John O'Keefe
@johnokeefe.bsky.social
Historian of migration and citizenship at Ohio University Chillicothe - author of Stranger Citizens: Migrant Influence and National Power in the Early American Republic
Also found this Reacting to the Past game to be a pretty amazing game to run: reactingconsortium.org/games/argent... #reacting #latinamericanhistory #historicalmemory
The Reacting Consortium - Argentina, 1985
reactingconsortium.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Also found this Reacting to the Past game to be a pretty amazing game to run: reactingconsortium.org/games/argent... #reacting #latinamericanhistory #historicalmemory
Also we've been watching La Historia Oficial/The Official Story in the class as well www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IbH...
THE OFFICIAL STORY (1985) - Trailer
YouTube video by Cohen Film Collection
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November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Also we've been watching La Historia Oficial/The Official Story in the class as well www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IbH...
Also I just recently learned that there are number of photos of Allende and Pinochet in close proximity (which makes sense given Pinochet's senior military role prior to the coup) but still surprised me www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
AP PHOTOS: 50 years ago, Chile’s army ousted a president and everything changed
On Sept. 11, 1973, Gen. Augusto Pinochet led a military coup against President Salvador Allende. Opponents were tortured, thousands were killed and disappeared, and 200,000 went into exile.
www.nbcnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Also I just recently learned that there are number of photos of Allende and Pinochet in close proximity (which makes sense given Pinochet's senior military role prior to the coup) but still surprised me www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
Very much enjoyed listening to this episode as well! #coldwarhistory #latinamericanhistory -- just gave my lecture on the 1970s in world history and told my students about the new research and Brazil's role in the 1973 Chile coup
Just finished recording a great convo with Mila Burns about her book w/@uncpress.bsky.social for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social!
This book teaches us to think about Brazil as a regional powerhouse & shows its role in facilitating the coup against Allende. A tough & crucial read.
Podcast coming soon!
This book teaches us to think about Brazil as a regional powerhouse & shows its role in facilitating the coup against Allende. A tough & crucial read.
Podcast coming soon!
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Very much enjoyed listening to this episode as well! #coldwarhistory #latinamericanhistory -- just gave my lecture on the 1970s in world history and told my students about the new research and Brazil's role in the 1973 Chile coup
The New Yugoslav Woman: Reproductive Regulation in Socialist Yugoslavia
Branka Bogdan
newbooksnetwork.com/the-new-yugo...
#womenshistory
Branka Bogdan
newbooksnetwork.com/the-new-yugo...
#womenshistory
Branka Bogdan, "The New Yugoslav Woman: Reproductive Regulation in Socialist Yugoslavia" (Indiana UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The New Yugoslav Woman: Reproductive Regulation in Socialist Yugoslavia
Branka Bogdan
newbooksnetwork.com/the-new-yugo...
#womenshistory
Branka Bogdan
newbooksnetwork.com/the-new-yugo...
#womenshistory
After Rumi: The Mevlevis and Their World
by @eliasj.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/after-rumi - very interesting to hear about the family dynamics -- it was tough being Rumi's son!
by @eliasj.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/after-rumi - very interesting to hear about the family dynamics -- it was tough being Rumi's son!
Jamal J. Elias, "After Rumi: The Mevlevis and Their World" (Harvard UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
After Rumi: The Mevlevis and Their World
by @eliasj.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/after-rumi - very interesting to hear about the family dynamics -- it was tough being Rumi's son!
by @eliasj.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/after-rumi - very interesting to hear about the family dynamics -- it was tough being Rumi's son!
a few more podcast episodes
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
a few more podcast episodes
nice to have some good news...
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
nice to have some good news...
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Have you had a chance to watch Netflix's mini-series about President James A. Garfield? I've got some thoughts about one particular scene. 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
"Death By Lightning," the GAR, and Black Civil War Veterans
No doubt, many of you have had a chance to watch Netflix’s mini-series Death by Lightning, a dramatization of the life and assassination of President James A.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Have you had a chance to watch Netflix's mini-series about President James A. Garfield? I've got some thoughts about one particular scene. 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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Activists are role-playing ICE raids in games like Fortnite & GTA to teach people what to do IRL situations. “Many people may not have seen an interaction with ICE yet, it’s a way to get folks to know or get used to what that might look like.” [wired.com]
Activists Are Using ‘Fortnite’ to Fight Back Against ICE
Players are role-playing ICE raids in “Fortnite” and “Grand Theft Auto” to prepare for real-world situations.
www.wired.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Activists are role-playing ICE raids in games like Fortnite & GTA to teach people what to do IRL situations. “Many people may not have seen an interaction with ICE yet, it’s a way to get folks to know or get used to what that might look like.” [wired.com]
Age of Conquests: The Greek World from Alexander to Hadrian
Angelos Chaniotis
newbooksnetwork.com/angelos-chan... #ancienthistory #hellenisticworld
Angelos Chaniotis
newbooksnetwork.com/angelos-chan... #ancienthistory #hellenisticworld
Angelos Chaniotis, "Age of Conquests: The Greek World from Alexander to Hadrian" (Harvard UP, 2018) - New Books Network
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November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Age of Conquests: The Greek World from Alexander to Hadrian
Angelos Chaniotis
newbooksnetwork.com/angelos-chan... #ancienthistory #hellenisticworld
Angelos Chaniotis
newbooksnetwork.com/angelos-chan... #ancienthistory #hellenisticworld
Courbet's Landscapes: The Origins of Modern Painting
Paul Galvez
newbooksnetwork.com/courbets-lan... #arthistory #courbet
Paul Galvez
newbooksnetwork.com/courbets-lan... #arthistory #courbet
Paul Galvez, "Courbet's Landscapes: The Origins of Modern Painting" (Yale UP, 2022) - New Books Network
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November 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Courbet's Landscapes: The Origins of Modern Painting
Paul Galvez
newbooksnetwork.com/courbets-lan... #arthistory #courbet
Paul Galvez
newbooksnetwork.com/courbets-lan... #arthistory #courbet
Jews in the Soviet Union: A History: Revolution, Civil War, and New Ways of Life, 1917–1930, Volume 1
by @elissabemporad.bsky.social
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by @elissabemporad.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/jews-in-the-...
Elissa Bemporad, "Jews in the Soviet Union: A History: Revolution, Civil War, and New Ways of Life, 1917–1930, Vol. 1" (NYU Press, 2025) - New Books Network
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November 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Jews in the Soviet Union: A History: Revolution, Civil War, and New Ways of Life, 1917–1930, Volume 1
by @elissabemporad.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/jews-in-the-...
by @elissabemporad.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/jews-in-the-...
The Secret War: Spies, Lies and the Art of Deception in World War II
by @tuckerjones1944.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/the-secret-war 🗃️ #booksky #espionage
by @tuckerjones1944.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/the-secret-war 🗃️ #booksky #espionage
Anthony Tucker-Jones, "The Secret War: Spies, Lies and the Art of Deception in World War II" (Sirius, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Secret War: Spies, Lies and the Art of Deception in World War II
by @tuckerjones1944.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/the-secret-war 🗃️ #booksky #espionage
by @tuckerjones1944.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/the-secret-war 🗃️ #booksky #espionage
some more podcast episodes
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
some more podcast episodes
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"Engaging with this history is not a side issue: it is the key to picking the lock of looming authoritarianism.” 🗃️
This report from the AfAm Policy Forum spells out why authoritarians need to erase histories of past wrongs.
drive.google.com/file/d/1PGDX...
This report from the AfAm Policy Forum spells out why authoritarians need to erase histories of past wrongs.
drive.google.com/file/d/1PGDX...
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"Engaging with this history is not a side issue: it is the key to picking the lock of looming authoritarianism.” 🗃️
This report from the AfAm Policy Forum spells out why authoritarians need to erase histories of past wrongs.
drive.google.com/file/d/1PGDX...
This report from the AfAm Policy Forum spells out why authoritarians need to erase histories of past wrongs.
drive.google.com/file/d/1PGDX...
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"You Have Arrived in Hell": New Evidence Confirms Torture of Deported Venezuelans in El Salvador. New report confirms my warnings in March: Venezuelans deported to El Salvador were tortured. Half had no criminal record. Many were asylum seekers.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/you-have-a...
austinkocher.substack.com/p/you-have-a...
"You Have Arrived in Hell": New Evidence Confirms Torture of Deported Venezuelans in El Salvador
A new HRW report confirms what I warned about in March: Venezuelans deported to El Salvador were systematically tortured. Half had no criminal record. Many were asylum seekers. We paid for this.
austinkocher.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"You Have Arrived in Hell": New Evidence Confirms Torture of Deported Venezuelans in El Salvador. New report confirms my warnings in March: Venezuelans deported to El Salvador were tortured. Half had no criminal record. Many were asylum seekers.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/you-have-a...
austinkocher.substack.com/p/you-have-a...
also mentioned in these: the Martin Luther insult generator. ergofabulous.org/luther/ #primarysources
Lutheran Insulter
Insults by Martin Luther
ergofabulous.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
also mentioned in these: the Martin Luther insult generator. ergofabulous.org/luther/ #primarysources
Luther and the Peasants: Religion, Ritual, and the Revolt Of 1525
Kenneth G. Appold
newbooksnetwork.com/luther-and-t... #revolts #rebellions #religioushistory #earlymodernhistory
Kenneth G. Appold
newbooksnetwork.com/luther-and-t... #revolts #rebellions #religioushistory #earlymodernhistory
Kenneth G. Appold, "Luther and the Peasants: Religion, Ritual, and the Revolt Of 1525" (Oxford UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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November 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Luther and the Peasants: Religion, Ritual, and the Revolt Of 1525
Kenneth G. Appold
newbooksnetwork.com/luther-and-t... #revolts #rebellions #religioushistory #earlymodernhistory
Kenneth G. Appold
newbooksnetwork.com/luther-and-t... #revolts #rebellions #religioushistory #earlymodernhistory
The Making of a Reformation Man: Martin Luther and the Construction of Masculinity
by @davidmwhitford.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/the-making-o...
#masculinity #skystorians #religioushistory #earlymodernhistory
by @davidmwhitford.bsky.social
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#masculinity #skystorians #religioushistory #earlymodernhistory
David M. Whitford, "The Making of a Reformation Man: Martin Luther and the Construction of Masculinity" (Routledge, 2025) - New Books Network
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November 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The Making of a Reformation Man: Martin Luther and the Construction of Masculinity
by @davidmwhitford.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/the-making-o...
#masculinity #skystorians #religioushistory #earlymodernhistory
by @davidmwhitford.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/the-making-o...
#masculinity #skystorians #religioushistory #earlymodernhistory
two more closely related podcast epidodes
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
two more closely related podcast epidodes
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How does the public perceive and engage with the discipline of history and the past? Check out the results of a national survey that explored these issues, conducted by the AHA and Fairleigh Dickinson University with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. 🗃️
History, the Past, and Public Culture: Results from a National Survey | American Historical Association
This project aspired to take America’s historical pulse by assessing public perceptions of, and engagement with, the discipline of history and the past.
www.historians.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
How does the public perceive and engage with the discipline of history and the past? Check out the results of a national survey that explored these issues, conducted by the AHA and Fairleigh Dickinson University with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. 🗃️
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“Everyone that I know who works or studies at UNC understands that we have to protect ourselves, because no one in the administration will help with that.”
– Michael Palm, UNC Chapel Hill AAUP
– Michael Palm, UNC Chapel Hill AAUP
Nearby ICE Raids Stoke Fear on North Carolina Campuses
As federal immigration enforcement agents descend on North Carolina, campus leaders are rushing to advise fearful staff and students about how to respond.
www.insidehighered.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
“Everyone that I know who works or studies at UNC understands that we have to protect ourselves, because no one in the administration will help with that.”
– Michael Palm, UNC Chapel Hill AAUP
– Michael Palm, UNC Chapel Hill AAUP
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The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal