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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · 5d

This First Friday @baruch.cuny.edu Weissman School of Arts and Sciences Newsletter features our department! Check out the recent exciting news, events, and accomplishments: myemail.constantcontact.com/HISTORY-EDIT...

HISTORY EDITION - Baruch College Ranks No. 1

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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · 7d

🚨Tenure-track job🚨
Applications close on November 15, 2025 for an assistant professor position specializing on the history of South Asia at @cuny.edu @baruch.cuny.edu. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37877043...

Baruch College - Assistant Professor - History of South Asia - New York City, New York (US) job with Baruch College | 37877043

Job Title: Baruch College - Assistant Professor - History of South Asia Job Description: “At Baruch College we believe that student success is eve...

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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · 15d

Congrats to @baruch.cuny.edu history prof. @profbrooks.bsky.social for your new book from @ucpress.bsky.social.

Charlotte Brooks🏳️‍🌈/夏黎 (夏洛特布魯克斯) @profbrooks.bsky.social · 16d

In between everything else in the world, I have a book coming out with @ucpress.bsky.social. Preorder is available now for The Moys of New York and Shanghai: One Family’s Extraordinary Journey Through War and Revolution, a family saga of six Chinese American siblings and their spouses.

The Moys of New York and Shanghai by Charlotte Brooks - Hardcover

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · 19d

Today @baruch.cuny.edu history professor @markricehistory.bsky.social was interviewed by @cnnipr.bsky.social about controversies surrounding #MachuPicchu.

Mark Rice @markricehistory.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks to @cnnipr.bsky.social @kimbrunhuber.bsky.social for hosting me to talk about recent conflicts over tourism and preservation at #MachuPicchu x.com/kimbrunhuber...

Screenshot of tweet of an interview between Kim Brunhuber and Mark Rice with the text: The designation of Machu Picchu as a world wonder is at risk after protests and overcrowding. Many fear Peru's government is "uninterested" in the "preservation of the site and the lives of the people that depend on tourism" says Mark Rice at Baruch College.

Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · 29d

We're excited to once again host the New York City Latin American History Workshop at @baruch.cuny.edu. Check out the presenters, our schedule, and registration info:

New York City Latin American History Workshop. Pre-registration required. Fridays 11am-1pm. Baruch College, Room 8-210.
Presenters:
September 26: Rafael Cesar (Princeton University) "Factionalism: The Cuban-Angolan Politics of Racelessness at the Dawn of Angolan Independence (1975-1979)
October 31: Pablo Pryluka (City College of New York) "Advertising: Does This Business Kill? Consuming Development in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile"
November 21: T.J. Desch-Obi (Baruch College) "With the Flat of a Machete: The History of Afro-Colombian Martial Arts."
February 6: Emmanuel Velayos (Hostos Community College) "The Provisional State: Simón Rodriguez and the Layout of Hybrid Republics."
March 6: Melissa Teixeira (University of Pennsylvania) "The Price of Democracy: The Plano Cruzado and the Limits of Economic Reform in 1980s Brazil."
April 17: Nicolas Allen (Stony Brook University) "Noisy Neighbors and Intimate Sounds: The Phonograph in Early 20th-Century Brazil."
To register and receive the workshop paper, please contact Stephanie Luciano, stephanie.lucianoperez@baruch.cuny.edu

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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · 29d

Congrats to Prof. Anna Boozer. Her book, At Home in Roman Egypt: A Social Archaeology, is now available in paperback: www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

Faculty Authors. Congratulations to Prof. Anna Boozer on her new book - At Home in Roman Egypt: A Social Archaeology.

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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · Sep 3

Congrats to Baruch history prof. Martina Nguyen on the opening of her new co-curated exhibition, The Vietnamese Áo Dài in a Time of War.

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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · Aug 26

And a new semester dawns on Baruch. We're looking forward to starting a new academic year with returning students and new members of the Baruch community at @cuny.edu

Image of the Bauruch campus with the words: "And here we go!"

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · Aug 21

***Job Opportunity***

Assistant Professor - History of South Asia, Baruch College ( @baruchhistory.bsky.social )

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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hi, @nellstra.bsky.social! Can you do us a favor and add our job to your list? We're excited to add a new colleague to our department.

Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨TENURE TRACK JOB OPENING🚨 South Asian History

We are looking to hire an assistant professor who specializes in the history of South Asia to join our department at @baruch.cuny.edu. Information and link to apply here: cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨TENURE TRACK JOB OPENING🚨 South Asian History

We are looking to hire an assistant professor who specializes in the history of South Asia to join our department at @baruch.cuny.edu. Information and link to apply here: cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · May 21

FYI!

Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · May 21

👀 www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/c...

“Even so, demand for humanities majors is on the rise, and with good reason.

“At a conference last year, Robert Goldstein, the chief operating officer of BlackRock, the world’s biggest money manager, said the firm was adjusting its hiring strategy for recent grads. “We have more and more conviction that we need people who majored in history, in English, and things that have nothing to do with finance or technology,” Goldstein said.

“This demand for liberal arts degrees is due in part to the rise of artificial intelligence, which drives the need for creative thinking and so-called soft skills.”

Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · Apr 3

Yesterday, students from our History of Tourism class taught by @markricehistory.bsky.social organized a historical walking tour of Madison Sq. Park. Students researched and presented about various sites in and around the park - part of our department's commitment to experiential learning.

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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · Apr 1

Congrats to Baruch history prof. @markricehistory.bsky.social. His work is published in the new series, Perú Global from the Fondo Editorial de la Universidad del Pacífico in Lima.

Mark Rice @markricehistory.bsky.social · Apr 1

Fue un placer participar en el proyecto (ahora libro!) "Perú global: Explicar el Perú con el mundo."

Aquí portada y contratapa del primer volumen!

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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · Mar 31

Women's History Month spotlight: students in "Women and Gender during the Cold War" conduct research on relevant topics of their choice, focusing on methodologies of gender history. Learn about their research at Baruch's Reseach and Creative Inquiry Expo in May! blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/history/?p=336

Truck supervisor Bernard Levey with his family in front of their home in the new Levittown, Pa., housing development in 1950. (Bernard Hoffman/Time Life/Getty Images)

Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · Mar 27

Students in our Women and Gender in the Middle East course use @wikieducation.bsky.social to improve Wikipedia articles on relevant topics. Today's student profile is history major William Alex Wong, expanding an article on Women in Palestine. blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/history/?p=327 #WomensHistoryMonth

Map titled, "Palestine, with the Hauran, and the adjacent districts," published by Charles Knight & Co in 1843.

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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · Mar 27

Thank you, Parsons School of Design prof. Dr. Jonathan Michael Square for presenting at the history department's Friedman Lecture on Tuesday. Dr. Square presented on how curators document and curate Black visual culture and later met with history students.

Dr. Brown giving a lecture on Black visual culture.

Dr. Brown meeting with Baruch history students

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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · Mar 26

For Women's History Month, we're recognizing the excellent work of students in @zoegriffith.bsky.social's course Women & Gender in the Middle East, in which students edit Wikipedia pages on relevant topics. History major Amalia Parrish researchs Islamic clothing: blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/history/?p=323

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Mark Rice @markricehistory.bsky.social · Mar 24

Student (looking around the @baruchhistory.bsky.social reception area): This kinda looks like a doctor’s office

Me (barely hiding my joy at getting the perfect set up for dad joke of the week): Well, technically…

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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · Mar 24

Recently, the collaborate history, The Sweet Life: The Sweet Life: Julius Leblanc Stewart and Painting the Belle Époque featuring the work of Baruch history professor Vincent DiGirolamo, received a glowing review: www.themagazineantiques.com/article/book...

Books: Seine Kid - The Magazine Antiques

Since 1922, The Magazine ANTIQUES has been America’s premier publication on the fine and decorative arts, architecture, preservation, and interior design.

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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · Mar 24

Tomorrow! Dr. Jonathan Michael Square, Asst. Prof. of Black Visual Culture at the Parsons School of Design will present "Looking Back to the Future: Realizing the Afric-American Picture Gallery"

Mar. 25, 12:45pm in NVC 5-165

Sponsored by the Department of History and the Robert A. Friedman Seminar

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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · Mar 23

Great event hosted by @iehs.bsky.social event on the Page Act featuring Baruch history's @profbrooks.bsky.social!

Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · Mar 23

Please join an online event marking the 150th anniversary of the Page Act of 1875! @iehs.bsky.social and @ihrc-umn.bsky.social are pleased to hold this joint event on April 22. Register below!

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Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · Mar 21

We're excited to welcome Dr. Jonathan Michael Square, Asst Prof of Black Visual Culture at Parsons School of Design, to Baruch on Tues to give a public lecture, "Looking Back to the Future: Realizing the Afric-American Picture Gallery," 3/25 12:45pm in VC 5-165 baruch.event.cuny.edu/events/BxuT4...

Baruch History Department @baruchhistory.bsky.social · Mar 17

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Did you know that NYC's first Irish-American mayor, W.R. Grace, first rose to prominence as a resident and businessman of Latin America? Our very own @markricehistory.bsky.social has written about it.

Article titled: Transnational Business and US Diplomacy in Late Nineteenth-Century South America: W.R. Grace & Co. and the Chilean Crises of 1891 by Mark Rice.

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