Adina Popescu
@adinapopescu.com
History editor at Yale University Press
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"We've never been a 'show your papers' country."
*stares in African American history* #Blackademics #EduSky
*stares in African American history* #Blackademics #EduSky
January 26, 2026 at 10:58 PM
"We've never been a 'show your papers' country."
*stares in African American history* #Blackademics #EduSky
*stares in African American history* #Blackademics #EduSky
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Are you a creative and intellectually curious editor ready to grow lists in environmental history, history of medicine, urban history, and labor history?
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
Now Hiring: Acquisitions Editor, History
Acquisitions Editor, History UNC Press is seeking a creative, intellectually curious, and mission-driven publishing professional who will acquire general
uncpress.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Are you a creative and intellectually curious editor ready to grow lists in environmental history, history of medicine, urban history, and labor history?
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
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“People in MN had hand warmers!” you absolute fucking imbeciles
January 26, 2026 at 1:02 AM
“People in MN had hand warmers!” you absolute fucking imbeciles
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Lot of conservative dudes out there telling on themselves by being astounded by a level of ”logistics” that the average mom has to manage every fucking day
January 26, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Lot of conservative dudes out there telling on themselves by being astounded by a level of ”logistics” that the average mom has to manage every fucking day
Do these people not feel ANY shame? I mean aside from the rank gutter racism, Mamdani not only grew up in NYC and went to NYC public schools but he grew up ON THE COLUMBIA CAMPUS. Good lord.
I think it's really bad that the group that claims to speak for Jews at Columbia University is so grossly xenophobic.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
January 26, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Do these people not feel ANY shame? I mean aside from the rank gutter racism, Mamdani not only grew up in NYC and went to NYC public schools but he grew up ON THE COLUMBIA CAMPUS. Good lord.
Would have been nice but this is not, unfortunately, what happened to ex-Nazis AT ALL.
This is essentially what governments did in the late 1900s and early 2000s with respect to Nazis. Whether you were a lowly concentration camp guard or in Hitler's inner circle, if there was evidence you were a Nazi, it was straight to jail with your walker.
It worked.
It worked.
Maybe instead of identifying specific ICE agents who do particularly heinous things, we could just penalize everyone who was on payroll at the agency starting by a certain date.
January 24, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Would have been nice but this is not, unfortunately, what happened to ex-Nazis AT ALL.
TOMORROW, the great Marlene Daut and Julia Gaffield at Monticello.
www.monticello.org/events/pursu...
www.monticello.org/events/pursu...
Pursuits of Knowledge: Julia Gaffield on "I Have Avenged America"
A conversation with Julia Gaffield to discuss her book, "I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom."
www.monticello.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:47 PM
TOMORROW, the great Marlene Daut and Julia Gaffield at Monticello.
www.monticello.org/events/pursu...
www.monticello.org/events/pursu...
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So pleased to see this hugely important position renamed for Theresa Salazar, who brilliantly served as curator of the Bancroft's massive Western Americana collection for so long. Please help us spread the word about the search for the next curator. Review of applications starts 1/31.
Theresa Salazar Curator of The Bancroft Library Western Americana Collection - Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
January 21, 2026 at 12:36 PM
So pleased to see this hugely important position renamed for Theresa Salazar, who brilliantly served as curator of the Bancroft's massive Western Americana collection for so long. Please help us spread the word about the search for the next curator. Review of applications starts 1/31.
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once again saying: our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse.
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
once again saying: our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse.
Thank you, @larryglickman.bsky.social
It's remarkable that Trump's claim that there are no constraints on his power other than his "own morality"--that he thinks he can govern as a dictator--proved to be a 1-day story, with no follow-up coverage in the New York Times, to whom he said this, or, as far as I can tell, any other newspaper.
January 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Thank you, @larryglickman.bsky.social
Hanging out in the L&B room at Sterling in an alcove on a leather armchair, the smell of leather and books. Oh the naps I took here as an undergrad!!! A top 10 sense memory. IYKYK.
January 10, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Hanging out in the L&B room at Sterling in an alcove on a leather armchair, the smell of leather and books. Oh the naps I took here as an undergrad!!! A top 10 sense memory. IYKYK.
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From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
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HOLDING OUR GROUND: Voices and Strategies against Self-indigenization
Mar 18-19, 2026
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
In person-registration limited to 200.
Book event registration (with Dina Gilio-Whitaker and Audra Simpson) limited to 80.
Online reg (for symposium only) also available
Mar 18-19, 2026
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
In person-registration limited to 200.
Book event registration (with Dina Gilio-Whitaker and Audra Simpson) limited to 80.
Online reg (for symposium only) also available
January 6, 2026 at 4:13 PM
HOLDING OUR GROUND: Voices and Strategies against Self-indigenization
Mar 18-19, 2026
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
In person-registration limited to 200.
Book event registration (with Dina Gilio-Whitaker and Audra Simpson) limited to 80.
Online reg (for symposium only) also available
Mar 18-19, 2026
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
In person-registration limited to 200.
Book event registration (with Dina Gilio-Whitaker and Audra Simpson) limited to 80.
Online reg (for symposium only) also available
Maybe a bit late for some but maybe not too late for others. Think of this as office hours with an editor.
Hello historians 🗃️! Planning on attending #AHA26 and have book ideas in mind?
Now is a good time to start thinking about contacting editors to meet with in Chicago. It's fun, it's easy, and you'll be chatting with people who love to chat about books! 👇
Now is a good time to start thinking about contacting editors to meet with in Chicago. It's fun, it's easy, and you'll be chatting with people who love to chat about books! 👇
December 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Maybe a bit late for some but maybe not too late for others. Think of this as office hours with an editor.
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Margot Minardi’s review of Emancipation: The Abolition and Aftermath of American Slavery and Russian Serfdom (@yalepress.bsky.social ) by Peter Kolchin
December 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Margot Minardi’s review of Emancipation: The Abolition and Aftermath of American Slavery and Russian Serfdom (@yalepress.bsky.social ) by Peter Kolchin
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One of the most thrilling books in ages. And I’ve just completed some spectacular ones! Peter Frankopan’s“The Silk Roads”,& his“The Earth Transformed “,& Ned Blackhawk’s “The Rediscovery of America”.
@wwnorton.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
@vintagebooks.bsky.social
(What’s w/Yale History 🔥)
@wwnorton.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
@vintagebooks.bsky.social
(What’s w/Yale History 🔥)
December 10, 2024 at 2:39 AM
One of the most thrilling books in ages. And I’ve just completed some spectacular ones! Peter Frankopan’s“The Silk Roads”,& his“The Earth Transformed “,& Ned Blackhawk’s “The Rediscovery of America”.
@wwnorton.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
@vintagebooks.bsky.social
(What’s w/Yale History 🔥)
@wwnorton.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
@vintagebooks.bsky.social
(What’s w/Yale History 🔥)
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New! I interviewed Marc James Carpenter about The War on Illahee (@yalepress.bsky.social), a staggering account of settler violence in the PNW and the work of many--including historians--to hide it. We talked lying sources, role playing games, and more! #writing
draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
Episode 77: Marc James Carpenter Calls A Lie a Lie - Drafting the Past
This episode’s guest and I share a last name (no relation, though), but that’s not the only thing we have in common. We both grew up in the Pacific Northwest, where our history education left out most...
draftingthepast.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New! I interviewed Marc James Carpenter about The War on Illahee (@yalepress.bsky.social), a staggering account of settler violence in the PNW and the work of many--including historians--to hide it. We talked lying sources, role playing games, and more! #writing
draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
How long before they start teaching this "new math" in schools?
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
How long before they start teaching this "new math" in schools?
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Alors que la droite parisienne a voulu priver nos librairies indépendantes de subventions, Paris renouvelle son soutien aux librairies indépendantes qui participent à la grande richesse culturelle de notre capitale.
Parmi elles, Violette and Co, librairie féministe, lesbienne et queer du 11e.
Parmi elles, Violette and Co, librairie féministe, lesbienne et queer du 11e.
December 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Alors que la droite parisienne a voulu priver nos librairies indépendantes de subventions, Paris renouvelle son soutien aux librairies indépendantes qui participent à la grande richesse culturelle de notre capitale.
Parmi elles, Violette and Co, librairie féministe, lesbienne et queer du 11e.
Parmi elles, Violette and Co, librairie féministe, lesbienne et queer du 11e.
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December 14, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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The Ethicist | A high school senior in our co-op wrote her college essay about her nanny being deported and got into Yale early action. While we love our Irma, my daughter is a junior at Brearley and has Ivy aspirations. What if I arranged for Irma to just be detained, not deported?
December 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The Ethicist | A high school senior in our co-op wrote her college essay about her nanny being deported and got into Yale early action. While we love our Irma, my daughter is a junior at Brearley and has Ivy aspirations. What if I arranged for Irma to just be detained, not deported?
Still a good time to be thinking of those beginning-of-year conferences! #AHA26
Hello historians 🗃️! Planning on attending #AHA26 and have book ideas in mind?
Now is a good time to start thinking about contacting editors to meet with in Chicago. It's fun, it's easy, and you'll be chatting with people who love to chat about books! 👇
Now is a good time to start thinking about contacting editors to meet with in Chicago. It's fun, it's easy, and you'll be chatting with people who love to chat about books! 👇
December 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Still a good time to be thinking of those beginning-of-year conferences! #AHA26
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Many years ago, a very fine historian (who probably does not remember this at all) told me: “this is a highly reputational business. I cannot afford to be associated with bullshit other than my own.” Though not intended to be, it is the single best piece of professional advice I have ever received.
December 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Many years ago, a very fine historian (who probably does not remember this at all) told me: “this is a highly reputational business. I cannot afford to be associated with bullshit other than my own.” Though not intended to be, it is the single best piece of professional advice I have ever received.
Time to get going on Hanukkah gifts and start thinking about filling those Christmas stockings and the good good news is we have a
30% off sale
through December 5
with code GIFT30
Some ideas for the history buffs in your life:
30% off sale
through December 5
with code GIFT30
Some ideas for the history buffs in your life:
December 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Time to get going on Hanukkah gifts and start thinking about filling those Christmas stockings and the good good news is we have a
30% off sale
through December 5
with code GIFT30
Some ideas for the history buffs in your life:
30% off sale
through December 5
with code GIFT30
Some ideas for the history buffs in your life: