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Drafting the Past @draftingthepast.bsky.social · 1d

Episodes two weeks in a row?! That should tell you how much great stuff there is. I was so happy to get to talk to @andrewhartman.bsky.social about KARL MARX IN AMERICA (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) and how he keeps going in the writing "grind." Listen here: draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Where is nuclear competition in South Asia and the Indo-Pacific today? What impact does US-China competition have on nuclear proliferation in Southern Asia?

I answer these questions in my new Texas National Security Review piece: tnsr.org/wp-content/u...

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 2d

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

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Marc Reyes @marcus1984.bsky.social · 3d

A killer line. So cool for the CFP.

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Marc Reyes @marcus1984.bsky.social · 3d

A dynamite line thanks to @dinostalgia.bsky.social!

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Marc Reyes @marcus1984.bsky.social · 3d

This week @contingent-mag.bsky.social announced a #cfp for our December series, A Time of Monsters.

If you have a monster pitch, please send it our way. Thanks to a Kitchings Family Foundation grant, every essay will be $300.

#skystorians #monsters

contingentmagazine.org/cfp-a-time-o...

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

#ScholarSunday Thread 244 (10/5/25) – Black and White and Read All Over

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 3d

Here it is, my 244th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more in comments below, share as widely as possible, & thanks, all! 🗃️

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Here it is, my 244th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more in comments below, share as widely as possib...

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 7d

Normally our December issue is six mini-essays, but with the support of the Kitchings Family Foundation, we're going to be able to support six shorts--twice the word count, twice the pay!--as well as an amazing feature-length review we've already got lined up.

Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 7d

It’s here! The call for pitches for our deluxe December issue, “A Time of Monsters,” supported by a grant from the Kitchings Family Foundation.

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 6d

Our new CFP is up and it is monstrous.

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

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Alison Laurence @dinostalgia.bsky.social · 7d

The monster is a friend, or so we @contingent-mag.bsky.social suggest in our CFP... a fiend to historians especially, though not exclusively.

Pitch us an essay about your historical monster, whatever form that monster takes, by October 20!

Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 7d

It’s here! The call for pitches for our deluxe December issue, “A Time of Monsters,” supported by a grant from the Kitchings Family Foundation.

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

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Marc Reyes @marcus1984.bsky.social · 6d

“I call the big one Bitey.”

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 7d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 7d

It’s here! The call for pitches for our deluxe December issue, “A Time of Monsters,” supported by a grant from the Kitchings Family Foundation.

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

a man with a pumpkin on his head is standing in a cemetery

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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 7d

December issue CFP arrives today!

ALT: a man with a pumpkin on his head is standing in a cemetery

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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 8d

Today I am sending the final draft of *A Glorious Fate: The Life and Legacy of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw to @uncpress.bsky.social. It's been an incredibly difficult year on a number of fronts, but today is certainly a day to celebrate and thank everyone who helped me to reach it. 🗃️

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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 8d

This year, we'll be publishing a ✨deluxe✨ December issue with 6 shorts and a feature-length review, made possible in part by a grant from the Kitchings Family Foundation!

The CFP arrives on Wednesday October 1. Don't miss it.

ALT: a black and white photo of a monster with barbed wire around its neck

a group of people are walking through a field at night .

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Marc Reyes @marcus1984.bsky.social · 8d

@contingent-mag.bsky.social's CFP for our special December issue is creeping along. Find out what spookiness we have unearthed on October 1.

ALT: a group of people are walking through a field at night .

#ScholarSunday Thread 243 (9/28/25) - Black and White and Read All Over

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 10d

Here it is, my 243rd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️

blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

Here it is, my 243rd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! Fi...

blackwhiteandread.com

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Marc Reyes @marcus1984.bsky.social · 10d

The mad editors @contingent-mag.bsky.social have been conjuring a new CFP for our December issue. It will debut soon. Keep your eyes open and get ready to pitch. As always, the GIF is a hint.

a black and white photo of a man with a stethoscope around his neck screaming .

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Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 10d

A new CFP emerges this week! Our seventh December issue is going to be bigger and better than ever, so make sure to keep an eye out for the call. As always, the GIF is a hint.

Alt: Mothra emerges from her cocoon in Godzilla KOTM

#ScholarSunday Thread 242

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Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 11d

I made a whole ass website!!!

I'm so proud of it. I love our little penguin and the reel for Review Roulette. There are so many pages to click through and there's a space for announcements to celebrate the achievements of our academic community.

Please subscribe for RR, #ScholarSunday, and more!

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Text on the page reads Welcome to our home of public scholarship covering American culture, history, film, and all things American Studies! Please use the above navigation to explore or one of the icons below

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Emily Sneff @emilysneff.bsky.social · 11d

Coming April 15, 2026!

The nation’s founding document at the moment of its creation in 1776, before anyone knew what the legacy of the Declaration would be or if the United States would win the war against Great Britain.

Pre-order information (and discount code!) will be available in the new year.

Book cover with text reading: Emily Sneff, When the Declaration of Independence Was News. Background color fades from a peach-toned map at the top of the image to a blue-toned image of the parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence.

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 17d

From Nashville for one more Family Weekend, here’s my 242nd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️

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Published on September 21, 2025

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David Mihalyfy 🇺🇦 @mihalyfy.bsky.social · 21d

Great essay on 19th c. women's rights activist Amelia Bloomer, in @contingent-mag.bsky.social.
contingentmagazine.org/2025/09/09/d...

Dressed for Reform

Long before it was fashionable, Bloomer pioneered what would later be dubbed "respectability politics"