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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · Sep 7

Attention #AcademicSky Everyone is talking about books, but thousands of academic journals were also pirated and are entitled to up to $3,000 *per pirated volume!!!* if editors submit titles to join the suit. Incredible opportunity for underfunded journals to get some $$! #SkyStorians #MedievalSky

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · Sep 5

AUTHORS: AG has prepared a detailed explainer on the Anthropic settlement and how it affects us. Full details:

What Authors Need to Know About the $1.5 Billion Anthropic Settlement - The Authors Guild

Today, Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle claims that it downloaded pirated books to train its AI systems—the largest U.S. copyright settlement in history. The parties in Bartz v Anthropic...

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Sarah K. Miles @skmiles.bsky.social · Aug 31

Thank you both so much! You're too kind @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social 😊

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Dael Norwood @dael.bsky.social · Aug 11

Okay I made a poster about it, will spend some time later this week being a menace. (Link to template in reply if you want a copy).

Poster featuring old-time bright red and grey robot toys on an orange background with text:
"Robots stealing your major's future?" [NYT headline about declining computer grad jobs]"
"Try one with a better shelf life"
Fed Reserve unemployment rate for graduates with History's low unemployment rate highlighted

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Sarah K. Miles @skmiles.bsky.social · Aug 10

Bien sûr! Any excuse to visit the bookstore is welcome!

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Sarah K. Miles @skmiles.bsky.social · Jul 24

Honestly I would love a name index? I realize it's not as helpful as the American style but just figuring out if someone is mentioned in a book is a start.

Sarah K. Miles @skmiles.bsky.social · Jul 22

Why don't French books believe in indexes? Don't they know how much easier life would be?

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Sarah K. Miles @skmiles.bsky.social · Jul 21

How lucky am I to share with wonderful colleagues AND to go home with flowers? I'm very thankful to have participated in the #GCFHSResist Colloquium, to have heard so many wonderful papers and gotten great feedback from colleagues! I'm now ready to get back home to my pup and get some rest.

Sara-Jane Vigneault @sjvigneault.bsky.social · Jul 21

Spent the last two weeks travelling between London & Paris for the
Occupation Studies Research Network and the #GCFHSResist Conferences.
Lots of stuff & sleep to catch up on, but l am incredibly grateful to have heard from and connected with so many kind and dedicated scholars doing excellent work!!

View of London from King’s College London

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Caroline Sequin @carolinesequin.bsky.social · Jun 24

My book, Desiring Whiteness, was awarded the 2025 Alf Andrew Heggoy prize for best book in French colonial history (1815-present)! In a world that is falling apart, I cherish this bit of happy news and hope for brighter days ahead for all.

You can get your own copy at 50% off with the code 095000

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Sarah K. Miles @skmiles.bsky.social · Jun 28

I've made it to Paris for some summer research and conferencing (in July)! If others are around and want to meet up for a coffee at the BNF or an after-archives drink, send me a message!

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Emma Elinor Lundin @emmaelinor.bsky.social · Jun 19

Is there a better time to read and review books than summer? I don't think so - and I'm looking for reviewers for lots of titles for the Journal of Contemporary History. We now do review articles of up to 4,000 words, covering three books. These and many more are up for grabs:

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Chaire de recherche en histoire contemporaine du Québec @chaire-chcq.bsky.social · Jun 18

[Événement]
C’est avec fierté que nous vous invitons à notre colloque, « Où en est le Québec d’hier ? Faire et refaire l’histoire du Québec contemporain », qui aura lieu les 26 et 27 septembre prochains au MEM - Centre des mémoires montréalaises !

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Sarah K. Miles @skmiles.bsky.social · Jun 10

My episode of the #NewBooksNetworkFrenchStudies is now out! The interview with @elisefranklin.bsky.social about her book Distintegrating Empire (Nebraska 2024) is available on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social now! newbooksnetwork.com/disintegrati...

Elise Franklin "Disintegrating Empire: Algerian Family Migration and the Limits of the Welfare State in France" (University of Nebraska Press, 2024) - New Books Network

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Chaire de recherche en histoire contemporaine du Québec @chaire-chcq.bsky.social · Jun 2

[Activité de nos cochercheur.euses]
Aujourd’hui s’ouvre la réunion annuelle de la Société historique du Canada au Collège George Brown à Toronto. Trois de nos membres y interviendront : notre cochercheuse Magda Fahrni, notre nouvelle coordonnatrice Sarah Miles et notre cotitulaire Harold Bérubé.

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Chaire de recherche en histoire contemporaine du Québec @chaire-chcq.bsky.social · Jun 3

[Présentation de l’équipe]
Notre équipe bouge !
Nous sommes ravis de vous annoncer que Sarah K. Miles, chercheuse postdoctorale propulsée par les fonds du CRSH, est notre nouvelle coordinatrice.
Félicitations Sarah !

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Daniel Poitras @danielpoitras.bsky.social · May 24

Heureux de recevoir mon exemplaire de la Rhaf. J'y parle des étudiants étrangers et de la diplomatie culturelle de l'UdeM. J'y suis en belle compagnie, avec les articles de @camille-robert.info sur la "contre-révolution tranquille" et de S. Labelle sur la Voix des femmes dans le jeu international.

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Sarah K. Miles @skmiles.bsky.social · May 7

Great new article out by the inestimable Teddy Paikin - just when you thought 19th century French political economy couldn't get more interesting!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

French capitalism and the developmental state in the political economy of Michel Chevalier

This paper advances a novel reading of the Saint-Simonian political economy of Michel Chevalier through the lens of the “developmental state”. It argues that Chevalier’s commitment to economic orga...

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Sarah K. Miles @skmiles.bsky.social · May 1

Looking through archive photos today for a new piece on militant editorial practice in Québec. One internal comment about an MS submission is truly the stuff of authorial nightmares: "Faults: everything. The author... doesn't manage to write a single natural sentence. Summary: not worth sh*t." 👀

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Sarah K. Miles @skmiles.bsky.social · Mar 29

I'm hooked. What is this?

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Mar 25

US academic groups sue White House over planned deportations of pro-Gaza students

Trump administration is accused of inciting ‘climate of repression’ and stifling free speech on campuses, including Columbia University US academic groups have sued the Trump administration in an effort to block the deportation of foreign students and scholars who have been targeted for voicing pro-Palestinian views and criticism of Israel. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Middle East Studies Association (Mesa) filed a lawsuit at a US federal court in Boston on Tuesday accusing the administration of fomenting “a climate of repression” on campuses and stifling constitutionally guaranteed free speech rights. Continue reading...

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Sarah K. Miles @skmiles.bsky.social · Mar 22

Journée de travail pour l'histoire du Québec! #chcq #histoirequebec

Chaire de recherche en histoire contemporaine du Québec @chaire-chcq.bsky.social · Mar 22

[Rencontre annuelle]
Nos cochercheur.euses sont réuni.es à Orford ce samedi pour travailler sur nos chantiers. De belles discussions enrichissantes sur l'histoire contemporaine du Québec sont en cours ! ⚜️

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Rob Taber @robtaber.bsky.social · Mar 13

Some really great replies here. (Others are less applicable.)

Charlotte Cavaille @ccavaille.bsky.social · Mar 12

Let's brainstorm over strategy

Imagine you were part of the strategy team of a major US university:

1) what would be your short-to-mid term strategy to respond to current attacks on higher ed?
2) Who / how would you organize?
3) For what objectives?
4) With what means?

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Yan Matusevich @ymatusik.bsky.social · Mar 7

Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States

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Sarah K. Miles @skmiles.bsky.social · Mar 6

Thank you!! 😊

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Sarah K. Miles @skmiles.bsky.social · Mar 6

Thanks so much! 😊

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Sarah K. Miles @skmiles.bsky.social · Mar 5

Thrilled that my article is now avaiable from French Politics, Culture and Society! You can read about militant advertising and sales techniques in French left-wing periodicals in the 1970s here (doi.org/10.3167/fpcs...) or DM me for access! Many many thanks to Liz Fink for her support for this. 🗃️

Selling Revolution

Abstract For left-wing revolutionary groups in 1970s France, to have a publication was to exist. In the face of a dramatic increase in the number of newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets, however, mili...

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