#ScholarSunday thread 153

Shared on November 12, 2023

On a solemn & fraught weekend, here’s my 153^rd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below & enjoy, all! #twitterstorians

First, a reminder that I’m now also sharing these threads on my newsletter:

I also wrote about the #ScholarSunday threads’ origin points as part of my 13^th anniversary blog series this past week:

https://americanstudier.blogspot.com/2023/11/november-11-2023-13-years-of.html

I wanted to start this week with a few pieces on the Israel-Palestine conflict. As an AmericanStudier, my #ScholarSunday threads largely focus on AmericanStudies public scholarship, & I’m going to go with that angle for these specific pieces as well.

But first, for a vital, thoughtful public scholarly overview, check out the esteemed Palestinian historian Rashid Khalidi interviewed for @thedrift_mag (h/t @IBJIYONGI):

https://www.thedriftmag.com/a-desperate-situation-getting-more-desperate/

Two excellent pieces this week on the US media’s failures in covering the conflict, including @ClarissaMBrooks & @VenusRoots for @Essence (h/t @MalaikaJabali):

https://www.essence.com/news/gaza-us-media-failing-the-public/

& @Will_Bunch’s column for @PhillyInquirer is a must-read as always, this time with that same focus on the press & Gaza:

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/journalism-free-press-gaza-extremism-20231105.html

Finally, @bleachbred wrote for his @Medium coumn on free speech, dissent, & anger on college campuses:

https://medium.com/the-polis/free-speech-anger-dissent-and-the-rabid-level-of-political-and-emotion-saturating-our-college-1f45723a9373?source=social.tw&_branch_match_id=892412826874196203&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXz8nMy9bLTU3JLM3VS87P1TdLNAj1SktOL3dNAgA9MxewIwAAAA%3D%3D

Speaking of college campuses & crises, @AdamHSays wrote for @TheAtlantic on the existential threat posed by conservative legislatures & boards:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/american-universities-republicans-christopher-rufo/675849/?taid=6547a1139f9ae3000140b314&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=true-anthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

& for a very tangible & tragic example of those trends, make sure to read @mirrabellala for @mtnstspotlight on WVU (h/t @ARoseCasey):

https://mountainstatespotlight.org/2023/11/08/meet-five-wvu-professors-leaving-budget-cuts/

Turning to other, if still related, current events, check out Daniel Pirkel for @the_emancipator on book censorship in prisons (h/t @ibramxk):

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/23/opinion/im-prisoner-fighting-book-censorship-heres-why-our-access-books-matters/

& here’s @EduardoJPardon’s impassioned introduction to the @PENamerica series America’s Censored Classrooms:

https://pen.org/americas-censored-classrooms-introduction-by-eduardo-padron/

@RuthBraunstein wrote for @RNS on Mike Johnson & the Evangelical right’s embattlement strategy (h/t @MMBrussell):

https://religionnews.com/2023/11/06/mike-johnsons-embodies-evangelicals-embattlement-strategy-it-may-be-backfiring/

Moving & crucial piece from @LZGranderson for @latimes on the outed Alabama pastor & growing up gay & Christian (h/t @sikivuhutch):

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-11-08/alabama-pastor-outed-suicide-lgbtq

@johnastoehr interviewed @TenuredRadical on the undeniable threats to & enduring survival of America’s multiracial democracy:

https://www.editorialboard.com/multiracial-democracy-in-america-will-live-on-despite-trump/

For other great public scholarly writing from the week, here’s @mosermultimedia for @JSTOR_Daily on slavery & the prison plantation (h/t @DukeAAAS):

https://daily.jstor.org/slavery-and-the-modern-day-prison-plantation/

@DocTreen shared @TheGuardian’s coverage of the 125^th anniversary of the Wilmington, North Carolina white supremacist coup & massacre: 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/10/wilmington-massacre-white-supremacist-north-carolina

& here’s @RColesworthy’s latest publishing advice column for @chronicle, this time on whether & how to turn a dissertation into a book:

https://www.chronicle.com/article/should-you-turn-your-dissertation-into-a-book

Lots of great new podcast episodes this week, including the latest @Unsung__History featuring @drewmckevitt on his book on guns in America:

https://www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/gun-history/

@buzzkillprof likewise featured @drewmckevitt & his new book this week:

https://www.spreaker.com/user/16373114/gun-country-audio

While the latest episode of @draftingthepast features @soulistaphd on her new book & building layers to historical storytelling:

https://draftingthepast.com/podcast-episodes/episode-35-tanisha-c-ford-builds-the-storys-layers/

The new episode of @BradleyOnishi’s @StraightWhiteJC features @gavrieldrosenfe talking about his new co-edited book on fascism in America:

The latest episode of @USAimpressions features @No_IanPunsLeft on the recent elections & looking ahead to 2024:

The latest episode of @MelNelJ’s Archives & Things is a bonus ep featuring @eyoung122 & @cwilliamg on the Canada Memory of the World Register:

The new episode of @GraceHammanPhD’s Old Books with Grace featured @LuElla_DAmico on Little Women:

For @readywriting’s All the Things ADHD podcast, here’s @digiwonk on the things we’re asked to do in higher ed that we shouldn’t have to:

https://allthethingsadhd.com/uncategorized/s6-e4-i-shouldnt-have-to-do-this/

& two excellent new film history podcasts this week, including the latest of @HerbertHistory’s #HATM featuring @MilHist_Lee on The Last of the Mohicans:

https://twitter.com/HerbertHistory/status/1722259219708252416?s=20

& for the third episode of @S_Mittermeier & @torstenkathke’s delightful In Front of Ira podcast on romantic comedies, they focused on Something’s Gotta Give:

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/in-front-of-ira/episodes/03--You-May-Stay-in-the-Hamptons--but-Somethings-Gotta-Give-e2atdu8

Lots more good work for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory this week, including @domerdozain on the Supreme Court & the 2^nd Amendment:

https://time.com/6331868/supreme-court-second-amendment-history/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=_&linkId=246698153

@HistProfess_ER wrote for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory on what Vietnam War POWs can tell us about Hamas & hostages:

https://time.com/6328520/hamas-hostages-vietnam-pows/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=_&linkId=246711081

While @VTfeminist wrote for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory on the good & still problematic of the Ohio abortion referendum results:

https://time.com/6332951/ohio-abortion-referendum-history/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=_&linkId=247061143

& finally for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory this week, here’s Alex La Rotta on hip hop’s roots in the Caribbean:

https://time.com/6328945/hip-hop-caribbean-history/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=_&linkId=246435639

Lots of great work for @BlkPerspectives this week as well, including @candace_n_c for #VeteransDay on police violence against Black WWII vets:

https://www.aaihs.org/police-violence-against-black-wwii-veterans/

While @RogueChieftan wrote for @BlkPerspectives on all we can learn from a Black environmental history of palm trees:

https://www.aaihs.org/a-black-environmental-history-of-palms/

Here’s @crholm3 for @BlkPerspectives on remembering Annie Rebecca Woodbey, wife of Socialist Party of America leader George Washington Woodbey:

https://www.aaihs.org/remembering-reverend-annie-rebecca-woodbey/

& M. Keith Claybrook Jr. wrote for @BlkPerspectives on what Black Los Angeles contributed to the Civil Rights Freedom Rides:

https://www.aaihs.org/black-los-angeles-contributes-to-the-freedom-rides/

Finally for @BlkPerspectives this week, a new forum on Womanist Theology starts with Tejai Beulah Howard’s introduction:  

https://www.aaihs.org/introduction-to-the-womanist-theology-forum/

Lots of great new book releases this week, including @drewmckevitt’s aforementioned Gun Country from @UNC_Press:

https://uncpress.org/book/9781469677248/gun-country/

Also out from @UNC_Press this week is @katisjewell’s long-anticipated Live from the Underground on the history of college radio:

https://twitter.com/katisjewell/status/1722002538348568623?s=20

& likewise out this week is @Grace_E_Hale’s newest book, the autobiographical & historical In the Pines, from @littlebrown:

https://twitter.com/Grace_E_Hale/status/1722270562310128022?s=20

Check out this @Current_Pub1 interview with @monicaklem & Madeleine McDowell on their new book from @EncounterBooks on abortion in Reconstruction America (h/t @NadyaWilliams81):

https://currentpub.com/2023/11/07/book-launch-interview-pity-for-evil-suffrage-abortion-and-womens-empowerment-in-reconstruction-america/

Here’s @AdiaHWingfield for @HarvardBiz on her new book on creating an inclusive organizational culture (h/t @victorerikray):  

https://hbr.org/2023/11/creating-an-organizational-culture-thats-more-inclusive-for-black-employees

For @LilithMagazine, @marthaannetoll reviewed @ESchatter’s From Whispers to Shouts: The Ways We Talk about Cancer:

https://lilith.org/articles/cancer-and-how-we-talk-about-it/

While @_michaelbarron reviewed the @LibraryAmerica’s new Don DeLillo volumes for @The_Rumpus:

https://therumpus.net/2023/11/07/don-delillo/

Some important books are now available for pre-order as well, including @cjdenial’s A Pedagogy of Kindness from @OUPress:

https://www.oupress.com/9780806193854/a-pedagogy-of-kindness/

Also available for re-order is @andrewkahrl’s vital The Black Tax from @UChicagoPress:

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo213447492.html

& speaking of forthcoming books, @ElizabethLBLock talked with @Dazed about her upcoming project on long hair (h/t @mitpress):

https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/61194/1/history-of-long-long-hair-lady-godiva-kim-kardashian-extensions-femininity

Gonna end with a few more favorites from the week as usual, including @SamuelAAdams for @Slate on why movies are getting so long:

https://slate.com/culture/2023/11/killers-of-the-flower-moon-avatar-oppenheimer-run-time-long-movies.html

Two great new pieces from one of our preeminent film & cultural studiers, @gvaughnjoy, including this for @ProMarket_org on monopolies & streaming TV:

https://www.promarket.org/2023/11/10/how-monopolies-are-making-tv-worse/

& for a #VeteransDay entry in her Review Roulette newsletter, @gvaughnjoy wrote about The Best Years of Our Lives:

A Pledge of Emotional Honesty

Also for #VeteransDay, here’s my new @SatEvePost Considering History column on the highly decorated Marine who became one of America’s most ardent antiwar voices:

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2023/11/considering-history-remembering-general-smedley-butlers-anti-war-activism-for-veterans-day/

Finally, @DrDionGeorgiou’s newest Stop, Look, & Listen newsletter is another way to get more great public scholarship than you could ever read (but it’s fun to try!):

Stop, Look, and Listen (06.11.23)

PS. I’m sure I missed plenty as ever, so please share more public scholarly writing & work, podcasts, new & forthcoming books—including your own!—below. Thanks, & happy reading, listening, & learning, all! #twitterstorians