Dolores Huerta's statement on Cesar Chavez: “I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for... I can no longer stay silent and must share my own experiences"

Nominations for the Judith R. Walkowitz Prize are due May 15! The Walkowitz Prize is awarded annually for the best published article on issues relating to gender and sexuality in British culture. Info and nomination instructions here: www.nacbs.org/prize-databa...

What a huge loss. NOT STRAIGHT, NOT WHITE was such an inspiration for me and many other historians. "Without an acknowledged heritage, at any moment one’s voice may be drowned out, one’s social standing is disabled, and one’s chances for civic belonging plummet."

I fell down a rabbit hole yesterday via Leslie Reagan's "When Abortion Was a Crime," and wondered if anyone knew of historical work that examined the use of Leunbach's Paste / Provokol (1930s) or potassium permanganate (1950s) to end pregnancies. Maybe @erinacean.bsky.social has an idea? #histmed

Happy publication day to @uobrishistory.bsky.social’s Professor Sumita Mukherjee!

It's v exciting to see this turn toward complexity in biology. @philipcball.bsky.social @wiringthebrain.bsky.social @duhe.bsky.social are among those pressing for change. Who else? Historians can help here. We have rigorous ways of dealing w/ context & contingency. Life is historical!

We are advertising 4 jobs at York for historians (1 year medieval, 2 years modern Britain and public history, 3 years modern China, and open ended modern Middle Eastern) features.york.ac.uk/history-jobs/

How did people in the seventeenth century understand ending a pregnancy? Find out tomorrow, Thursday 2/19, at Mary Fissell’s talk, ‘Savin, Sex, and Scandal: Rethinking Abortion in Early Modern Anglo-America.’ 4:00–5:30 PM in 470 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley. #History #Gender #Medicine

I talked with podcaster Brad Carr recently, about genetic determinism, race and IQ, and James Watson. The title captures the gist, but the devil's in the details... You can check out our conversation here: YouTube: youtu.be/f8qiz1aCdno Audio: bradcarr.transistor.fm/episodes/170...

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

The Tilburg Uni Econ Dept seeks to hire a Postdoctoral Researcher specializing in Economic History w expertise in causal inference, quasi-experiments & an interest in political preferences & racial attitudes, for the research project "The roots of prejudice in Europe: The role of WW II". 3 year term

Riding Bart yesterday evening past the sunset through the South Bay ... Beauty and Resilience

I broke my Schomburg Center Centennial Mug. Thanks 2026! I know, a minor thing in what's already shaping up to be quite a year ... but it brought me joy and I just saw, it's sold out. Anybody got a spare one?

I'm hiring 2 postdocs on my Wellcome project "How Did Infectious Diseases Become Wild?: Plague, Yellow Fever, and Disease Ecology in the Brazilian Hinterland (1920-1975)" Department of Global Health and Social Medicine King's College 3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29 Deadline: 01/02/26 shorturl.at/KZ6Vh

The gift that keeps on giving .... udm14.org

I'm no purist when it comes to participating in things we all know are bad. I try to reduce my harm but I'm an honest hypocrite. I won't judge you for still using Spotify, just try this rad alternative. I'm listening to music from Dar es Salaam. Where will you listen to? radio.garden/listen/furah...

Happy Buy Nothing Day!

Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌

Tapas, Cheese, Chickpea Confit and Broccoli with Almonds. Upper-Austrian Apfelschlangerl (apple strudel). GOAT-ing this lazy afternoon food day.

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

Nobody wants this shit. Nobody. The hostile reaction has been so pronounced, in fact, that it feels like a company announcing it would never force AI into its products would carve out a pretty good chunk of the market.

I didn’t know it worked this way. @nytopinion.nytimes.com first published my piece on Watson and genetic determinism on Sunday, but it came out in the paper today. Evidently each week the op-ed page is a mad shuffling scramble for Friday.

In New Orleans, at #HSS2025. The 1st #eugenics panel had many friends, colleagues, & students there—& 1 grandstudent!— in the audience and behind the podium, it felt like a big fuzzy eugenic family reunion. That's a thing, right? @ederummadum.bsky.social @ayahnerd.bsky.social @jowiph.bsky.social

My brilliant friend @katewomersley.com worked on this course on integrating sex and gender in health research and policy. Please share widely. www.imperial.ac.uk/admin-servic...

Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

What is the Black Archive? Reparations and Transformation Sat, 29 Nov, British Library On Presenting the Past: Black Archives in Britain Today – GPI Archivist will be talking at this first discussion of the day, along with the BFI and the Stuart Hall Archive See British Library website to book

definitely worth the watch, especially if you know what it is to have your home destroyed

James D. Watson is dead. Stay tuned for some thoughts, based on my research on his biography, to be published soon. While I write that up, y'all can throw tomatoes at this if you like. But I will offer a more nuanced take. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...

#historians I’ve decided to bring my archival skills into the 21st century. I know, I know… I’m still a paper kinda gal at heart! What are you all using for digitally organizing photos of archival materials—especiallysoftware that allows for adding notes? #archive #primarysource #digital

My review essay for Archiv für Sozialgeschichte is out!! 20k words taking stock of where queer German history is and where it is going. DM if you’d like the pdf (it will be available open access only after a year).

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We have an AMA today on @askhistorians.bsky.social with @bachynski.bsky.social discussing the history of youth football and public health! Be sure to check it out! www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

Hi all, I rarely do this, but I'm posting that I'm back on the academic job market. As a Californian, my partner and I are trying to stay on the West Coast. Any leads for jobs in History, American Studies, Cultural Studies, etc. in the Western U.S. are greatly appreciated! Sincerely, Nathan

Come be my colleague! We are indeed casting a wide net in the GLOBAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY search. **All** fields, areas, and periods of the History of Technology will be considered! #historyoftechnology #STS

Thanks for last night San Diego! We have arrived in Berkeley ready for tonight's show at the Greek! 📍 Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA 🕖 Times: Doors open: 5pm @fazerdazeofficial.bsky.social: 6pm @spoontheband.bsky.social: 7pm PIXIES: 8:30pm

NEW: Tenure-track position in History at UC Berkeley in the GLOBAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY. We are casting a wide net here: *all* periods, places, and fields are under consideration. I'm on the search committee, so do let me know if you have questions.

Decluttering house, heart, and mind. Going through all my old records. Maybe try an album a day? #Vinyl 1: Hüsker Dü's _Candy Apple Grey_, the band's first major label release in 1986. Today's fav: Grant Hart's "Don't wann know if you are lonely." A keeper. RiP🖤 Grant Hart. #HüskerDü

@slagstadk.bsky.social This beauty landed in my mail box last week! What a fabulous book. Congratulations!

Just a few weeks ago the citizens of Tucson AZ successfully pushed their city council to unanimously deny one of these data centers in our community. It was a local community effort that succeeded. ALL politics is local. Watch. Your. Locals.

Friends, my Health is Politics project is organizing a grad. conference on 7-8 Nov. '25 in Houston. We'll cover all expenses (within US). We have a great lineup but have 1 spot free. If you know anyone working in histories of science, medicine, and env. who might be interested, please get in touch.

Came home to the best gift ever - a copy of my new book, edited with @drkyliesmith.bsky.social. This book is the culmination of years of fantastic conversations with some brilliant scholars, and I'm so thrilled to finally hold it in my hands. I might be prouder of this than my actual monograph. 1/

Nursing Clio is seeking three new staff members: one Book Reviews Editor and two new Editors! We are a volunteer-run, open access, collaborative blog project that ties historical scholarship to current political, social, and cultural issues related to gender and medicine. Please share widely!

So sad that a dear friend and colleague, Mario Biagioli, died a few days ago, far too young. I find it hard to believe: Mario seemed always so vital, so full of energy and enthusiasm, a true intellectual. A great loss #histstm #histsci #STS

If you haven't had a chance to make a donation yet, it's not too late. When we say #FreeBlackMamas, we’re saying that we don’t need cages; we need care: bit.ly/freeblackmamas2025

Framing the adoption of AI as an historical inevitability, rather than a way to do a thing you want or need done, gives the game away. Nobody selling it this hard cares whether it helps; they want it to be the thing you have to deal with, like it or not. Problems, solutions, what’s the difference?