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The Politics of Family/History. I've been so grateful for opportunities to talk abt the history of genealogy in early America & its implications. Tuesday lovely colleagues @brownhist.bsky.social are hosting my conversation w the great Leslie Harris. Join us! events.brown.edu/history/even...
The Politics of Family History: Karin Wulf in Conversation With Leslie Harris (Northwestern University)
Join the Department of History for a conversation with Karin Wulf and Leslie M. Harris (Northwestern University) on Wulf’s latest publication, Li...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The Politics of Family/History. I've been so grateful for opportunities to talk abt the history of genealogy in early America & its implications. Tuesday lovely colleagues @brownhist.bsky.social are hosting my conversation w the great Leslie Harris. Join us! events.brown.edu/history/even...
Wednesday, 11/12 at 12PM: "The New Middle East? Gulf Foreign Policy and the Trump Administration." Moderated by Elias Muhanna, Associate Prof. of History and Director of the Center for Middle East Studies (CMES) at Brown. Sponsored by CMES. Learn more and register to attend via Zoom!
The New Middle East? Gulf Foreign Policy and the Trump Administration
The Center for Middle East Studies invites you to join the second discussion of the Vision 20XX webinar series. Gregory Gause, Texas A&M Bush S...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Wednesday, 11/12 at 12PM: "The New Middle East? Gulf Foreign Policy and the Trump Administration." Moderated by Elias Muhanna, Associate Prof. of History and Director of the Center for Middle East Studies (CMES) at Brown. Sponsored by CMES. Learn more and register to attend via Zoom!
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This is tremendous and I am grateful for this honor.
The James A. Rawley Award for the best book on secession and/or the sectional crisis published over the preceding two years is awarded to Seth Rockman for Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery #2025SHA
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This is tremendous and I am grateful for this honor.
Tomorrow, 10/30 at 5:30PM: Join the Brown community for an in-depth conversation between Joseph Lee, Aquinnah Wampanoag journalist and author of "Nothing More of This Land" and Prof. @brdemuth.bsky.social. Free and open to the public! Learn more and attend:
In Conversation: “Nothing More of This Land”
You’re invited to join us for an in-depth conversation between Joseph Lee, Aquinnah Wampanoag journalist and author of Nothing More of This Land:...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Tomorrow, 10/30 at 5:30PM: Join the Brown community for an in-depth conversation between Joseph Lee, Aquinnah Wampanoag journalist and author of "Nothing More of This Land" and Prof. @brdemuth.bsky.social. Free and open to the public! Learn more and attend:
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Despite its benefits, “renewable energy can simultaneously redress & re-entrench unjust fossil-fueled structures of power,” Asst Prof Myles Lennon told audience members during his Family Weekend book talk. Bathsheba Demuth Brown Anthropology Brown History Department
Learn more + view a recording ⤵️
Learn more + view a recording ⤵️
WATCH | “Subjects of the Sun”: Rethinking solar justice with Myles Lennon
During an October 18 book talk, Assistant Professor Myles Lennon challenged audiences to see solar energy not just as a climate solution, but as a reflection of deeper social and economic inequities.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Despite its benefits, “renewable energy can simultaneously redress & re-entrench unjust fossil-fueled structures of power,” Asst Prof Myles Lennon told audience members during his Family Weekend book talk. Bathsheba Demuth Brown Anthropology Brown History Department
Learn more + view a recording ⤵️
Learn more + view a recording ⤵️
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What do religious authorities have to say about AI? How do religious communities engage with AI tech & infrastructure? What aspects of religious belief & practice are reflected in AI? Panelists explore in “#AI and #Religion" 11/13, 4–5:30 pm on campus. buff.ly/u55CENr
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
What do religious authorities have to say about AI? How do religious communities engage with AI tech & infrastructure? What aspects of religious belief & practice are reflected in AI? Panelists explore in “#AI and #Religion" 11/13, 4–5:30 pm on campus. buff.ly/u55CENr
Save the Date! 11/11 at 4PM: Join the Department of History for a conversation with @kawulf.bsky.social and Leslie M. Harris (Northwestern University) on Wulf’s latest publication, Lineage: Genealogy and the Politics of Connection in Early America. Free and open to the public! Learn more:
The Politics of Family History: Karin Wulf in Conversation With Leslie Harris (Northwestern University)
Join the Department of History for a conversation with Karin Wulf and Leslie M. Harris (Northwestern University) on Wulf’s latest publication, Li...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Save the Date! 11/11 at 4PM: Join the Department of History for a conversation with @kawulf.bsky.social and Leslie M. Harris (Northwestern University) on Wulf’s latest publication, Lineage: Genealogy and the Politics of Connection in Early America. Free and open to the public! Learn more:
IBES announces 2025 Catalyst Research Awardees — @brown-ibes.bsky.social awarded grants to six core and affiliate faculty members, allowing them to conduct research that crosses boundaries and benefits communities, both at Brown and around the world. Lukas Rieppel was one of the six awarded.
IBES announces 2025 Catalyst Research Awardees
IBES awarded grants to six core and affiliate faculty members, allowing them to conduct research that crosses boundaries and benefits communities, both at Brown and around the world.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
IBES announces 2025 Catalyst Research Awardees — @brown-ibes.bsky.social awarded grants to six core and affiliate faculty members, allowing them to conduct research that crosses boundaries and benefits communities, both at Brown and around the world. Lukas Rieppel was one of the six awarded.
Are Species Timeless?: Talking with Bathsheba Demuth About the Arctic — In this Q&A with @publicbooks.bsky.social, @brdemuth.bsky.social discusses her research, teaching and writing on environmental history.
Are Species Timeless?: Talking with Bathsheba Demuth About the Arctic - Public Books
“There was an interdependence that was very clear in the animal relationships in the Arctic.”
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October 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Are Species Timeless?: Talking with Bathsheba Demuth About the Arctic — In this Q&A with @publicbooks.bsky.social, @brdemuth.bsky.social discusses her research, teaching and writing on environmental history.
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Meet the 2025 Catalyst Research Awardees! IBES will fund 6 core & affiliate faculty members to pursue scholarly projects around the world, with topics ranging from parasite identification to Indigenous-led environmental justice organizing.
Mara Freilich Brown History Department Brown Biostatistics
Mara Freilich Brown History Department Brown Biostatistics
IBES announces 2025 Catalyst Research Awardees
IBES awarded grants to six core and affiliate faculty members, allowing them to conduct research that crosses boundaries and benefits communities, both at Brown and around the world.
ibes.brown.edu
October 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Meet the 2025 Catalyst Research Awardees! IBES will fund 6 core & affiliate faculty members to pursue scholarly projects around the world, with topics ranging from parasite identification to Indigenous-led environmental justice organizing.
Mara Freilich Brown History Department Brown Biostatistics
Mara Freilich Brown History Department Brown Biostatistics
Tomorrow, 10/18 at 10AM: Join the Department of History as we welcome three distinguished graduates to discuss their pathways from the History concentration into diverse and rewarding careers. This event is part of Brown’s Family Weekend 2025. Learn more: bit.ly/4ncXMuW
October 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Tomorrow, 10/18 at 10AM: Join the Department of History as we welcome three distinguished graduates to discuss their pathways from the History concentration into diverse and rewarding careers. This event is part of Brown’s Family Weekend 2025. Learn more: bit.ly/4ncXMuW
Today, 10/15 at 12PM: Keisha Blain Book Talk - “Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights.” Join the Department of History and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies (CHRHS) for a conversation with acclaimed historian and @brown.edu Prof Keisha N. Blain on her new book.
Keisha Blain Book Talk - “Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights”
Keisha Blain Book Talk- “Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights” Human Rights Book Talk Join us for a conv...
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October 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Today, 10/15 at 12PM: Keisha Blain Book Talk - “Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights.” Join the Department of History and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies (CHRHS) for a conversation with acclaimed historian and @brown.edu Prof Keisha N. Blain on her new book.
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There is a great event coming this Saturday, courtesy of @brownhist.bsky.social
There are lots of reasons to study History. Here are 3.
There are lots of reasons to study History. Here are 3.
October 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
There is a great event coming this Saturday, courtesy of @brownhist.bsky.social
There are lots of reasons to study History. Here are 3.
There are lots of reasons to study History. Here are 3.
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Oh, this is so exciting! Thank you @lizcovart.bsky.social for the invitation. And while I'm here, pleased to announce that @uchicagopress.bsky.social is bringing out a paperback in Spring 2026!!!
Today is @bfworld.bsky.social’s 11th Podversary. The first 4 episodes debuted 11 years ago.
So it’s fitting we have a great new episode to celebrate!
How did Northern manufacturers support Southern slavery?
Seth Rockman joins us to talk about “plantation goods” and slavery’s hidden supply chain.
So it’s fitting we have a great new episode to celebrate!
How did Northern manufacturers support Southern slavery?
Seth Rockman joins us to talk about “plantation goods” and slavery’s hidden supply chain.
Episode 422: Seth Rockman, Plantation Goods: How Northern Factories Fueled the Plantation Economy
Discover how hoes, shoes, and cloth linked New England factories to Southern slavery in early America with historian Seth Rockman.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Oh, this is so exciting! Thank you @lizcovart.bsky.social for the invitation. And while I'm here, pleased to announce that @uchicagopress.bsky.social is bringing out a paperback in Spring 2026!!!
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Love to hear @sethrockman.bsky.social talking about this critical history w @lizcovart.bsky.social
How do the everyday things we use connect us to unseen systems of labor and inequality?
Seth Rockman helps us explore that question through the material history of slavery.
🎧 Listen now: benfranklinsworld.com/422
#History #MaterialCulture #USHistory #Skystorians
Seth Rockman helps us explore that question through the material history of slavery.
🎧 Listen now: benfranklinsworld.com/422
#History #MaterialCulture #USHistory #Skystorians
Episode 422: Seth Rockman, Plantation Goods: How Northern Factories Fueled the Plantation Economy
Discover how hoes, shoes, and cloth linked New England factories to Southern slavery in early America with historian Seth Rockman.
benfranklinsworld.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Love to hear @sethrockman.bsky.social talking about this critical history w @lizcovart.bsky.social
Student Spotlight: Carlo Kim ‘27 — The department sits down with Carlo Kim, a junior passionate about American labor history, to discuss what led him to join the labor movement in Providence.
Student Spotlight: Carlo Kim '27
In this spotlight, the department sits down with Carlo Kim, a junior passionate about American labor history, to discuss what led him to join the labor movement in Providence.
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October 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Student Spotlight: Carlo Kim ‘27 — The department sits down with Carlo Kim, a junior passionate about American labor history, to discuss what led him to join the labor movement in Providence.
Saturday, 10/18 at 10AM: Join the Department of History as we welcome three distinguished graduates to discuss their pathways from the History concentration into diverse and rewarding careers. Stay tuned for more information on each speaker! This event is part of Brown’s Family Weekend 2025.
What Can’t You Do with a History Concentration!
This event is part of Brown University’s Family Weekend 2025 Students and parents alike are often surprised to learn that a History concentra...
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October 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Saturday, 10/18 at 10AM: Join the Department of History as we welcome three distinguished graduates to discuss their pathways from the History concentration into diverse and rewarding careers. Stay tuned for more information on each speaker! This event is part of Brown’s Family Weekend 2025.
Friday, 10/10 at 5PM: A Conversation about Archives, Civics, and History with Colleen Shogan, Ph.D. Sponsored by the @jcblibrary.bsky.social. Learn more and attend:
A Conversation about Archives, Civics, and History with Colleen Shogan, Ph.D.
Event details The John Carter Brown Library is pleased to announce that it will host Dr. Colleen J. Shogan, 11th Archivist of the United States...
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September 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Friday, 10/10 at 5PM: A Conversation about Archives, Civics, and History with Colleen Shogan, Ph.D. Sponsored by the @jcblibrary.bsky.social. Learn more and attend:
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Legal historian @samuelmoyn.bsky.social (Yale University) and political economist @mkblyth.bsky.social (Brown University) debate “Is the Present Historical Moment Unprecedented?” Oct. 10, 2–5 pm, on campus. Moderated by Timothy Bewes (Brown University). buff.ly/nZxTyMd
September 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Legal historian @samuelmoyn.bsky.social (Yale University) and political economist @mkblyth.bsky.social (Brown University) debate “Is the Present Historical Moment Unprecedented?” Oct. 10, 2–5 pm, on campus. Moderated by Timothy Bewes (Brown University). buff.ly/nZxTyMd
Friday, 10/3 at 12PM: "Tracing the Nightingales: A Genealogical Journey to Providence." Presented by historian, genealogist, and Ph.D. student at @howard.edu, Brandon Nightingale. Lunch will be provided! Sponsored by the Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice.
Tracing the Nightingales: A Genealogical Journey to Providence
This talk explores the journey of tracing the Nightingale family from St. Marys, Georgia, back to Providence, Rhode Island, uncovering potential co...
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September 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Friday, 10/3 at 12PM: "Tracing the Nightingales: A Genealogical Journey to Providence." Presented by historian, genealogist, and Ph.D. student at @howard.edu, Brandon Nightingale. Lunch will be provided! Sponsored by the Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice.
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Join IBES for a Family Weekend book talk! Asst Prof Myles Lennon will discuss his new book, Subjects of the Sun, in a conversation moderated by Assoc Prof @brdemuth.bsky.social.
Oct 18, 10-11am, 85 Waterman St & online
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Oct 18, 10-11am, 85 Waterman St & online
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September 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Join IBES for a Family Weekend book talk! Asst Prof Myles Lennon will discuss his new book, Subjects of the Sun, in a conversation moderated by Assoc Prof @brdemuth.bsky.social.
Oct 18, 10-11am, 85 Waterman St & online
events.brown.edu/ibes/event/3...
@brownanthro.bsky.social @brownhist.bsky.social
Oct 18, 10-11am, 85 Waterman St & online
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@brownanthro.bsky.social @brownhist.bsky.social
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if you'll indulge something nice amidst the abundant bad, I am happy to report that there is now an audiobook version of Plantation Goods. Perfect for your next cross-country roadtrip, transcontinental flight, or ultra-marathon.
Plantation Goods
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. This is an audiobook version of this book. A Pulitzer Prize finalist in History, this eye-opening rethinking of nineteenth-century American history reveals ...
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September 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
if you'll indulge something nice amidst the abundant bad, I am happy to report that there is now an audiobook version of Plantation Goods. Perfect for your next cross-country roadtrip, transcontinental flight, or ultra-marathon.
The Black women who knew that civil rights were human rights — Keisha N. Blain penned this column for @time.com. time.com/7316791/black-human-rights-aretha-mckinley/
September 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The Black women who knew that civil rights were human rights — Keisha N. Blain penned this column for @time.com. time.com/7316791/black-human-rights-aretha-mckinley/
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In the heart of Bigodi, Uganda, a new museum is giving both locals and tourists a chance to discover the story of the endangered Grey Parrot.
Learn more about the efforts of Prof Nancy Jacobs (an IBES Fellow in @brownhist.bsky.social), her students, and Ugandan conservationist Nick Byaba ⤵️
Learn more about the efforts of Prof Nancy Jacobs (an IBES Fellow in @brownhist.bsky.social), her students, and Ugandan conservationist Nick Byaba ⤵️
IBES Fellow helps launch Africa’s first parrot museum
Professor Nancy Jacobs, along with three Brown students and local partners, recently opened a new museum in Uganda to connect communities with endangered wildlife.
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September 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
In the heart of Bigodi, Uganda, a new museum is giving both locals and tourists a chance to discover the story of the endangered Grey Parrot.
Learn more about the efforts of Prof Nancy Jacobs (an IBES Fellow in @brownhist.bsky.social), her students, and Ugandan conservationist Nick Byaba ⤵️
Learn more about the efforts of Prof Nancy Jacobs (an IBES Fellow in @brownhist.bsky.social), her students, and Ugandan conservationist Nick Byaba ⤵️
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Great to see @brownhist.bsky.social students featured here doing experiential research, textile history, and labor history!
From medieval manuscripts to 19th-century laundry, student researchers find history in the Hay
The John Hay Library Undergraduate Fellowship Program offers Brown students a unique summer opportunity to engage in intensive, self-guided research with one-on-one support from library mentors.
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September 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Great to see @brownhist.bsky.social students featured here doing experiential research, textile history, and labor history!