Charlie Newhall
@clnewhall.bsky.social
Historian & History Teacher, Early Americanist, History of the Book, Libraries, Sailor, Liberia, Letterpress, Music, 18th Century, Atlantic, African American
“Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
Historian here he is right and regrettably the AHA is wrong on AI and its classroom use www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
“Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
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Today is the anniversary of the British evacuating New York City after the end of the Revolutionary War. Here's how I learned about it: the piece that introduced me to the terrific work of @bencarp.bsky.social
Evacuation Day: Marking the End of the Revolutionary War
We know how to honor the image of soldiers charging forward, but we often forget to cheer the backs of troops as they peaceably depart.
werehistory.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Today is the anniversary of the British evacuating New York City after the end of the Revolutionary War. Here's how I learned about it: the piece that introduced me to the terrific work of @bencarp.bsky.social
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‘When Claude Bellièvre visited the Vatican Library around 1514, he copied down a papal edict: readers must not quarrel, make noise or “cross the desks [to which books were chained] and tear them up with their feet”.’
Anthony Grafton on Renaissance libraries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anthony Grafton on Renaissance libraries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anthony Grafton · No Cheese Please: The First Bibliophiles
The library made possible a new kind of intellectual life. Machiavelli, when he’d been exiled from Florence, described...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
‘When Claude Bellièvre visited the Vatican Library around 1514, he copied down a papal edict: readers must not quarrel, make noise or “cross the desks [to which books were chained] and tear them up with their feet”.’
Anthony Grafton on Renaissance libraries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anthony Grafton on Renaissance libraries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two massive narcissists — and that they both individually wield such massive power — is an indictment of our political system and further proves the poisonous influence of Big Money on our democracy.
June 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
That any of us have to care about the messy breakup of these two massive narcissists — and that they both individually wield such massive power — is an indictment of our political system and further proves the poisonous influence of Big Money on our democracy.
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So my phone started blowing up last night because guess who's on the banned book list at the naval academy? Yours truly. Go support an author today and buy a book off of this this list... Doesn't even have to be mine. Gift link coming
April 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
So my phone started blowing up last night because guess who's on the banned book list at the naval academy? Yours truly. Go support an author today and buy a book off of this this list... Doesn't even have to be mine. Gift link coming
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Former president Barack Obama called on universities and law firms to stand up to intimidation from President Donald Trump’s administration and urged Americans to prepare to “possibly sacrifice” in support of democratic values.
Obama calls on citizens, colleges and law firms to resist Trump agenda
In a campus speech, the former president said universities should be prepared to lose federal funds to defend academic freedom, rather than be “intimidated.”
wapo.st
April 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Former president Barack Obama called on universities and law firms to stand up to intimidation from President Donald Trump’s administration and urged Americans to prepare to “possibly sacrifice” in support of democratic values.
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The History Books Purged From the Naval Academy's Library 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
The History Books Purged From the Naval Academy's Library
The Trump administration is engaged in something much worse than book burning. It is attempting to burn down the entire cultural infrastructure that supports the pursuit of history.
open.substack.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The History Books Purged From the Naval Academy's Library 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
Rev250 podcast on Leslie’s Retreat released today. Thank you to Bob Allison for hosting, Jonathan Lane for producing, and Jonathan Streff for joining me.
www.youtube.com/live/LbcJMri...
www.youtube.com/live/LbcJMri...
Revolution 250 - Leslie's Retreat - with Charlie Newhall & Jonathan Streff
YouTube video by Revolution 250
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February 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Rev250 podcast on Leslie’s Retreat released today. Thank you to Bob Allison for hosting, Jonathan Lane for producing, and Jonathan Streff for joining me.
www.youtube.com/live/LbcJMri...
www.youtube.com/live/LbcJMri...
Yes! Show historical action rather than tell facts. Use rich details. My students are writing essays now. Love Rediker’s 10 tips!
Writing tip no. 10: read and reread your sources until you hear voices, then write a deeply human story about your historical subjects. Readers want to learn about real people, making real choices, in real circumstances, in real time. Make your actors complex and multi-dimensional. "Humanize"!
December 10, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Yes! Show historical action rather than tell facts. Use rich details. My students are writing essays now. Love Rediker’s 10 tips!
Used this in class today for an example of both good engaging historical research and writing. It was a hit!
Here is a fascinating article by Fara Dabhoiwala in the LRB about the 18c Afro-Jamaica polymath Francis Williams (c, 1690-c. 1770). Brilliant detective work on the level of Carlo Ginsburg. And it has a Benjamin Lay connection!
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due
The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Used this in class today for an example of both good engaging historical research and writing. It was a hit!
Reposted by Charlie Newhall
Here is a fascinating article by Fara Dabhoiwala in the LRB about the 18c Afro-Jamaica polymath Francis Williams (c, 1690-c. 1770). Brilliant detective work on the level of Carlo Ginsburg. And it has a Benjamin Lay connection!
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due
The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Here is a fascinating article by Fara Dabhoiwala in the LRB about the 18c Afro-Jamaica polymath Francis Williams (c, 1690-c. 1770). Brilliant detective work on the level of Carlo Ginsburg. And it has a Benjamin Lay connection!
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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The best definition of neoliberalism I’ve read is in this article about Wolfgang Streeck, a German sociologist and theorist of capitalism, who points out why democracy is failing around the world right now as it conflicts with the needs of capital.
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...
November 28, 2024 at 4:27 PM
The best definition of neoliberalism I’ve read is in this article about Wolfgang Streeck, a German sociologist and theorist of capitalism, who points out why democracy is failing around the world right now as it conflicts with the needs of capital.
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...
