#ScholarSunday thread 157

Shared on December 10, 2023

Here it is, my 157^th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Share more below & enjoy, all! #twitterstorians

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

Starting with a few favorites from the week as usual, including @eclemay for @EssayingDaily with his moving contribution to “The Essay in a Time of Genocide”:

https://www.essaydaily.org/2023/12/eric-lemay-on-unbearable-thoughts-and.html

For a lot more perspectives & voices on Palestine, check out the Journal of Palestine Studies’ open-access reading list (h/t @IBJIYONGI):

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rpal20/collections/GazaTwoDecades

Stunning stuff from Kiese Laymon in @BitterSouth, the opening essay from @katemedley’s new book (& featuring her photos):

https://bittersoutherner.com/feature/2023/my-favorite-restaurant-served-gas-kate-medley-kiese-laymon-gas-station-food?fbclid=IwAR0wBknQUfR_H-vPV3UrTsMuZgWaWzZCGZO4xn6NklwM89YGszgmINvZlj4

Really enjoyed this @JSTOR_Daily piece from @Arlingtonscribe on the Superman mythos & growing up Black in America:

https://daily.jstor.org/still-american-superman/?utm_campaign=generalmarketing&utm_content=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

& @aobrien2010 wrote for @MEAFLCIO on the role that Maine workers played in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor & the march to war (h/t @MaineWCH):

https://maineaflcio.org/news/maine-workers-march-world-war-ii

For this week’s installment of @BaltimoreHist, @EmmanuelMehr highlighted how an African American Civil War officer spent his birthday in the city:

https://www.baltimorehistories.com/post/how-sergeant-major-christian-a-fleetwood-spent-his-24th-birthday-while-in-the-union-army

Important open-access article on the racial wealth gap from @kenhoulin & Guillermo Dominguez for @ReadDemography (h/t @WalterDGreason):

https://read.dukeupress.edu/demography/article/doi/10.1215/00703370-11067778/383745/The-Rising-Importance-of-Stock-Linked-Assets-in

Turning to current events, vital reporting from @marymhudetz & @ashnguuu for @propublica on Native American ancestral remains at Harvard (h/t @loganjaffe):

https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-wabanaki-tribes-struggle-to-reclaim-ancestral-remains-from-harvard

@Lollardfish wrote for @CNNopinion on college presidents & the debate over antisemitism on college campuses (h/t @Wralpheubanks):

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/07/opinions/harvard-penn-mit-college-presidents-on-antisemitism-genocide-perry/index.html

Speaking of higher ed crises, deeply frustrating & hugely important essay from @powellAtlantic for @TheAtlantic on West Virginia University:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/class-war-west-virignia-university/676152/

While @stevanzetti reported for @TexasMonthly on the Texas Historical Commission’s equally frustrating book removals from historic sites (h/t @npcox):

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-historical-commission-book-removal/

Bracing & inspiring reflections from @julianakilrose for @scalawagmag on #StopCopCity & those who oppose the fight for justice:

https://scalawagmagazine.org/2023/05/state-enemies-cop-city/

& @bleachbred wrote for his @Medium column on Moms for Liberty & the layers of conservative hypocrisy:

https://medium.com/the-polis/christian-and-bridget-ziegler-moms-for-liberty-conservative-hypocrisy-and-the-ongoing-rabid-723f431a922b

Lots of great new podcast episodes this week, including the latest @Unsung__History feauring @bdsavage1 on the scholar Merze Tate:

https://www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/merze-tate/

The 37^th episode of the awesome @draftingthepast has dropped, featuring @MarthaHodes on combining the personal & the historical:

https://draftingthepast.com/podcast-episodes/episode-37-martha-hodes-delves-into-her-own-past/

The new @buzzkillprof episode featuring @llassabe on her vital new book Resistance from the Right from @UNC_Press:

https://www.spreaker.com/user/16373114/resistance-from-the-right-mixdown

While the latest episode of the LGM Podcast features @samsmacy on her new book Race, Removal, & the Right to Remain (h/t @ErikLoomis):

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2023/12/lgm-podcast-race-removal-and-the-right-to-remain

For the new episode of @HerbertHistory’s #HATM podcast, @Patrick_Wyman stopped by to talk The Last Duel & the Middle Ages onscreen:

https://twitter.com/HerbertHistory/status/1732394480253227422?s=20

For a seasonal episode of their @PodOnlyKnowsPod, @ProbablyRealJB & @kelly_j_baker shared a brief history of the War on Christmas:

With the release of its fourth & final episode, the whole run of @DorothyERoberts’ #TornApart for @MsMagazine is now available & a must-listen:

https://msmagazine.com/podcast/torn-apart-abolition/

& for more on scholarly podcasts, @OBWax of @TIMEHistory interviewed @TheRestHistory hosts on the art of historical podcasting:

https://time.com/6341905/the-rest-is-history-podcast-book-interview/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=_&linkId=253163811

Speaking of @TIMEHistory, lots of great new work for its @madebyhistory, including @CMcKNichols & Cameron Givens on conspiracy theories after Pearl Harbor:

https://time.com/6343399/pearl-harbor-conspiracies-crises/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=_&linkId=253496228

@CalvinScherm wrote for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory on the role Reagan played in deepening the racial wealth gap:

https://time.com/6334291/racial-wealth-gap-reagan-history/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=_&linkId=252879651

Also for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory, here’s Tommy Song on the limits & unexpected consequences of the Atoms for Peace movement:

https://time.com/6343937/atoms-for-peace/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=_&linkId=253773764

& finally for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory, Matthew Lassiter wrote on the bipartisan failures of the War on Drugs:

https://time.com/6340590/drug-war-politics-history/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_term=_&linkId=253536645

Lots of great work for @BlkPerspectives this week as well, including @Philadelphian91 on the controversy over the Without Sanctuary lynching exhibit:

https://www.aaihs.org/the-controversy-of-the-without-sanctuary-museum-exhibit/

@prof_alopez wrote for @BlkPerspectives on movie theaters, the color line, & segregation in the urban North:

https://www.aaihs.org/movie-theaters-the-urban-north-and-policing-the-color-line/

While @SethSTannenbaum wrote for @BlkPerspectives on Rachel & Jackie Robinson’s battle against housing discrimination in Connecticut:

https://www.aaihs.org/rachel-and-jackie-robinson-and-housing-discrimination-in-connecticut/

Finally for @BlkPerspectives, @lucien_baskin of @SchomburgCBFS interviewed @cmmphd & @EbonRebel on Black women & economic self-determination:  

https://www.aaihs.org/black-women-and-economic-self-determination-a-cbfs-interview/

A long-awaited book finally dropped this week: my @Fitchburg_State colleague @katisjewell’s Live from the Underground from @UNC_Press:

https://uncpress.org/book/9781469677255/live-from-the-underground/

& for one example of the many excellent responses to @katisjewell’s book, check out James Sullivan’s review for @BostonGlobe:  

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/12/04/arts/fitchburg-state-professors-new-book-traces-left-of-the-dial-history-college-radio/

Speaking of vital new books from @UNC_Press, @lmansley of @AHAhistorians interviewed @drewmckevitt on Gun Country:  

https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/december-2023/the-right-to-buy-arms-gun-consumption-in-20th-century-america

Couple important new books now available for pre-order, including @CharlesWMcKinn2 & @DrFHamlin’s From Rights to Lives from @VanderbiltUP:

https://www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/9780826506658/from-rights-to-lives/

& also available for pre-order is @SusanDarraj’s new novel Behind You is the Sea from @HarperCollins (h/t @robinfield):

https://twitter.com/SusanDarraj/status/1731658756008599589?s=20

For many more book recs & reading ideas, check out the next installment of @contingent_mag’s year-end lists, this one on literary studies:

https://contingentmagazine.org/2023/12/07/2023-literary-studies-book-and-journal-article-list/

& speaking of @contingent_mag, great new entry in its How I Do History series featuring @llassabe (h/t @Marc_A_Reyes84):  

https://contingentmagazine.org/2023/12/01/how-lauren-lassabe-shepherd-does-history/

Gonna end with a few more favorites from the week as usual, including @nu_africana’s tribute to Dr. Ángel David Nieves (h/t @WalterDGreason):  

https://cssh.northeastern.edu/africana/the-africana-studies-program-grieves-the-loss-of-dr-angel-david-nieves/

Great essay from Robert Darnton for @nybooks on the possibilities & limitations of digitization, open-access, & the dream of a universal library:

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2023/12/21/the-dream-of-a-universal-library-athena-unbound-peter-baldwin/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2023-12-07_Darnton-FreeScholarship-1

If you need some help getting into the holiday spirit, @gvaughnjoy has you covered as usual, this week with her new Review Roulette newsletter on Rudolph:

What's the Matter with Misfits? Society.

& for my new @SatEvePost Considering History column, I used the 200^th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine to remember the long history of a more truly hemispheric vision of the US:

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2023/12/considering-history-the-history-of-a-hemispheric-vision-of-the-u-s/

Finally, for lots more public scholarly reading & listening recommendations, check out @DrDionGeorgiou’s latest Stop, Look, & Listen newsletter:

Stop, Look, and Listen #7

PS. I’m sure I missed plenty as ever, so please share more writing & work, podcasts, new & forthcoming books (including yours!) below. Thanks, happy reading, listening, & learning, & happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate! #twitterstorians