#ScholarSunday thread 161
Shared on January 14, 2024
Hope you’re all staying safe & warm, & to help here’s my 161st #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Enjoy & add more below, all! #twitterstorians
First, a reminder that I’m now also sharing these threads on my newsletter:
Starting with a trio of great teaching pieces as a new semester kicks off, including @YouTooBio for @dccmath & @RobertTalbert’s newsletter on #ungrading (h/t @joshua_r_eyler):
Great stuff from @sarahesilverman on how we can critically & genuinely move toward an inclusive teaching model:
https://sarahemilysilverman.com/2024/01/05/towards-a-modest-and-critical-inclusive-teaching/
& important reporting from @TaliRichman for @dallasnews on what studying diverse cultures & experiences really can mean for students:
Turning to other vital public scholarly writing from the week, here’s @TiyaMilesTAM for @TheAtlantic on Octavia Butler (gift article from @NewBlackMan):
Zoe Hopkins wrote for @hyperallergic on @FolkArtMuseum’s Unnamed Figures exhibition & Blackness in American art (h/t @DukeAAAS):
Great essay from @lesliemalex on the US & the Haitian Revolution, part of @PublicBooks’ ongoing series on Haiti:
Important first piece from @NativeAmText in a forthcoming series on Indigenous land rights in New York State:
https://michaelleroyoberg.com/treaty-rights/we-live-on-stolen-lands/
& thanks to @SMGonzalezWI for sharing this important new @WisHistory digital archive of Milwaukee’s groundbreaking La Guardia newspaper:
https://twitter.com/SMGonzalezWI/status/1745481255053893816?s=20
Turning to current events, here’s @GregTSargent for his new @newrepublic column on what a Trump 2nd term would mean (h/t @mtomasky):
https://newrepublic.com/article/177940/trump-immunity-second-term-crime-spree
Bracing & powerful work from Walter Johnson for @nplusonemag on the last few months at Harvard (h/t @melnickjeffrey1):
https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/living-inside-a-psyop/
Speaking of higher ed, @bleachbred wrote for his @Medium Polis column on the right-wing attack on DEI programs:
While @queenie4rmnola wrote for her @Medium column on how “anti-diversity” narratives mask racism:
& great stuff from @jackie_allain & @jeremycyoung for @GOVERNING on the real value of arts & humanities programs:
https://www.governing.com/policy/public-higher-ed-and-the-real-value-of-arts-and-humanities
@ElieNYC for @thenation is a must-read as always, this time on the striking & sobering stats of police shootings in 2023:
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/cops-killed-more-people-in-2023-than-in-years/
Very timely piece from @Dr_E_Kendall for @EngelsbergIdeas on the Houthi’s (no longer) forgotten war (h/t @RobGMacfarlane):
https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-houthis-forgotten-war-goes-global/
& I missed this excellent late December piece from @Scandalous for @LAPublicPress on LA’s attempt to honor unclaimed decedents:
Lots of great new podcast episodes this week, including the latest @Unsung__History featuring @BenjaminEPark on the history of Mormonism:
https://www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/history-of-mormonism/
The new episode of @HerbertHistory’s #HATM podcast features @sara_dant on environmental history & A Million Ways to Die in the West:
https://twitter.com/HerbertHistory/status/1745091775352520863?s=20
Important episode of the #BerkeleyVoices podcast featuring @hidehirota on the 19th century origins of US immigration policy (h/t @OUPHistory):
https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/01/08/origins-of-us-immigration-policy?linkId=300000009146899
The new episode of @buzzkillprof features @RomeoA25 on his book The Battle over America’s Origin Story:
https://professorbuzzkill.com/americas-origin-stories-and-myths/
While the latest episode of @CivicsPod highlights the history of spying during the Civil War (h/t @EphieBernstein):
Also make sure to check out @DWaldstreicher in conversation with Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon on Phillis Wheatley & much more:
https://twitter.com/DWaldstreicher/status/1745157747182571983?s=20
& likewise check out this upcoming event on @bbray27’s new book, featuring @Hedreich @WalterDGreason @mcdonald_kecia & hosted by @iamnoadaniel:
https://twitter.com/bbray27/status/1745305983096946791?s=20
Lots of great work for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory this week as usual, including @RiaTabaccoMar on a 1964 Supreme Court decision, the 1st Amendment, & misgendering people:
@ilanpalacios wrote for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory on why Guatemala’s presidential inauguration is a big deal:
Here’s Ian Lustick for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory on what history tells us about how the Israel-Hamas war might end:
Also for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory, here’s Mallory Hutchings-Tryon on the fraught question of teaching morality through civics:
& finally for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory, David Woolner wrote on FDR & the case for American military aid to Ukraine:
@BlkPerspectives is back from its holiday hiatus with great new pieces, including @ProfessHistory on the new Great Migration:
https://www.aaihs.org/why-the-new-great-migration-matters/
M. Keith Claybrook Jr. wrote for @BlkPerspectives on the meaning of “freedom” in the Black freedom struggle:
https://www.aaihs.org/what-is-this-freedom-in-the-black-freedom-struggle/
Also for @BlkPerspectives, Guilherme Silva Pires de Freitas & Felipe Antonio Honorato wrote on Afro-Brazilian soccer players & Black Power:
https://www.aaihs.org/the-black-power-movement-and-afro-brazilian-soccer-players/
& finally for @BlkPerspectives, @MickellCarter reviewed @soulistaphd’s new Mollie Moon book from @HarperCollins:
https://www.aaihs.org/mollie-moon-and-funding-the-civil-rights-movement/
Speaking of important new books, @juliairwin’s Catastrophic Diplomacy is now officially out from @UNC_Press (discount code below):
https://twitter.com/juliairwin/status/1745148055576330548?s=20
Speaking of @UNC_Press, now available for pre-order is @DrShardeDavis’ edited collection Being Black in the Ivory (h/t @BlackInTheIvory):
https://twitter.com/BlackInTheIvory/status/1744476237785878701?s=20
For @nursingclio, @eileen_sperry reviewed Joseph Gamble’s new book Sex Lives from UPenn Press:
https://nursingclio.org/2024/01/10/sex-lives/
While for @MotherJones, @metraux_julia interviewed @ahylton26 on her new book Madness from @HachetteUS:
& for lots more great scholarly writing, h/t to @adamgolub for sharing that all @EdinburghUP literary studies journals are free for the month of January:
https://twitter.com/adamgolub/status/1745173854543319173?s=20
Gonna end with a few more favorites from the week as usual, including @HajYazdiha for @ConversationUS on MLK Day & how to fight for peace:
Excellent @nybooks interview with contributor & @MorganLibrary director Colin B. Bailey:
For the latest installment of her great Review Roulette newsletter, @gvaughnjoy wrote about E.T. & the dualities of good & bad and childhood & adulthood:
Speaking of Film Studies, check out my weeklong series of blog posts for #ColumbiaPictures100, including a tribute to the aforementioned @gvaughnjoy:
https://twitter.com/AmericanStudier/status/1744401772192358623?s=20
& my new @SatEvePost Considering History column also dropped this week, on the 100th anniversary of the Immigration Act of 1924 & the ongoing battle between exclusion & inclusion:
Finally, @DrDionGeorgiou’s Stop, Look, & Listen installment of his Academic Bubble newsletter is a treasure trove of public scholarship as always:
PS. I’m sure I missed plenty as ever, so please share more writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books below. Happy reading, listening, & learning, & may it be a safe, warm, & restful holiday weekend & start to the semester for y’all! #twitterstorians