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Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · 3d

The proofs have landed 🎉

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Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · 9d

Sent! Thank you!

Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · 9d

Just sent!

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Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · 9d

My review essay for Archiv für Sozialgeschichte is out!! 20k words taking stock of where queer German history is and where it is going. DM if you’d like the pdf (it will be available open access only after a year).

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Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · 15d

If you rolled your eyes at the New York Times’s reporting on the GOP gays of Washington, DC, you’ll love my take in @thebaffler.com

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The Fruits of Rank | Samuel Huneke

The A-Gays of Trump’s Washington are nothing the new—the past is littered with homosexual hypocrites.

thebaffler.com

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 23d

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

The new TOC from academia dot edu.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Heike Bauer @heikebauer.bsky.social · 25d

The Journal of the History of Sexuality is looking for new editor(s) networks.h-net.org/group/announ... 🌈🎓

Reminder: Journal of the History of Sexuality seeks new editor(s) | H-Net

The Journal of the History of Sexuality is seeking new editors. The JHS, which was founded in 1990 and is published by the University of Texas Press, is the oldest journal devoted to the history of se...

networks.h-net.org

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The Gaily Show @thegailyshow.org · Sep 9

We took a DEEP dive into fascism yesterday on the show with @schuneke.bsky.social. How do we even describe MAGA? And given US LGBTQ history, is it accurate to describe MAGA as a *return* to a fascism? I could talk to Sam for days. podfollow.com/the-gaily-show

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MAGA threatens Chicago invasion, plus conversation with Dr. Samuel Clowes Huneke

YouTube video by The Gaily Show

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Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · Aug 27

It’s worth pointing out that the (grand) jury system was enshrined in our constitution precisely so that citizens could serve as a check on prosecutorial overreach

Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent

www.nytimes.com

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Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · Aug 25

My university is shutting down our humanities center, but at least we hired a chief AI officer smdh

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Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · Aug 24

It’s so upsetting that the party that cares so much about history constantly (and intentionally) gets it factually wrong

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Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · Aug 24

What is he talking about? Both WWI and WWII ended with unconditional surrenders. Germany’s government was presented with a peace treaty it had no hand in negotiating in 1919 and there wasn’t even a German government left with which to negotiate in 1945.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 24

JD Vance: "This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to World War 2, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Aug 16

NEW: Video shared with me from a bystander in DC shows multiple masked federal agents (at least one of whom appears to have an ICE badge) violently attacking and handcuffing a delivery worker in the street outside Bluestone Lane cafe near Logan Circle this morning.

Please take care when watching.

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Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · Aug 16

Yes!!

Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · Aug 16

exactly one page into Middlemarch and had to pause because this might be the best thing i ever read

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Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · Aug 13

Liberalism be liberaling tbh

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Aug 13

Although crime is declining, Washington is still far more dangerous than it should be, Charles Fain Lehman argues. Instead of just looking tough, “the administration should focus its resources on the people and places that make the District unusually unsafe.” https://theatln.tc/6RCOGO23

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Christian Kleindienst @postkulturwissenschaften.de · Aug 9

Zu Susan Neiman übrigens sehr lesenswert: @schuneke.bsky.social's Review ihres Buches “Left Is Not Woke:
lareviewofbooks.org/article/crit...

Critically Cringe: On Susan Neiman’s “Left Is Not Woke” | Los Angeles Review of Books

Samuel C. Huneke takes Susan Neiman’s “Left Is Not Woke” to task.

lareviewofbooks.org

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Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · Aug 7

Classic NYT

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Aug 7

How the hell do you write a piece about historians writing for the courts that quotes three judges and four law profs but ZERO historians?

As the Supreme Court Focuses on the Past, Historians Turn to Advocacy

www.nytimes.com

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Abu Aardvark’s Ghost @abuaardvark.bsky.social · Aug 3

If we found anyone submitting a piece to POMEPS that used ChatGPT or other AI it would be rejected and the author would go on our do not publish redlist. It’s not something that any serious academic or intellectual should do. It shouldn’t be legitimated or normalized.

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Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · Aug 2

Proofs are here!!! Watch out for this chunky review essay in this year’s Archiv für Sozialgeschichte

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David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · Aug 1

If you think that humanities degrees are useless, you've adopted a falsehood:

"It is a well-kept secret of US higher education that undergraduate students who have earned a degree in the humanities fare quite well on the job market."

#Edusky
#HigherEducation

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Mellon Foundation

The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.

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Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · Jul 28

In case anyone is wondering how things are going, we in the Mason Faculty Senate passed a non-binding resolution expressing support for our President and the DOJ announced they’re investigating us.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...

Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation

www.nytimes.com

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Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · Jul 17

I’ve not been teaching nearly as long but have noticed the same thing. Getting students to consistently read even page-long texts every week can be a struggle.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Jul 15

I've been teaching at Princeton over the same period and the drop-off in reading stamina has been staggering.

I'm not sure of the cause -- some blame K-12 shifts to "chunk reading" while others pin it on COVID -- but it's undeniable.

Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · Jul 15

I'm entering my 25th year in the job, having taught for 4 years at Yale and 20 at Berkeley.

The clearest trendline in my experience (fwiw) is the *dramatically* diminished willingness or capacity of undergrads to read. I used to assign 150 pp./week. Closer to 40 now—and even that is aspirational.

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Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · Jul 16

Thanks!! It’s a huge deal. Basically the most prestigious award in her field

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Samuel Huneke @schuneke.bsky.social · Jul 16

So crazy proud of my mom for being awarded ASEES’s Distinguished Contributions to Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Award for a remarkable career including 16 books, edited volumes, and special issues; directing a major area studies center; and mentoring countless students.

Edith Clowes | Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies

Established in 1970, the Distinguished Contributions to Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Award honors eminent members of the profession who have made major contributions to the field throug...

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