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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

analytic philosopher, continental philosopher, African Studies theorist

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 2d

quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods

Photo of a Kansas City Chiefs press conference with Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. Reid is wearing a gray suit and red tie with a lapel pin. Kelce is wearing a camp-style short-sleeved shirt with a bird print, along with a suede cap, and Mahomes is wearing a white collared shirt, a pink checkered double-breasted vest, and a pale pink tie.

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Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 1d

Can't wait to read this - congrats!

Brett Rushforth @brettrushforth.bsky.social · 1d

Loved this book - congrats to Jack (and @yalepress.bsky.social)!

Henry Snow @henrysnow.bsky.social · 1d

My colleague Jack Bouchard's book Terra Nova is out today! It's about early 16th-century mariners and the seasonal fishery around present-day Newfoundland, and its place within the Atlantic World. I cannot wait to read it

yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 20d

Euzhan Palcy, the first Black female to helm a studio picture, says she owes it all to Robert Redford: "When people ask how I, as a young woman from Martinique, ended up in Hollywood, I smile and think of Robert Redford" bit.ly/41VgnUw

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 20d

Bad Bunny “is probably the most important musician in the world right now—the person future generations will point to when they talk about what the early 2020s sounded like,” Kelefa Sanneh writes.

Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rican Homecoming

The Latin-trap performer is probably the most important pop musician of our time. Key to his success is that the bigger he gets, the more local he seems.

www.newyorker.com

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Haitian Studies Association @haitianstudies.bsky.social · 20d

Upcoming Virtual Event: Healing in the Lakou / Gerizon nan Lakou a

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This virtual conversation bridges KOSANBA’s recent conference theme on “Africana Religious Activism, Resistance and Rejuvenation” and HSA’s forthcoming conference theme on “Reparasyon ak Restitisyon.”

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Jean-Michel Basquiat @basquiat.bsky.social · 21d

Gri Gri, 1986
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5293

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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 20d

To support the UNC System’s new graduation requirement, prize-winning historians at UNC Chapel Hill have created a new resource for UNC system courses, in partnership with UNC Press.

Learn more about the book & how students can get free access 👇
uncpressblog.com/2025/09/18/u...

UNC Chapel Hill Department of History, UNC Press, and UNC System Offer Free Digital Access to Foundations of American Democracy - UNC Press Blog

To support the University of North Carolina System’s new “Foundations of American Democracy” graduation requirement, prize-winning historians at UNC Chapel Hill have created a new reader of foundation...

uncpressblog.com

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Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 21d

Starting in a few minutes!

Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 21d

Tonight!

Panel conversation on "Haiti's Time," a new exhibit at UVA's Fralin Museum of art.

Information & registration for the virtual event here:

arts.virginia.edu/calendar/eve...

Event | UVA Arts

Welcome to UVA Arts at the University of Virginia. Explore to find news, resources, events, & opportunities. There is just so much going on!!

arts.virginia.edu

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 21d

In her Age of Revolutions course, Julia M. Gossard uses activities like Reacting to the Past and a constitution-writing exercise to teach her student-citizens in the AI era. 🗃️

Empowering Citizens – AHA

Putting students in the shoes of revolutionaries and drafters of constitutions produces a different kind of engagement.

www.historians.org

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Oxford American @oxfordamerican.bsky.social · 22d

“It’s for everyone, this book. You can go wherever you want. It’s just a place to start.”

Christian Leus talks with author Kristina Gaddy and musician @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social about "Go Back and Fetch It," their new book exploring early Black music.

🔗: https://shorturl.at/FZlSn

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Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 21d

Tonight!

Panel conversation on "Haiti's Time," a new exhibit at UVA's Fralin Museum of art.

Information & registration for the virtual event here:

arts.virginia.edu/calendar/eve...

Event | UVA Arts

Welcome to UVA Arts at the University of Virginia. Explore to find news, resources, events, & opportunities. There is just so much going on!!

arts.virginia.edu

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Marcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks to Harris Feinsod for an excellent tour yesterday of Frederick Douglass-related places in Fell’s Point, Baltimore, the waterfront district where he lived much of his life between 1826-1838. Here is the central house on “Douglass Row,” five townhouses he built in 1892, and a nearby mural.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 22d

“When you get older, you learn certain life lessons. You apply that wisdom, and suddenly you say: Hey, I’ve got a new lease on this thing. So let’s go.”

A life of art, activism, and heart.
R.I.P. Robert Redford. 🕊️💫

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Jean-Michel Basquiat @basquiat.bsky.social · 23d

Tuxedo, 1982
https://botfrens.com/collections/27/contents/5159

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Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 23d

This is such a gorgeous, moving, & fun thread on a great strand of France's football culture. Thank you @meganclement.bsky.social, & H/T @siddharthamitter.bsky.social

Megan Clement @meganclement.bsky.social · 23d

I have been obsessed with the football challenge the Lucarne d'Évry – a small window to a bin room in the southern suburbs of Paris – for years.

In 2021, a video of Gay Sissoko nailing a spot kick right through it went megaviral.

Here's the video, you can see why:

www.tiktok.com/@papi__nueve...

Gaye l’ancien qui réussit du premier coup à la lucarne d’Evry ⚽️ #lalucarne #evrycourcouronnes #meme #memefr #snapchat #snapchatfr #video #videodrole #videosdroles #fyp #pourtoi #foryou

TikTok video by Papi

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 26d

It does feel meaningful to be teaching history right now. We do what we can.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 28d

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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 28d

NEW: Starting Nov. 1, New Mexico will become the first state in the nation to offer no-cost child care to every family, regardless of income. This is projected to amount to an average annual family savings of $12,000 per child.

Yes, policy meeting people's needs is possible.

Governor: New Mexico to provide universal access to child care

Currently, the state’s child care assistance program covers costs for families with incomes at or below 400% of the federal poverty level.

www.santafenewmexican.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 29d

The biggest sporting event in the world is happening in our backyard. But most New Yorkers will be priced out of watching it live.

Sign our petition calling on FIFA to put game over greed: zohranfornyc.com/gameovergreed

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 28d

Looking forward to being in Richmond tonight @ the VMHC!

Alison Herring @historyherring.bsky.social · 29d

I'm looking forward to hearing from Dr. @kawulf.bsky.social
the Virginia Museum of History and Culture this week! If you're in Richmond, I recommend this! #RVA #SkyStorians #HistorySky #Twitterstorians

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An image of the cover of Dr. Wulf's book titled, "Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America."

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Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 29d

Ah interesting - I thought I recognized it. : ) Will need to think about some events/panels around the publication!

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Sara Ziemnik @sziemnik2198.bsky.social · 29d

VALENCIA! Congratulations to such a deserving educator and welcome to the Gilder Lehrman National History Teacher of the Year #NHTOY club. So inspired by all the great work you do! Proud to know you! Your students and community are so lucky. @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social @vannabbott.bsky.social

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Laurent Dubois @soccerpolitics.bsky.social · 29d

This is incredibly exciting!!! I can't wait to get this (& teach it!). Congratulations.

(& the cover is gorgeous)

Brett Rushforth @brettrushforth.bsky.social · 29d

Not available until June 2026, but we have a cover! #earlymodern #skystorians

Image of the cover of a book titled Beyond the Ocean: France and the Atlantic World from the Crusades to the Age of Revolutions, by Christopher Hodson and Brett Rushforth. The background image is an eighteenth-century ink and watercolor rendition of the harbor of Le Cap in modern Haiti, with three ships and one small boat foregrounded in the bay and a handful of buildings scattered on the shore in the background.

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#Slaveryarchive Digital Initiative @slaveryarchive.bsky.social · Sep 9

We are happy to announce the three finalists of the #Slaveryarchive Book Prize 2024! The winner will be announced at the end of September. To know more about the three finalists, visit our website www.slaveryarchive.com/slaveryarchi...

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · Sep 6

The reason many of the commentators don’t like Bluesky is because the infrastructure is set up in a way that no longer benefits them.

On Twitter it was always easier to gain an audience by purposefully saying things that upset people. Getting ratio-ed was a tactic.

Here, that’s much harder.

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Shannan Clark @shannanclark.bsky.social · Sep 3

Keep in mind that organized academic workers, not administrators, accomplished this.

Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · Sep 3

AAUP-HARVARD, AAUP, & UAW WON THE HARVARD CASE!!!!

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