June is here, and with it my 179th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Share widely please, add more below, & enjoy, all! #twitterstorians
First, a reminder that I’m now also sharing these threads on my newsletter:
Starting with a favorite ongoing series, from @PublicBooks on the 100th anniversary of the 1924 Immigration Act, edited by @ANaomiPaik & Catherine S. Ramirez:
Mae Ngai kicked off the @PublicBooks series with a deep-dive into the specifics of the 1924 law & its effects:
While @kangborderlaw wrote for @PublicBooks on another 1920s legacy, the Border Patrol, & its effects on asylum exclusions:
Carlos Martinez wrote for the @PublicBooks series on how the 1924 law helped introduce the medicalization of the border:
& the @PublicBooks series editor @ANaomiPaik interviewed Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees co-founder Ninaj Raoul on her work for migrant justice:
Turning to other public scholarly writing from the week, here’s a @myhnn excerpt from Marjorie Field’s new book on American Jewish critics of Zionism (h/t @DrSepinwall):
https://nyupress.org/9781479829347/the-threshold-of-dissent/
@rlouisemoran wrote for @nursingclio’s #ClioinMotion series on the histories of pelvic floor strength (h/t @sarahbelle721):
Great piece from @_heyjackson for @JSTOR_Daily on rediscovering the groundbreaking early 20C Black journalist Lucretia Howe Newman Coleman (h/t @DukeAAAS):
https://daily.jstor.org/finding-lucretia-howe-newman-coleman/
Drew Maciag wrote for the @Ideas_History blog on the 80th anniversary of Saul Bellow’s debut novel Dangling Man (h/t @robgreeneII):
https://s-usih.org/2024/05/still-dangling-after-all-these-years/
While for @nybooks, Willa Glickman interviewed the great @TiyaMilesTAM on her experiences in the archives:
& I loved this @MEASeybold thread on how Mark Twain’s use of his celebrity in 1905 can serve as a model for today’s would-be celebrity activists:
https://twitter.com/MEASeybold/status/1795980169011773878
Turning to current events, @EdgeofSports for @thenation is a must-read as ever, this time on the inclusion of Negro Leagues stats in @baseballhall:
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/baseball-mlb-negro-league-records/
Vital new @Will_Bunch @PhillyInquirer column on the lessons, legacies, & failures of the Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal:
Great stuff from @ruthbenghiat for @MSNBC on our collective, deepening denial about Trump’s authoritarianism:
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-authoritarianism-american-denial-2024-rcna153962
While for his @TheProspect column, Rick Perlstein wrote honestly & movingly about political depression ahead of the 2024 election:
https://prospect.org/politics/2024-05-29-my-political-depression-problem/
& @WalterDGreason is sharing vital resources on his site as ever, this time a video on racism, digital media, & the need for media analysis skills:
https://geniuslocus.com/2024/05/31/racism-and-digital-media-31-may-2024/
Lots of great new podcast episodes this week as usual, including the latest @Unsung__History featuring @ProfMSinha on Reconstruction:
https://www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/reconstruction/
Episode 19 of @waitmanb’s @HolocaustPod’s features Stipe Odak on the horrific histories of the Jasenovac Camp:
While @KnowYrEnemyPod’s @SamAdlerBell & @matthewsitman interviewed @_TimBarker & Ben Mabie of @RADIO_CIO:
For @EndofSportPod, host @nkalamb interviewed grad student @jbenmenachem on the Columbia University encampment:
While for @socannex, host @danielrmorrison interviewed @ReganARGurung & Dwaine Plaza on teaching in pandemic times:
For @PublicBooks’ excellent Novel Dialogue podcast, @minhyoungsong interviewed novelist @omarelakkad:
The latest episode of @axelbankhistory features @publius57 on his new book The Lost Soul of the American Presidency:
& ahead of tonight’s #HATM screening of The Birdcage, @HerbertHistory’s podcast featured @JulioCapoJr on the history of Queer Miami:
A pair of great pieces for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory this week, including @elenaconis on telling the whole measles story:
Also for @TIMEHistory’s @madebyhistory, Aaron Coy Moulton wrote on the long, sordid history of foreign lobbying:
& elsewhere for @TIMEHistory, great essay from @AnaRMinian on when America turned against migrant detention:
https://time.com/6983188/america-migrant-detention-history-essay/
Trio of great scholarly books now available for pre-order, including @BisforBerkshire & @Edu_Historian’s The Education Wars from @thenewpress:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-education-wars-a-citizen-s-guide-and-defense-manual-for-our-public-schools/20302389
Also available for pre-order is Mary Klann’s Wardship & the Welfare State for @UnivNebPress (h/t @ledunla):
https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496218179/
& finally available for pre-order is @JessicaCalarco’s forthcoming Holding It Together from @penguinrandom (h/t @AssessmentG):
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130/holding-it-together-by-jessica-calarco/
Speaking of vital new scholarly books, for @booksmithtweets @profkori interviewed @RobinMBernstein on her book Freeman’s Challenge from @UChicagoPress:
Gonna end with a few more favorites from the week as ever, including @JohnFea1’s moving memoir for @Current_Pub1 (h/t @NadyaWilliams81):
https://currentpub.com/2024/05/31/a-childhood-on-the-periphery/
For the latest installment of her excellent Review Roulette newsletter, @gvaughnjoy analyzed Who Framed Roger Rabbit? in conversation with Chinatown:
While for his Academic Bubble newsletter, @DrDionGeorgiou reviewed Love Lies Bleeding & its queering of the world of bodybuilding:
https://academicbubble.substack.com/p/love-lies-bleeding/
& I’ll end with a pair of #MemorialDay pieces, including @OBWax for @TIMEHistory on the holiday’s Decoration Day origins (h/t @KeishaBlain):
https://time.com/5836444/black-memorial-day/
& for my own AmericanStudies blog, I wrote a series of Decoration Day posts, kicked off with my annual Memorial Day reflections:
https://americanstudier.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-27-2024-better-remembering-memorial.html
PS. I’m sure I missed plenty as ever, so please share more public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books below. Thanks, happy reading, listening, & learning, & here’s to a celebratory & commemorative #PrideMonth!