Bethany Wasik
@bethanywasik.bsky.social
Interim Editorial Director at Cornell University Press acquiring in classics, ancient history, military history, European history, and medieval studies. Has a biology PhD. Likes books, Criterion, rye, history, science, everything in between, and donuts.
There's so much to get done but not enough time to do it but it's Friday and hang on, I'm going to have a Sazerac first. Cheers, team.
February 14, 2026 at 2:57 AM
There's so much to get done but not enough time to do it but it's Friday and hang on, I'm going to have a Sazerac first. Cheers, team.
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THE FRENCH MÉDERSA by Samuel D. Anderson explores how the French state pursued a century-long project of bicultural Franco-Muslim education in its northwest African colonies, resulting in a new type of school, the médersa. #History #Africa
Learn more here: 📚✨
https://ow.ly/Y00C50XxJB5
Learn more here: 📚✨
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The French Médersa by Samuel D. Anderson | Hardcover | Cornell University Press
The French Médersa explores how the French state pursued a century-long project of bicultural Franco-Muslim education in its northwest African colonies, resulting in a new type of school, the médersa,...
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February 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
THE FRENCH MÉDERSA by Samuel D. Anderson explores how the French state pursued a century-long project of bicultural Franco-Muslim education in its northwest African colonies, resulting in a new type of school, the médersa. #History #Africa
Learn more here: 📚✨
https://ow.ly/Y00C50XxJB5
Learn more here: 📚✨
https://ow.ly/Y00C50XxJB5
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Publishing a book in an academic series can offer increased visibility and credibility. We’ll help you navigate the unique considerations that come with this opportunity during our March 2 webinar Publishing in a Series for Your First Book.
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ideasonfire.net/first-book-p...
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Publishing a book in an academic series can offer increased visibility and credibility. We’ll help you navigate the unique considerations that come with this opportunity during our March 2 webinar Publishing in a Series for Your First Book.
ideasonfire.net/first-book-p...
ideasonfire.net/first-book-p...
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The preliminary program for the SMH 2026 Annual Meeting in Arlington has been posted. There will undoubtedly be changes and updates between now and the end of March, but now you can start planning all of the sessions you want to attend.
www.smh-hq.org/annualmeetin...
www.smh-hq.org/annualmeetin...
Conference Program of Panels | The Society for Military History
www.smh-hq.org
February 11, 2026 at 2:37 AM
The preliminary program for the SMH 2026 Annual Meeting in Arlington has been posted. There will undoubtedly be changes and updates between now and the end of March, but now you can start planning all of the sessions you want to attend.
www.smh-hq.org/annualmeetin...
www.smh-hq.org/annualmeetin...
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You know what? You're right. It IS time for more coffee.
February 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
You know what? You're right. It IS time for more coffee.
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We're hiring a new *remote* director of editorial, design, and production @cornellupress.bsky.social! Come work with us!
jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...
jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...
Director of Editorial, Design, and Production (REMOTE) in Ithaca, New York, United States of America | Communications & Marketing at Cornell University
Apply for Director of Editorial, Design, and Production (REMOTE) job with Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States of America. Communications & Marketing at Cornell University
jobs.hr.cornell.edu
February 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
We're hiring a new *remote* director of editorial, design, and production @cornellupress.bsky.social! Come work with us!
jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...
jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...
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Fun Fact: Medieval and Renaissance history are now in my acquisition areas! #HistoryUP
Intrigued to see what we've published, what's fresh off the presses, and what's to come? No worries, the @cornellupress.bsky.social subject page has got you covered: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/subjects/med...
Intrigued to see what we've published, what's fresh off the presses, and what's to come? No worries, the @cornellupress.bsky.social subject page has got you covered: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/subjects/med...
Medieval and Renaissance Studies – Cornell University Press
Cornell University Press fosters a culture of broad and sustained inquiry through the publication of scholarship that is engaged, influential, and of lasting significance.
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu
February 2, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Fun Fact: Medieval and Renaissance history are now in my acquisition areas! #HistoryUP
Intrigued to see what we've published, what's fresh off the presses, and what's to come? No worries, the @cornellupress.bsky.social subject page has got you covered: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/subjects/med...
Intrigued to see what we've published, what's fresh off the presses, and what's to come? No worries, the @cornellupress.bsky.social subject page has got you covered: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/subjects/med...
An ironic variation of a Melting Snow. Because the snow will never actually melt because winter is being super uncool with this feels like -30 nonsense.
But,
It's Friday. Cheers to you, team. You deserve a break because you're all doing the best that you can. Except winter. No cheers for winter.
But,
It's Friday. Cheers to you, team. You deserve a break because you're all doing the best that you can. Except winter. No cheers for winter.
February 7, 2026 at 2:38 AM
An ironic variation of a Melting Snow. Because the snow will never actually melt because winter is being super uncool with this feels like -30 nonsense.
But,
It's Friday. Cheers to you, team. You deserve a break because you're all doing the best that you can. Except winter. No cheers for winter.
But,
It's Friday. Cheers to you, team. You deserve a break because you're all doing the best that you can. Except winter. No cheers for winter.
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I just got a copy of my cover for my forthcoming book! It features a postcard from Fez by the Moroccan Jewish photographer Joseph Bouhsira. Bouhsira was the first Moroccan to establish his own commercial photography studio, and many of his images featured the Jewish community in Fez.
February 6, 2026 at 4:18 AM
I just got a copy of my cover for my forthcoming book! It features a postcard from Fez by the Moroccan Jewish photographer Joseph Bouhsira. Bouhsira was the first Moroccan to establish his own commercial photography studio, and many of his images featured the Jewish community in Fez.
A super opportunity has just dropped, Team #ReadUP and #ApplyUP, to help publish spectacular @cornellupress.bsky.social books and receive more emails from me than you ever imagined.
📣 We’re hiring!
Cornell University Press is seeking a Director of Editorial, Design, and Production. A key role at the heart of scholarly publishing.
🔗 Details + application: cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CornellCaree...
Cornell University Press is seeking a Director of Editorial, Design, and Production. A key role at the heart of scholarly publishing.
🔗 Details + application: cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CornellCaree...
Director of Editorial, Design, and Production (REMOTE)
Established in 1869 as the first American university press, shortly after the founding of Cornell, the press embodies and advances the university’s core values by disseminating fundamental and practic...
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February 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
A super opportunity has just dropped, Team #ReadUP and #ApplyUP, to help publish spectacular @cornellupress.bsky.social books and receive more emails from me than you ever imagined.
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Douglas Hildebrand of @ubcpress.bsky.social provides an overview of the UP landscape in Canada for #FeedingTheElephant. "It’s a business that makes absolutely no business sense but is crucial to national conversations on various subjects and in exporting Canadian ideas to the world," he writes.
Varieties of University Press Business Models: Canadian Presses | H-Net
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February 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Douglas Hildebrand of @ubcpress.bsky.social provides an overview of the UP landscape in Canada for #FeedingTheElephant. "It’s a business that makes absolutely no business sense but is crucial to national conversations on various subjects and in exporting Canadian ideas to the world," he writes.
ICYMI: "@tgpeterson.bsky.social's 'Revolutionary Warfare: How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsurgency' is a deeply researched and strikingly lucid account of how one colonial war reshaped the meaning of modern warfare."
www.middleeasteye.net/discover/rev...
www.middleeasteye.net/discover/rev...
Revolutionary Warfare: How France lost Algeria but developed a new kind of social war
Terrence G Peterson's book explores how 'pacifying' Algerian society became a focus of the French campaign against independence
www.middleeasteye.net
February 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
ICYMI: "@tgpeterson.bsky.social's 'Revolutionary Warfare: How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsurgency' is a deeply researched and strikingly lucid account of how one colonial war reshaped the meaning of modern warfare."
www.middleeasteye.net/discover/rev...
www.middleeasteye.net/discover/rev...
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HEGEL'S LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF WORLD HISTORY by Thomas L. Pangle brings together the works of Georg W. F. Hegel to present the “essential phases” of his philosophy of world history. #Philosophy #Hegel #History #BookRecs
Learn more here 📚✨:
https://ow.ly/Jm1A50Xx60a
Learn more here 📚✨:
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Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of World History by Thomas L. Pangle | Paperback | Cornell University Press
Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of World History brings together the works of Georg W. F. Hegel (1770–1831), one of the greatest philosophers of history, who, prior to his death, did not execute...
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January 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
HEGEL'S LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF WORLD HISTORY by Thomas L. Pangle brings together the works of Georg W. F. Hegel to present the “essential phases” of his philosophy of world history. #Philosophy #Hegel #History #BookRecs
Learn more here 📚✨:
https://ow.ly/Jm1A50Xx60a
Learn more here 📚✨:
https://ow.ly/Jm1A50Xx60a
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Team - this thread is growing! I'm now sponsoring more great @cornellupress.bsky.social series! Happy 2026! Intrigued? (1/5)
February 3, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Team - this thread is growing! I'm now sponsoring more great @cornellupress.bsky.social series! Happy 2026! Intrigued? (1/5)
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🕯️ A MOST QUIET MURDER by Susannah Wilson examines the death of a five-year-old girl in late nineteenth-century France, unfolding the mystery through judicial investigations, psychiatric evaluations, and a dramatic trial for murder. #TrueCrime #History
🔗 Learn more here: https://ow.ly/lrUm50Xlzsz
🔗 Learn more here: https://ow.ly/lrUm50Xlzsz
A Most Quiet Murder by Susannah Wilson | Hardcover | Cornell University Press
A Most Quiet Murder examines the death of a five-year-old girl in late nineteenth-century France, unfolding the mystery through judicial investigations, psychiatric medical evaluations, and ultimately,...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🕯️ A MOST QUIET MURDER by Susannah Wilson examines the death of a five-year-old girl in late nineteenth-century France, unfolding the mystery through judicial investigations, psychiatric evaluations, and a dramatic trial for murder. #TrueCrime #History
🔗 Learn more here: https://ow.ly/lrUm50Xlzsz
🔗 Learn more here: https://ow.ly/lrUm50Xlzsz
Ok, but have you seen the *electric* cover for @tomhulme.bsky.social's "Belfastmen"? Surely you have. Because how could you miss it? And surely you've pre-ordered a copy. To electrify your bookshelves and minds with such an important book. No? I'll wait:
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
February 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Ok, but have you seen the *electric* cover for @tomhulme.bsky.social's "Belfastmen"? Surely you have. Because how could you miss it? And surely you've pre-ordered a copy. To electrify your bookshelves and minds with such an important book. No? I'll wait:
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Team #SkyStorians,
New @cornellupress.bsky.social covers are dropping fast! Behold the captivating "The Great Repair: Emotions, Memory, and the German–Jewish Settlement after the Holocaust" by Gideon Reuveni. More info, praise, and how to get yours here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
New @cornellupress.bsky.social covers are dropping fast! Behold the captivating "The Great Repair: Emotions, Memory, and the German–Jewish Settlement after the Holocaust" by Gideon Reuveni. More info, praise, and how to get yours here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
February 3, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Team #SkyStorians,
New @cornellupress.bsky.social covers are dropping fast! Behold the captivating "The Great Repair: Emotions, Memory, and the German–Jewish Settlement after the Holocaust" by Gideon Reuveni. More info, praise, and how to get yours here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
New @cornellupress.bsky.social covers are dropping fast! Behold the captivating "The Great Repair: Emotions, Memory, and the German–Jewish Settlement after the Holocaust" by Gideon Reuveni. More info, praise, and how to get yours here: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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*drum roll*
Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026!
I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...
Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026!
I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...
February 2, 2026 at 4:26 PM
*drum roll*
Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026!
I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...
Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026!
I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...
Fun Fact: Medieval and Renaissance history are now in my acquisition areas! #HistoryUP
Intrigued to see what we've published, what's fresh off the presses, and what's to come? No worries, the @cornellupress.bsky.social subject page has got you covered: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/subjects/med...
Intrigued to see what we've published, what's fresh off the presses, and what's to come? No worries, the @cornellupress.bsky.social subject page has got you covered: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/subjects/med...
Medieval and Renaissance Studies – Cornell University Press
Cornell University Press fosters a culture of broad and sustained inquiry through the publication of scholarship that is engaged, influential, and of lasting significance.
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu
February 2, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Fun Fact: Medieval and Renaissance history are now in my acquisition areas! #HistoryUP
Intrigued to see what we've published, what's fresh off the presses, and what's to come? No worries, the @cornellupress.bsky.social subject page has got you covered: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/subjects/med...
Intrigued to see what we've published, what's fresh off the presses, and what's to come? No worries, the @cornellupress.bsky.social subject page has got you covered: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/subjects/med...
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📣Military Historians and 1st time authors: This is a prize you should know about!
"The Best Debut Book in WWII History Award will recognize an excellent English-language, nonfiction book on World War II from a first-time published author with a prize of $10,000."
www.nationalww2museum.org/bookawards
"The Best Debut Book in WWII History Award will recognize an excellent English-language, nonfiction book on World War II from a first-time published author with a prize of $10,000."
www.nationalww2museum.org/bookawards
The National WWII Museum Book Awards
The National WWII Museum’s annual Book Awards recognize the most outstanding nonfiction books on WWII history published each year. Awards in two categories—Best Book and Best Debut Book—celebrate new ...
www.nationalww2museum.org
February 2, 2026 at 11:10 AM
📣Military Historians and 1st time authors: This is a prize you should know about!
"The Best Debut Book in WWII History Award will recognize an excellent English-language, nonfiction book on World War II from a first-time published author with a prize of $10,000."
www.nationalww2museum.org/bookawards
"The Best Debut Book in WWII History Award will recognize an excellent English-language, nonfiction book on World War II from a first-time published author with a prize of $10,000."
www.nationalww2museum.org/bookawards
A sake and raspberry martini.
Because it's Friday.
Again.
But cheers, team.
No idea how we did it.
But we did.
Again.
Because it's Friday.
Again.
But cheers, team.
No idea how we did it.
But we did.
Again.
January 31, 2026 at 2:38 AM
A sake and raspberry martini.
Because it's Friday.
Again.
But cheers, team.
No idea how we did it.
But we did.
Again.
Because it's Friday.
Again.
But cheers, team.
No idea how we did it.
But we did.
Again.
Pro-tip: Don't submit your manuscript and tell your editor there's no rush.
January 30, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Pro-tip: Don't submit your manuscript and tell your editor there's no rush.
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THE NOVEL EXPERIENCE by Helmut Müller-Sievers introduces new approaches to the study of narrative fiction, with a conception of experience influenced by Nāgārjuna, Nietzsche, and William James, showing how reading novels transforms understanding.
#FictionStudies #Books
https://ow.ly/fhNN50XxNE6
#FictionStudies #Books
https://ow.ly/fhNN50XxNE6
The Novel Experience by Helmut Müller-Sievers | Paperback | Cornell University Press
The Novel Experience introduces new approaches to the study of narrative fiction, for scholars, critics, teachers, and readers. At the heart of this concise book is a conception of experience that is...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:55 PM
THE NOVEL EXPERIENCE by Helmut Müller-Sievers introduces new approaches to the study of narrative fiction, with a conception of experience influenced by Nāgārjuna, Nietzsche, and William James, showing how reading novels transforms understanding.
#FictionStudies #Books
https://ow.ly/fhNN50XxNE6
#FictionStudies #Books
https://ow.ly/fhNN50XxNE6
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New blog post! "A Peek Into Process: How I Do a Book Copyedit"
I break down my book #copyediting process step-by-step so you see what I’m actually doing with your manuscript.
carolinavonkampen.com/book-copyedi... #amediting #bookeditor #writingcommunity #author #stylesheet #editing
I break down my book #copyediting process step-by-step so you see what I’m actually doing with your manuscript.
carolinavonkampen.com/book-copyedi... #amediting #bookeditor #writingcommunity #author #stylesheet #editing
How I Do a Book Copyedit on Your Manuscript Step-by-Step
I break down my book copyediting process step-by-step so you see what I’m actually doing with your manuscript in a book copyedit.
carolinavonkampen.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:10 PM
New blog post! "A Peek Into Process: How I Do a Book Copyedit"
I break down my book #copyediting process step-by-step so you see what I’m actually doing with your manuscript.
carolinavonkampen.com/book-copyedi... #amediting #bookeditor #writingcommunity #author #stylesheet #editing
I break down my book #copyediting process step-by-step so you see what I’m actually doing with your manuscript.
carolinavonkampen.com/book-copyedi... #amediting #bookeditor #writingcommunity #author #stylesheet #editing