Sarah Mass
@sarahmmass.bsky.social
Cities, multiculturalism, economic life | Assistant Professor of History @ Tufts
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BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.
Nephew approved. @osaumarezsmith.bsky.social @petermandler.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Nephew approved. @osaumarezsmith.bsky.social @petermandler.bsky.social
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I'm very proud of this book: it has a wonderful array of work by many of my favourite historians, which cumulatively makes the pitch for understanding modern British History through the lens of the urban. Lund Humphries have done a wonderful production job, & it is a big beautiful book. Buy it now!
OUT NOW!
The Modern British City 1945-2000, ed. by Simon Gunn, Peter Mandler and Otto Saumarez Smith, brings together architectural, urban and social historians, to chart the extraordinary changes that took place in British cities between the end of the Second World War and the early 21st century.
The Modern British City 1945-2000, ed. by Simon Gunn, Peter Mandler and Otto Saumarez Smith, brings together architectural, urban and social historians, to chart the extraordinary changes that took place in British cities between the end of the Second World War and the early 21st century.
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I'm very proud of this book: it has a wonderful array of work by many of my favourite historians, which cumulatively makes the pitch for understanding modern British History through the lens of the urban. Lund Humphries have done a wonderful production job, & it is a big beautiful book. Buy it now!
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Launch event for the Modern British City at
@c20society.bsky.social on 26th of January: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
Do come!
The book is out with @lhartbooks.bsky.social next week.
@c20society.bsky.social on 26th of January: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
Do come!
The book is out with @lhartbooks.bsky.social next week.
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Launch event for the Modern British City at
@c20society.bsky.social on 26th of January: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
Do come!
The book is out with @lhartbooks.bsky.social next week.
@c20society.bsky.social on 26th of January: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
Do come!
The book is out with @lhartbooks.bsky.social next week.
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I've been waiting to comment publicly on this until the university made its announcement, but the Department of History at Princeton is devastated by the recent death of our wonderful colleague Alison Isenberg.
Alison Isenberg, distinguished urban historian and co-founder of Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities, dies
A public memorial and celebration of Isenberg’s life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the University Chapel.
www.princeton.edu
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I've been waiting to comment publicly on this until the university made its announcement, but the Department of History at Princeton is devastated by the recent death of our wonderful colleague Alison Isenberg.
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Y’all if they’re marching in The Woodlands and Marble Falls that means a shit load more than marches in DC, NYC, and Boston.
No Kings protest in The Woodlands, Texas (north suburban Houston). This is the first such protest to occur in the community. I overheard a number of folks telling others that they had never attended such an event before but had gotten to the point of feeling they needed to do something.
October 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Y’all if they’re marching in The Woodlands and Marble Falls that means a shit load more than marches in DC, NYC, and Boston.
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"But fueling Jewish studies on the fumes of the Trump administration’s attack on higher education is not a win. It’s a trap, and one we fear will bring ill consequences to our field, our universities, and American Jews." From @lilacb.bsky.social, Kate Rosenblatt, and me.
Jewish-Studies Scholars, Beware: Trump’s Deal Will Corrupt You
We must all resist being turned into court Jews.
www.chronicle.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"But fueling Jewish studies on the fumes of the Trump administration’s attack on higher education is not a win. It’s a trap, and one we fear will bring ill consequences to our field, our universities, and American Jews." From @lilacb.bsky.social, Kate Rosenblatt, and me.
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On a Tuesday in March, Rümeysa Öztürk writes, “I was thrust into a nightmare.”
For VF, the Fulbright scholar details what she witnessed in the six and a half weeks she spent inside a South Louisiana ICE detention center.
For VF, the Fulbright scholar details what she witnessed in the six and a half weeks she spent inside a South Louisiana ICE detention center.
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
www.vanityfair.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
On a Tuesday in March, Rümeysa Öztürk writes, “I was thrust into a nightmare.”
For VF, the Fulbright scholar details what she witnessed in the six and a half weeks she spent inside a South Louisiana ICE detention center.
For VF, the Fulbright scholar details what she witnessed in the six and a half weeks she spent inside a South Louisiana ICE detention center.
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The Modern British City 1945-2000 is out on November 28th, and is available for pre-order from @lhartbooks.bsky.social: www.lundhumphries.com/products/the....
July 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The Modern British City 1945-2000 is out on November 28th, and is available for pre-order from @lhartbooks.bsky.social: www.lundhumphries.com/products/the....
My brilliant thesis student! Congrats, Maeve 🍾
We are delighted to announce Maeve Hagerty as this year's McCurtain/Cullen Prize Winner.
womenshistoryassociation.com/2025/05/30/m...
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MacCurtain/Cullen Essay Prize Winner 2025
We are delighted to announce that this year’s winner of the MacCurtain/Cullen Essay prize is Maeve Hagerty. As in other years, the judges were very impressed with the high quality of all the …
womenshistoryassociation.com
May 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
My brilliant thesis student! Congrats, Maeve 🍾
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Historians for Trans Rights - open letter, please sign - you don’t have to be a UK based historian to sign the letter #allyship #solidarity docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...
Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs
In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...
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May 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Historians for Trans Rights - open letter, please sign - you don’t have to be a UK based historian to sign the letter #allyship #solidarity docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...
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I am a proud Tufts University alum, proud parent of a current Tufts student., a proud American & a proud Jew. This morning, I sent this letter to the Tufts President and the Board of Trustees. More than 100 parents and alumni have signed on. cc: @dandrezner.bsky.social @amyspitalnick.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I am a proud Tufts University alum, proud parent of a current Tufts student., a proud American & a proud Jew. This morning, I sent this letter to the Tufts President and the Board of Trustees. More than 100 parents and alumni have signed on. cc: @dandrezner.bsky.social @amyspitalnick.bsky.social
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Her office opens at 9am - let's jam those phone lines, folks, let's demand to know when she will be denouncing these federal kidnappings and this brazen attack on our neighbors, our students, our school, and our state.
MA isn't a sanctuary state? We're gonna make it one.
MA isn't a sanctuary state? We're gonna make it one.
I'm calling the Governor's Office to complain, and if you live in MA, you should too: (617) 725-4005
March 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Her office opens at 9am - let's jam those phone lines, folks, let's demand to know when she will be denouncing these federal kidnappings and this brazen attack on our neighbors, our students, our school, and our state.
MA isn't a sanctuary state? We're gonna make it one.
MA isn't a sanctuary state? We're gonna make it one.
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An interesting report on the new Sunday opening of the Stornoway Tesco by @everebecca.bsky.social, which makes the case that it's community and workers' leisure, not simply religion which is at stake. Stornoway is better understood as part of changes that have impacted all of us.
‘Greed and money over community’: in Stornoway, locals are divided over Tesco’s Sunday opening
The Hebridean island’s shops have remained firmly closed on the Sabbath for decades – but now the supermarket giant has bucked the trend
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
An interesting report on the new Sunday opening of the Stornoway Tesco by @everebecca.bsky.social, which makes the case that it's community and workers' leisure, not simply religion which is at stake. Stornoway is better understood as part of changes that have impacted all of us.