A few years ago, we did a series called Personal Pan Histories. Each piece came with a recipe by the author. We didn't ask people to pitch simple comfort foods, but they did. Anyway, it's a good time to revisit a series of six pieces about what food means to us.

In this week's Check Book @jjdotbiz.bsky.social shared a link to the 2023 @contingent-mag.bsky.social essay he wrote about the research he does for @blankcheck.bsky.social and how he compiles the dossiers. This is required reading for all #blankies. contingentmagazine.org/2023/08/31/h...

Here it is, my 247th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

If you're a long-time reader, we have a question for you with regards to the December issue: if it's a theme that's interesting to you, do you read pieces as we post them or save them up to read over the holidays?

If you're a long-time reader, we have a question for you with regards to the December issue: if it's a theme that's interesting to you, do you read pieces as we post them or save them up to read over the holidays?

A reminder that we're collecting books, chapters, and journal articles by non-TT historians for publication in our year-end lists. Anything with a 2025 pub date is eligible and you can submit for your friends/colleagues! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...

A reminder that we're collecting books, chapters, and journal articles by non-TT historians for publication in our year-end lists. Anything with a 2025 pub date is eligible and you can submit for your friends/colleagues! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...

“Monsters always speak of power — sometimes they speak for it, other times they speak against it.” A postcard from @dinostalgia.bsky.social

For the official record, that poster is a superimposed image... I did not (would not!) try the wrath of a redwood so.

“Monsters always speak of power — sometimes they speak for it, other times they speak against it.” A postcard from @dinostalgia.bsky.social

"Public forgetting, like public memorialization, can have a swift and easy outcome if the forces intent on causing the loss of memory have enough power and put enough effort into the project."

"Public forgetting, like public memorialization, can have a swift and easy outcome if the forces intent on causing the loss of memory have enough power and put enough effort into the project."

Just a day and some change to get your monstrous pitches in to @contingent-mag.bsky.social! The submission window closes Monday, October 20th. contingentmagazine.org/cfp-a-time-o...

🎶 They shared a pitch! (It was the Monster Pitch.) The Monster Pitch! (It was conceptually rich.) They shared a pitch! (It made our brain cells twitch.) They shared a pitch! (It was the Monster Pitch.) 🎶 [Proposals for @contingent-mag.bsky.social’s special issue are due tomorrow. More info 👇👇👇] 🗃️📜

Pitches are due 10/20!

"In every iteration of the federal and state census from 1920 – 1940, their birth and immigration years vary slightly, and their surname changes . . . My great-great-grandmother’s name changes from Philipa to Philippine, and then finally to an anglicized Phyllis."

Relevant today, as always.

"In every iteration of the federal and state census from 1920 – 1940, their birth and immigration years vary slightly, and their surname changes . . . My great-great-grandmother’s name changes from Philipa to Philippine, and then finally to an anglicized Phyllis."

Relevant today, as always.

Here it is, my 245th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more in comments below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

"Considering the rightward trend of country music through the last half-century, it sounds odd to hear a mainstream country singer endorsing communal economic programs. In Cash’s youth, however, country musicians were behind the New Deal." (We've always known Johnny Cash was cool.)

Please check out our Announcements on Black & White & Read All Over for a CfP from @contingent-mag.bsky.social, a podcast series from @melusinagr.bsky.social, and praise to @tdtherrien.bsky.social and @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social for new book deals! Please send your news/calls with us to share!

"Considering the rightward trend of country music through the last half-century, it sounds odd to hear a mainstream country singer endorsing communal economic programs. In Cash’s youth, however, country musicians were behind the New Deal." (We've always known Johnny Cash was cool.)

A brand new mailbag—yes, you CAN study that, but how?

This week @contingent-mag.bsky.social announced a #cfp for our December series, A Time of Monsters. If you have a monster pitch, please send it our way. Thanks to a Kitchings Family Foundation grant, every essay will be $300. #skystorians #monsters contingentmagazine.org/cfp-a-time-o...

If you're interested in pitching us but aren't familiar with the magazine, read a few articles but also take a quick glance at our About Us page. It will help you pitch better! contingentmagazine.org/about/

Our new CFP is up and it is monstrous.

Our new CFP is up and it is monstrous.

The monster is a friend, or so we @contingent-mag.bsky.social suggest in our CFP... a fiend to historians especially, though not exclusively. Pitch us an essay about your historical monster, whatever form that monster takes, by October 20!

It’s here! The call for pitches for our deluxe December issue, “A Time of Monsters,” supported by a grant from the Kitchings Family Foundation.

December issue CFP arrives today!

This year, we'll be publishing a ✨deluxe✨ December issue with 6 shorts and a feature-length review, made possible in part by a grant from the Kitchings Family Foundation! The CFP arrives on Wednesday October 1. Don't miss it.

@contingent-mag.bsky.social's CFP for our special December issue is creeping along. Find out what spookiness we have unearthed on October 1.

This year, we'll be publishing a ✨deluxe✨ December issue with 6 shorts and a feature-length review, made possible in part by a grant from the Kitchings Family Foundation! The CFP arrives on Wednesday October 1. Don't miss it.

A new CFP emerges this week! Our seventh December issue is going to be bigger and better than ever, so make sure to keep an eye out for the call. As always, the GIF is a hint.

The mad editors @contingent-mag.bsky.social have been conjuring a new CFP for our December issue. It will debut soon. Keep your eyes open and get ready to pitch. As always, the GIF is a hint.

A new CFP emerges this week! Our seventh December issue is going to be bigger and better than ever, so make sure to keep an eye out for the call. As always, the GIF is a hint.

Great essay on 19th c. women's rights activist Amelia Bloomer, in @contingent-mag.bsky.social. contingentmagazine.org/2025/09/09/d...

A reminder that we're collecting for our 2025 contingent publication lists!

"Bloomer was many things: a writer, editor, lecturer, temperance activist, and even deputy postmaster. But a fashion rebel she was not." Excellent @contingent-mag.bsky.social review by @hottycouture.bsky.social of @scatterall.bsky.social recent Bloomer bio. contingentmagazine.org/2025/09/09/d...

A reminder that we're collecting for our 2025 contingent publication lists!

"The 'feminist killjoy' stereotype is as timely—and misleading—now as it was then." A review of Sara Catterall's new biography of Amelia Bloomer by @hottycouture.bsky.social

"The 'feminist killjoy' stereotype is as timely—and misleading—now as it was then." A review of Sara Catterall's new biography of Amelia Bloomer by @hottycouture.bsky.social

It's been a while folks but @contingent-mag.bsky.social has a new postcard! Read about Ashley Steenson's recent visit to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. contingentmagazine.org/2025/08/26/p...

"Rosenberg suggests that historians must be able to make predictions about the future, in the manner of natural scientists, in order to claim that their work provides reliable knowledge about the past or has any significance for the present." Today's discourse reminded us of this piece.

"Rosenberg suggests that historians must be able to make predictions about the future, in the manner of natural scientists, in order to claim that their work provides reliable knowledge about the past or has any significance for the present." Today's discourse reminded us of this piece.

A new research postcard from a scholar on the trail of Fredi Washington.

Each year, we publish lists of books, journal articles, and chapters published by historians working off the tenure track. It's never too early to start collecting, so if you or someone you know has something with a 2025 publication date to submit, have at it!

As someone who thinks A LOT about the Jurassic Park franchise, I was delighted to see this @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social review of JW: Rebirth. Even better is that it is by my amazing @contingent-mag.bsky.social colleague @dinostalgia.bsky.social #ScholarSunday lareviewofbooks.org/article/natu...

Each year, we publish lists of books, journal articles, and chapters published by historians working off the tenure track. It's never too early to start collecting, so if you or someone you know has something with a 2025 publication date to submit, have at it!