Laura Davulis
@davulis.bsky.social
Order muppet, with regret. History editor, JHU Press. Got a book idea? Get in touch: [email protected]. (I do not speak for my employer here, etc etc.)
also do you guys know about this? You should probably know about this (which exists thanks to my erudite and witty colleague @mxmcadam.bsky.social) www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
The Cheese and the Worms
The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller
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February 10, 2026 at 8:45 PM
also do you guys know about this? You should probably know about this (which exists thanks to my erudite and witty colleague @mxmcadam.bsky.social) www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
I have done my editorial best to make sure there is a book there for each and every one of you.
February 10, 2026 at 8:41 PM
I have done my editorial best to make sure there is a book there for each and every one of you.
Attn nerds: our annual history sale started yesterday and runs through 2/20. 25% off, free shipping over $50, code is HIST26. www.press.jhu.edu/books/histor...
History Sale
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February 10, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Attn nerds: our annual history sale started yesterday and runs through 2/20. 25% off, free shipping over $50, code is HIST26. www.press.jhu.edu/books/histor...
Yes, we have a book on [gestures at everything] that www.publishersweekly.com/9781421454580
Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress by Maya Kornberg
Over the past 50 years, increased demands on congressional representatives and senators to fundraise and woo donors, a concurren...
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February 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Yes, we have a book on [gestures at everything] that www.publishersweekly.com/9781421454580
I don’t have kids but one time a child with whom I am acquainted paused, looked me right in the eye, and asked “do you ever wish you were a different person?” Would have loved to have gotten a question about Gay instead but she has two moms so she was already up to speed, alas
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 12:32 PM
I don’t have kids but one time a child with whom I am acquainted paused, looked me right in the eye, and asked “do you ever wish you were a different person?” Would have loved to have gotten a question about Gay instead but she has two moms so she was already up to speed, alas
El Museo de la Memoria y Los Derechos Humanos in Santiago, Chile, has an exhibit called El Dolor de Los Niños (The Pain of Children) and it is all letters/drawings like this and it is one of the most upsetting things I have ever seen. mmdh.cl/exposiciones...
“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM
El Museo de la Memoria y Los Derechos Humanos in Santiago, Chile, has an exhibit called El Dolor de Los Niños (The Pain of Children) and it is all letters/drawings like this and it is one of the most upsetting things I have ever seen. mmdh.cl/exposiciones...
100k including notes at max
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
100k including notes at max
If you want people who are not your closest friends and colleagues to read your book it has to be short. I’m sorry. I don’t like this either. It troubles me on multiple levels. But it is very clear: readers want shorter books.
February 9, 2026 at 8:17 PM
If you want people who are not your closest friends and colleagues to read your book it has to be short. I’m sorry. I don’t like this either. It troubles me on multiple levels. But it is very clear: readers want shorter books.
Okay erudite pals. Who’s writing smart commentary on The Testament of Ann Lee that I should be reading?
February 7, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Okay erudite pals. Who’s writing smart commentary on The Testament of Ann Lee that I should be reading?
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Two of Napoleon’s adversarial Marshals succumb to their passion for each other while being honored by L'Empereur at Fontainebleau.
Fêted Rivalry
Fêted Rivalry
The scions of the two biggest grain producing families in Eastern Washington secretly long for each other:
Wheated Rivalry.
Wheated Rivalry.
The two best chairs salesmen in the county secretly pine for each other.
Seated Rivalry.
Seated Rivalry.
February 6, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Two of Napoleon’s adversarial Marshals succumb to their passion for each other while being honored by L'Empereur at Fontainebleau.
Fêted Rivalry
Fêted Rivalry
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Knowing that a lot of fantastic, dedicated journalists in DC are looking for opportunities: JHU's Agora Institute has a call out for Visiting Fellows. The 2026-27 theme is Democracy and the Media.
It's nonresident & carries a modest stipend (unfortunately no benefits). It's open to practitioners.
It's nonresident & carries a modest stipend (unfortunately no benefits). It's open to practitioners.
Visiting Fellows
Our visiting fellows program welcomes leaders from diverse sectors — including civil society, government, industry, media, and the arts. Learn more.
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February 5, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Knowing that a lot of fantastic, dedicated journalists in DC are looking for opportunities: JHU's Agora Institute has a call out for Visiting Fellows. The 2026-27 theme is Democracy and the Media.
It's nonresident & carries a modest stipend (unfortunately no benefits). It's open to practitioners.
It's nonresident & carries a modest stipend (unfortunately no benefits). It's open to practitioners.
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I am looking for a part-time research assistant in the Cambridge (Mass.) area to help with a history of the Academy. Details at bit.ly/4asu0Pr and feel free to DM or email me with questions.
Research Assistant for Humanities, Arts, & Culture
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences seek a detail-oriented undergraduate history student to support award-winning historian Jacqueline Jones with research for a 250th anniversary history of the ...
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February 2, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I am looking for a part-time research assistant in the Cambridge (Mass.) area to help with a history of the Academy. Details at bit.ly/4asu0Pr and feel free to DM or email me with questions.
(As always, check your own contract for specifics. Yearly royalty payments are typical but not the only option. I am an editor but not your editor, unless I am, in which case you can email me if anything seems amiss.)
February 2, 2026 at 6:03 PM
(As always, check your own contract for specifics. Yearly royalty payments are typical but not the only option. I am an editor but not your editor, unless I am, in which case you can email me if anything seems amiss.)
A reminder, dear ones: you are now receiving 1099s for royalties PAID in 2025 for earnings for books SOLD in 2024. You’ll get your royalty check for 2025 sales (typically) in March/April (check your contract for specifics) and a 1099 for that amount NEXT year.
February 2, 2026 at 5:59 PM
A reminder, dear ones: you are now receiving 1099s for royalties PAID in 2025 for earnings for books SOLD in 2024. You’ll get your royalty check for 2025 sales (typically) in March/April (check your contract for specifics) and a 1099 for that amount NEXT year.
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For us lady scholars, who have been known to critique homogenous male academic cliques and spaces as exclusionary… consider the money and elite networks that ALL these men benefitted from. All because those lady scholars were likely a bit less interested in sexually assaulting 14 year old girls.
Here’s Duke behavioral economist Dan Ariely asking Jeffrey Epstein for “the name and email of the redhead that was here with you.” This is four years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
Doo do doo
January 31, 2026 at 2:28 PM
For us lady scholars, who have been known to critique homogenous male academic cliques and spaces as exclusionary… consider the money and elite networks that ALL these men benefitted from. All because those lady scholars were likely a bit less interested in sexually assaulting 14 year old girls.
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"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
January 30, 2026 at 10:32 PM
"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
A reminder for Baltimore residents that if you (or your elderly, infirm, disabled, etc) neighbors are unable to clear your sidewalks, you can request help from a shoveling volunteer via 311 (search for “Snow Corps Resident Request”) balt311.baltimorecity.gov
citizenWelcome to City of Baltimore !
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January 26, 2026 at 4:23 PM
A reminder for Baltimore residents that if you (or your elderly, infirm, disabled, etc) neighbors are unable to clear your sidewalks, you can request help from a shoveling volunteer via 311 (search for “Snow Corps Resident Request”) balt311.baltimorecity.gov
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Almost 256 years ago, when British soldiers were occupying a city that was restless in their presence but still firmly part of the empire, a confrontation ended in the shooting death of five people, with 6 more wounded. This offset image of the Boston Massacre is so evocative. 1/
January 25, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Almost 256 years ago, when British soldiers were occupying a city that was restless in their presence but still firmly part of the empire, a confrontation ended in the shooting death of five people, with 6 more wounded. This offset image of the Boston Massacre is so evocative. 1/
Also showing up to a recovery group looking to make content is pretty evil! Wishing these folks the best in their respective journeys.
January 25, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Also showing up to a recovery group looking to make content is pretty evil! Wishing these folks the best in their respective journeys.
❤️ u, Baltimore
The Minnesota day care fraud guy showed up at a West Baltimore church's Narcotics Anonymous meeting with a selfie stick and got run out, reports @alissazhu.bsky.social "Go to the doctors who started the opioid crisis," a woman told him www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
YouTuber Nick Shirley faced confrontation when he came to Penn North
YouTuber Nick Shirley is known for both prank videos and conducting man-on-the-street-style interviews on politically charged topics.
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January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
❤️ u, Baltimore
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okay hear me out
January 24, 2026 at 9:34 PM
okay hear me out
If scrolling the news makes you feel like trash, go out and do something kind for another human being. It will help. And look, I am a cynic. It annoys me, deeply, how well this works. But it does.
January 24, 2026 at 10:21 PM
If scrolling the news makes you feel like trash, go out and do something kind for another human being. It will help. And look, I am a cynic. It annoys me, deeply, how well this works. But it does.
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Need unambiguous statements of support by everyone — from Walz and Klobuchar and Smith to Schumer and Jeffries— for state and city law enforcement standing up to lawless DHS.
January 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Need unambiguous statements of support by everyone — from Walz and Klobuchar and Smith to Schumer and Jeffries— for state and city law enforcement standing up to lawless DHS.