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Celebrating Presidents in 2026? Fraught as hell, but what’s not is celebrating all the great public scholarship in my 263rd #ScholarSunday thread of writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ +
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#ScholarSunday Thread 263 (2/15/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
Celebrating Presidents in 2026? Fraught as hell, but what’s not is celebrating all the great public scholarship in my 263rd #ScholarSunday thread of writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books. Add mor...
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February 15, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Celebrating Presidents in 2026? Fraught as hell, but what’s not is celebrating all the great public scholarship in my 263rd #ScholarSunday thread of writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ +
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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“Are you talking to me?” This week is the 50th anniversary of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. Historian @jasonhiggins.bsky.social explains how Taxi Driver, like many #VietnamWar era films, contains historical truths but also reinforces deeply problematic myths about veterans, homecoming, & trauma. 🗃️
“Something of a Hero”: 50 Years Since the Taxi Driver
This month marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. Like many Vietnam War-era films, Taxi Driver contains historical truths but also reinforces deeply problematic myths ab…
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February 11, 2026 at 4:31 PM
“Are you talking to me?” This week is the 50th anniversary of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. Historian @jasonhiggins.bsky.social explains how Taxi Driver, like many #VietnamWar era films, contains historical truths but also reinforces deeply problematic myths about veterans, homecoming, & trauma. 🗃️
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In the wake of the ICE surge in Minnesota, @legg.bsky.social explains how federal immigration violence against Minnesotans echoes the historic federal violence committed against Minnesota’s Indigenous peoples in the nineteenth century. 🗃️
A Continuum of Federal Violence: A History of Indigenous-US relations in Minnesota in the Wake of the Murders of Nicole Renee Good and Alex Pretti
Federal immigration violence against Minnesotans in January 2026 echoes the historic federal violence committed against Minnesota’s Indigenous peoples in the nineteenth century.
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February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
In the wake of the ICE surge in Minnesota, @legg.bsky.social explains how federal immigration violence against Minnesotans echoes the historic federal violence committed against Minnesota’s Indigenous peoples in the nineteenth century. 🗃️
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ICYMI: check out my recent essay with @cliocontemporary.bsky.social that contextualizes recent federal violence in Minnesota with violence against Native people during the nineteenth century.
In the wake of the ICE surge in Minnesota, @legg.bsky.social explains how federal immigration violence against Minnesotans echoes the historic federal violence committed against Minnesota’s Indigenous peoples in the nineteenth century. 🗃️
A Continuum of Federal Violence: A History of Indigenous-US relations in Minnesota in the Wake of the Murders of Nicole Renee Good and Alex Pretti
Federal immigration violence against Minnesotans in January 2026 echoes the historic federal violence committed against Minnesota’s Indigenous peoples in the nineteenth century.
clioandthecontemporary.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
ICYMI: check out my recent essay with @cliocontemporary.bsky.social that contextualizes recent federal violence in Minnesota with violence against Native people during the nineteenth century.
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I teach Taxi Driver in my History of Film class, and I will add this piece from @jasonhiggins.bsky.social to my syllabus.
“Are you talking to me?” This week is the 50th anniversary of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. Historian @jasonhiggins.bsky.social explains how Taxi Driver, like many #VietnamWar era films, contains historical truths but also reinforces deeply problematic myths about veterans, homecoming, & trauma. 🗃️
“Something of a Hero”: 50 Years Since the Taxi Driver
This month marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. Like many Vietnam War-era films, Taxi Driver contains historical truths but also reinforces deeply problematic myths ab…
clioandthecontemporary.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I teach Taxi Driver in my History of Film class, and I will add this piece from @jasonhiggins.bsky.social to my syllabus.
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
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It was so much “fun” to do a deep dive analysis of Taxi Driver on its 50th anniversary. Check it out if you’re interested in psychiatric trauma in Vietnam veteran homecoming narratives, tropes, or even in intensely violent, noir films!
“Are you talking to me?” This week is the 50th anniversary of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. Historian @jasonhiggins.bsky.social explains how Taxi Driver, like many #VietnamWar era films, contains historical truths but also reinforces deeply problematic myths about veterans, homecoming, & trauma. 🗃️
“Something of a Hero”: 50 Years Since the Taxi Driver
This month marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. Like many Vietnam War-era films, Taxi Driver contains historical truths but also reinforces deeply problematic myths ab…
clioandthecontemporary.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:27 PM
It was so much “fun” to do a deep dive analysis of Taxi Driver on its 50th anniversary. Check it out if you’re interested in psychiatric trauma in Vietnam veteran homecoming narratives, tropes, or even in intensely violent, noir films!
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Taxi Driver is one of my favorite films of all time and @jasonhiggins.bsky.social has provided great analysis of the movie and larger historical context in this great piece
“Are you talking to me?” This week is the 50th anniversary of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. Historian @jasonhiggins.bsky.social explains how Taxi Driver, like many #VietnamWar era films, contains historical truths but also reinforces deeply problematic myths about veterans, homecoming, & trauma. 🗃️
“Something of a Hero”: 50 Years Since the Taxi Driver
This month marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. Like many Vietnam War-era films, Taxi Driver contains historical truths but also reinforces deeply problematic myths ab…
clioandthecontemporary.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Taxi Driver is one of my favorite films of all time and @jasonhiggins.bsky.social has provided great analysis of the movie and larger historical context in this great piece
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This is one of my favorite @satevepost.bsky.social Considering History columns I’ve gotten to write & I’m gonna share the heck out of it! #LoSientoNoSiento 🗃️
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Considering History: Bad Bunny, José Martí, and a Hemispheric America | The Saturday Evening Post
Inspired by that Super Bowl performance from one of our moment’s most famous Caribbean young men, American Studies Professor Ben Railton share the story of another of history’s most prominent such fig...
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February 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
This is one of my favorite @satevepost.bsky.social Considering History columns I’ve gotten to write & I’m gonna share the heck out of it! #LoSientoNoSiento 🗃️
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/02/cons...
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/02/cons...
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Great analysis by @jasonhiggins.bsky.social on the 50th anniversary of Taxi Driver. A must-read for those interested in the #VietnamWar, #filmhistory, and #veterans and their representation on film.
“Are you talking to me?” This week is the 50th anniversary of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. Historian @jasonhiggins.bsky.social explains how Taxi Driver, like many #VietnamWar era films, contains historical truths but also reinforces deeply problematic myths about veterans, homecoming, & trauma. 🗃️
“Something of a Hero”: 50 Years Since the Taxi Driver
This month marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. Like many Vietnam War-era films, Taxi Driver contains historical truths but also reinforces deeply problematic myths ab…
clioandthecontemporary.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Great analysis by @jasonhiggins.bsky.social on the 50th anniversary of Taxi Driver. A must-read for those interested in the #VietnamWar, #filmhistory, and #veterans and their representation on film.
“Are you talking to me?” This week is the 50th anniversary of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. Historian @jasonhiggins.bsky.social explains how Taxi Driver, like many #VietnamWar era films, contains historical truths but also reinforces deeply problematic myths about veterans, homecoming, & trauma. 🗃️
“Something of a Hero”: 50 Years Since the Taxi Driver
This month marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. Like many Vietnam War-era films, Taxi Driver contains historical truths but also reinforces deeply problematic myths ab…
clioandthecontemporary.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:31 PM
“Are you talking to me?” This week is the 50th anniversary of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver. Historian @jasonhiggins.bsky.social explains how Taxi Driver, like many #VietnamWar era films, contains historical truths but also reinforces deeply problematic myths about veterans, homecoming, & trauma. 🗃️
In the wake of the ICE surge in Minnesota, @legg.bsky.social explains how federal immigration violence against Minnesotans echoes the historic federal violence committed against Minnesota’s Indigenous peoples in the nineteenth century. 🗃️
A Continuum of Federal Violence: A History of Indigenous-US relations in Minnesota in the Wake of the Murders of Nicole Renee Good and Alex Pretti
Federal immigration violence against Minnesotans in January 2026 echoes the historic federal violence committed against Minnesota’s Indigenous peoples in the nineteenth century.
clioandthecontemporary.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
In the wake of the ICE surge in Minnesota, @legg.bsky.social explains how federal immigration violence against Minnesotans echoes the historic federal violence committed against Minnesota’s Indigenous peoples in the nineteenth century. 🗃️
This month marks 55 years since the premiere of All in the Family. Historian @oscarwinberg.bsky.social, author of Archie Bunker for President: How One Television Show Remade American Politics (2025) explains the show's transformative impact on American television. 🗃️
Before Norman and After Norman: The Impact of All in the Family on American Television
Fifty-five years ago this month, All in the Family debuted, launching a transformation of the American sitcom.
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January 29, 2026 at 1:04 AM
This month marks 55 years since the premiere of All in the Family. Historian @oscarwinberg.bsky.social, author of Archie Bunker for President: How One Television Show Remade American Politics (2025) explains the show's transformative impact on American television. 🗃️
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If any historians have a rebuttal to Bondi's interpretation of our founding here, and if it centers on events in 1776 in particular (perhaps a line by line explanation of the MFing Declaration of Independence), you might consider submitting a proposal to @cliocontemporary.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 7:19 PM
If any historians have a rebuttal to Bondi's interpretation of our founding here, and if it centers on events in 1776 in particular (perhaps a line by line explanation of the MFing Declaration of Independence), you might consider submitting a proposal to @cliocontemporary.bsky.social
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First, if you have ideas for your own public scholarly engagements with 2026 historic anniversaries, check out Clio & the Contemporary’s call for submissions, featured our Black & White & Read All Over site’s Announcements page!
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Announcements
If you have a talk coming up, a book on its way, a podcast trailer to drop, or an accomplishment to celebrate, we want to help you share it!
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January 25, 2026 at 1:09 PM
First, if you have ideas for your own public scholarly engagements with 2026 historic anniversaries, check out Clio & the Contemporary’s call for submissions, featured our Black & White & Read All Over site’s Announcements page!
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If you are teaching a course on the Civil War, Reconstruction or slavery, I would love to know what books you are teaching.
Post your pics in the replies.
Thank you. 🗃️ #booksky
Post your pics in the replies.
Thank you. 🗃️ #booksky
Some good readings for my southern politics class this semester.
W/ Key holding up the base—as it should be.
W/ Key holding up the base—as it should be.
January 21, 2026 at 1:54 PM
If you are teaching a course on the Civil War, Reconstruction or slavery, I would love to know what books you are teaching.
Post your pics in the replies.
Thank you. 🗃️ #booksky
Post your pics in the replies.
Thank you. 🗃️ #booksky
We welcome pitches from #skystorians looking to mark historically significant anniversaries or to draw attention to forgotten events. The past is present.
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Call for Contributors: 2026 Anniversaries in Historical Context
Clio and the Contemporary welcomes pitches from contributors looking to mark historically significant anniversaries or to draw attention to forgotten events. In 2026, we remember 1976, 1926, 1876, …
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January 20, 2026 at 3:24 PM
We welcome pitches from #skystorians looking to mark historically significant anniversaries or to draw attention to forgotten events. The past is present.
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I heard Rev Dr. Bernice King speak at a Juneteenth event and she said, “What man has a legacy not owed to a woman?”
When honoring Dr. King's legacy, we must discuss the significance of Coretta Scott King, Dr. Kris Burrell argues. When Coretta declared, “I was called, too,” she insisted we remember her not as a shadow of her husband, but as an equal. 🗃️
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“I Was Called, Too:” The Life and Work of Coretta Scott King
In honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy, it is both appropriate—and overdue—to discuss the significance of Coretta Scott King. When Coretta declared, “I was called, too,” she insisted we r…
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January 19, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I heard Rev Dr. Bernice King speak at a Juneteenth event and she said, “What man has a legacy not owed to a woman?”
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Wow.
In fact, Coretta insisted, and both Martin, Jr. and Sr. agreed, that the vow of obedience be removed from their wedding ceremony.[1] When Coretta declared, “I was called, too,” she insisted we remember her not as a shadow of her husband, but as an equal.
In fact, Coretta insisted, and both Martin, Jr. and Sr. agreed, that the vow of obedience be removed from their wedding ceremony.[1] When Coretta declared, “I was called, too,” she insisted we remember her not as a shadow of her husband, but as an equal.
When honoring Dr. King's legacy, we must discuss the significance of Coretta Scott King, Dr. Kris Burrell argues. When Coretta declared, “I was called, too,” she insisted we remember her not as a shadow of her husband, but as an equal. 🗃️
clioandthecontemporary.com/2026/01/19/i...
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“I Was Called, Too:” The Life and Work of Coretta Scott King
In honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy, it is both appropriate—and overdue—to discuss the significance of Coretta Scott King. When Coretta declared, “I was called, too,” she insisted we r…
clioandthecontemporary.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Wow.
In fact, Coretta insisted, and both Martin, Jr. and Sr. agreed, that the vow of obedience be removed from their wedding ceremony.[1] When Coretta declared, “I was called, too,” she insisted we remember her not as a shadow of her husband, but as an equal.
In fact, Coretta insisted, and both Martin, Jr. and Sr. agreed, that the vow of obedience be removed from their wedding ceremony.[1] When Coretta declared, “I was called, too,” she insisted we remember her not as a shadow of her husband, but as an equal.
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Herstory is just as important as history
When honoring Dr. King's legacy, we must discuss the significance of Coretta Scott King, Dr. Kris Burrell argues. When Coretta declared, “I was called, too,” she insisted we remember her not as a shadow of her husband, but as an equal. 🗃️
clioandthecontemporary.com/2026/01/19/i...
clioandthecontemporary.com/2026/01/19/i...
“I Was Called, Too:” The Life and Work of Coretta Scott King
In honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy, it is both appropriate—and overdue—to discuss the significance of Coretta Scott King. When Coretta declared, “I was called, too,” she insisted we r…
clioandthecontemporary.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Herstory is just as important as history
When honoring Dr. King's legacy, we must discuss the significance of Coretta Scott King, Dr. Kris Burrell argues. When Coretta declared, “I was called, too,” she insisted we remember her not as a shadow of her husband, but as an equal. 🗃️
clioandthecontemporary.com/2026/01/19/i...
clioandthecontemporary.com/2026/01/19/i...
“I Was Called, Too:” The Life and Work of Coretta Scott King
In honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy, it is both appropriate—and overdue—to discuss the significance of Coretta Scott King. When Coretta declared, “I was called, too,” she insisted we r…
clioandthecontemporary.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:25 PM
When honoring Dr. King's legacy, we must discuss the significance of Coretta Scott King, Dr. Kris Burrell argues. When Coretta declared, “I was called, too,” she insisted we remember her not as a shadow of her husband, but as an equal. 🗃️
clioandthecontemporary.com/2026/01/19/i...
clioandthecontemporary.com/2026/01/19/i...
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So amidst every damn thing, here, still & proudly, is my 258th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from last week. Add more below, please share widely, & solidarity as la lucha continua, all! 🗃️
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#ScholarSunday Thread 258 (1/11/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
I’m not gonna lie, there are times when compiling & sharing threads of public scholarship feels like an entirely inadequate task. & of course it’s far from the only way to resist & fight right now (or...
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January 11, 2026 at 12:53 PM
So amidst every damn thing, here, still & proudly, is my 258th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from last week. Add more below, please share widely, & solidarity as la lucha continua, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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Syllabus help: Looking for an article about eugenics history that can help introduce students (especially upper level undergrads) to the history of eugenics in the 19th-20th c in the US.
It’s for a class where students’ main competencies are mostly not humanities/social sciences.
Suggestions?
It’s for a class where students’ main competencies are mostly not humanities/social sciences.
Suggestions?
January 5, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Syllabus help: Looking for an article about eugenics history that can help introduce students (especially upper level undergrads) to the history of eugenics in the 19th-20th c in the US.
It’s for a class where students’ main competencies are mostly not humanities/social sciences.
Suggestions?
It’s for a class where students’ main competencies are mostly not humanities/social sciences.
Suggestions?
While Cold-War era intervention shapes global responses to Nicolás Maduro’s kidnapping, @eblevey.bsky.social argues US policy today aligns more with the early 20th century, especially after Cuban independence from Spain and Wilson’s occupation of Haiti. clioandthecontemporary.com/2026/01/07/d...
Understanding Trump’s Donroe Doctrine on Venezuela: What the Progressive Era Teaches us about US Imperialism
While the history of Cold War intervention rightly shapes international responses to Nicolás Maduro’s kidnapping, the emphases of US policymakers today are more in line with those of the early 20th…
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January 7, 2026 at 6:08 PM
While Cold-War era intervention shapes global responses to Nicolás Maduro’s kidnapping, @eblevey.bsky.social argues US policy today aligns more with the early 20th century, especially after Cuban independence from Spain and Wilson’s occupation of Haiti. clioandthecontemporary.com/2026/01/07/d...
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Looking to understand the long history behind the US attack on Venezuela? Here are a few introductory-level reading recommendations from a professor and historian of US-Latin American Relations: (1/5)
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
January 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Looking to understand the long history behind the US attack on Venezuela? Here are a few introductory-level reading recommendations from a professor and historian of US-Latin American Relations: (1/5)
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"
🗃️ #history
1. Kyle Longley's "In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America"