Timothy Hyde
@hydetimothy.bsky.social
Historian of architecture, urbanism, modernity / MIT / Author of Ugliness & Judgment / research: architecture & law, building sites, ugliness, Antarctica
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Breaking News: Robert A.M. Stern, a New York architect whose crowning creation was hailed as a rebirth of prewar luxury, is dead at 86.
Robert A.M. Stern, Architect Who Reinvented Prewar Splendor, Dies at 86
He designed museums, schools and libraries before winning international acclaim late in life for 15 Central Park West in Manhattan, hailed as a rebirth of the luxury apartment building.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Breaking News: Robert A.M. Stern, a New York architect whose crowning creation was hailed as a rebirth of prewar luxury, is dead at 86.
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This is stunning -- an absolute must-read: "if you measured income inadequacy today the way [it was] measured it in 1963, the threshold for a family of four wouldn’t be $31,200.
It would be somewhere between $130,000 and $150,000.
It would be somewhere between $130,000 and $150,000.
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie?open=false#§how-a-broken-benchmark-quietly-broke-america
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is stunning -- an absolute must-read: "if you measured income inadequacy today the way [it was] measured it in 1963, the threshold for a family of four wouldn’t be $31,200.
It would be somewhere between $130,000 and $150,000.
It would be somewhere between $130,000 and $150,000.
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Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
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...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
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Research fellowship applications for the 2026-2027 academic year are now open! Join our scholarly community and enrich your historical scholarship at the MHS. Apply now: masshistfellowships.slideroom.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Research fellowship applications for the 2026-2027 academic year are now open! Join our scholarly community and enrich your historical scholarship at the MHS. Apply now: masshistfellowships.slideroom.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
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A BLUE HUMANITIES job: jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
Assistant Professor, Blue Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor, Blue Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences
jobs.uc.edu
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A BLUE HUMANITIES job: jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...
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Job in medieval architectural history in Düsseldorf! #architecture #architecturalhistory
November 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Job in medieval architectural history in Düsseldorf! #architecture #architecturalhistory
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
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My department is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world. Please circulate!
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Details - Assistant Professor - History of Art & Architecture | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My department is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world. Please circulate!
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Unlike the guys posing with ceremonial chainsaws recently, Boston's Mayor Michelle Wu actually uses a real chainsaw: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Nova Scotia sends its annual Christmas thank you to Boston
The Tree for Boston has been felled and the city's mayor, Michelle Wu, was in Lunenburg County for the occasion on Wednesday. As Brett Ruskin reports, the holiday tradition honours the help Boston pro...
www.cbc.ca
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Unlike the guys posing with ceremonial chainsaws recently, Boston's Mayor Michelle Wu actually uses a real chainsaw: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
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VTDigger is hosting a community conversation with its new editor-in-chief, Geeta Anand, tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 5-7 p.m. at the Manchester Community Library.
VTDigger to host conversation with new editor-in-chief Geeta Anand in Manchester - VTDigger
Join The Vermont Conversation host David Goodman for an evening introducing Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Geeta Anand, VTDigger’s new editor-in-chief.
vtdigger.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
VTDigger is hosting a community conversation with its new editor-in-chief, Geeta Anand, tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 5-7 p.m. at the Manchester Community Library.
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Happening this Wednesday at Bates College. My lecture, tilted “The Underground Railroad, Quilts, and the Power of Desire,” will take place at 4:30 in the Benjamin Mays Center. If you’re in the area, please come!
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Happening this Wednesday at Bates College. My lecture, tilted “The Underground Railroad, Quilts, and the Power of Desire,” will take place at 4:30 in the Benjamin Mays Center. If you’re in the area, please come!
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The Scott Opler Fellowship in Architectural History for the Period 2026-2028
University of Oxford - Worcester College HR - Research Fellows www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH476/t... #skystorians 🗃️
University of Oxford - Worcester College HR - Research Fellows www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH476/t... #skystorians 🗃️
The Scott Opler Fellowship in Architectural History for the Period 2026-2028 at University of Oxford
Discover an exciting academic career path as a The Scott Opler Fellowship in Architectural History for the Period 2026-2028 at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The Scott Opler Fellowship in Architectural History for the Period 2026-2028
University of Oxford - Worcester College HR - Research Fellows www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH476/t... #skystorians 🗃️
University of Oxford - Worcester College HR - Research Fellows www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH476/t... #skystorians 🗃️
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CFP for Slavery North conference on "Rebellion, Resistance, and Refuge: Slavery and Border-Crossing during the American Revolution" @umassamherst.bsky.social 7/9-7/12/2026, abstracts due 12/19/2025 #vastearlyamerica slaverynorth.com/event/call-f... 🗃️
Call for Abstracts: Academic Conference - Slavery North
Rebellion, Resistance, and Refuge: Slavery and Border-Crossing during the American Revolution Call for Abstracts: Academic Conference Dates: Thursday, July 9 to Sunday, July 12, 2026 Location: Univers...
slaverynorth.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
CFP for Slavery North conference on "Rebellion, Resistance, and Refuge: Slavery and Border-Crossing during the American Revolution" @umassamherst.bsky.social 7/9-7/12/2026, abstracts due 12/19/2025 #vastearlyamerica slaverynorth.com/event/call-f... 🗃️
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The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
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1st Circuit in Stand with Us v. MIT: "[O]ur Constitution bars the government from forcing a private university to prohibit students from voicing vehement support for, or opposition to, the policies and conduct of the United States and its allies."
www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi...
www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi...
www.ca1.uscourts.gov
October 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
1st Circuit in Stand with Us v. MIT: "[O]ur Constitution bars the government from forcing a private university to prohibit students from voicing vehement support for, or opposition to, the policies and conduct of the United States and its allies."
www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi...
www.ca1.uscourts.gov/sites/ca1/fi...
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New in #Academe: Judith A. Wilde and James H. Finkelstein examine how executive search firms have played a significant, often underexamined, role in the erosion of shared governance and the corporatization of American higher education.
Gatekeepers of the Ivory Tower
Executive search firms have played a significant, often underexamined, role in the erosion of shared governance and the corporatization of American higher education.
www.aaup.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
New in #Academe: Judith A. Wilde and James H. Finkelstein examine how executive search firms have played a significant, often underexamined, role in the erosion of shared governance and the corporatization of American higher education.
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Save 50% on #NewBook "Rwanda's Genocide Heritage," by Delia Duong Ba Wendel, which contends with the forms of justice and sovereignty enacted through sites of violent memory such as those that followed the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. #AfricanStudies buff.ly/ofrhNdL
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Save 50% on #NewBook "Rwanda's Genocide Heritage," by Delia Duong Ba Wendel, which contends with the forms of justice and sovereignty enacted through sites of violent memory such as those that followed the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. #AfricanStudies buff.ly/ofrhNdL
Anyone else have this curious scheduling in their Outlook calendar?
October 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Anyone else have this curious scheduling in their Outlook calendar?
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Ugliness and Judgment
A novel interpretation of architecture, ugliness, and the social consequences of aesthetic judgment
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October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
For the journalists who have been asking me to comment, it's all in this book, which you can get for 70% off until Oct 31:
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Save on thousands of select titles & editions across subjects until October 31. Explore the books on sale and refresh your shelves this autumn: press.princeton.edu/sale/70-off
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October 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Our 70% Off Sale is live! 📚
Save on thousands of select titles & editions across subjects until October 31. Explore the books on sale and refresh your shelves this autumn: press.princeton.edu/sale/70-off
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Save on thousands of select titles & editions across subjects until October 31. Explore the books on sale and refresh your shelves this autumn: press.princeton.edu/sale/70-off
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70% this book until October 31, just saying...
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Ugliness and Judgment
A novel interpretation of architecture, ugliness, and the social consequences of aesthetic judgment
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October 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
70% this book until October 31, just saying...
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