Clare Corbould
@clarecorbould.bsky.social
Historian 🗃️| Associate Professor.
Books: Harvard UP; 2026 The New Press.
Bylines: Conversation; WaPo; Guardian.
She/her 🌈 | Personal account
Books: Harvard UP; 2026 The New Press.
Bylines: Conversation; WaPo; Guardian.
She/her 🌈 | Personal account
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Clare Corbould
@clarecorbould.bsky.social
· Nov 21
With abortion back on the agenda in Australia, the US election feels more personal than ever
It is no wonder people are watching the US election closely, especially with abortion back on the agenda in Queensland and South Australia.
womensagenda.com.au
Here’s a selection of recent writing:
“With abortion back on the agenda in Australia, the US election feels more personal than ever.” Aust Book Review, republished open access here:
womensagenda.com.au/latest/with-...
“With abortion back on the agenda in Australia, the US election feels more personal than ever.” Aust Book Review, republished open access here:
womensagenda.com.au/latest/with-...
when people tell you who they are and all that
February 13, 2026 at 2:28 AM
when people tell you who they are and all that
So Gallup, still one of the best of a burgeoning number of polls of presidential approval/disapproval and popularity, will no longer poll people on their views of the president. Nothing to see here, folks.
February 13, 2026 at 2:26 AM
So Gallup, still one of the best of a burgeoning number of polls of presidential approval/disapproval and popularity, will no longer poll people on their views of the president. Nothing to see here, folks.
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My favorite exchange on Twitter in the history of the site
February 12, 2026 at 5:53 AM
My favorite exchange on Twitter in the history of the site
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I always think - way to start a book, Cees Nooteboom...(from Rituals)
December 12, 2024 at 12:15 AM
I always think - way to start a book, Cees Nooteboom...(from Rituals)
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
A must read. "We’re in a race...need to act before the administration has the personnel & detention facilities to broaden its actions... we’re witnessing the repetition of ... [large scale] concentration camp systems in history—the Soviet Gulag, Nazi concentration camps, & labor camps in the PRC."
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:07 AM
A must read. "We’re in a race...need to act before the administration has the personnel & detention facilities to broaden its actions... we’re witnessing the repetition of ... [large scale] concentration camp systems in history—the Soviet Gulag, Nazi concentration camps, & labor camps in the PRC."
trying not to think about how long it would take to get approval in an aust institution of higher ed to undertake this work...*
*I mean, obvs one would do it off-books. but, you know...
*I mean, obvs one would do it off-books. but, you know...
Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 6:10 AM
trying not to think about how long it would take to get approval in an aust institution of higher ed to undertake this work...*
*I mean, obvs one would do it off-books. but, you know...
*I mean, obvs one would do it off-books. but, you know...
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THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A HISTORY MAJOR
Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 5:44 AM
THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A HISTORY MAJOR
"Trump's entire political career—from his embrace of birtherism to his hatred of birthright citizenship—cannot be understood [apart from] his bitter, deep-seated racism." I'd add misogyny & misogynoir, but otherwise Jamelle Bouie is dead-on with this editorial.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:33 AM
"Trump's entire political career—from his embrace of birtherism to his hatred of birthright citizenship—cannot be understood [apart from] his bitter, deep-seated racism." I'd add misogyny & misogynoir, but otherwise Jamelle Bouie is dead-on with this editorial.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
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It's funny how all these billionaires started buying up all the social media apps, newspapers, and television networks right as all these revelations were starting to come out.
Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show
Newly released files from DoJ show the pair making plans in 2012 and 2013 for the Tesla CEO to visit Epstein’s island
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:38 AM
It's funny how all these billionaires started buying up all the social media apps, newspapers, and television networks right as all these revelations were starting to come out.
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happening at the same time
January 23, 2026 at 5:50 PM
happening at the same time
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Historians have had quite a bit to say about #VastEarlyAmerica, but for me, this was always the essence.
January 23, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Historians have had quite a bit to say about #VastEarlyAmerica, but for me, this was always the essence.
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"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Ian Tyrrell generously gave his time to chat with me and David Goodman about his career and life.
Shout-out to Ruth Morgan for editing a whole issue about Ian's work and influence.
www.jstor.org/stable/48844...
Shout-out to Ruth Morgan for editing a whole issue about Ian's work and influence.
www.jstor.org/stable/48844...
An Interview with Ian Tyrrell on JSTOR
Ian Tyrrell, David Goodman, Clare Corbould, An Interview with Ian Tyrrell, Australasian Journal of American Studies, Vol. 44, No. 1, Special Issue: A Tribute to Ian Tyrrell (WINTER 2025), pp. 19-42
www.jstor.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Ian Tyrrell generously gave his time to chat with me and David Goodman about his career and life.
Shout-out to Ruth Morgan for editing a whole issue about Ian's work and influence.
www.jstor.org/stable/48844...
Shout-out to Ruth Morgan for editing a whole issue about Ian's work and influence.
www.jstor.org/stable/48844...
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Interesting development.
Can we also make sure the initial primary states reflect the diversity of our party? In other words, not Iowa or New Hampshire!
Can we also make sure the initial primary states reflect the diversity of our party? In other words, not Iowa or New Hampshire!
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Interesting development.
Can we also make sure the initial primary states reflect the diversity of our party? In other words, not Iowa or New Hampshire!
Can we also make sure the initial primary states reflect the diversity of our party? In other words, not Iowa or New Hampshire!
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I will forever bristle that academia and especially my discipline typically doesn’t pay attention to warnings about this country until a white dude says it. Every time i read “nobody could have anticipated…”I want to burst into flames.
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I will forever bristle that academia and especially my discipline typically doesn’t pay attention to warnings about this country until a white dude says it. Every time i read “nobody could have anticipated…”I want to burst into flames.
Just imagine the consequences if these vile men had abused and trafficked boys rather than girls. #MeToo
reminder that Donald Trump said on the record that he partied with his buddy Jeffrey Epstein and women “on the younger side” and yet we’re pretending like the natural of their relationship is some big mystery
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Just imagine the consequences if these vile men had abused and trafficked boys rather than girls. #MeToo
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Proofs of the Afterword by @cwaldby.bsky.social and me for the social survey in global perspective book have arrived. Edited by Charlotte Greenhalgh, @clarecorbould.bsky.social and me, published in 2026 by @berghahnbooks.bsky.social
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Greenh...
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Greenh...
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Proofs of the Afterword by @cwaldby.bsky.social and me for the social survey in global perspective book have arrived. Edited by Charlotte Greenhalgh, @clarecorbould.bsky.social and me, published in 2026 by @berghahnbooks.bsky.social
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Greenh...
www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Greenh...
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I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
Tell Students the Truth About American History
We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.
www.theatlantic.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
Crikey, one hour later I was literally describing that legislation & its effects to a potential new research student. And people say studying history isn’t any use!
VP JD Vance is now fully embracing the 1924 racist National Origins Act to justify his administration’s white nationalist immigration policy.
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Crikey, one hour later I was literally describing that legislation & its effects to a potential new research student. And people say studying history isn’t any use!
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Starting to suspect that the “All Lives Matter” messaging wasn’t in good faith.
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Starting to suspect that the “All Lives Matter” messaging wasn’t in good faith.
I mean. How else to behave after a bunch of excellent wins last week than bending over backwards to accommodate GOP nonsense 🤯
Opening the government with no concessions from GOP merely to alleviate airline cancellations - when Congress has been dragging its feet for years on chronic FAA staffing issues - is a lame ass choice.
Also, doing it while the House refuses to work is appalling.
Also, doing it while the House refuses to work is appalling.
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I mean. How else to behave after a bunch of excellent wins last week than bending over backwards to accommodate GOP nonsense 🤯
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As a professor of African American Studies, I endorse this message ✊🏾🤭✊🏾
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
As a professor of African American Studies, I endorse this message ✊🏾🤭✊🏾