Here it is, my 162nd #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:
Starting with a ton of great work for #MLKDay2024, including @SilasLapham on why we can’t whitewash King’s words:
@michaelharriot wrote for @theGrio on the need to connect MLK to controversial current concepts like CRT & DEI:
Similarly, @SheryllCashin wrote for @Politico on the truly radical & revolutionary nature of King’s message:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/15/martin-luther-king-jr-was-a-radical-00135398
Here’s @JoyAnnReid for @nytopinion on the importance of situating King among his fellow Civil Rights activists (h/t @heathbrown):
Really thoughtful column from @Erika_D_Smith for @latimes on making an MLK Day case for environmental justice:
https://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=8c40aa1c-4a58-4c04-819c-942be0cfe6d8
& great stuff from @KeishaBlain for @MSNBC on making sure we include Coretta Scott King’s life & legacy in the commemorations:
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/jonathan-majors-coretta-scott-king-rcna133264
Speaking of @KeishaBlain. h/t to her for sharing this vital @adriawalkr column for @Guardian on why preserving Black archives is more important than ever:
Turning to other great public scholarly writing from the week, here’s @AbramVanEngen for @reformedjrnl on the poet Marilyn Nelson:
https://blog.reformedjournal.com/2024/01/15/marilyn-nelsons-saint/
Very happy to welcome @Professor_G_T as a @SatEvePost colleague with this column on Cuba’s Pedro Pan migrants:
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/01/when-the-u-s-welcomed-the-pedro-pan-migrants-of-cuba/
Two great pieces for @PublicBooks’ Haiti series this week, including @Soccerpolitics on Haiti as a counter-plantation nation:
& Délide Joseph wrote for @PublicBooks’ Haiti series on the early 19C execution of a subversive Black journalist:
Great piece from @RTMannJr for his newsletter on what Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry could learn from the state’s past demagogues:
Turning to current events, @davidwblight1 wrote for @latimes on the frustrating resilience of Trump’s “lost cause” cult:
Speaking of, here’s another great @jbouie @nytopinion column, featuring the work of @KidadaEWilliams & @ProfEFP on Reconstruction & insurrections:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/19/opinion/jan-6-trump-memory.html
While @bleachbred wrote for his @Medium Polis column on evangelical voters’ commitment to white supremacy:
@JeffSharlet talked with @rickperlstein for @TheProspect on what journalism needs to do to better confront such contemporary realities:
https://prospect.org/politics/2024-01-17-metaphors-journalists-live-by-part-i/
Moving essay from @RebeccaSolnit for @lithub on how slow change can still be radical change (h/t @mmmfiber):
https://lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-slow-change-can-be-radical-change/
& two great essays on Palestine for @inthesetimesmag this week, including @hebagowayed on motherhood & genocide:
https://inthesetimes.com/article/gaza-genocide-children-israel-palestine-mother
While @D_Stieber wrote for @inthesetimesmag on why a Chicago teachers’ union is taking a stand for a ceasefire (h/t @ZinnEdProject):
https://inthesetimes.com/article/chicago-teachers-union-ceasefire-gaza-israel-palestine
Tons of great new podcast episodes this week, including @HajYazdiha for @PrincetonUPress’ Ideas Podcast on fighting for the people’s MLK:
For the 201st episode of @AfricanaCarr’s @inclasswithcarr, he likewise thought about the life & legacies of MLK:
The latest episode of @Unsung__History features Hannah Durkin on her book on the Clotilda, the last US slave ship:
https://www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/clotilda/
The new episode of @kjavadizadeh’s Close Readings features Paul Fry on Wordsworth’s “A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal”:
While the latest episode of @C19Podcast features @dean_lit on the need for & stakes of trans studies in 19C cultural history:
https://twitter.com/C19Podcast/status/1747353771078758453?s=20
The new episode of @pshackel’s @modscholarpod features @Maxwsmeets on cyber conflict & national power:
Important episode of @HaveYouHeardPod on expanding the higher ed convo beyond Harvard, featuring @ARoseCasey @prof_shelton & @Will_Bunch:
While the latest must-listen episode of @realfreedompod features @ronfein of @FSFP on the 14th Amendment & Trump:
The new episode of @HerbertHistory’s #HATM podcast features George Dehner on the history of medicine & Twelve Monkeys:
https://twitter.com/HerbertHistory/status/1747630239650390261?s=20
& speaking of the history of medicine, check out the first episode of the new @WYNC & @HISTORY Blindspot podcast “The Plague in the Shadows”:
https://link.chtbl.com/Blindspot?sid=guest
Great work for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory as usual this week, including @HajYazdiha on the problem with comparing today’s activists to MLK:
While @ejwestuk wrote for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory on the long history of the “race hustler” attack:
Here’s @KnowlesGardner for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory on the histories behind the fight over whether nonprofits can be forced to disclose their donors:
& @ialmarashi wrote for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory on what history tells us about the ongoing airstrikes on the Houthis:
Lots of great work for @BlkPerspectives this week as well, including @Philadelphian91 on learning about a family history of Black convict leasing:
https://www.aaihs.org/convict-leasing-in-the-family/
Bala Baptiste wrote for @BlkPerspectives on the editorial sabotage of Warren Brown, the first Black full-time journalist at a New Orleans newspaper:
https://www.aaihs.org/sabotage-of-the-first-black-new-orleans-journalist/
While M. Keith Claybrook Jr. wrote for @BlkPerspectives on why & how National Freedom Day can kick off Black History Month conversations:
https://www.aaihs.org/national-freedom-day-kicks-off-black-history-month/
& finally for @BlkPerspectives, another great @SchomburgCBFS interview, this one featuring @mattdelmont @CookieWoolner & Dylan C. Penningroth on Civil Rights before Brown:
https://www.aaihs.org/before-brown-a-cbfs-conversation/
A number of important new books were released this week, including @cgdhopkins’ The Caretakers from @RLPGbooks:
https://twitter.com/cgdhopkins/status/1747354379147989363?s=20
Also out this week is @KingShannon23’s The Politics of Safety from @UNC_Press:
https://twitter.com/KingShannon23/status/1743801425963167994?s=20
@Anthony_Pinn’s Deathlife: Hip Hop & Thanatological Narrations of Blackness is now out from @DukePress (h/t @NewBlackMan):
https://www.dukeupress.edu/deathlife
& check out @jstuart__’s interview with @BenjaminEPark, whose vital history of Mormonism is now out from @LiverightPub:
Now available for pre-order is @sayburgin’s Organizing Your Own: The White Fight for Black Power in Detroit from @NYUpress:
https://nyupress.org/9781479814145/organizing-your-own/
& likewise available for pre-order is Marquita Gammage’s Media Racism: The Impact of Media Injustice on Black Women’s Lives from @uwpbooks:
https://twitter.com/uwpbooks/status/1747247199484887300?s=20
Finally, great stuff from @GordonDFraser for @TheTLS on @XanderManshel’s new book & the redefining of the American canon:
Gonna end with a trio of phenomenal Film Studies pieces from the week, including @mattzollerseitz interviewing @john_sayles for @TexasHighways on the making of my favorite film, Lone Star:
While @gvaughnjoy wrote for her Review Roulette newsletter on a slightly different late 20C film, The Rugrats in Paris:
& @DrDionGeorgiou wrote for his Academic Bubble newsletter on Rambo III & the 80s trend of Afghan settings for Western action heroes:
Finally, speaking of @DrDionGeorgiou, his Stop, Look, & Listen newsletter features a ton more great public scholarly work as always:
PS. I’m sure I missed plenty as ever, so please share more writing & work, podcasts, new & forthcoming books (including your own!) below. Thanks, happy reading, listening, & learning, & stay warm, my friends! #twitterstorians
The Annex, our sociology podcast, is back for a new season. First episode dropped on MLK Day, and featured Louise Seamster from the University of Iowa on racial disparities in higher education loan debt, the effects of loan forgiveness, predatory inclusion, and that time Elizabeth Warren called. @socannex on Twitter, https://socannex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
New episodes Monday mornings!
“Moving essay from @RebeccaSolnit for @lithub on how slow change can still be radical change”
I loved this essay. As she writes, you can figure out Buddhism conceptually over a long afternoon. It’s the small changes in habits that’s difficult. Call it like a gym routine for the soul.
Thank you for sharing it and all the wonderful articles.