Christian Pinnen
@cpinnen.bsky.social
Professor Mississippi College, Co-Director African American Studies, 🇩🇪🇺🇸Award winning author #VastEarlyAmerica Bio here: http://bio.site/CPinnen
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Christian Pinnen
@cpinnen.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Hello,
As a quick introduction: I am a historian of race and slavery in the Spanish borderlands, specifically the lower Mississippi Valley. Currently working on the Spanish slave trade in St. Louis, Natchez, and Mobile. Books on Colonial Natchez and Colonial Mississippi
As a quick introduction: I am a historian of race and slavery in the Spanish borderlands, specifically the lower Mississippi Valley. Currently working on the Spanish slave trade in St. Louis, Natchez, and Mobile. Books on Colonial Natchez and Colonial Mississippi
Getting mind, body, and spirit ready for the approaching academic year.
July 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Getting mind, body, and spirit ready for the approaching academic year.
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PUBLICATION DAY!
_I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom_ is now available from @yalepress.bsky.social
To celebrate, I am going to post some of the most extraordinary Dessalines quotations below!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
_I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom_ is now available from @yalepress.bsky.social
To celebrate, I am going to post some of the most extraordinary Dessalines quotations below!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
I Have Avenged America
A moving and humane portrait of the abolitionist revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who led Haiti’s fight for independence from French colonial rule ...
yalebooks.yale.edu
June 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
PUBLICATION DAY!
_I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom_ is now available from @yalepress.bsky.social
To celebrate, I am going to post some of the most extraordinary Dessalines quotations below!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
_I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti's Fight for Freedom_ is now available from @yalepress.bsky.social
To celebrate, I am going to post some of the most extraordinary Dessalines quotations below!
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
If any historian is working on Mississippi, consider a submission for commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026 in the Journal of Mississippi History. See link www.mississippihistory.org/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers: Special Issue on the 250th Anniversary of the United States | Mississippi Historical Society
The Journal of Mississippi History invites submissions for a special issue commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026. This landmark anniversary provides a unique opportunity to ...
www.mississippihistory.org
June 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
If any historian is working on Mississippi, consider a submission for commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026 in the Journal of Mississippi History. See link www.mississippihistory.org/call-for-pap...
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My Slate piece on the widespread NEH grant cancellations is live. So much gratitude to everyone who took the time to talk with me these past few days while fighting fires on every side.
#humanities #highered #neh
slate.com/news-and-pol...
#humanities #highered #neh
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Say Goodbye to Small-Town Libraries and Museums, Thanks to Trump’s Latest Cuts
The NEH budget is tiny. The loss is huge.
slate.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My Slate piece on the widespread NEH grant cancellations is live. So much gratitude to everyone who took the time to talk with me these past few days while fighting fires on every side.
#humanities #highered #neh
slate.com/news-and-pol...
#humanities #highered #neh
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Mississippi's cultural centers/institutions are in limbo as federal grants are on pause
Trump order threatens funding for Miss. colleges, cultural centers
Mississippi's cultural centers/institutions are in limbo as federal grants are on pause
mississippitoday.org
April 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Mississippi's cultural centers/institutions are in limbo as federal grants are on pause
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The @humanitiesall.bsky.social has a resource, NEH for All, w data about the impact of the NEH locally and nationally. Yes, it is important to right now use the contact and advocacy resources, but it's also critical, imho, to read, gather, & share this info w family &community. www.nehforall.org
April 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The @humanitiesall.bsky.social has a resource, NEH for All, w data about the impact of the NEH locally and nationally. Yes, it is important to right now use the contact and advocacy resources, but it's also critical, imho, to read, gather, & share this info w family &community. www.nehforall.org
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For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.
March 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.
Notable statement by Medgar Evers’s family.
My family issued the following after Medgar Evers was partially removed from the Arlington National Cemetery website under the direction of the Department of the Army.
“It is a spit in the face to all who have served, honored, and fought for this country,” said Myrlie Evers.
Full statement below:
“It is a spit in the face to all who have served, honored, and fought for this country,” said Myrlie Evers.
Full statement below:
March 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Notable statement by Medgar Evers’s family.
Reposted by Christian Pinnen
My family issued the following after Medgar Evers was partially removed from the Arlington National Cemetery website under the direction of the Department of the Army.
“It is a spit in the face to all who have served, honored, and fought for this country,” said Myrlie Evers.
Full statement below:
“It is a spit in the face to all who have served, honored, and fought for this country,” said Myrlie Evers.
Full statement below:
March 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
My family issued the following after Medgar Evers was partially removed from the Arlington National Cemetery website under the direction of the Department of the Army.
“It is a spit in the face to all who have served, honored, and fought for this country,” said Myrlie Evers.
Full statement below:
“It is a spit in the face to all who have served, honored, and fought for this country,” said Myrlie Evers.
Full statement below:
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If passed the state of Oklahoma will no longer be teaching history. #sschat #historyteacher www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Oklahoma proposes teaching standards suggesting 2020 election ‘discrepancies’
A new social studies agenda approved by the education board would require high-schoolers to review baseless claims related to President Trump’s 2020 election loss.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If passed the state of Oklahoma will no longer be teaching history. #sschat #historyteacher www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Some years ago, I posted a thread on X/Tw*tter about Marc Bloch. I thought it appropriate to update it and post it here. 0/
March 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Some years ago, I posted a thread on X/Tw*tter about Marc Bloch. I thought it appropriate to update it and post it here. 0/
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I was late to class because a meeting went long. When I finally made it, my students had simply started working on their own, splitting up in groups and discussing their readings. Pretty good teaching moment!
February 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I was late to class because a meeting went long. When I finally made it, my students had simply started working on their own, splitting up in groups and discussing their readings. Pretty good teaching moment!
Come see @drvholden.bsky.social speak at Mississippi College as part of our Black History Program on February 6th at 6 pm in the Entergy Theater. We would love to see you and support African American Studies at Mississippi College!
February 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Come see @drvholden.bsky.social speak at Mississippi College as part of our Black History Program on February 6th at 6 pm in the Entergy Theater. We would love to see you and support African American Studies at Mississippi College!
Some wise, succinct, and powerdul words from David Blight. It is important to remain staunchly commited tonthese principles www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Birthright Citizenship Is a Sacred Guarantee
The attack on it is a violation of the nation’s post–Civil War rebirth.
www.theatlantic.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Some wise, succinct, and powerdul words from David Blight. It is important to remain staunchly commited tonthese principles www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Darf sich eine Partei, die verfassungswidrige Vorschläge zur Migrationspolitik mit Hilfe von Verfassungsfeinden durchsetzen will, noch Verfassungspartei nennen?
January 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Darf sich eine Partei, die verfassungswidrige Vorschläge zur Migrationspolitik mit Hilfe von Verfassungsfeinden durchsetzen will, noch Verfassungspartei nennen?
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TWO MORE DAYS to apply! Thriving, collegial department in a healthy public regional university in a beautiful town! Let me know if you have questions.
BIG NEWS! The University of North Alabama is hiring again! Tenure-track Assistant Professor of US History, 1877-1945 preferred. Come work with me and join our wonderful department! Feel free to message me with any questions.
www.schooljobs.com/careers/una/...
www.schooljobs.com/careers/una/...
Current Regular Faculty and Staff Openings | UNA Online Employment System
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January 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
TWO MORE DAYS to apply! Thriving, collegial department in a healthy public regional university in a beautiful town! Let me know if you have questions.
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This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
I'm sure many have said this before but I'm reading a student-facing document about how students might use AI in the classroom (if allowed) and one of the recs is: use AI to make an outline of your reading! But ISN'T MAKING THE OUTLINE how one actually learns?
December 11, 2024 at 10:43 PM
This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
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GREAT piece on @crystalsanders.bsky.social A FORGOTTEN MIGRATION by marybeth gasman in @forbes.com! @uncpress.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/marybe...
A History Of “Segregation Scholarships” And The Impact On HBCUs
A Forgotten Migration explores the history of “segregation scholarships,” a practice used by Southern states in the U.S. to fund Black students’ graduate education.
www.forbes.com
December 9, 2024 at 6:29 PM
GREAT piece on @crystalsanders.bsky.social A FORGOTTEN MIGRATION by marybeth gasman in @forbes.com! @uncpress.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/marybe...
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Could you all share? We're advertising a 2 yr postdoc position for someone who works in #VastEarlyAmerica #VastEarlyAmericas to help coordinate the @jcblibrary.bsky.social projects and programs around 2026. Fuller info here: apply.interfolio.com/159279 and v happy to answer questions!
December 5, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Could you all share? We're advertising a 2 yr postdoc position for someone who works in #VastEarlyAmerica #VastEarlyAmericas to help coordinate the @jcblibrary.bsky.social projects and programs around 2026. Fuller info here: apply.interfolio.com/159279 and v happy to answer questions!
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history job alert!
GS-9 Historian position with National Park Service at Rock Creek Park in DC. Term, 13 months and up to 4 years
this looks like a great job for a historian who wants to get their foot in the door with the federal system
downside: maybe your entire office will get cut!
GS-9 Historian position with National Park Service at Rock Creek Park in DC. Term, 13 months and up to 4 years
this looks like a great job for a historian who wants to get their foot in the door with the federal system
downside: maybe your entire office will get cut!
Historian
This position is located in Washington DC, at Rock Creek Park, in the Resource Management Division.
<p>Open to the first <b>75</b> applicants or until 12/10/2024 whichever comes first. All application...
www.usajobs.gov
November 27, 2024 at 2:47 PM
history job alert!
GS-9 Historian position with National Park Service at Rock Creek Park in DC. Term, 13 months and up to 4 years
this looks like a great job for a historian who wants to get their foot in the door with the federal system
downside: maybe your entire office will get cut!
GS-9 Historian position with National Park Service at Rock Creek Park in DC. Term, 13 months and up to 4 years
this looks like a great job for a historian who wants to get their foot in the door with the federal system
downside: maybe your entire office will get cut!
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It’s finally done! My OA article in the Journal of British Studies is out today on political reform in George III’s early reign and the roots of the American Revolution.
For anyone interested in maps, politics and how authoritarian systems rise from liberalism and frankly who isn’t these days?
For anyone interested in maps, politics and how authoritarian systems rise from liberalism and frankly who isn’t these days?
“An Exact Union of System”: Bute's Cabinet Revolution and Imperial Reform, 1762–63 | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core
“An Exact Union of System”: Bute's Cabinet Revolution and Imperial Reform, 1762–63
www.cambridge.org
November 26, 2024 at 4:49 PM
It’s finally done! My OA article in the Journal of British Studies is out today on political reform in George III’s early reign and the roots of the American Revolution.
For anyone interested in maps, politics and how authoritarian systems rise from liberalism and frankly who isn’t these days?
For anyone interested in maps, politics and how authoritarian systems rise from liberalism and frankly who isn’t these days?
Not answering emails until
Monday after next. Deal with it…..
Monday after next. Deal with it…..
November 24, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Not answering emails until
Monday after next. Deal with it…..
Monday after next. Deal with it…..
I wrote a book about the genesis of race and slavery across four legal systems in the lower Mississippi Valley
ugapress.org/book/9780820...
ugapress.org/book/9780820...
November 22, 2024 at 9:06 PM
I wrote a book about the genesis of race and slavery across four legal systems in the lower Mississippi Valley
ugapress.org/book/9780820...
ugapress.org/book/9780820...