water bias in research and management" — A new article co-authored by @brdemuth.bsky.social combines historical and natural science ways of thinking about rivers to argue for the importance of understanding them as more than simply channels of water.

"Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait" by @brdemuth.bsky.social, Dean's Associate Professor at IBES and @brownhist.bsky.social, has been selected as the 2025-2026 Brown University Book Award 📕🏆 👏 Learn more: insite.browntextbook.com/BrownBookAward

OPPORTUNITY: Mellon Postdoctoral Research Associate in the History of Computational Technology — The position will be held jointly at @cogutinstitute.bsky.social and the Dept. of History, with additional affiliation with the Program in Science, Technology, and Society. apply.interfolio.com/177555

Monday, 2/9 at 10:30AM — Join the Department of History and greater @brown.edu community for an event celebrating Professor Benjamin Hein’s new book, "The Migrant’s Spirit: How Industrial Modernity Came to the German Lands" (Oxford University Press, 2025). Learn more and view each speaker bio:

It’s the first day of the spring semester, and our Brown community is back together on campus. The path to repair and recovery following the tragic events of Dec. 13 looks different for everyone, but we are grateful for the resilience, caring and strength that defines Brown. We are ever true. 🐻🤎

"This week we’re in Rhode Island" — In this video from @photowalkstv.bsky.social, Professor of History and Director and Librarian of the @jcblibrary.bsky.social, @kawulf.bsky.social, was interviewed about Brown’s Revolutionary War-era history. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=72RbEbWzZJo

Resilient, strong, and Ever True. See you soon, Brunonia ❤️

Friends, I hope you’ll share this widely. The @jcblibrary.bsky.social is hiring 2 3-yr research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas. Info is here and I’m happy to take questions offline: brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-...

"Rivers are messy: Beyond the water bias in research and management" — A new article co-authored by @brdemuth.bsky.social combines historical and natural science ways of thinking about rivers to argue for the importance of understanding them as more than simply channels of water.

OPPORTUNITY: Mellon Postdoctoral Research Associate in the History of Computational Technology — The position will be held jointly at @cogutinstitute.bsky.social and the Dept. of History, with additional affiliation with the Program in Science, Technology, and Society. apply.interfolio.com/177555

This evening! 😃🤓

Postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social in the history of the “information age,” cybernetics, computing, digital technology, artificial intelligence, and/or the emergence of data-driven methods in the sciences and beyond. networks.h-net.org/jobs/69559/b...

Tomorrow, 12/3 at 12PM — Join the @brown.edu community for "Capitalism: A Global History" with author and Laird Bell Professor of History at @harvard.edu, @svenbeckert.bsky.social. Co-sponsored by the Department of History and the Rhodes Center. Learn more: bit.ly/4o8A6Il

Lukas Rieppel Named 2025 @brown-ibes.bsky.social Catalyst Research Awardee — The annual award supports Brown University faculty in pursuing research that aligns with IBES’s goals of accelerating exploratory research with the potential to impact communities and engage with non-academic partners.

Doctoral candidate Chanelle Dupuis is leveraging Brown's culture of open inquiry to advance research on the sense of smell through French language and literature, neuroscience and history.

Why America is a 'creedal nation' — Professor Emeritus of History Gordon Wood penned this column for @wsj.com.

Next week: 12/3 at 12PM — Join the @brown.edu community for "Capitalism: A Global History" with author and Laird Bell Professor of History at @harvard.edu, @svenbeckert.bsky.social. Co-sponsored by the Department of History and the Rhodes Center. Learn more: bit.ly/4o8A6Il