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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, this is so exciting! Thank you @lizcovart.bsky.social for the invitation. And while I'm here, pleased to announce that @uchicagopress.bsky.social is bringing out a paperback in Spring 2026!!!

Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 1d

Today is @bfworld.bsky.social’s 11th Podversary. The first 4 episodes debuted 11 years ago.
So it’s fitting we have a great new episode to celebrate!

How did Northern manufacturers support Southern slavery?

Seth Rockman joins us to talk about “plantation goods” and slavery’s hidden supply chain.

Episode 422: Seth Rockman, Plantation Goods: How Northern Factories Fueled the Plantation Economy

Discover how hoes, shoes, and cloth linked New England factories to Southern slavery in early America with historian Seth Rockman.

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 1d

Love to hear @sethrockman.bsky.social talking about this critical history w @lizcovart.bsky.social

Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 1d

How do the everyday things we use connect us to unseen systems of labor and inequality?

Seth Rockman helps us explore that question through the material history of slavery.

🎧 Listen now: benfranklinsworld.com/422

#History #MaterialCulture #USHistory #Skystorians

Episode 422: Seth Rockman, Plantation Goods: How Northern Factories Fueled the Plantation Economy

Discover how hoes, shoes, and cloth linked New England factories to Southern slavery in early America with historian Seth Rockman.

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Brown History Department @brownhist.bsky.social · 1d

Student Spotlight: Carlo Kim ‘27 — The department sits down with Carlo Kim, a junior passionate about American labor history, to discuss what led him to join the labor movement in Providence.

Student Spotlight: Carlo Kim '27

In this spotlight, the department sits down with Carlo Kim, a junior passionate about American labor history, to discuss what led him to join the labor movement in Providence.

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Brown History Department @brownhist.bsky.social · 6d

Saturday, 10/18 at 10AM: Join the Department of History as we welcome three distinguished graduates to discuss their pathways from the History concentration into diverse and rewarding careers. Stay tuned for more information on each speaker! This event is part of Brown’s Family Weekend 2025.

What Can’t You Do with a History Concentration!

This event is part of Brown University’s Family Weekend 2025 Students and parents alike are often surprised to learn that a History concentra...

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Brown History Department @brownhist.bsky.social · 8d

Friday, 10/10 at 5PM: A Conversation about Archives, Civics, and History with Colleen Shogan, Ph.D. Sponsored by the @jcblibrary.bsky.social. Learn more and attend:

A Conversation about Archives, Civics, and History with Colleen Shogan, Ph.D.

Event details The John Carter Brown Library is pleased to announce that it will host Dr. Colleen J. Shogan, 11th Archivist of the United States...

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 9d

Legal historian @samuelmoyn.bsky.social (Yale University) and political economist @mkblyth.bsky.social (Brown University) debate “Is the Present Historical Moment Unprecedented?” Oct. 10, 2–5 pm, on campus. Moderated by Timothy Bewes (Brown University). buff.ly/nZxTyMd

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Brown History Department @brownhist.bsky.social · 12d

Friday, 10/3 at 12PM: "Tracing the Nightingales: A Genealogical Journey to Providence." Presented by historian, genealogist, and Ph.D. student at @howard.edu, Brandon Nightingale. Lunch will be provided! Sponsored by the Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice.

Tracing the Nightingales: A Genealogical Journey to Providence

This talk explores the journey of tracing the Nightingale family from St. Marys, Georgia, back to Providence, Rhode Island, uncovering potential co...

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Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES) @brown-ibes.bsky.social · 13d

Join IBES for a Family Weekend book talk! Asst Prof Myles Lennon will discuss his new book, Subjects of the Sun, in a conversation moderated by Assoc Prof @brdemuth.bsky.social.

Oct 18, 10-11am, 85 Waterman St & online
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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 13d

if you'll indulge something nice amidst the abundant bad, I am happy to report that there is now an audiobook version of Plantation Goods. Perfect for your next cross-country roadtrip, transcontinental flight, or ultra-marathon.

Plantation Goods

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. This is an audiobook version of this book. A Pulitzer Prize finalist in History, this eye-opening rethinking of nineteenth-century American history reveals ...

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Brown History Department @brownhist.bsky.social · 15d

The Black women who knew that civil rights were human rights — Keisha N. Blain penned this column for @time.com. time.com/7316791/black-human-rights-aretha-mckinley/

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Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES) @brown-ibes.bsky.social · 16d

In the heart of Bigodi, Uganda, a new museum is giving both locals and tourists a chance to discover the story of the endangered Grey Parrot.

Learn more about the efforts of Prof Nancy Jacobs (an IBES Fellow in @brownhist.bsky.social), her students, and Ugandan conservationist Nick Byaba ⤵️

IBES Fellow helps launch Africa’s first parrot museum

Professor Nancy Jacobs, along with three Brown students and local partners, recently opened a new museum in Uganda to connect communities with endangered wildlife.

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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 19d

Great to see @brownhist.bsky.social students featured here doing experiential research, textile history, and labor history!

From medieval manuscripts to 19th-century laundry, student researchers find history in the Hay

The John Hay Library Undergraduate Fellowship Program offers Brown students a unique summer opportunity to engage in intensive, self-guided research with one-on-one support from library mentors.

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 22d

It's Constitution Day! Hello from Rhode Island, which by popular referendum rejected the Constitution and only agreed, very grudgingly, in 1790 and w addenda on rights. It was/ is a process; emblematic this tattered pamphlet (@jcblibrary.bsky.social) circulated in Massachusetts during ratification.

Barely legible type on title page of a tattered and spattered pamphlet "Constitution or Frame of Government for the United States of America... printed at Boston Massachusetts..." 1787.

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Brown History Department @brownhist.bsky.social · 22d

It’s pub day! Keisha Blain's latest book, “Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights” is officially out! In "Without Fear," Blain captures human rights & activism from the ground up w/ Black women at the center, working outside the traditional halls of power. bit.ly/KBwithoutfear

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you so, SO much to everyone who has recommended, read, and posted reviews of my book! And folks who have come to events!

Sold out of 1st printing which is amazing (tho let's not get too excited this is an academic print run 😁), has now been reprinted and in process of restocking. Phew. 📚

Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · Dec 28

It’s been a long time coming… so thrilled to share the cover (and Oxford UP website last in 🧵) for my book, _Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America_, pub date 7.2.25 (but will ship, so they say very enticingly, mid-June. 1/ #VastEarlyAmerica 🗃️

Book cover with various kinds of evidence of family history arrayed around the author and title, the latter is _Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America_. The kinds of materials include printed texts, manuscripts, a red book (shhhhh that figures largely in the Introduction!), a watercolor family record, Fraktur, gravestone, and a sampler. One repeated text says "born free, born free (etc)"

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Brown History Department @brownhist.bsky.social · 26d

We're hiring! The History Department invites applicants for a full-time, tenure-track position, at the Assistant Professor level, in Early Modern European history. The successful candidate will have defended the Ph.D. thesis by the time of appointment. Learn more & apply: apply.interfolio.com/173465

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Brown History Department @brownhist.bsky.social · 27d

Are Species Timeless?: Talking with Bathsheba Demuth About the Arctic — In this Q&A with @publicbooks.bsky.social, @brdemuth.bsky.social discusses her research, teaching and writing on environmental history.

Are Species Timeless?: Talking with Bathsheba Demuth About the Arctic - Public Books

“There was an interdependence that was very clear in the animal relationships in the Arctic.”

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · 29d

Explore the implications of scale in the humanities and #AI in the panel “Scale Across the Disciplines” Sept. 12, 3–4:30 pm, w/ scholars from #English, #ComputerScience, @brownhist.bsky.social, @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social, & @brownphysics.bsky.social. buff.ly/DPpfddR @brownuresearch.bsky.social

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Brown History Department @brownhist.bsky.social · 29d

How the Inland Empire became key to música Mexicana’s success — Assistant Professor of History @markocegueda.bsky.social was interviewed about the history of Mexican community, music and culture in California in this piece from @latimes.com.

How the Inland Empire became key to música Mexicana's success

Superstars like Fuerza Regida and Ivan Cornejo got their start in the Inland Empire. Learn how the Mexican Revolution and segregation shaped the region that's become essential to música Mexicana's gro...

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Institute at Brown for Environment & Society (IBES) @brown-ibes.bsky.social · Sep 5

Read commentary from @brdemuth.bsky.social, associate prof in IBES and @brownhist.bsky.social, who has spent five years conducting research for her book on Yukon River history ⤵️

Prism @prismreports.org · Sep 4

“The Yukon River has a right to feed its own animals & its land.”

Alaska Natives are fighting for the right to manage the Yukon River & save the remaining salmon stocks for future generations, before their way of life dies off with the salmon, Alyssa Choiniere reports.

Alaska Natives fight for right to fish salmon, manage Yukon River

Before government intervention, Native stewardship maintained salmon stocks, providing physical and spiritual nourishment

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Brown History Department @brownhist.bsky.social · Sep 5

Alaska Natives, barred from king salmon fishing, fight for their right to manage the Yukon River — Associate Professor of History and Environment and Society @brdemuth.bsky.social provided commentary in this article from @prismreports.org.

Alaska Natives fight for right to fish salmon, manage Yukon River

Before government intervention, Native stewardship maintained salmon stocks, providing physical and spiritual nourishment

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · Sep 4

Explore the implications of scale in the humanities and #AI in the panel “Scale Across the Disciplines” Sept. 12, 3–4:30 pm, w/ scholars from #English, #ComputerScience, @brownhist.bsky.social, @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social, & @brownphysics.bsky.social. buff.ly/DPpfddR @brownuresearch.bsky.social

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Brown History Department @brownhist.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yesterday at Brown University's 262nd Opening Convocation, Dean of the College and Professor of History and Slavic Studies Ethan Pollock delivered the keynote address, "Transitions and Transformations: Making the Most of Your Brown Education." Welcome back, Brunonia!

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Brown History Department @brownhist.bsky.social · Sep 2

'To bind up the nation’s wounds': How peace came to the Civil War — Michael Vorenberg was interviewed in this #podcast episode from ‪Texas Public Radio about his book, “Final Freedom: The Civil War, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment.”

'To bind up the nation’s wounds': How peace came to the Civil War

We think of the surrender of Robert E. Lee as the end of the Civil War, but the end really wasn’t clear at the time. The Galveston News reported Lee’s surrender as a positive development for the Confe...

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Cogut Institute for the Humanities @cogutinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 28

Explore the implications of scale in the humanities and #AI in the panel “Scale Across the Disciplines” Sept. 12, 3–4:30 pm, w/ scholars from #English, #ComputerScience, @brownhist.bsky.social, @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social, & @brownphysics.bsky.social. buff.ly/DPpfddR @brownuresearch.bsky.social

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