Matt Crow
@mattcrow.bsky.social
History @HWS, working on the ocean in US intellectual history. NorCal LA convert, CNY resident, kelp forest pilgrim, books on Jefferson and next Melville. Gillian Rose stan, Pocock/Gibbon apologist. P.I., Mellon Maters of Memory Grant. A citizen of Geneva.
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Update: It is now closer to c.300,000 words of new Pocock
I am currently editing c.50,000 words of writings unknown to scholars by J.G.A. Pocock on the Second World War, historiography, political ideas, republicanism, and more for publication next year (with all permissions and family blessing). I look forward to sharing in due course.
February 14, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Update: It is now closer to c.300,000 words of new Pocock
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Ok I see you UCLA Faculty Association and the Council of University of California Faculty Associations, pushing your university to be better and creating the space for this to happen!
NEW: The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of a federal court order blocking its $1.2-billion settlement demand to UCLA over alleged campus civil rights violations: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump administration drops its appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. But it ...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Ok I see you UCLA Faculty Association and the Council of University of California Faculty Associations, pushing your university to be better and creating the space for this to happen!
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It’s a great time to study the US from an ocean away.
So apply for the 3-year Mellon postdoc in American History at Cambridge. Closes March 1.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/mellon-...
So apply for the 3-year Mellon postdoc in American History at Cambridge. Closes March 1.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/mellon-...
February 13, 2026 at 7:23 PM
It’s a great time to study the US from an ocean away.
So apply for the 3-year Mellon postdoc in American History at Cambridge. Closes March 1.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/mellon-...
So apply for the 3-year Mellon postdoc in American History at Cambridge. Closes March 1.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/mellon-...
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February 9, 2026 at 3:08 AM
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"I am one of those who think the best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins— and he her worst enemy, who, under the specious and popular garb of patriotism, seeks to excuse, palliate, and defend them." -- Frederick Douglass, 1846
February 7, 2026 at 8:17 PM
"I am one of those who think the best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins— and he her worst enemy, who, under the specious and popular garb of patriotism, seeks to excuse, palliate, and defend them." -- Frederick Douglass, 1846
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Periodic reminder: I have a new book coming out at the end of March. Let me know if you want me to visit your class, reading group, etc. and talk about it.
Please also let me know if you have any interest in reviewing it:
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Please also let me know if you have any interest in reviewing it:
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January 28, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Periodic reminder: I have a new book coming out at the end of March. Let me know if you want me to visit your class, reading group, etc. and talk about it.
Please also let me know if you have any interest in reviewing it:
brill.com/display/titl...
Please also let me know if you have any interest in reviewing it:
brill.com/display/titl...
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Only two more sleeps before Ben Saunders @wessexarchaeology.bsky.social introduces Maritime Mapping around the Firth of Forth. Book your free ticket here👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news
#MaritimeHeritage #Coal #MiningHeritage
#MaritimeHeritage #Coal #MiningHeritage
February 8, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Only two more sleeps before Ben Saunders @wessexarchaeology.bsky.social introduces Maritime Mapping around the Firth of Forth. Book your free ticket here👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news
#MaritimeHeritage #Coal #MiningHeritage
#MaritimeHeritage #Coal #MiningHeritage
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Cover reveal for Richard Frohock's fab new 🏴☠️ book!
Piracy Mythmaking in the Eighteenth Century
Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government from @routledgehistory.bsky.social will be published 21/5/26!
www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...
Piracy Mythmaking in the Eighteenth Century
Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government from @routledgehistory.bsky.social will be published 21/5/26!
www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...
February 8, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Cover reveal for Richard Frohock's fab new 🏴☠️ book!
Piracy Mythmaking in the Eighteenth Century
Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government from @routledgehistory.bsky.social will be published 21/5/26!
www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...
Piracy Mythmaking in the Eighteenth Century
Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government from @routledgehistory.bsky.social will be published 21/5/26!
www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...
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Thrilled about this new grant we are offering for under-represented early career scholars. The first cycle is for scholars in history and area studies. Please spread the word widely. @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Amplifying voices
New Cambridge grant to help under-represented scholars publish
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December 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Thrilled about this new grant we are offering for under-represented early career scholars. The first cycle is for scholars in history and area studies. Please spread the word widely. @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Read more here: 🔗 cup.org/4pF5xvr
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“Iyou could shove it in your purse or your pocket...There were, say, a few hundred book stores in the US but there were thousands of little drugstores+ bus stations+so on in small towns.That’s why they’re called mass market. There was a much more robust system for getting these books out there.”
A eulogy for the mass market paperback, "one of the most brilliant technologies in the history of the world."
So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
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February 6, 2026 at 2:38 PM
“Iyou could shove it in your purse or your pocket...There were, say, a few hundred book stores in the US but there were thousands of little drugstores+ bus stations+so on in small towns.That’s why they’re called mass market. There was a much more robust system for getting these books out there.”
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Fun Winter Olympic fact – all the stone for Olympic curling stones come from the Scottish island of Ailsa Craig.
February 6, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Fun Winter Olympic fact – all the stone for Olympic curling stones come from the Scottish island of Ailsa Craig.
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Cool job for any of historians of the West or California!
www.governmentjobs.com/jobs/5219012...
www.governmentjobs.com/jobs/5219012...
City Historian in Sacramento, CA | GovernmentJobs.com
Apply for City Historian position in Sacramento, CA through GovernmentJobs.com. Join our team and become a part of City of Sacramento community.
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February 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Cool job for any of historians of the West or California!
www.governmentjobs.com/jobs/5219012...
www.governmentjobs.com/jobs/5219012...
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🚨 'The don’t-love-thy-neighbor Christians have powerful allies in the war on empathy. Silicon Valley techno-authoritarians & social Darwinists argue that empathy is weakness & suicidal for civilization because it gets in the way of ruthless ambition & efficiency.'
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
MAGA’s War on Empathy
This crisis in Minneapolis reveals a deep moral rot at the heart of Trump’s movement.
www.theatlantic.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:30 PM
🚨 'The don’t-love-thy-neighbor Christians have powerful allies in the war on empathy. Silicon Valley techno-authoritarians & social Darwinists argue that empathy is weakness & suicidal for civilization because it gets in the way of ruthless ambition & efficiency.'
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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ExSQUEEZE me?!
January 28, 2026 at 1:34 PM
ExSQUEEZE me?!
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Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com
Part of a forum on the life and legacy of political theorist Kirstie McClure.
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January 25, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Part of a forum on the life and legacy of political theorist Kirstie McClure.
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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 12:21 PM
Almost certain I’ve seen him in a movie recently.
Let’s.
BOVINO: He was in the scene actively impeding and assaulting law enforceme--
BASH: But he wasn't impeding. He was filming, which is a legal thing to do in the United States
BOVINO: Dana, let's not free frame adjudicate this now
BASH: But he wasn't impeding. He was filming, which is a legal thing to do in the United States
BOVINO: Dana, let's not free frame adjudicate this now
January 25, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Almost certain I’ve seen him in a movie recently.
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Let’s.
BOVINO: He was in the scene actively impeding and assaulting law enforceme--
BASH: But he wasn't impeding. He was filming, which is a legal thing to do in the United States
BOVINO: Dana, let's not free frame adjudicate this now
BASH: But he wasn't impeding. He was filming, which is a legal thing to do in the United States
BOVINO: Dana, let's not free frame adjudicate this now
January 25, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Let’s.
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Today is the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. Bless You, Lord, who transformed the most unlikely man. Saul hunted and benefited from arresting and killing his fellow man, but You opened his heart so that he could surrender to Your love and atone for those sins. From You came Paul, full of love.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Today is the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul. Bless You, Lord, who transformed the most unlikely man. Saul hunted and benefited from arresting and killing his fellow man, but You opened his heart so that he could surrender to Your love and atone for those sins. From You came Paul, full of love.
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Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com.
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
economist.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com.
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
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Hannah Arendt, Pearl-Diving, and the Humanities
January 25, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Hannah Arendt, Pearl-Diving, and the Humanities
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I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.
Senator Gallego weighs in as well. Note that at the start of 2025 he was considered a *moderate* on immigration and co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act. Him and many other Dems have been increasingly horrified at what ICE is doing and shifted away from a "more enforcement" focus.
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.