Eric Brandom
@ebrandom.bsky.social
Intellectual history, here decontextualized. Especially modern France, history of political thought, and socialism. And Kansas, because that's where I live "als Gelehrter, der durch Schriften zum eigentlichen Publikum, nämlich der Welt, spricht."
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Eric Brandom
@ebrandom.bsky.social
· Feb 22
"the common ruin of the contending classes"
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Calling all contingent historians and their editors--if you haven't submitted for this year's lists, why not? Seriously, these are our most highly read pieces of the year. They are a great way to get your scholarship in front of people and SELL YOUR BOOKS.
Thank you to @erinbartram.bsky.social for the idea as a public scholarly companion to Contingent's end of year list of publications from non-tenure track historians.
Submissions for @contingent-mag.bsky.social are due by November 29th if you haven't submitted yet!
Submissions for @contingent-mag.bsky.social are due by November 29th if you haven't submitted yet!
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Calling all contingent historians and their editors--if you haven't submitted for this year's lists, why not? Seriously, these are our most highly read pieces of the year. They are a great way to get your scholarship in front of people and SELL YOUR BOOKS.
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The artist must be this guy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_C...
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The artist must be this guy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_C...
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Lise Vogel’s The Contested Domain (edited by me) is officially released today!!! I hope it will be a resource for people interested in Lise’s rigorous approach to social thought (spanning 5 decades) that creates theoretical openings for an inclusive Marxist Feminism.
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Lise Vogel’s The Contested Domain (edited by me) is officially released today!!! I hope it will be a resource for people interested in Lise’s rigorous approach to social thought (spanning 5 decades) that creates theoretical openings for an inclusive Marxist Feminism.
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To scan the lines of his face, or feel the bumps on the head of this Leviathan; this is a thing which no Physiognomist or Phrenologist has as yet undertaken.
November 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
To scan the lines of his face, or feel the bumps on the head of this Leviathan; this is a thing which no Physiognomist or Phrenologist has as yet undertaken.
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Hey historians 🗃️: Do you know of presses that publish short books (around 30K words / 90 pages plus notes)? I have been working on an article project that could easily turn into an great micro-history of that length, but I'm not sure it would make it to the usual full 60-90K words...
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Hey historians 🗃️: Do you know of presses that publish short books (around 30K words / 90 pages plus notes)? I have been working on an article project that could easily turn into an great micro-history of that length, but I'm not sure it would make it to the usual full 60-90K words...
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one of my favorite poems ever:
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
one of my favorite poems ever:
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bro loved to beef
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
bro loved to beef
If there is not already scholarship on Lin Manuel-Miranda's Hamilton and Ezra Pound's Adams Cantos from a strictly metrical perspective, well, it's a sign of decline in the US academy
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
If there is not already scholarship on Lin Manuel-Miranda's Hamilton and Ezra Pound's Adams Cantos from a strictly metrical perspective, well, it's a sign of decline in the US academy
Academic seizing the means of scholarly production, like Rediker's pirates. Possibly to meet the same fate.
if you want to see the impact on how this leads scholars to break the law in order to be scholars, here's exhibit A: scholarworks.umb.edu/doctoral_dis...
Elbow Patches To Eye Patches: A Phenomenographic Study Of Scholarly Practices, Research Literature Access, And Academic Piracy
Changes to academic publishing in the form of digital technologies and copyright law over the late 20th century have created increasing roadblocks for scholars to consistently and conveniently access ...
scholarworks.umb.edu
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Academic seizing the means of scholarly production, like Rediker's pirates. Possibly to meet the same fate.
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"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
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I abominate all honorable respectable toils, trials, and tribulations of every kind whatsoever. It is quite as much as I can do
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I abominate all honorable respectable toils, trials, and tribulations of every kind whatsoever. It is quite as much as I can do
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Covers of the day (Peter Mendelsund for Schocken)
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Covers of the day (Peter Mendelsund for Schocken)
Have been liking Fly By Jing's Sichuan Chili Crisp, but have had some local chili crisps that I didn't like as much. Are there other good commercially available ones?
November 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Have been liking Fly By Jing's Sichuan Chili Crisp, but have had some local chili crisps that I didn't like as much. Are there other good commercially available ones?
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Willem Bastiaan Tholen, Huizen in aanbouw (1895). Collectie: Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
#art #painting #buildings #construction #wheelbarow #carpentry #19thcentury
#art #painting #buildings #construction #wheelbarow #carpentry #19thcentury
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Willem Bastiaan Tholen, Huizen in aanbouw (1895). Collectie: Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
#art #painting #buildings #construction #wheelbarow #carpentry #19thcentury
#art #painting #buildings #construction #wheelbarow #carpentry #19thcentury
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Happy to have written about plastic for @thepolycrisis.bsky.social. Thanks to @70sbachchan.bsky.social for sourcing the excellent graphics. And thanks to @rebecca-altman.bsky.social and @anjakrieger.bsky.social for being my go-to's on all-things plastic.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
Plastic Planet | Venus Bivar
Stalled negotiations and accelerating accumulation in the global petrochemicals industry
www.phenomenalworld.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Happy to have written about plastic for @thepolycrisis.bsky.social. Thanks to @70sbachchan.bsky.social for sourcing the excellent graphics. And thanks to @rebecca-altman.bsky.social and @anjakrieger.bsky.social for being my go-to's on all-things plastic.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
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In a way Lord Byron was like Frankenstein unleashing a monstrous horror upon the world because his kid invented computer programming.
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
In a way Lord Byron was like Frankenstein unleashing a monstrous horror upon the world because his kid invented computer programming.
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for instance, Ralph Ellison interviewed Leo Gurley on the corner of 135th and Lenox on June 14, 1939; Leo told him about a man who could make himself invisible. Here, some screenshots to counter those from VF
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
for instance, Ralph Ellison interviewed Leo Gurley on the corner of 135th and Lenox on June 14, 1939; Leo told him about a man who could make himself invisible. Here, some screenshots to counter those from VF
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Historiographically speaking, one of the most convenient outcomes of the American Revolution was it allowed each nation to blame the other for this great human crime.
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Historiographically speaking, one of the most convenient outcomes of the American Revolution was it allowed each nation to blame the other for this great human crime.
surprised it's only 17%
New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
How foreign student enrollment is shifting in the U.S., in 6 charts
Foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges has stalled, with a 17 percent decline in new students this fall after Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
surprised it's only 17%
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Palace of Electricity sculpture. L'Exposition Universelle de 1900.
Lots more at the link archive.org/details/expo...
Lots more at the link archive.org/details/expo...
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Palace of Electricity sculpture. L'Exposition Universelle de 1900.
Lots more at the link archive.org/details/expo...
Lots more at the link archive.org/details/expo...
Noah Webster: "An equality of property, with a necessity of alienation constantly operating to destroy combinations of powerful families, is the very soul of a republic."
November 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Noah Webster: "An equality of property, with a necessity of alienation constantly operating to destroy combinations of powerful families, is the very soul of a republic."
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