Bethany Wasik
@bethanywasik.bsky.social
Assistant Editorial Director at Cornell University Press acquiring books in classics, military history, modern European history, and archaeology. Has a biology PhD (really). Likes books, Criterion, rye, history, science, everything in between, and donuts.
Three more days of not checking email and catching up on all the non-work life things and drinking coffee and Oh Monday is going to be Something.
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Three more days of not checking email and catching up on all the non-work life things and drinking coffee and Oh Monday is going to be Something.
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ACTUAL GOOD NEWS EVERYONE: The Paleontological Research Institution and the Museum of the Earth have made it through the crisis!
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
‘Every Single Dollar Mattered’: Donations Save Museum of the Earth From Foreclosure
Just days before a year-end foreclosure deadline, the Museum of the Earth has paid off its mortgage following a wide fundraising campaign that rescued the Ithaca area landmark.
www.ithaca.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:29 AM
ACTUAL GOOD NEWS EVERYONE: The Paleontological Research Institution and the Museum of the Earth have made it through the crisis!
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
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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: 📚✨
https://ow.ly/Y00C50XxJB5
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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December 30, 2025 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
Friday but feels like Sunday.
We did another Week.
Go us.
Cheering you, team, and the weekend with the great Give Me Fever.
We did another Week.
Go us.
Cheering you, team, and the weekend with the great Give Me Fever.
December 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Friday but feels like Sunday.
We did another Week.
Go us.
Cheering you, team, and the weekend with the great Give Me Fever.
We did another Week.
Go us.
Cheering you, team, and the weekend with the great Give Me Fever.
Not Friday,
but a beginning to a long break with a
Lavender Martini and
The Thin Man and
Don't tell me this isn't a great beginning to a long break,
because it really is.
Snacks not shown.
Cheers, team.
but a beginning to a long break with a
Lavender Martini and
The Thin Man and
Don't tell me this isn't a great beginning to a long break,
because it really is.
Snacks not shown.
Cheers, team.
December 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Not Friday,
but a beginning to a long break with a
Lavender Martini and
The Thin Man and
Don't tell me this isn't a great beginning to a long break,
because it really is.
Snacks not shown.
Cheers, team.
but a beginning to a long break with a
Lavender Martini and
The Thin Man and
Don't tell me this isn't a great beginning to a long break,
because it really is.
Snacks not shown.
Cheers, team.
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🌍 AFTER BARBARY by Timothy Mason Roberts traces how Algeria became a key site in the making of the American and French empires—from the Barbary Wars through decolonization. #History #Empires #France #Algeria #USHistory
Learn more here:
https://ow.ly/NEuI50XlPNL
Learn more here:
https://ow.ly/NEuI50XlPNL
After Barbary by Timothy Mason Roberts | Paperback | Cornell University Press
After Barbary explores the connection between the United States and North Africa between the Barbary Wars of the early nineteenth century and the era of European decolonization after World War II. Timothy...
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December 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🌍 AFTER BARBARY by Timothy Mason Roberts traces how Algeria became a key site in the making of the American and French empires—from the Barbary Wars through decolonization. #History #Empires #France #Algeria #USHistory
Learn more here:
https://ow.ly/NEuI50XlPNL
Learn more here:
https://ow.ly/NEuI50XlPNL
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A HUDSON VALLEY RECKONING tells the long-ignored story of slavery's history in upstate New York through Debra Bruno's absorbing chronicle that uncovers her Dutch ancestors' slave-holding past. Learn more: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
@debrabruno.bsky.social
@debrabruno.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A HUDSON VALLEY RECKONING tells the long-ignored story of slavery's history in upstate New York through Debra Bruno's absorbing chronicle that uncovers her Dutch ancestors' slave-holding past. Learn more: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
@debrabruno.bsky.social
@debrabruno.bsky.social
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I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
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Still hunting for holidays gifts for a social scientist, global policy professional, or other person interested in conflict & international affairs? When Rebels Win is now officially out from @cornellupress.bsky.social! Use code 09BCARD for 30% off www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
When Rebels Win by Kai M. Thaler | Paperback | Cornell University Press
In When Rebels Win, Kai M. Thaler explores why victorious rebel groups govern in strikingly different ways. Many assume civil wars destroy state capacity. In the Democratic Republic of Congo and Libya...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu
December 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Still hunting for holidays gifts for a social scientist, global policy professional, or other person interested in conflict & international affairs? When Rebels Win is now officially out from @cornellupress.bsky.social! Use code 09BCARD for 30% off www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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New #BookReview #ScandinavianStudies
Kendra Willson reviews Old Norse Folklore: Tradition, Innovation, and Performance in Medieval Scandinavia by Stephen A. Mitchell @cornellupress.bsky.social 2023
doi.org/10.1080/0361...
Kendra Willson reviews Old Norse Folklore: Tradition, Innovation, and Performance in Medieval Scandinavia by Stephen A. Mitchell @cornellupress.bsky.social 2023
doi.org/10.1080/0361...
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
New #BookReview #ScandinavianStudies
Kendra Willson reviews Old Norse Folklore: Tradition, Innovation, and Performance in Medieval Scandinavia by Stephen A. Mitchell @cornellupress.bsky.social 2023
doi.org/10.1080/0361...
Kendra Willson reviews Old Norse Folklore: Tradition, Innovation, and Performance in Medieval Scandinavia by Stephen A. Mitchell @cornellupress.bsky.social 2023
doi.org/10.1080/0361...
A break from work and email feels weird, tbh. I guess the only solution is to fill that space with baking and books and cocktails.
December 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A break from work and email feels weird, tbh. I guess the only solution is to fill that space with baking and books and cocktails.
Cheers to
The end of this week
The weekend
All of you
A long break
Cocktails and snacks and books
And a Heisenberg.
Because a friend provided lavender syrup and this just looked pretty.
Happy Friday, team.
The end of this week
The weekend
All of you
A long break
Cocktails and snacks and books
And a Heisenberg.
Because a friend provided lavender syrup and this just looked pretty.
Happy Friday, team.
December 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Cheers to
The end of this week
The weekend
All of you
A long break
Cocktails and snacks and books
And a Heisenberg.
Because a friend provided lavender syrup and this just looked pretty.
Happy Friday, team.
The end of this week
The weekend
All of you
A long break
Cocktails and snacks and books
And a Heisenberg.
Because a friend provided lavender syrup and this just looked pretty.
Happy Friday, team.
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
Because @lollardfish.bsky.social says we should promote our books: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477313138/
Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back
Triumphant wins, gut-wrenching losses, last-second shots, underdogs, competition, and loyalty—it’s fun to be a fan. But when a football player takes a hi...
utpress.utexas.edu
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
'Tis the season for setting a ridiculous amount of follow-up reminders for 2026.
December 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
'Tis the season for setting a ridiculous amount of follow-up reminders for 2026.
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How can you tell a book is based on a dissertation? ⅓ of the pages are citations… #OrchestratingPower
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
December 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
How can you tell a book is based on a dissertation? ⅓ of the pages are citations… #OrchestratingPower
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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We’ve been nominated as a finalist in the 2025 Apple App Store Awards! 🎉
We’re being recognised in the Cultural Impact category for our work in building an inclusive book community.
The winners will be announced in the coming weeks.
We’re being recognised in the Cultural Impact category for our work in building an inclusive book community.
The winners will be announced in the coming weeks.
November 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
We’ve been nominated as a finalist in the 2025 Apple App Store Awards! 🎉
We’re being recognised in the Cultural Impact category for our work in building an inclusive book community.
The winners will be announced in the coming weeks.
We’re being recognised in the Cultural Impact category for our work in building an inclusive book community.
The winners will be announced in the coming weeks.
'Tis the season for snacks.
December 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
'Tis the season for snacks.
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I reiterate that, as titles go, you’ll walk a long road before you come across one better than “The Dialectics of Absolute Nothingness”
Today the dialectics of absolute nothingness is finally released!!
February 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I reiterate that, as titles go, you’ll walk a long road before you come across one better than “The Dialectics of Absolute Nothingness”
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As always, we're happy to bring you a lit studies companion to our yearly history book/article lists. Assembled by @rcolesworthy.bsky.social and @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social
2025 Literary Studies Book and Journal Article List
A companion list for lit studies scholars.
contingentmagazine.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:54 AM
As always, we're happy to bring you a lit studies companion to our yearly history book/article lists. Assembled by @rcolesworthy.bsky.social and @hartmann-villalta.bsky.social
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December 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Well, it's been a long December.
December 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Well, it's been a long December.
Celebrating this Friday, hiding from my inbox, and preparing for a weekend full of cookie baking with a Poet's Martini.
Cheers, team. We did it again. Cookies help.
Cheers, team. We did it again. Cookies help.
December 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Celebrating this Friday, hiding from my inbox, and preparing for a weekend full of cookie baking with a Poet's Martini.
Cheers, team. We did it again. Cookies help.
Cheers, team. We did it again. Cookies help.
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I honestly think that many people don't know what their public libraries offer besides books. I think that everyone should go on a public library treasure hunt in 2026. Go explore what your library systems offer at no cost to you. Report back to me :)
“I miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I honestly think that many people don't know what their public libraries offer besides books. I think that everyone should go on a public library treasure hunt in 2026. Go explore what your library systems offer at no cost to you. Report back to me :)