David Malcolm
@djmalcolm.bsky.social
PhD student at Teesside University, researching Founding Fathers, the American Constitution, and the ideas of Ancient Greece & Rome. Postgraduate Rep for BAAS. He/him.
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David Malcolm
@djmalcolm.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hello, followers old and new!
I'm David Malcolm, currently finishing my 3rd year of my PhD about the impact of the Classics on the American Revolution and its role in excluding marginalised groups.
I'll talk forever about any era of history so tell me the good news about your work!
I'm David Malcolm, currently finishing my 3rd year of my PhD about the impact of the Classics on the American Revolution and its role in excluding marginalised groups.
I'll talk forever about any era of history so tell me the good news about your work!
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Our Postgraduate Symposium, on the unequal struggle for equality and rights in America, is this Wednesday!
Tickets are still available here:
Tickets are still available here:
THIS WEEK: The 2025 BAAS Postgraduate Symposium - British Association for American Studies
The 2025 BAAS Postgraduate Symposium is taking place on November 26th as a hybrid event at Teesside University. You can register for the event on EventBrite. If you are a BAAS member, you can get a…
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November 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Our Postgraduate Symposium, on the unequal struggle for equality and rights in America, is this Wednesday!
Tickets are still available here:
Tickets are still available here:
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There are still tickets available for our PG Symposium which is happening TOMORROW!
Check the link below for more information and grab your tickets before they're gone!
Check the link below for more information and grab your tickets before they're gone!
Our Postgraduate Symposium, on the unequal struggle for equality and rights in America, is this Wednesday!
Tickets are still available here:
Tickets are still available here:
THIS WEEK: The 2025 BAAS Postgraduate Symposium - British Association for American Studies
The 2025 BAAS Postgraduate Symposium is taking place on November 26th as a hybrid event at Teesside University. You can register for the event on EventBrite. If you are a BAAS member, you can get a…
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November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
There are still tickets available for our PG Symposium which is happening TOMORROW!
Check the link below for more information and grab your tickets before they're gone!
Check the link below for more information and grab your tickets before they're gone!
There are still tickets available for our PG Symposium which is happening TOMORROW!
Check the link below for more information and grab your tickets before they're gone!
Check the link below for more information and grab your tickets before they're gone!
Our Postgraduate Symposium, on the unequal struggle for equality and rights in America, is this Wednesday!
Tickets are still available here:
Tickets are still available here:
THIS WEEK: The 2025 BAAS Postgraduate Symposium - British Association for American Studies
The 2025 BAAS Postgraduate Symposium is taking place on November 26th as a hybrid event at Teesside University. You can register for the event on EventBrite. If you are a BAAS member, you can get a…
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November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
There are still tickets available for our PG Symposium which is happening TOMORROW!
Check the link below for more information and grab your tickets before they're gone!
Check the link below for more information and grab your tickets before they're gone!
The BAAS PG Symposium is happening THIS WEEK! Just 2 days to book your spot!
Get your tickets now while they're still there to get!
Check the @officialbaas.bsky.social link below for more details!
See you soon!
baas.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Get your tickets now while they're still there to get!
Check the @officialbaas.bsky.social link below for more details!
See you soon!
baas.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
THIS WEEK: The 2025 BAAS Postgraduate Symposium - British Association for American Studies
The 2025 BAAS Postgraduate Symposium is taking place on November 26th as a hybrid event at Teesside University. You can register for the event on EventBrite. If you are a BAAS member, you can get a di...
baas.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The BAAS PG Symposium is happening THIS WEEK! Just 2 days to book your spot!
Get your tickets now while they're still there to get!
Check the @officialbaas.bsky.social link below for more details!
See you soon!
baas.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Get your tickets now while they're still there to get!
Check the @officialbaas.bsky.social link below for more details!
See you soon!
baas.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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It is a sobering thought to realize that we're watching the leaders of American universities determine whether critical thinking-- and by extension, the #humanities --are still worthwhile investments.
Who invests in critical thinking and who invests in an AI chatbot to help you think will be really telling.
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It is a sobering thought to realize that we're watching the leaders of American universities determine whether critical thinking-- and by extension, the #humanities --are still worthwhile investments.
There's still time to sign up for the BAAS PG Symposium next Wednesday.
Don't miss out! There's so much to experience!
Don't miss out! There's so much to experience!
⚠️ There are now less than 2 weeks until our 2025 Postgraduate Symposium ⚠️
The event, titled '"The people favored and the people oppressed": The Unequal Struggle for Equality and Rights in America', will take place on 26th November in Middlesbrough & online.
Sign up now:
The event, titled '"The people favored and the people oppressed": The Unequal Struggle for Equality and Rights in America', will take place on 26th November in Middlesbrough & online.
Sign up now:
BAAS Postgraduate Symposium 2025
‘The people favored and the people oppressed’: The Unequal Struggle for Equality and Rights in America
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November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
There's still time to sign up for the BAAS PG Symposium next Wednesday.
Don't miss out! There's so much to experience!
Don't miss out! There's so much to experience!
Reposted by David Malcolm
⚠️ There are now less than 2 weeks until our 2025 Postgraduate Symposium ⚠️
The event, titled '"The people favored and the people oppressed": The Unequal Struggle for Equality and Rights in America', will take place on 26th November in Middlesbrough & online.
Sign up now:
The event, titled '"The people favored and the people oppressed": The Unequal Struggle for Equality and Rights in America', will take place on 26th November in Middlesbrough & online.
Sign up now:
BAAS Postgraduate Symposium 2025
‘The people favored and the people oppressed’: The Unequal Struggle for Equality and Rights in America
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November 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
⚠️ There are now less than 2 weeks until our 2025 Postgraduate Symposium ⚠️
The event, titled '"The people favored and the people oppressed": The Unequal Struggle for Equality and Rights in America', will take place on 26th November in Middlesbrough & online.
Sign up now:
The event, titled '"The people favored and the people oppressed": The Unequal Struggle for Equality and Rights in America', will take place on 26th November in Middlesbrough & online.
Sign up now:
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Don't engage. Just block. They want to push their rage bait on here. Don't give them the satisfaction.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Don't engage. Just block. They want to push their rage bait on here. Don't give them the satisfaction.
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This Thursday, America Now! continues...
The session looks at various representations of Americans in other countries, & how those trips have defined America as much as they have international locales.
25 September, 6:30pm @ British Library
The session looks at various representations of Americans in other countries, & how those trips have defined America as much as they have international locales.
25 September, 6:30pm @ British Library
Americans Abroad: Travel, Tourism and US Culture - British Association for American Studies
Join us for a mini-break to the world of US culture's fantasy vacations.
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September 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
This Thursday, America Now! continues...
The session looks at various representations of Americans in other countries, & how those trips have defined America as much as they have international locales.
25 September, 6:30pm @ British Library
The session looks at various representations of Americans in other countries, & how those trips have defined America as much as they have international locales.
25 September, 6:30pm @ British Library
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A billionaire could seed 50-70 local papers around the country, paying 8-10 journalists at each to cover mostly high school sports and the school board and then write op-eds with a firm liberal slant. Put it all online, don’t charge readers anything, there’s a huge audience for this everywhere
September 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A billionaire could seed 50-70 local papers around the country, paying 8-10 journalists at each to cover mostly high school sports and the school board and then write op-eds with a firm liberal slant. Put it all online, don’t charge readers anything, there’s a huge audience for this everywhere
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Since this whole debate is still happening, and since we are still not listening I will summarize what I understand the argument to be in the Lingua Franca of white nerds: Lord of the Rings analogies.
white cis men blocking people of color and other members of vulnerable communities because their risk factor is a lot different than ours is peak white nonsense.
It's also how I know they don't give a shit about us.
It's also how I know they don't give a shit about us.
September 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Since this whole debate is still happening, and since we are still not listening I will summarize what I understand the argument to be in the Lingua Franca of white nerds: Lord of the Rings analogies.
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Got something to shout about? 📣
You can submit news of events, publications, CFPs, opportunities, & more via our website. Submissions will be featured in the weekly BAAS Digest newsletter & shared with our growing American Studies community.
baas.ac.uk/submit-to-th...
You can submit news of events, publications, CFPs, opportunities, & more via our website. Submissions will be featured in the weekly BAAS Digest newsletter & shared with our growing American Studies community.
baas.ac.uk/submit-to-th...
Submit to the BAAS Weekly Digest - British Association for American Studies
The British Association for American Studies is pleased to maintain a list of news and events from across the American Studies community. Below, you can submit news and events to appear on our…
baas.ac.uk
August 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Got something to shout about? 📣
You can submit news of events, publications, CFPs, opportunities, & more via our website. Submissions will be featured in the weekly BAAS Digest newsletter & shared with our growing American Studies community.
baas.ac.uk/submit-to-th...
You can submit news of events, publications, CFPs, opportunities, & more via our website. Submissions will be featured in the weekly BAAS Digest newsletter & shared with our growing American Studies community.
baas.ac.uk/submit-to-th...
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🤔 Did you know.. the BAAS YouTube page includes resources for ECRs, educators, & aspiring American Studies scholars?
www.youtube.com/@OfficialBAA...
www.youtube.com/@OfficialBAA...
British Association for American Studies
Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
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August 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🤔 Did you know.. the BAAS YouTube page includes resources for ECRs, educators, & aspiring American Studies scholars?
www.youtube.com/@OfficialBAA...
www.youtube.com/@OfficialBAA...
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I know I’m not telling anyone anything new here, but this is a massive “Show me who you really are” moment for America’s mainstream media institutions: Faced with a naked authoritarian power grab, the Washington Post has decided to look for ways to normalize rather than oppose the regime.
August 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I know I’m not telling anyone anything new here, but this is a massive “Show me who you really are” moment for America’s mainstream media institutions: Faced with a naked authoritarian power grab, the Washington Post has decided to look for ways to normalize rather than oppose the regime.
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Delighted that the print copies of my first book 'Birth, Death, and Domestic Religion in early modern London', just published with @universitypress.cambridge.org, have arrived! 📚📚📚
August 7, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Delighted that the print copies of my first book 'Birth, Death, and Domestic Religion in early modern London', just published with @universitypress.cambridge.org, have arrived! 📚📚📚
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Still looking for others wanting to present at @bsecs.bsky.social 2026 and form a panel. Message me if interested by end of August 2025 though it might be that others have got in touch and a panel is formed by then so don’t delay! #18c #comfort #discomfort #skystorians
Call for interested parties in a panel for @bsecs.bsky.social January 2026! Theme this year is Big/Small. My paper will focus on small comforts + large discomforts in 18th c. letter writing. Let me know if you are interested #18c @cecs-york.bsky.social @long18thsem.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Still looking for others wanting to present at @bsecs.bsky.social 2026 and form a panel. Message me if interested by end of August 2025 though it might be that others have got in touch and a panel is formed by then so don’t delay! #18c #comfort #discomfort #skystorians
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🔔 Reminder: The BAAS Postgraduate Symposium is still inviting proposals.
The symposium will take place at Teesside University on 29th November 2025.
Proposals with abstracts & short bios should be submitted before 22nd August 2025.
The symposium will take place at Teesside University on 29th November 2025.
Proposals with abstracts & short bios should be submitted before 22nd August 2025.
Call for Papers: BAAS Postgraduate Symposium - Teesside University, 29th November 2025 - British Association for American Studies
BAAS Postgraduate Symposium – Teesside University, 29th November 2025 ‘The people favored and the people oppressed’: The Unequal Struggle for Equality and Rights in America The original copies of the…
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August 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🔔 Reminder: The BAAS Postgraduate Symposium is still inviting proposals.
The symposium will take place at Teesside University on 29th November 2025.
Proposals with abstracts & short bios should be submitted before 22nd August 2025.
The symposium will take place at Teesside University on 29th November 2025.
Proposals with abstracts & short bios should be submitted before 22nd August 2025.
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We are delighted to share the latest issue of the BAAS School newsletter. This summer edition features a “call to arms” for American Studies scholars from our new Chair Dr Michael Collins, news of prize winners, & more.
You read it here: buff.ly/6utLeHg
You read it here: buff.ly/6utLeHg
August 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We are delighted to share the latest issue of the BAAS School newsletter. This summer edition features a “call to arms” for American Studies scholars from our new Chair Dr Michael Collins, news of prize winners, & more.
You read it here: buff.ly/6utLeHg
You read it here: buff.ly/6utLeHg
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Apologies in advance - this is going to appear a LOT on people's timelines!
Send your submissions!
Give us your abstracts!
Meet other postgrads in American Studies!
Four weeks to go until the deadline!
Send your submissions!
Give us your abstracts!
Meet other postgrads in American Studies!
Four weeks to go until the deadline!
📣 Calling Am Studies postgrads
Submissions are now being accepted for the BAAS Postgraduate Symposium, entitled The Unequal Struggle for Equality & Rights in America.
The event will take place at Teesside University on 29 November 2025.
Proposals are invited before 22 August.
Submissions are now being accepted for the BAAS Postgraduate Symposium, entitled The Unequal Struggle for Equality & Rights in America.
The event will take place at Teesside University on 29 November 2025.
Proposals are invited before 22 August.
Call for Papers: BAAS Postgraduate Symposium - Teesside University, 29th November 2025 - British Association for American Studies
BAAS Postgraduate Symposium – Teesside University, 29th November 2025 ‘The people favored and the people oppressed’: The Unequal Struggle for Equality and Rights in America The original copies of the…
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July 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Apologies in advance - this is going to appear a LOT on people's timelines!
Send your submissions!
Give us your abstracts!
Meet other postgrads in American Studies!
Four weeks to go until the deadline!
Send your submissions!
Give us your abstracts!
Meet other postgrads in American Studies!
Four weeks to go until the deadline!
Apologies in advance - this is going to appear a LOT on people's timelines!
Send your submissions!
Give us your abstracts!
Meet other postgrads in American Studies!
Four weeks to go until the deadline!
Send your submissions!
Give us your abstracts!
Meet other postgrads in American Studies!
Four weeks to go until the deadline!
📣 Calling Am Studies postgrads
Submissions are now being accepted for the BAAS Postgraduate Symposium, entitled The Unequal Struggle for Equality & Rights in America.
The event will take place at Teesside University on 29 November 2025.
Proposals are invited before 22 August.
Submissions are now being accepted for the BAAS Postgraduate Symposium, entitled The Unequal Struggle for Equality & Rights in America.
The event will take place at Teesside University on 29 November 2025.
Proposals are invited before 22 August.
Call for Papers: BAAS Postgraduate Symposium - Teesside University, 29th November 2025 - British Association for American Studies
BAAS Postgraduate Symposium – Teesside University, 29th November 2025 ‘The people favored and the people oppressed’: The Unequal Struggle for Equality and Rights in America The original copies of the…
buff.ly
July 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Apologies in advance - this is going to appear a LOT on people's timelines!
Send your submissions!
Give us your abstracts!
Meet other postgrads in American Studies!
Four weeks to go until the deadline!
Send your submissions!
Give us your abstracts!
Meet other postgrads in American Studies!
Four weeks to go until the deadline!
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1/4 What an appalling article. Like arguing that rape occurs because there’s women around to invite it. Racist attacks on people seeking asylum, the overwhelming majority of whom have done no harm, are caused by the racists who feel entitled to attack them.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Repair ‘social fabric’ or risk repeat of summer riots, says No 10
Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner tell cabinet a fresh round of Southport-style unrest is likely if the public’s concerns over immigration are not addressed
www.thetimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
1/4 What an appalling article. Like arguing that rape occurs because there’s women around to invite it. Racist attacks on people seeking asylum, the overwhelming majority of whom have done no harm, are caused by the racists who feel entitled to attack them.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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ACADEMIC BOOK SALE
I am moving and want to move less books if at all possible...
Please get in touch if you are interested in the following titles (all prices include postage and I am open to offers)
I am moving and want to move less books if at all possible...
Please get in touch if you are interested in the following titles (all prices include postage and I am open to offers)
July 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
ACADEMIC BOOK SALE
I am moving and want to move less books if at all possible...
Please get in touch if you are interested in the following titles (all prices include postage and I am open to offers)
I am moving and want to move less books if at all possible...
Please get in touch if you are interested in the following titles (all prices include postage and I am open to offers)
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One reason I'm so impatient with lefty pundits saying, "It's not our job to do messaging, it's Hakeem's job. Our job is to complain abt what Hakeem does wrong," is bc Tulsi can put out outright bullshit and have a mob of trolls turn it into the truth within hours.
Taibbi is echoing this and implying it means the HACK & LEAK operation etc. The right wing propaganda machine is claiming it’s a coup, a conspiracy, treasonous.
Russia interfered in the 2016, 2018, and 2020 elections. In the US. Elsewhere. It’s not hard.
This spin is becoming another Big Lie.
Russia interfered in the 2016, 2018, and 2020 elections. In the US. Elsewhere. It’s not hard.
This spin is becoming another Big Lie.
July 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
One reason I'm so impatient with lefty pundits saying, "It's not our job to do messaging, it's Hakeem's job. Our job is to complain abt what Hakeem does wrong," is bc Tulsi can put out outright bullshit and have a mob of trolls turn it into the truth within hours.
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I keep seeing people say things like, “Well we’re not going to HAVE elections,” and with all due respect, I think this is both wildly pessimistic and also wildly naive.
We are not going to have free and fair elections. We also have not had them in the past.
We are not going to have free and fair elections. We also have not had them in the past.
July 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I keep seeing people say things like, “Well we’re not going to HAVE elections,” and with all due respect, I think this is both wildly pessimistic and also wildly naive.
We are not going to have free and fair elections. We also have not had them in the past.
We are not going to have free and fair elections. We also have not had them in the past.
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We are now on LinkedIn! You can find us & follow us here: buff.ly/iQSaq49
July 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We are now on LinkedIn! You can find us & follow us here: buff.ly/iQSaq49