Jim Wald
@citizenwald.bsky.social
Historian, Hampshire College, Amherst MA
Europe C18-20, book history, historic preservation
Past service: SHARP sharpweb.org, Massachusetts Center for the Book https://www.massbook.org/
Co-editor, Routledge History of Antisemitism
http://tiny.cc/pb7xzz
Europe C18-20, book history, historic preservation
Past service: SHARP sharpweb.org, Massachusetts Center for the Book https://www.massbook.org/
Co-editor, Routledge History of Antisemitism
http://tiny.cc/pb7xzz
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The sanitarium in Scottsboro, Ga., opened during the 1918 influenza epidemic, was the first hospital in town that would treat Black people. It’s a house that operated as a hospital until 1964. It was heavily damaged by fire in 2021. www.wsav.com/news/histori...
Historical marker for Van Buren Sanitarium to be dedicated in Statesboro
Dr. Harvey Van Buren opened Van Buren Sanitarium in December 1918 during the influenza epidemic.
www.wsav.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:49 AM
The sanitarium in Scottsboro, Ga., opened during the 1918 influenza epidemic, was the first hospital in town that would treat Black people. It’s a house that operated as a hospital until 1964. It was heavily damaged by fire in 2021. www.wsav.com/news/histori...
Wishing a happy Year of the Fire Horse to all who celebrate!
And look at the beautiful books that one of my Chinese students gave me
And look at the beautiful books that one of my Chinese students gave me
February 18, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Wishing a happy Year of the Fire Horse to all who celebrate!
And look at the beautiful books that one of my Chinese students gave me
And look at the beautiful books that one of my Chinese students gave me
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I baked a pancake in my fireplace, the medieval way!
Nice excuse to also show off the trivet blacksmith Klaas Kloosterhuis made for me, and the medieval replica pan made by potter Aebele of Atelier Able.
Did I succeed?
Sort of... ahem...
youtu.be/r6j54DsdzbY?...
Nice excuse to also show off the trivet blacksmith Klaas Kloosterhuis made for me, and the medieval replica pan made by potter Aebele of Atelier Able.
Did I succeed?
Sort of... ahem...
youtu.be/r6j54DsdzbY?...
Baking a medieval pancake
YouTube video by Fake History Hunter
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February 18, 2026 at 12:24 AM
I baked a pancake in my fireplace, the medieval way!
Nice excuse to also show off the trivet blacksmith Klaas Kloosterhuis made for me, and the medieval replica pan made by potter Aebele of Atelier Able.
Did I succeed?
Sort of... ahem...
youtu.be/r6j54DsdzbY?...
Nice excuse to also show off the trivet blacksmith Klaas Kloosterhuis made for me, and the medieval replica pan made by potter Aebele of Atelier Able.
Did I succeed?
Sort of... ahem...
youtu.be/r6j54DsdzbY?...
Speaking of vulgar
Trump picks his White House assistant for panel reviewing ballroom
https://wapo.st/4rhCfE5
"Former fine arts commissioners said they could not recall a commissioner in the panel’s history with as little prior arts experience as Harris"
😢 #architecture #art
Trump picks his White House assistant for panel reviewing ballroom
https://wapo.st/4rhCfE5
"Former fine arts commissioners said they could not recall a commissioner in the panel’s history with as little prior arts experience as Harris"
😢 #architecture #art
February 18, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Speaking of vulgar
Trump picks his White House assistant for panel reviewing ballroom
https://wapo.st/4rhCfE5
"Former fine arts commissioners said they could not recall a commissioner in the panel’s history with as little prior arts experience as Harris"
😢 #architecture #art
Trump picks his White House assistant for panel reviewing ballroom
https://wapo.st/4rhCfE5
"Former fine arts commissioners said they could not recall a commissioner in the panel’s history with as little prior arts experience as Harris"
😢 #architecture #art
Should We All Be ‘House Burping’? The German practice of “lüften” is gaining traction on social media. It may improve your home air quality | New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2026...
Leave it to Amis to take a German common-sense practice and a simple term and make it vulgar 🙄
www.nytimes.com/2026...
Leave it to Amis to take a German common-sense practice and a simple term and make it vulgar 🙄
Should We All Be ‘House Burping’?
The German practice of “lüften” is gaining traction on social media. It may improve your home air quality.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Should We All Be ‘House Burping’? The German practice of “lüften” is gaining traction on social media. It may improve your home air quality | New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2026...
Leave it to Amis to take a German common-sense practice and a simple term and make it vulgar 🙄
www.nytimes.com/2026...
Leave it to Amis to take a German common-sense practice and a simple term and make it vulgar 🙄
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Eine Tagung widmete sich dem Umgang mit Shoah-Überlebenden nach der Befreiuung. Über Traumata, die vererbt werden, und Fotos, die unbequeme Fragen stellen.
Fotos von Deportationen: Wie die Lörracher bei Deportationen gafften
Eine Tagung widmete sich dem Umgang mit Shoah-Überlebenden nach der Befreiuung. Über Traumata, die vererbt werden, und Fotos, die unbequeme Fragen stellen.
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February 17, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Eine Tagung widmete sich dem Umgang mit Shoah-Überlebenden nach der Befreiuung. Über Traumata, die vererbt werden, und Fotos, die unbequeme Fragen stellen.
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Ein Projektraum im Altonaer Museum zeigt 400 Jahre jüdische Geschichte der gesamten Hansestadt Hamburg.
Regionalmuseum Hamburg: Altona war schon immer toleranter
Ein Projektraum im Regionalmuseum zeigt 400 Jahre jüdische Geschichte der gesamten Hansestadt
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February 17, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Ein Projektraum im Altonaer Museum zeigt 400 Jahre jüdische Geschichte der gesamten Hansestadt Hamburg.
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German musicologist, composer and harpsichordist Richard Engländer was born #OTD in 1889. He was wounded in WWI and awarded the Iron Cross. From 1937 he was interrogated by the Nazis several times and arrested in 1939. He escaped to Sweden.
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February 17, 2026 at 8:12 AM
German musicologist, composer and harpsichordist Richard Engländer was born #OTD in 1889. He was wounded in WWI and awarded the Iron Cross. From 1937 he was interrogated by the Nazis several times and arrested in 1939. He escaped to Sweden.
de.wikipedia.org/wik...
de.wikipedia.org/wik...
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Happy 98th birthday to Margot Heuman! She was the first queer Jewish woman who bore testimony of surviving the Holocaust and loving a woman.
I had the great honor of interviewing her, and the pleasure of becoming her friend.
I had the great honor of interviewing her, and the pleasure of becoming her friend.
February 17, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Happy 98th birthday to Margot Heuman! She was the first queer Jewish woman who bore testimony of surviving the Holocaust and loving a woman.
I had the great honor of interviewing her, and the pleasure of becoming her friend.
I had the great honor of interviewing her, and the pleasure of becoming her friend.
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I keep thinking I've sublimated the bad vibes of that job — but I'm reminded that this awesome class, which generated this 🎉 book, which required an additional three months of labor from me, and which we distributed FREELY to all students and around campus + city, yielded ZERO acknldgmt from Penn 🤷♀️
February 17, 2026 at 3:47 AM
I keep thinking I've sublimated the bad vibes of that job — but I'm reminded that this awesome class, which generated this 🎉 book, which required an additional three months of labor from me, and which we distributed FREELY to all students and around campus + city, yielded ZERO acknldgmt from Penn 🤷♀️
Bottoms up! Trump to be exposed at Carnival parade.
Donald Trump, Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron are all targets of satirical floats at this year's Rose Monday Parade in Cologne. But Vladimir Putin will be spared — and there is a reason for that
Donald Trump, Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron are all targets of satirical floats at this year's Rose Monday Parade in Cologne. But Vladimir Putin will be spared — and there is a reason for that
Bottoms up! Trump to be exposed at Carnival parade
Donald Trump, Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron are all targets of satirical floats at this year's Rose Monday Parade in Cologne. But Vladimir Putin will be spared — and there is a reason for that.
www.dw.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Bottoms up! Trump to be exposed at Carnival parade.
Donald Trump, Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron are all targets of satirical floats at this year's Rose Monday Parade in Cologne. But Vladimir Putin will be spared — and there is a reason for that
Donald Trump, Friedrich Merz and Emmanuel Macron are all targets of satirical floats at this year's Rose Monday Parade in Cologne. But Vladimir Putin will be spared — and there is a reason for that
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In a rare letter to Republican senators, four descendants of Teddy Roosevelt oppose mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters.
Teddy Roosevelt’s family urges GOP to protect Boundary Waters
In a rare letter to Republican senators, four descendants of the former president oppose mining near the Minnesota wilderness area.
www.startribune.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:02 PM
In a rare letter to Republican senators, four descendants of Teddy Roosevelt oppose mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters.
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Remember: Viktor Orban has built a corrupt, stagnant Hungary that is much poorer than it should be
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Remember: Viktor Orban has built a corrupt, stagnant Hungary that is much poorer than it should be
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Feb. 16, 1776: Britain's Lord Weymouth lays before the House of Lords the three treaties signed with German principalities (Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Hanau and Brunswick) to pay for troops in America.
February 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Feb. 16, 1776: Britain's Lord Weymouth lays before the House of Lords the three treaties signed with German principalities (Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Hanau and Brunswick) to pay for troops in America.
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I note that the White House originally said it was the White House Historical Association that preserved items from the East Wing. Now it says the General Service Administration and the National Park Service did. Did they? Did anyone?
February 16, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I note that the White House originally said it was the White House Historical Association that preserved items from the East Wing. Now it says the General Service Administration and the National Park Service did. Did they? Did anyone?
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They are merging AMST with three other departments, effectively shuttering a program that has been in existence for 85 years. www.texastribune.org/2026/02/12/t...
UT-Austin to merge race, ethnic and gender study programs
More than 800 students are pursuing degrees in the affected departments, which include African, Latino and gender studies.
www.texastribune.org
February 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM
They are merging AMST with three other departments, effectively shuttering a program that has been in existence for 85 years. www.texastribune.org/2026/02/12/t...
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Devastated to learn that Univ of Texas at Austin is closing the American Studies dept. The years I spent there earning my PhD were formative, making me the teacher, thinker, and writer I am today. I've passed on what I learned at UT to thousands of students over the past 20 years. Just awful.
February 15, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Devastated to learn that Univ of Texas at Austin is closing the American Studies dept. The years I spent there earning my PhD were formative, making me the teacher, thinker, and writer I am today. I've passed on what I learned at UT to thousands of students over the past 20 years. Just awful.
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American Studies double major (with English) at @utaustin.bsky.social and very frustrated to read this news. Will seek out the Save UT faculty group referenced in article.
Devastated to learn that Univ of Texas at Austin is closing the American Studies dept. The years I spent there earning my PhD were formative, making me the teacher, thinker, and writer I am today. I've passed on what I learned at UT to thousands of students over the past 20 years. Just awful.
February 16, 2026 at 5:30 AM
American Studies double major (with English) at @utaustin.bsky.social and very frustrated to read this news. Will seek out the Save UT faculty group referenced in article.
drop an album that was important to you when you were 19
February 16, 2026 at 5:26 AM
drop an album that was important to you when you were 19
Overshadowed by the bombing of #Dresden: 14 February 1945, US B-17s on the way to the German city lost their way and accidentally bombed #Prague. 152 tons of bombs killed 701 civilians, destroyed houses and historic sites, and left 11,000 people homeless
Valentine’s Day 1945 - When the Americans bombed Prague
Exactly 75 years ago, on Valentine’s Day 1945 two confused bomber groups of the USAF accidentally bombed Prague. The raid killed hundreds of Czechs and left over a…
english.radio.cz
February 15, 2026 at 11:53 PM
If it's the anniversary of the bombing of Dresden, it's the season for German right-wing extremists to hold inflammatory protests, shamelessly citing fictional death figures in order to white-wash Nazism & promote their current racist agenda--and now their BFFs Hamas & Iran, too
February 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
If it's the anniversary of the bombing of Dresden, it's the season for German right-wing extremists to hold inflammatory protests, shamelessly citing fictional death figures in order to white-wash Nazism & promote their current racist agenda--and now their BFFs Hamas & Iran, too
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24 Jahre sehepunkte - unsere November-Ausgabe 2025 ist online:
www.sehepunkte.de/2025/11/
www.sehepunkte.de/2025/11/
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
24 Jahre sehepunkte - unsere November-Ausgabe 2025 ist online:
www.sehepunkte.de/2025/11/
www.sehepunkte.de/2025/11/
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/13/m...
Jack Tarca & his friends spent long hours building an igloo in the backyard of his South Boston apartment, drawing 35m views across social media
Then, neighbors saw 2 men destroy the structure w sledgehammers & metal poles
There's a reason we call them Massholes
Jack Tarca & his friends spent long hours building an igloo in the backyard of his South Boston apartment, drawing 35m views across social media
Then, neighbors saw 2 men destroy the structure w sledgehammers & metal poles
There's a reason we call them Massholes
A backyard igloo in South Boston garnered millions of views online — before it was smashed with sledgehammers - The Boston Globe
Jack Tarca and his friends spent two weeks building an enormous igloo in his South Boston backyard. It was fun while it lasted.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 15, 2026 at 2:59 AM
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/13/m...
Jack Tarca & his friends spent long hours building an igloo in the backyard of his South Boston apartment, drawing 35m views across social media
Then, neighbors saw 2 men destroy the structure w sledgehammers & metal poles
There's a reason we call them Massholes
Jack Tarca & his friends spent long hours building an igloo in the backyard of his South Boston apartment, drawing 35m views across social media
Then, neighbors saw 2 men destroy the structure w sledgehammers & metal poles
There's a reason we call them Massholes
New images of Trump’s White House ballroom show sweep, scale
https://wapo.st/3ZEJVnJ
I've served on our local Historical Commission & Design Review Board and I teach historic #preservation: this violates every principle of massing, scale, siting
Also abominably ugly & tasteless
https://wapo.st/3ZEJVnJ
I've served on our local Historical Commission & Design Review Board and I teach historic #preservation: this violates every principle of massing, scale, siting
Also abominably ugly & tasteless
February 15, 2026 at 2:20 AM
New images of Trump’s White House ballroom show sweep, scale
https://wapo.st/3ZEJVnJ
I've served on our local Historical Commission & Design Review Board and I teach historic #preservation: this violates every principle of massing, scale, siting
Also abominably ugly & tasteless
https://wapo.st/3ZEJVnJ
I've served on our local Historical Commission & Design Review Board and I teach historic #preservation: this violates every principle of massing, scale, siting
Also abominably ugly & tasteless