Tomorrow marks the 128th Boston Marathon, but why wait? Today’s test of endurance is my 173rd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing, podcast eps, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Share widely please, add more below, & enjoy! #twitterstorians
First, a reminder that I’m now also sharing these threads on my newsletter:
Starting with some favorites from the week as usual, including a vital new #DH project from @Amber_N_Nickell & @hollie_marquess on Holocaust survivors in the Midwest, featuring testimonies from @MCHEKC & @fvaht:
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/5dc528a716514bd4b6ff3a7c2bae31d0
Loved this @Hip_Latina profile of @MonicaMnzMtz & her work preserving Southwest histories (h/t @Refusing2Forget):
https://hiplatina.com/latina-historian-monica-munoz-martinez-southwest/
Speaking of preserving histories, here’s @MichelleDuster for @RebelliousMag on descendants of Civil Rights activists fighting historical erasure in DC:
https://rebelliousmagazine.com/michelle-duster-civil-rights-descendants-in-dc/
& on another site that needs preservation & commemoration, here’s @AMReese07 for @TexasMonthly on Texas’ first college for Black women:
Apropos of all those efforts, great reporting from Janet Roach for @13NewsNow on the challenges of reclaiming African American ancestries (h/t @eddafieldsblack):
& here’s Zoë Hopkins for @hyperallergic on a new @metmuseum exhibition on the internationalism of the Harlem Renaissance (h/t @NewBlackMan):
https://hyperallergic.com/897200/the-internationalism-of-the-harlem-renaissance-metropolitan-museum/
Turning to other great public scholarly writing from the week, @kgmkenny wrote for @JCWE1’s Muster on how the federal government came to control immigration policy & why it matters:
Phenomenal work from @keralovell for @nursingclio tracing a half-century of queer teenage feminists in print (h/t @sarahbelle721):
https://nursingclio.org/2024/04/10/queer-teenage-feminists-on-the-printed-page-1973-to-2023/
Speaking of archival collections, here’s @kawulf for @AHAhistorians’ #AHAPerspectives on shouting & silence in the archives:
While @Lightning__Jay made the case for @myHNN on why we need to be teaching more recent histories, including the conservative movement:
https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/why-does-us-history-feel-like-ancient-history
& @HASTACscholars co-director @ColineEC highlighted the revisionist role that AI can play in education (h/t @CathyNDavidson & @WalterDGreason):
Turning to current events, here’s @schuneke for a new @newrepublic series on revisiting classic texts in our current moment, starting with Imagined Communities (h/t @daniel_dsj2110):
https://newrepublic.com/article/179786/reading-imagined-communities-amid-resurgence-nationalism
Crucial reporting & analysis from @SigalSamuel for @voxdotcom on Arab Jews, Israel & Gaza, & Palestine (h/t @PTheeEducator):
While @DrDionGeorgiou wrote for his Academic Bubble newsletter on the influence that states like Israel & Russia have on Western politics:
Excellent essay from @kang_megan for @aeonmag on the recent history of guns in America, featuring @drewmckevitt’s book from @UNC_Press:
https://aeon.co/essays/america-fell-for-guns-recently-and-for-reasons-you-will-not-guess
Bracing & important work from @AbrahmL for @propublica on the climate crisis & migration in Louisiana (h/t @charlesornstein):
https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-migration-louisiana-slidell-flooding
While @hannahrosewoods wrote for @NewStatesman on another deepening crisis, that of #highered funding:
https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/04/university-funding-is-in-crisis
Speaking of higher ed, here’s @bleachbred for his @Medium Polis column on battles over academic freedom:
@EdgeofSports for @thenation is a must-read as ever, this time on the importance of Dawn Staley’s defense of trans athletes:
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/dawn-staley-trans-athletes/
While @WayneLBlack1 wrote for @firstandpen on why a hot take on LSU’s Angel Reese ignored the real issues of race, gender, & prejudice:
https://firstandpen.com/emmanuel-acho-angel-reese-lsu-take-completely-ignored-the-real-issues/
@reneeygraham wrote for @GlobeOpinion on the understandable but highly concerning shortage of election workers due to MAGA threats & violence:
Speaking of MAGA, for his @PhillyInquirer column @Will_Bunch ventured out to a Pennsylvania Trump rally:
& here’s one of @johnastoehr’s banger election threads, this one on how RFK Jr’s campaign is not just a spoiler but a Trump co-conspirator:
https://www.editorialboard.com/not-just-a-spoiler-a-conspirator/
Lots of great new podcast episodes this week, including the latest @Unsung__History featuring @mfkantor on his new book on the history of DARE:
https://www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/DARE/
For @TheyCallUsBruce, @originalspin & @angryasianman interviewed @AAAStudies President @phdhingra1 on the state of Asian American Studies:
https://theycallusbruce.libsyn.com/235-they-call-us-asian-american-studies
Episode 12 of @waitmanb’s @HolocaustPod features the leadership of @AuschwitzJCF on Holocaust education & Jewish communities in Poland:
While episode 49 of @realfreedompod features Brian Hansbury of @MAD_Democracy on how we can challenge the corporate media:
For @EndofSportPod, @JohannaMellis interviewed @ChardonnayM of @TransitionDpod on sportswashing & fascism in Hungary:
https://theendofsport.podbean.com/e/episode-135-hungary-sportswashing-and-global-fascism/
Vital new episode of the @NewYorker’s Radio Hour featuring @nhannahjones & @jelani9 on the attacks on Black history:
For @wunc’s Due South, co-host @Leonedalnge interviewed Pauli Murray’s niece Rosita Stevens-Holsey on the legendary lawyer & activist (h/t @NewBlackMan):
https://www.wunc.org/show/due-south/2024-04-09/re-introducing-pauli-murray
For @NewBooksNetwork’s Political Science podcast, @SusanLiebell interviewed @ChrisBlakley14 on their book Empire of Brutality from @LSUpress:
https://newbooksnetwork.com/empire-of-brutality
The latest episode of @HerbertHistory’s #HATM podcast features @drewmckevitt on Robocop, policing, & guns in America:
https://twitter.com/HerbertHistory/status/1778427576702124488
& a well-deserved congratulations to @pshackel’s @modscholarpod on its milestone, commemorative 100th episode:
More good work for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory this week, including @elliottyoungpdx on lessons from a groundbreaking 19C Mexican journalist:
Jonathan Bartho wrote for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory on how Ronald Reagan helped abortion take over the GOP agenda:
Here are Elyssa Ford & Rebecca Scofield for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory on the Black country histories behind Beyoncë’s new album:
& Bruce Dearstyne wrote for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory on lessons for today’s educational debates from a 1920s textbook controversy:
Elsewhere for @TIMEHistory, @KathleenADuVal made the case for why all museums should return their indigenous artifacts:
https://time.com/6964733/indigenous-artifacts-museums-essay/
& finally for @TIMEHistory, @craigbrucesmith reviewed the new Franklin miniseries:
https://time.com/6966422/apple-tv-benjamin-franklin/
General Editor @kbphd08 is looking for contributors for the @CambridgeUP History of Black Women in the US (h/t @AAIHS):
Speaking of scholarly books, a couple new publications this week to highlight, including @AlffDave’s The Northeast Corridor from @UChicagoPress:
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo212886389.html
Also officially out this week is @K_Marino1’s Votes for College Women from @NYUpress:
https://nyupress.org/9781479825196/votes-for-college-women/
& also newly published is the Spring 2024 issue of @SCquarterly, a Southern Cultures seafood reader (h/t @WalterDGreason):
https://www.southerncultures.org/reader/seafood/
Now available for pre-order is @cjdenial’s long-awaited & ever-more necessary A Pedagogy of Kindness from @OUPress:
https://www.oupress.com/9780806193854/a-pedagogy-of-kindness/
& also now available for pre-order is @fguridy’s fascinatingly multi-lens take on sports stadiums from @BasicBooks:
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/frank-andre-guridy/the-stadium/9781541601451/
For @PublicBooks, @mvenk82 reviewed new books from Alfred Peredo Flores & Maile Arvin on Pacific Islands histories:
While for @Current_Pub1, @DixieDillonLane reviewed @NTrethewey’s new memoir from @yalepress (h/t @NadyaWilliams81):
https://currentpub.com/2024/04/09/review-permanence-memoir-and-memory/
Gonna end with a few more favorites from the week as usual, including @jessicakiang for @SightSoundmag on the 50th anniversary of The Conversation (h/t @JeffSharlet):
https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/magnificent-74-conversation
& I’ll conclude with three excellent @SatEvePost columns, including @TroyBrownfield on James Fenimore Cooper & America’s first entertainment franchise:
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/04/what-was-americas-first-successful-series/
@DrTanyaRoth is back with her second great @SatEvePost column, on trailblazing Black woman Civil War soldier Cathay Williams:
& for my @SatEvePost Considering History column, I used @Jeopardy’s 60th anniversary to highlight the many lessons we can learn from the 1950s quiz show scandals that inspired Jeopardy!:
PS. I’m sure I missed plenty as ever, so please share more public scholarly writing & work, podcasts, new & forthcoming books below. Thanks, happy reading, listening, & learning, & solidarity in this fraught & fragile moment, all! #twitterstorians