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John M. Kinder

@johnmkinder.bsky.social

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Historian of #war, #disabilty, #veterans, #zoos. OKSTATE U. Writing book on murder in #WWII MS. Profile: https://tinyurl.com/23xfwzmh. World War Zoos: Humans & Other Animals in the Deadliest Conflict of the Modern Age https://tinyurl.com/4anuu4cp

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John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · Nov 8

I am excited to share the cover of my new book, #WORLDWARZOOS. If you are interested in #zoos, #worldwarii, #animals, #military #history, & the perils of #climatechange, please consider preordering. I would love to chat with folks about about the book.

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World War Zoos

A new and heartbreaking history of World War II as told through the shocking experiences of zoos across the globe. As Europe lurched into war in 1939, zookeepers started killing their animals. On S...

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John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · 7d

Thrilled to see this review of "World War Zoos" in Il Foglio.

#zoos #war @uchicagopress.bsky.social

Zoos under bombing: When animals suffer from war, too | Il Foglio share.google/5vxX4hrl6aMx...

Gli zoo sotto le bombe: quando anche gli animali subiscono la guerra

Quelli tedeschi erano il fiore all’occhiello del Terzo Reich, poi arrivò il conflitto. E molti diventarono rifugio per perseguitati in fuga. Buoni motivi per interessarsi al destino dei b...

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John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · 8d

If you are in Seattle on November 9, I hope you come out to the Museum of Flight to talk about Veterans Day and the history of disabled vets in the US.

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John Kinder presents Paying with Their Bodies | The Museum of Flight

On Sunday, November 9, John Kinder discusses his book, Paying With Their Bodies, detailing the lived experience of veterans injured on the front lines.

www.museumofflight.org

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John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · 10d

Great visit to Blacksburg Books in Blacksburg, VA!

Can't wait to talk World War Zoos at the Lyric Theater on Monday (1:30 pm).

#zoos #worldwarii @uchicagopress.bsky.social

Photo of author holding book in bookstore

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John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · 13d

Looking forward to talking zoos, war, and writing as part of Virginia Tech's STS@VT Seminar Series.

Writing a "Sad Animal Book"

Friday, September 26 @ 1:30 PM ET

Blacksburg: Athenaeum Classroom, Newman Library 124

NoVA: Virginia Tech Research Center 5-024

Kangaroos sitting in dirt in zoo enclosure

John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · 19d

Not to be pendantic, but it was the DAVWW (Disabled American Veterans of the World War). It wasn't shortened to the DAV until years later.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · Aug 25

The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...

America Tips Into Fascism

Today is different than before.

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John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · Aug 13

75% off sale on all e-books from @uchicagopress.bsky.social

Pick up copies of Paying with Their Bodies, World War Zoos, and much more!

Subject catalog: 75% off e-book sale!''}

Subject catalog for 75% off e-book sale.

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John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · Aug 5

My talk with @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social is now online.

#worldwarzoos

Greenhouse book talk: John Kinder on Vimeo share.google/Wkv56HgAMKY9...

Greenhouse book talk: John Kinder

John Kinder, director of American Studies and professor of history at Oklahoma State University (USA), will discuss his book World War Zoos: Humans and Other…

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John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · Aug 1

I can't wait to visit Blacksburg, VA in September to talk zoos and World War II. I also get to chat with the STS folks when I am there, which is always invigorating.

World War Zoos
Lecture and Book Signing
1:30 pm
September 29, 2025
Lyric Theater

John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · Aug 1

You picked up some great books. And mine.

John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · Jul 24

It was a pleasure to review this terrific book.

Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · Jul 24

Check out @johnmkinder.bsky.social's review of Andrea Ringer's "Circus World: Roustabouts, Animals, and the Work of Putting on the Big Show," published in 2024 by @illinoispress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #animalhist
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John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · Jul 15

You are SO too kind that "too kind" is inadequate. I love visiting all the amazing folks in Blacksburg.

John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · Jul 15

It looks like I'll at Virginia Tech on September 29 to chat about zoos in World War II. I am also hoping to talk to @ashleyshoo.bsky.social and the STS folks about a current research question: can head injuries trigger homicidal tendencies?

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John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · Jul 10

This is a Place We Made: Centering Place in Disability History

For the last 4 years, NCPH has worked with the National Park Service to document disability history. Join us on July 24 at 1:00 pm ET to discuss the project.

Register to receive the Zoom link at community.ncph.org/event/Disabi....

National Council on Public History

For the last four years, NCPH has worked with the National Park Service (NPS) to foster the creation of an introduction to place-based disability history. The forthcoming “Disability in Place,” comprised of 26 essays by 31 authors, will be the first accessibly-written anthology of original, peer-reviewed essays to address historical intersections of disability and place. Join the authors, editor, and members of the project team to discuss the anthology they made, the process of making it, and why it matters for the current moment.

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Butterflies Katz ⓥ @butterflieskatz.bsky.social · Jul 6

#animals #love #ethics #vegan #GoVegan #veganism #AnimalRights

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John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · Jul 7

Ummm...sure.

And, if we just believe hard enough, maybe, just maybe, it will be true.

(It Was a Graveyard Josh) @shmeppy.bsky.social · Jul 6

"Most students are using AI to come up with their ideas, paraphrase the readings, and write their sentences and paragraphs. But not to cheat! Fortunately writing is not epistemic; otherwise this might strike me as a problem."

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Jul 6

Most students are using AI to write, but not necessarily to cheat. They’re brainstorming, revising and thinking critically with tools like ChatGPT.

A writing professor says this isn’t a threat – it’s an opportunity, rather than a loss.

John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · Jun 30

Kristi Noem’s DHS Torched Over Absolutely Wild AI Post Promoting ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
www.huffpost.com/entry/dhs-al...

I wish.

Alligators are far less dangerous than humans.

They tend to leave folks alone...unlike actual ice agents.

AI generated images of alligators wearing ICE hsts

John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · Jun 29

Writing a book on alligators for @reaktionbooks.bsky.social and have come across this this sort of thing several times.

Alligators as threat to prevent the escape of enslaved people.

Indeed, there's a long history of tying alligators to violence against Black people in American culture.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jun 29

Whoa! Alligator Alcatraz is going to be complete by Tuesday and open for operation on Wednesday.

Am I the only one wondering how Ron DeSantis got this together so fast?

Floridians, make sure you remember this the next time a hurricane hits and you can’t get disaster relief in your state.

John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · Jun 27

And Jen Murray and I just turned in the the copynedits for our book on Civil War memory.

Oh well....

And, yes, the end of the Civil War was indeed turbulent.

But you'll have to read the book to discover if the war ended in 1869.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 27

Trump: "If you look at the end of the Civil War -- the 1800s, it was a very turbulent time. If you take the end day -- was it 1869? Or whatever."

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · Jun 24

Many folks are surprised to learn that the U.S. Southwest is jaguar country. Though they were killed off to near extinction north of the U.S.-Mexico border, a few have been spotted 😉 in AZ in recent years.

You can help them. ➡️ biodiv.us/4k6Pcfx

📹: @peccarynotpig.bsky.social

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John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · Jun 24

Well, I did my best to answer folks's questions. If I missed something, please be sure to hit me up. And thanks again to @askhistorians.bsky.social for inviting me to do an AMA.

John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · Jun 23

My AMA is now "live." Actually, I will check in in an hour or so to see if folks have any questions about World War Zoos.

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AskHistorians @askhistorians.bsky.social · Jun 22

We've got a special #AMA coming tomorrow @Skystorians! @johnmkinder.bsky.social , author of World War Zoos: Humans and Other Animals during the Deadliest Conflict of the Modern Age, will be here on AskHistorians to answer all your questions about this zoological history topic! Don't miss it!

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John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · Jun 23

So this is our Gallipoli?

Got it.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jun 23

Again and again, the Free Press spent years complaining about illiberalism and when confronted with the first truly authoritarian government of our lifetimes went from being soft apologists to full throated endorsers

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Jun 23

Holy, and I do not use this word lightly, shit.

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AskHistorians @askhistorians.bsky.social · Jun 22

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John M. Kinder @johnmkinder.bsky.social · Jun 22

It is as if this administration believes in a world without consequences.

Lie about staying out of foreign wars...no consequences.

Illegally bomb another nation and threaten to murder foreign leaders...no consequences.

No sense that this can--and likely will--blow back on us.

Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · Jun 22

BREAKING: Self-Proclaimed “Peacemaker” Drags U.S. Into Another War

Trump does bidding on Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu and bombs Iran.

Former Pentagon official predicts the U.S. may be entering into a new round of the Forever Wars.

theintercept.com/2025/06/21/i...

Self-Proclaimed “Peacemaker” Drags U.S. Into Another War

Heeding the request of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump dispatched U.S. warplanes to bomb Iran.

theintercept.com