Rachel Tamar Van
@rtvan.bsky.social
Prof & DH Coordinator @CPP. Early Americans abroad, merchants, smugglers, capitalists, family history = labor history. In it for the gossip. Views my own.
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Mind-boggling stuff: ICE has detained 4 Oglala men and is apparently demanding the Lakota--a nation of the continent's original inhabitants--“enter into an immigration agreement with ICE." www.twincities.com/2026/01/13/i...
Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention
The detained tribal members are experiencing homelessness and living under a bridge in Minneapolis.
www.twincities.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mind-boggling stuff: ICE has detained 4 Oglala men and is apparently demanding the Lakota--a nation of the continent's original inhabitants--“enter into an immigration agreement with ICE." www.twincities.com/2026/01/13/i...
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Are you finalizing a syllabus and looking for short, accessible articles to assign on some aspect of American history before 1900? Did you know that Commonplace has a subject tags page that allows you to easily browse our 25 year back catalog? Check it out here: 🗃️
commonplace.online/article/subj...
commonplace.online/article/subj...
Subject Tags - Commonplace
Browse by Subject
commonplace.online
January 2, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Are you finalizing a syllabus and looking for short, accessible articles to assign on some aspect of American history before 1900? Did you know that Commonplace has a subject tags page that allows you to easily browse our 25 year back catalog? Check it out here: 🗃️
commonplace.online/article/subj...
commonplace.online/article/subj...
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@ajhasocial.bsky.social Please spread the word about the Charles R. Eisendrath Fellowship at the Clements Library. The fellowship supports research on the relation of journalism to US history before 1900 in both pictorial and written reportage and commentary. See clements.umich.edu/research/fel...
Apply for a Clements Library Fellowship - UM Clements Library
clements.umich.edu
December 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
@ajhasocial.bsky.social Please spread the word about the Charles R. Eisendrath Fellowship at the Clements Library. The fellowship supports research on the relation of journalism to US history before 1900 in both pictorial and written reportage and commentary. See clements.umich.edu/research/fel...
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Yo Los Angeles! LA Taco is not only the best reporting on where the most amazing food in town is hiding, they have been way out in front of everyone with their reporting on ICE and CBP thugs.
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December 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Yo Los Angeles! LA Taco is not only the best reporting on where the most amazing food in town is hiding, they have been way out in front of everyone with their reporting on ICE and CBP thugs.
This is the kind of independent, local, media we all need to support. I'm proud to be a member.
This is the kind of independent, local, media we all need to support. I'm proud to be a member.
Fascinating thread on a canary in the coal mine —
It is about this: because so many people do not give a shit about romance, shit gets tried in romance first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
You should pay attention to romance publishing news and care about it, because they will try that shit here first.
December 24, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Fascinating thread on a canary in the coal mine —
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Last year CPP established a Digital Humanities Consortium. It’s been an exciting space for collaboration on topics from digital storytelling & community archiving to approaching AI with intentionality. Follow on Instagram (@dhc_cpp) or LinkedIn for virtual events in 2026! 🍾
In 2025, the Digital Humanities Consortium @ CPP brought technology and the humanities together through impactful workshops, hands-on learning, and student & faculty fellowships!
💡 Skill-building workshops
🤝 Interdisciplinary collaboration
🎓 Fellowships supporting innovation in tech + humanities
💡 Skill-building workshops
🤝 Interdisciplinary collaboration
🎓 Fellowships supporting innovation in tech + humanities
December 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Last year CPP established a Digital Humanities Consortium. It’s been an exciting space for collaboration on topics from digital storytelling & community archiving to approaching AI with intentionality. Follow on Instagram (@dhc_cpp) or LinkedIn for virtual events in 2026! 🍾
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In 2025, the Digital Humanities Consortium @ CPP brought technology and the humanities together through impactful workshops, hands-on learning, and student & faculty fellowships!
💡 Skill-building workshops
🤝 Interdisciplinary collaboration
🎓 Fellowships supporting innovation in tech + humanities
💡 Skill-building workshops
🤝 Interdisciplinary collaboration
🎓 Fellowships supporting innovation in tech + humanities
December 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In 2025, the Digital Humanities Consortium @ CPP brought technology and the humanities together through impactful workshops, hands-on learning, and student & faculty fellowships!
💡 Skill-building workshops
🤝 Interdisciplinary collaboration
🎓 Fellowships supporting innovation in tech + humanities
💡 Skill-building workshops
🤝 Interdisciplinary collaboration
🎓 Fellowships supporting innovation in tech + humanities
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I moderated a discussion of the Page Act of 1875 with Catherine Ceniza Choy, Cybelle Fox, and Leti Volpp in April. You can now watch a video of the event!
news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/12/b...
news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/12/b...
Berkeley Talks: The Page Act and the making of racialized US immigration control - Berkeley News
A panel of UC Berkeley scholars unpack how the 1875 law helped institutionalize racially targeted exclusion at the border and laid the groundwork for the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act and later U.S. immi...
news.berkeley.edu
December 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I moderated a discussion of the Page Act of 1875 with Catherine Ceniza Choy, Cybelle Fox, and Leti Volpp in April. You can now watch a video of the event!
news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/12/b...
news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/12/b...
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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Podcast Alert! I had so much fun chatting with @lizcovart.bsky.social about the history of 1820s interoceanic Canal Dreamers. The @bfworld.bsky.social podcast episode went live today! What a great last day of classes treat. @uncpress.bsky.social 🗃️
benfranklinsworld.com/episode-428-...
benfranklinsworld.com/episode-428-...
Episode 428: Jessica Lepler, America’s Forgotten Quest to Link Two Oceans
In the 1820s, Americans dared to dream big. They believed they could cut a canal through the wild, rain-soaked terrain of Nicaragua. This is their story.
benfranklinsworld.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Podcast Alert! I had so much fun chatting with @lizcovart.bsky.social about the history of 1820s interoceanic Canal Dreamers. The @bfworld.bsky.social podcast episode went live today! What a great last day of classes treat. @uncpress.bsky.social 🗃️
benfranklinsworld.com/episode-428-...
benfranklinsworld.com/episode-428-...
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An early Christmas present for all you Court of Requests fans. *All* the calendared Elizabethan proceedings [TNA REQ 2/26-294], over 20,000 items in total, are now searchable on The National Archives' online catalogue. Ho ho ho 🎄 discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C...
Browse records of other archives | The National Archives
The official archive of the UK government. Our vision is to lead and transform information management, guarantee the survival of today's information for tomorrow and bring history to life for everyone...
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
An early Christmas present for all you Court of Requests fans. *All* the calendared Elizabethan proceedings [TNA REQ 2/26-294], over 20,000 items in total, are now searchable on The National Archives' online catalogue. Ho ho ho 🎄 discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C...
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HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
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ICE should not be free to inflict this kind of pain and suffering on innocent immigrants. This doesn’t make anyone safer.
Republicans must join Democrats in calling for oversight, accountability, and serious restraint.
Republicans must join Democrats in calling for oversight, accountability, and serious restraint.
Local police investigating ICE after video appears to show agent drive over detained man’s foot
The incident in Vancouver, Washington caused the 27-year-old man to scream in agony.
www.oregonlive.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
ICE should not be free to inflict this kind of pain and suffering on innocent immigrants. This doesn’t make anyone safer.
Republicans must join Democrats in calling for oversight, accountability, and serious restraint.
Republicans must join Democrats in calling for oversight, accountability, and serious restraint.
I literally cannot tell if this is satire or not. Then again, if you’d shown me a picture of the current White House a year ago, I would also think it was satire.
zombie hands clawing at a zombie world.
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I literally cannot tell if this is satire or not. Then again, if you’d shown me a picture of the current White House a year ago, I would also think it was satire.
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The blatant use of false, inaccurate histories to arrive at a decision the majority of the Court clearly wanted regardless of the facts is a feature of both Dred Scott and Dobbs. It’s an apt comparison. 🗃️
If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.
December 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The blatant use of false, inaccurate histories to arrive at a decision the majority of the Court clearly wanted regardless of the facts is a feature of both Dred Scott and Dobbs. It’s an apt comparison. 🗃️
Check out these fabulous DH talks 12/4—register to get details on how to join virtually—times are all PST.
Last chance to sign up for our hybrid events with philosopher and podcaster extraordinaire Barry Lam! Lunch is on us if you can make it in person!
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December 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Check out these fabulous DH talks 12/4—register to get details on how to join virtually—times are all PST.
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This is too much.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This is too much.
Looks fantastic!
Honored to present my work at “Historias Radicales” conference at The Huntington this weekend.
I'll be presenting on 1990s Latina/o written publications and their expansive radical imagination, as in their pages, they connected U.S. Latina/o and Latin American readers and intellectual traditions.
I'll be presenting on 1990s Latina/o written publications and their expansive radical imagination, as in their pages, they connected U.S. Latina/o and Latin American readers and intellectual traditions.
December 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Looks fantastic!
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🔔 We’re honored to open a new round in the @susih.bsky.social -IU Community Scholars Program, which unlocks onsite + remote library access for 3 years for contingent scholars + historians working beyond the academy. Please apply + share! CFP due 2/1. Onward! 🗃️ s-usih.org/2025/12/cfp-...
CFP: USIH-IU Community Scholars Program | Society for US Intellectual History
In partnership with the Institute for American Thought at Indiana University, the Society for U.S. Intellectual History is pleased to announce the continuation of a new opportunity to support continge...
s-usih.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🔔 We’re honored to open a new round in the @susih.bsky.social -IU Community Scholars Program, which unlocks onsite + remote library access for 3 years for contingent scholars + historians working beyond the academy. Please apply + share! CFP due 2/1. Onward! 🗃️ s-usih.org/2025/12/cfp-...
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This means NSF dissertation improvement grants in the social sciences are simply...not happening.
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This means NSF dissertation improvement grants in the social sciences are simply...not happening.
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How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Hope it’s solid — Pauli Murray was so badass. She should be a household name. Legend.
#Documentary to explore: My name is Pauli Murray. She was a legal trailblazer whose ideas influenced RBG’s fight for gender equality & Thurgood Marshall’s civil rights arguments. She was born #OTD in 1910.
Directed by @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social & @betsywest.bsky.social. On Amazon Prime. #film
Directed by @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social & @betsywest.bsky.social. On Amazon Prime. #film
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Hope it’s solid — Pauli Murray was so badass. She should be a household name. Legend.
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I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
Tell Students the Truth About American History
We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.
www.theatlantic.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”