Mauricio Castro
@castrohistorian.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History at Centre College. Author of Only a Few Blocks to Cuba: Cold War Refugee Policy, the Cuban Diaspora, and the Transformation of Miami. Opinions my own, not my employer's.
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In Only a Few Blocks to Cuba, Mauricio Castro shows how the U.S. government came to view Cuban migration to Miami as a strategic asset during the Cold War, i...
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Wow. A lot of new followers. I guess I should introduce myself.
I'm a historian of the United States, particularly focused on immigration/refugee, political, foreign policy, and urban history.
My book Only a Few Blocks to Cuba came out in March
www.pennpress.org/978151282572...
I'm a historian of the United States, particularly focused on immigration/refugee, political, foreign policy, and urban history.
My book Only a Few Blocks to Cuba came out in March
www.pennpress.org/978151282572...
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This is fucking sick
February 16, 2026 at 3:42 AM
This is fucking sick
February 7, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me 5 classes you took in college:
1. Contemporary China 1945-Present
2. Soviet Film: Propaganda, Myth, and Modernism
3. History of Architecture
4. Relativity
5. The Japanese Cinema
1. Contemporary China 1945-Present
2. Soviet Film: Propaganda, Myth, and Modernism
3. History of Architecture
4. Relativity
5. The Japanese Cinema
January 31, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me 5 classes you took in college:
1. Contemporary China 1945-Present
2. Soviet Film: Propaganda, Myth, and Modernism
3. History of Architecture
4. Relativity
5. The Japanese Cinema
1. Contemporary China 1945-Present
2. Soviet Film: Propaganda, Myth, and Modernism
3. History of Architecture
4. Relativity
5. The Japanese Cinema
How dare you speak of the star of Shasta McNasty in such a way?!
Not to bury the ridiculous lede here but Ellison’s failson looks like if Gary Busey’s failson Jake was playing Donald’s failson Eric in a straight to video movie
January 29, 2026 at 5:11 AM
How dare you speak of the star of Shasta McNasty in such a way?!
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Today's featured title:
"Dreams of a Young Republic: The American Vincentians in China," by John J. Harney, University of Nebraska Press, 2025
@univnebpress.bsky.social @ludensprof.bsky.social
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
"Dreams of a Young Republic: The American Vincentians in China," by John J. Harney, University of Nebraska Press, 2025
@univnebpress.bsky.social @ludensprof.bsky.social
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Today's featured title:
"Dreams of a Young Republic: The American Vincentians in China," by John J. Harney, University of Nebraska Press, 2025
@univnebpress.bsky.social @ludensprof.bsky.social
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
"Dreams of a Young Republic: The American Vincentians in China," by John J. Harney, University of Nebraska Press, 2025
@univnebpress.bsky.social @ludensprof.bsky.social
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
What a time to be an American visiting the U.K.
January 19, 2026 at 9:00 AM
What a time to be an American visiting the U.K.
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it's a real show of character (derogatory) to lend your name, your mind and your credibility to a fraudulent and disgraceful effort to gut a fundamental constitutional protection, and then whine that people are mean to you about it
I want to address my friend Ilan who says here that he has been subject to “a lot of hate” from academics who “should know better” and haven’t respected the “academic enterprise.”
I don’t dislike Ilan. I also think his paper is fundamentally wrong and not scholarly.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pFge...
I don’t dislike Ilan. I also think his paper is fundamentally wrong and not scholarly.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pFge...
The Sanity Interview: Ilan Wurman
YouTube video by The New York Sun
m.youtube.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:40 PM
it's a real show of character (derogatory) to lend your name, your mind and your credibility to a fraudulent and disgraceful effort to gut a fundamental constitutional protection, and then whine that people are mean to you about it
What year is it?
January 18, 2026 at 4:06 PM
What year is it?
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*Me, innocently starting a Mad Men rewatch for the first time since it aired*
Betty, mentioning who she invited to Sally's birthday party: Helen Bishop.
Me: Why does that name sound... Oh... Oh no, Glen...
Betty, mentioning who she invited to Sally's birthday party: Helen Bishop.
Me: Why does that name sound... Oh... Oh no, Glen...
January 16, 2026 at 9:48 PM
*Me, innocently starting a Mad Men rewatch for the first time since it aired*
Betty, mentioning who she invited to Sally's birthday party: Helen Bishop.
Me: Why does that name sound... Oh... Oh no, Glen...
Betty, mentioning who she invited to Sally's birthday party: Helen Bishop.
Me: Why does that name sound... Oh... Oh no, Glen...
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This is not my “official backup account” because I don’t have one. It is an impersonator. Please block it into oblivion.
January 13, 2026 at 11:34 AM
This is not my “official backup account” because I don’t have one. It is an impersonator. Please block it into oblivion.
The "rule of law" part is particularly galling from a program under the direction of a person who spiked a story about the foreign gulag where never charged migrants were sent in defiance of a court order.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The "rule of law" part is particularly galling from a program under the direction of a person who spiked a story about the foreign gulag where never charged migrants were sent in defiance of a court order.
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I am looking for examples of well-structured 20th century US history articles, ideally written by junior scholars, ideally something to which my MA research seminar participants can aspire? Something where a bunch of the research could have been done in a semester?
January 2, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I am looking for examples of well-structured 20th century US history articles, ideally written by junior scholars, ideally something to which my MA research seminar participants can aspire? Something where a bunch of the research could have been done in a semester?
Clearly by showing participation in debate or Presidential Classroom, but not Model UN because it makes you a globalist.
How else can professors prove "merit" besides SAT scores? Wrong answers only. I'll go first: ability to do sixth-grade geometry homework (two professors in my house fail)
January 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Clearly by showing participation in debate or Presidential Classroom, but not Model UN because it makes you a globalist.
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A question for folks who will know why: how much genAI use do you think is happening among early program history PhD students these days?
December 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A question for folks who will know why: how much genAI use do you think is happening among early program history PhD students these days?
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The musicians cancelling their concerns are trying to de-platform Donald Trump. That’s censorship and it’s bad.
Greg Lukianoff at The Free Press
Greg Lukianoff at The Free Press
Sounds like a job for Ted Nugent, Lee Greenwood and Kid Rock
New Year’s Eve Concerts at Kennedy Center Are Canceled
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The musicians cancelling their concerns are trying to de-platform Donald Trump. That’s censorship and it’s bad.
Greg Lukianoff at The Free Press
Greg Lukianoff at The Free Press
Just re-upping this job opportunity. DM me with any general questions you may have.
Folks, Centre's History Program is hiring a two-year visitor. It's a great opportunity to get a couple of years of really good teaching experience. Share widely, please!
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69669/c...
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69669/c...
Centre College - Two-year Visiting Assistant Professor of History | H-Net
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December 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Just re-upping this job opportunity. DM me with any general questions you may have.
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Some people will commit human rights violations rather than just go to therapy
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Some people will commit human rights violations rather than just go to therapy
If my dad was still alive and someone tried to do this to him, I would end up in legal trouble.
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
If my dad was still alive and someone tried to do this to him, I would end up in legal trouble.
And the lowest number of views? You guessed it: Frank Stalone!
(Not really, but I couldn't resist.)
(Not really, but I couldn't resist.)
who cares about nielsen ratings, streaming is the future of- wuh oh
December 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
And the lowest number of views? You guessed it: Frank Stalone!
(Not really, but I couldn't resist.)
(Not really, but I couldn't resist.)