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

The hidden history of Indigenous slavery in New England and beyond — @linford.bsky.social appeared on this segment from @ctpublic.bsky.social to discuss the history of slavery in New England and his collaboration with tribal communities in the Northeast on @stolenrelations.bsky.social.

Grateful for the good work of @ctpublic.bsky.social in airing this segment, which features the voices of regional tribal members and also mentions the @stolenrelations.bsky.social project. www.ctpublic.org/2025-11-14/i...

Bright leaves, crisp air, and campus reflections — what a fall it’s been on College Hill🪞🍁🍂

WATCH | “Subjects of the Sun”: Rethinking solar justice with Myles Lennon. During an October 18 book talk hosted by @brown-ibes.bsky.social, Assistant Prof Myles Lennon challenged audiences to see solar energy as not only a climate solution, but a reflection of deeper social and economic inequities.

Cloth and Complicity: Seth Rockman on Plantations, Textiles, and the Art of Weaving — @sethrockman.bsky.social is interviewed by Stephanie Wong, Ph.D. '25 of @publicbooks.bsky.social about the research process for his new book, “Plantation Goods.”

A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor Please apply!

Student Spotlight: Mary Clarke '26 — The department sat down with Clarke to learn more about their involvement with the Stolen Relations project (led by Linford Fisher) and subsequent thesis research around the Mashantucket Pequot people of Southeastern Connecticut.

Are Species Timeless?: Talking with Bathsheba Demuth About the Arctic — In this Q&A with @publicbooks.bsky.social, @brdemuth.bsky.social discusses her research, teaching and writing on environmental history.

Lots of folks not familiar w these histories are intrigued by Mercy Otis Warren - even those who know well the great MOW - @jcblibrary.bsky.social copy of her 1775 play The Group skewering the Mass. royal govt has helpfully annotated dramatis personae. “Court sycophants,” anyone?

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.

Congratulations to the graduate student recipients of the 2025-26 Pembroke Center student research grants! Read about their projects here: pembroke.brown.edu/news/2025-11... @brownpublichealth.bky.social

In a recent piece for the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, Randy M. Browne, professor of history at Xavier University, describes Keisha N. Blain's latest publication, Without Fear: Women and the Making of Human Rights, as "resonant and urgent."

Wonderful conversation with @kawulf.bsky.social and Leslie Harris at @brownhist.bsky.social about Lineage, Karin’s wonderful new @oxfordunipress.bsky.social book!

The Politics of Family/History. I've been so grateful for opportunities to talk abt the history of genealogy in early America & its implications. Tuesday lovely colleagues @brownhist.bsky.social are hosting my conversation w the great Leslie Harris. Join us! events.brown.edu/history/even...

Wednesday, 11/12 at 12PM: "The New Middle East? Gulf Foreign Policy and the Trump Administration." Moderated by Elias Muhanna, Associate Prof. of History and Director of the Center for Middle East Studies (CMES) at Brown. Sponsored by CMES. Learn more and register to attend via Zoom!

This is tremendous and I am grateful for this honor.

Tomorrow, 10/30 at 5:30PM: Join the Brown community for an in-depth conversation between Joseph Lee, Aquinnah Wampanoag journalist and author of "Nothing More of This Land" and Prof. @brdemuth.bsky.social. Free and open to the public! Learn more and attend:

Despite its benefits, “renewable energy can simultaneously redress & re-entrench unjust fossil-fueled structures of power,” Asst Prof Myles Lennon told audience members during his Family Weekend book talk. Bathsheba Demuth Brown Anthropology Brown History Department Learn more + view a recording ⤵️

What do religious authorities have to say about AI? How do religious communities engage with AI tech & infrastructure? What aspects of religious belief & practice are reflected in AI? Panelists explore in “#AI and #Religion" 11/13, 4–5:30 pm on campus. buff.ly/u55CENr

Save the Date! 11/11 at 4PM: Join the Department of History for a conversation with @kawulf.bsky.social and Leslie M. Harris (Northwestern University) on Wulf’s latest publication, Lineage: Genealogy and the Politics of Connection in Early America. Free and open to the public! Learn more:

IBES announces 2025 Catalyst Research Awardees — @brown-ibes.bsky.social awarded grants to six core and affiliate faculty members, allowing them to conduct research that crosses boundaries and benefits communities, both at Brown and around the world. Lukas Rieppel was one of the six awarded.

Are Species Timeless?: Talking with Bathsheba Demuth About the Arctic — In this Q&A with @publicbooks.bsky.social, @brdemuth.bsky.social discusses her research, teaching and writing on environmental history.

Meet the 2025 Catalyst Research Awardees! IBES will fund 6 core & affiliate faculty members to pursue scholarly projects around the world, with topics ranging from parasite identification to Indigenous-led environmental justice organizing. Mara Freilich Brown History Department Brown Biostatistics