Morgan Golf-French
@zenothankyou.bsky.social
History postdoc in Turin, works on race, policy, and education in the German Enlightenment.
Has strong feelings about the periodization of the 18thC. Enjoys hiking, hummus, horror films, and heavy metal. Jewish.
Has strong feelings about the periodization of the 18thC. Enjoys hiking, hummus, horror films, and heavy metal. Jewish.
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
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Right now you can get 25% off the paperback of Thomas More in the @waterstones.bsky.social pre-order sale!
Only last until Friday so get yours now!
Only last until Friday so get yours now!
February 17, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Right now you can get 25% off the paperback of Thomas More in the @waterstones.bsky.social pre-order sale!
Only last until Friday so get yours now!
Only last until Friday so get yours now!
It's not that I don't sympathize with people who attended lectures over Zoom, it's that I think it's orders of magnitude less urgent than the people who said goodbye to loved ones over Zoom.
It is deeply frustrating that the former are able to seek redress while the latter are not.
It is deeply frustrating that the former are able to seek redress while the latter are not.
February 16, 2026 at 10:44 PM
It's not that I don't sympathize with people who attended lectures over Zoom, it's that I think it's orders of magnitude less urgent than the people who said goodbye to loved ones over Zoom.
It is deeply frustrating that the former are able to seek redress while the latter are not.
It is deeply frustrating that the former are able to seek redress while the latter are not.
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*Call For Papers*
"Institutional Identities in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages" — seeking papers on how institutions shaped identities across Late Antiquity, Byzantium, and the Islamic world.
Deadline: 20 March.
hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-even...
"Institutional Identities in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages" — seeking papers on how institutions shaped identities across Late Antiquity, Byzantium, and the Islamic world.
Deadline: 20 March.
hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-even...
February 16, 2026 at 10:10 AM
*Call For Papers*
"Institutional Identities in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages" — seeking papers on how institutions shaped identities across Late Antiquity, Byzantium, and the Islamic world.
Deadline: 20 March.
hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-even...
"Institutional Identities in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages" — seeking papers on how institutions shaped identities across Late Antiquity, Byzantium, and the Islamic world.
Deadline: 20 March.
hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-even...
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CFP: Race, Law and Empire
February 16, 2026 at 11:10 AM
CFP: Race, Law and Empire
Advice Sought!
I'm reading a book to review for a journal that, frankly, should not have been published. It's littered with non-sequiturs, contradictions, major factual errors, and even passages that are recycled several times.
It seems more like un-edited notes than a peer-reviewed academic book.
I'm reading a book to review for a journal that, frankly, should not have been published. It's littered with non-sequiturs, contradictions, major factual errors, and even passages that are recycled several times.
It seems more like un-edited notes than a peer-reviewed academic book.
February 16, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Advice Sought!
I'm reading a book to review for a journal that, frankly, should not have been published. It's littered with non-sequiturs, contradictions, major factual errors, and even passages that are recycled several times.
It seems more like un-edited notes than a peer-reviewed academic book.
I'm reading a book to review for a journal that, frankly, should not have been published. It's littered with non-sequiturs, contradictions, major factual errors, and even passages that are recycled several times.
It seems more like un-edited notes than a peer-reviewed academic book.
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We are super thrilled that @rachelschine.bsky.social is holding an online lecture on March 4th! DM or email @speriola.bsky.social of you want to join us 🙂 #cims
February 16, 2026 at 8:55 AM
We are super thrilled that @rachelschine.bsky.social is holding an online lecture on March 4th! DM or email @speriola.bsky.social of you want to join us 🙂 #cims
New way to hurt early modernists just dropped
The kind of utter confusion Brooks is going to inflict on Yale undergrads.
February 14, 2026 at 8:44 PM
New way to hurt early modernists just dropped
I knew it would feel good to finally cancel my Audible membership.
I didn't know how good it would feel to receive near-daily emails begging me not to cancel.
I didn't know how good it would feel to receive near-daily emails begging me not to cancel.
February 13, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I knew it would feel good to finally cancel my Audible membership.
I didn't know how good it would feel to receive near-daily emails begging me not to cancel.
I didn't know how good it would feel to receive near-daily emails begging me not to cancel.
Copy-editor has simply removed the volume/issue numbers from every reference to a journal article
a man with a beard is touching his forehead with his hands
ALT: a man with a beard is touching his forehead with his hands
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Copy-editor has simply removed the volume/issue numbers from every reference to a journal article
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Has anyone got any gigs for me? I would like to do some thanks x
February 9, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Has anyone got any gigs for me? I would like to do some thanks x
The McSweeney/Cummings podcast is going to be truly rancid
February 8, 2026 at 8:59 PM
The McSweeney/Cummings podcast is going to be truly rancid
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Every year around this time, everyone awaits the Superb Owl.
Here she is.
Here she is.
February 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Every year around this time, everyone awaits the Superb Owl.
Here she is.
Here she is.
Yes, Donald Trump's presidency is still a terrifying, dystopian nightmare, but him calling an olympic skier a loser is also just really funny.
February 8, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Yes, Donald Trump's presidency is still a terrifying, dystopian nightmare, but him calling an olympic skier a loser is also just really funny.
Every single time I stop for a gelato I ask for a piccolo serving and every single time I am handed a huge, ungainly mountain of gelato, teetering upon a cone that seems liable to buckle from the sheer weight.
Who buys medium without immediately collapsing after eating? Is the large just a bucket!?
Who buys medium without immediately collapsing after eating? Is the large just a bucket!?
February 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Every single time I stop for a gelato I ask for a piccolo serving and every single time I am handed a huge, ungainly mountain of gelato, teetering upon a cone that seems liable to buckle from the sheer weight.
Who buys medium without immediately collapsing after eating? Is the large just a bucket!?
Who buys medium without immediately collapsing after eating? Is the large just a bucket!?
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It has to be "The Muppets Take Medieval Studies," because Kalamzoo is objectively the funniest place name for anywhere an academic conference takes place.
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 6:16 PM
It has to be "The Muppets Take Medieval Studies," because Kalamzoo is objectively the funniest place name for anywhere an academic conference takes place.
Guess I'm moving back to Firefox
Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser after user feedback revealed many who wanted an AI-free browser experience.
New Mozilla Firefox version to allow AI features to be blocked
Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser.
www.siliconrepublic.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Guess I'm moving back to Firefox
Always baffled when I see theorists claim that the subject/object distinction is unique to "Western" thought or has significant explanatory force for racism/colonialism/whatever.
On the first point, it just ...isn't. I don't know where this idea comes from, but it's just really easily disproven...
On the first point, it just ...isn't. I don't know where this idea comes from, but it's just really easily disproven...
February 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Always baffled when I see theorists claim that the subject/object distinction is unique to "Western" thought or has significant explanatory force for racism/colonialism/whatever.
On the first point, it just ...isn't. I don't know where this idea comes from, but it's just really easily disproven...
On the first point, it just ...isn't. I don't know where this idea comes from, but it's just really easily disproven...
By 'countless' he presumably means a lack of noblemen between the ranks of baron and duke. That or he failed KS1 maths, because that is very clearly six (6) men.
The untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true
February 7, 2026 at 11:56 AM
By 'countless' he presumably means a lack of noblemen between the ranks of baron and duke. That or he failed KS1 maths, because that is very clearly six (6) men.
How exactly does one wuther a height, anyway?
Nice heights. Are they wuthering?
February 7, 2026 at 1:26 AM
How exactly does one wuther a height, anyway?
Me sending emails: I shall just add some exclamation marks so that they know I am friendly, grateful, and don't take myself too seriously
Me receiving emails: wtf why are there so many exclamation marks, what did I do wrong
Me receiving emails: wtf why are there so many exclamation marks, what did I do wrong
February 6, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Me sending emails: I shall just add some exclamation marks so that they know I am friendly, grateful, and don't take myself too seriously
Me receiving emails: wtf why are there so many exclamation marks, what did I do wrong
Me receiving emails: wtf why are there so many exclamation marks, what did I do wrong
Meanwhile the president of the USA is posting videos dehumanizing Black people from his private social media platform literally today
February 6, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Meanwhile the president of the USA is posting videos dehumanizing Black people from his private social media platform literally today
Me too
Just putting it out there: I'm at a career stage where I'm keen to get some journal editorial experience. Tell your pals.
February 5, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Me too
As a certain Leader of the Opposition once said, "he knew the accused...had previously committed predatory behaviour, but he promoted him to a position of power anyway"
EXC:
I can reveal the contents of a memo by Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman in January 2025 warning Number 10 it was making a mistake to hire Mandelson - sent to Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.
www.ft.com/content/584a...
I can reveal the contents of a memo by Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman in January 2025 warning Number 10 it was making a mistake to hire Mandelson - sent to Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney.
www.ft.com/content/584a...
Keir Starmer apologises to victims of Jeffrey Epstein
UK prime minister faces criticism from Labour MPs but insists he is not about to quit
www.ft.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
As a certain Leader of the Opposition once said, "he knew the accused...had previously committed predatory behaviour, but he promoted him to a position of power anyway"