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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · 19d

Have you heard about Martin Nesvig's new book yet?? Super fascinating and it looks great too! @universitypress.cambridge.org

Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org · 26d

This isn’t your typical witch hunt story! 🧙‍♀️

Join Dr. Martin Austin Nesvig in the hidden kitchens of colonial Mexico, where women shared culture and tradition.

Discover more about his book ‘The Women Who Threw Corn’, on The Thing About Witch Hunts pod.

🎧 Listen here 🔗 https://cup.org/4mTqem0

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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · 20d

This brilliant book by Rashauna Johnson is coming in March & the advance praise has been incredible.
“Audaciously scaled, brilliantly sourced and elegantly written…. a tender yet unflinching tapestry of family, community, region, and empires” — Tiya Miles
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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · 22d

Bryan McCann talking about his fascinating new book Rio de Janeiro (in our Ten Moments that Shaped the Life of a City series). Thanks to @mojomala.bsky.social for hosting. You can learn more about the book here:
www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · 29d

Happy to report that @jjperdez.bsky.social 's Peopling for Profit in Imperial Brazil is now available as an Open Access publication through @universitypress.cambridge.org 's Flip it Open initiative:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...

Peopling for Profit in Imperial Brazil

Cambridge Core - Latin American Studies - Peopling for Profit in Imperial Brazil

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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · 29d

More well-deserved accolades for @daviddoddington.bsky.social whose book is a finalist for the @slaveryarchive.bsky.social book prize--"is an extraordinary study shedding new light on old age and aging in the antebellum US South." @universitypress.cambridge.org offers our big congratulations!

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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 20

Breaking down Trump’s second term speed-run to dismantle the country’s founding principals with Jill Lepore and Kevin M. Kruse. (From 6/12/25)

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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · Aug 20

I've been publishing history books for 30+ years and now more than ever this work is crucial.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...

Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’

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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · Aug 12

A must read. Powerful words by the brilliant @manionjen.bsky.social

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · Aug 8

Learning our history is a radical and righteous form of resistance, and any one of us can do it.

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Learning History Is a Righteous Form of Resistance

It’s a way to combat Trump’s attempts at remaking the past to justify erasing protections for the most vulnerable.

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American Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · Aug 5

Applications are now open for ACLS Digital Justice Seed and Development Grants!

Learn more about application and eligibility requirements: bit.ly/4osaKXu

#DH #grant #funding #humanities #socialsciences

2025 ACLS Digital Justice Seed and Development Grant Applications Now Open

Grants of $10-100K support digital projects across the humanities and social sciences that critically engage with the interests and histories of people of color and other historically marginalized com...

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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · Jul 22

Great new book (fantastic cover too) by Joseph Darda. Amira Rose Davis calls it “a stark and insightful portrait of race, sports, and American society.” @universitypress.cambridge.org

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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · Jul 8

Sophie van den Elzen's new book (in our Slaveries Since Emancipation series) was just published (and is also Open Access at this link:
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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · Jul 7

Congrats to @daviddoddington.bsky.social for being awarded the 2025 Frank L. and Harriet C. Owsley Award from the Southern Historical Association. The award committee says the books is "a brilliant and gripping achievement." @universitypress.cambridge.org is honored to be his publisher.

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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · Jul 7

Excited about this one. @historyandrew.bsky.social 's very soon to be published book about the PR industry and US foreign relations. @universitypress.cambridge.org @shafrhistorians.bsky.social

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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · Jul 7

Important piece by @universitypress.cambridge.org author Scott Gac in @insidehighered.com

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · Jun 24

Opinion | The Lost Soul of Higher Education

Scott Gac reflects on a Fulbright award that wasn’t amid a worrying climate of censorship. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4edX25C

A Lost Fulbright and the Lost Soul of Higher Ed (opinion)

Scott Gac reflects on a Fulbright award that wasn’t amid a worrying climate of censorship.

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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · Jul 1

Bryan McCann presenting from his new book Brazil (from our fantastic Ten Moments series) at Kings College London for Brazil Week. Bryan’s book is a wonderful and lively look at Brazil through ten pivotal moments in the city’s life. @universitypress.cambridge.org

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Debbie Gershenowitz @dgershenowitz.bsky.social · Jun 27

Anyone who says editors at different presses can’t be friends is full of it. @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org

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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · Jun 28

From a SHAFR conversation to a soon to be published book, Andrew Johnstone’s Spinning the World is an insightful examination of the PR industry and US foreign relations. @shafrhistorians.bsky.social #SHAFR2025 @universitypress.cambridge.org

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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · Jun 28

It’s been such a pleasure working with Emmanuel Destenay (and happy to report we’ll be working together on his next book too!). @shafrhistorians.bsky.social #SHAFR2025
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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · Jun 28

A gaggle of history editors all in a row. @shafrhistorians.bsky.social #SHAFR2025 @dgershenowitz.bsky.social #stephenwesley #sarahgrossman @columbiaup.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social @cornellupress.bsky.social
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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · Jun 27

Great to catch up with @davidfitzgerald.bsky.social at #SHAFR2025 and honored to be his publisher @shafrhistorians.bsky.social

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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · Jun 27

Many great new books in our Military, War & Society in Mod Amer History series on display at #SHAFR2025. @masakohattori.bsky.social #thomasjamison #grantgolub #paulineperetz
@universitypress.cambridge.org
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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · Jun 26

All set up at #SHAFR2025. Stop by and say hello. @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org

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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · Jun 12

30+ years in scholarly publishing and I forget that every June/July/August I am completely swallowed by manuscripts, readers' reports, book proposals, etc. as academics finally have some time to focus on their own work. My inbox is a hungry beast.

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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · Jun 6

Looks fantastic!

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Sheila Curran Bernard @scbernard.bsky.social · Jun 6

@cambridgeup.bsky.social #skybooks #civilrights #history @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social

MAAH Stone Book Award @maahstonebookaward.bsky.social · Jun 6

16/141 2025 Official Submission #MAAHStoneAtoZ

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