Esther Cyna
@esthercyna.bsky.social
📚 Racial discrimination & school finance, education history, US South
🏫 MCF/ Associate prof of US history, University of Versailles
🖋️ Working on 'Plunder: A History of Racism & School Finance in the US South' with UNC Press
💻 https://esthercyna.com
🏫 MCF/ Associate prof of US history, University of Versailles
🖋️ Working on 'Plunder: A History of Racism & School Finance in the US South' with UNC Press
💻 https://esthercyna.com
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Esther Cyna
@esthercyna.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Hi! I’m a historian of the US South who studies racism in school finance. I’m working on a book called ´Plunder: A History of Racism and School Finance in the US South’ with @uncpress.bsky.social 📚 I’m based in Paris and I’m lucky to be an associate professor at the University of Versailles 🇫🇷
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🔈Join us for "21st-Century US: A Historical Assessment" U Paris Cité, Nov 20&21! Organized by @tamaraboussac.bsky.social @hbouvard.bsky.social & Anne Légier, supported by @echelles-umr8264.bsky.social @chcscuvsq.bsky.social @institutdesameriques.fr @mondesamericains.ehess.fr @parissaclay.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🔈Join us for "21st-Century US: A Historical Assessment" U Paris Cité, Nov 20&21! Organized by @tamaraboussac.bsky.social @hbouvard.bsky.social & Anne Légier, supported by @echelles-umr8264.bsky.social @chcscuvsq.bsky.social @institutdesameriques.fr @mondesamericains.ehess.fr @parissaclay.bsky.social
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💬 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 "𝗟𝗲𝘀 𝗘́𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘀-𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘂 𝗫𝗫𝗜𝗲̀𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗲̀𝗰𝗹𝗲 : 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗿 𝘂𝗻 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗲̀𝗰𝗹𝗲"
@ehess.fr @uvsq.bsky.social @upcite.bsky.social
📅 Les 20 et 21 novembre 2025
👉 Pour plus d’informations : https://www.institutdesameriques.fr/agenda/les-etats-unis-au-21e-siecle
@ehess.fr @uvsq.bsky.social @upcite.bsky.social
📅 Les 20 et 21 novembre 2025
👉 Pour plus d’informations : https://www.institutdesameriques.fr/agenda/les-etats-unis-au-21e-siecle
October 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
💬 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 "𝗟𝗲𝘀 𝗘́𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘀-𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘂 𝗫𝗫𝗜𝗲̀𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗲̀𝗰𝗹𝗲 : 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗿 𝘂𝗻 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗲̀𝗰𝗹𝗲"
@ehess.fr @uvsq.bsky.social @upcite.bsky.social
📅 Les 20 et 21 novembre 2025
👉 Pour plus d’informations : https://www.institutdesameriques.fr/agenda/les-etats-unis-au-21e-siecle
@ehess.fr @uvsq.bsky.social @upcite.bsky.social
📅 Les 20 et 21 novembre 2025
👉 Pour plus d’informations : https://www.institutdesameriques.fr/agenda/les-etats-unis-au-21e-siecle
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The ink is still wet: Cody R. Melcher, @esthercyna.bsky.social & @maheo.bsky.social (eds): Class, Race, and the US South. American Politics and Society through the Lens of Michael Goldfield's Work
brill.com/display/titl...
Preface Donna Kesselman
brill.com/display/titl...
Preface Donna Kesselman
November 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The ink is still wet: Cody R. Melcher, @esthercyna.bsky.social & @maheo.bsky.social (eds): Class, Race, and the US South. American Politics and Society through the Lens of Michael Goldfield's Work
brill.com/display/titl...
Preface Donna Kesselman
brill.com/display/titl...
Preface Donna Kesselman
Not going to age myself by saying how long I’ve been following @m-r-glass.bsky.social’s work, but I will say it’s a necessary and mind-blowing read. It answers so many questions about real estate, race, debt and injustice in US suburbs—and most importantly, it asks the right ones. Get it &teach it ⤵️
Today is the official publication day for CRACKED FOUNDATIONS!! 🏠🥳🎉
For the next month, Penn is offering a discount of 40% off using the code UHA25. Which brings the price down to $20.97. A screaming deal!
www.pennpress.org/978151282822...
For the next month, Penn is offering a discount of 40% off using the code UHA25. Which brings the price down to $20.97. A screaming deal!
www.pennpress.org/978151282822...
October 8, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Not going to age myself by saying how long I’ve been following @m-r-glass.bsky.social’s work, but I will say it’s a necessary and mind-blowing read. It answers so many questions about real estate, race, debt and injustice in US suburbs—and most importantly, it asks the right ones. Get it &teach it ⤵️
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Today is the official publication day for CRACKED FOUNDATIONS!! 🏠🥳🎉
For the next month, Penn is offering a discount of 40% off using the code UHA25. Which brings the price down to $20.97. A screaming deal!
www.pennpress.org/978151282822...
For the next month, Penn is offering a discount of 40% off using the code UHA25. Which brings the price down to $20.97. A screaming deal!
www.pennpress.org/978151282822...
October 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Today is the official publication day for CRACKED FOUNDATIONS!! 🏠🥳🎉
For the next month, Penn is offering a discount of 40% off using the code UHA25. Which brings the price down to $20.97. A screaming deal!
www.pennpress.org/978151282822...
For the next month, Penn is offering a discount of 40% off using the code UHA25. Which brings the price down to $20.97. A screaming deal!
www.pennpress.org/978151282822...
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🔈 10 octobre: "Discrimination & éducation. Regards croisés États-Unis/France" UVSQ @chcscuvsq.bsky.social @telemme.bsky.social @noranafaa.bsky.social avec le soutien de la Graduate School Education Formation Enseignement @parissaclay.bsky.social
@uvsq.bsky.social ⤵️ drive.google.com/file/d/1Mjiz...
@uvsq.bsky.social ⤵️ drive.google.com/file/d/1Mjiz...
September 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🔈 10 octobre: "Discrimination & éducation. Regards croisés États-Unis/France" UVSQ @chcscuvsq.bsky.social @telemme.bsky.social @noranafaa.bsky.social avec le soutien de la Graduate School Education Formation Enseignement @parissaclay.bsky.social
@uvsq.bsky.social ⤵️ drive.google.com/file/d/1Mjiz...
@uvsq.bsky.social ⤵️ drive.google.com/file/d/1Mjiz...
🔈Join us for "21st-Century US: A Historical Assessment" U Paris Cité, Nov 20&21! Organized by @tamaraboussac.bsky.social @hbouvard.bsky.social & Anne Légier, supported by @echelles-umr8264.bsky.social @chcscuvsq.bsky.social @institutdesameriques.fr @mondesamericains.ehess.fr @parissaclay.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🔈Join us for "21st-Century US: A Historical Assessment" U Paris Cité, Nov 20&21! Organized by @tamaraboussac.bsky.social @hbouvard.bsky.social & Anne Légier, supported by @echelles-umr8264.bsky.social @chcscuvsq.bsky.social @institutdesameriques.fr @mondesamericains.ehess.fr @parissaclay.bsky.social
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@esthercyna.bsky.social and Nora Nafaa interviewed me about critical theory and school finance, which was written up and published in Politique Americanne recently shs.cairn.info/revue-politi...
Critical Education Theory and School Financing. Interview with David I. Backer
Suggestions for you
shs.cairn.info
September 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
@esthercyna.bsky.social and Nora Nafaa interviewed me about critical theory and school finance, which was written up and published in Politique Americanne recently shs.cairn.info/revue-politi...
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Next month is the book launch event for CRACKED FOUNDATIONS (@pennpress.bsky.social) at the @bpl.boston.gov, where I'll be in conversation with the inimitable Lizabeth Cohen. Hope to see many Boston folks there!
Registration here: www.leventhalmap.org/event/author...
Registration here: www.leventhalmap.org/event/author...
Author Talk: Michael Glass on Debt and Inequality in Suburban America
Registration required Advance registration is required to attend this program. Registration is free. Join Boston College historian Michael Glass for a conversation about his new book, Cracked Founda...
www.leventhalmap.org
September 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Next month is the book launch event for CRACKED FOUNDATIONS (@pennpress.bsky.social) at the @bpl.boston.gov, where I'll be in conversation with the inimitable Lizabeth Cohen. Hope to see many Boston folks there!
Registration here: www.leventhalmap.org/event/author...
Registration here: www.leventhalmap.org/event/author...
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New book is coming, with @esthercyna.bsky.social (UVSQ) & Cody R Melcher (Loyola, New Orleans),
Class, Race, and the US South, American Politics and Society through the Lens of Michael Goldfield's Work, Nov. 2025, Historical Materialism Book Series @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
Class, Race, and the US South, American Politics and Society through the Lens of Michael Goldfield's Work, Nov. 2025, Historical Materialism Book Series @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
New book is coming, with @esthercyna.bsky.social (UVSQ) & Cody R Melcher (Loyola, New Orleans),
Class, Race, and the US South, American Politics and Society through the Lens of Michael Goldfield's Work, Nov. 2025, Historical Materialism Book Series @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
Class, Race, and the US South, American Politics and Society through the Lens of Michael Goldfield's Work, Nov. 2025, Historical Materialism Book Series @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
🔈 10 octobre: "Discrimination & éducation. Regards croisés États-Unis/France" UVSQ @chcscuvsq.bsky.social @telemme.bsky.social @noranafaa.bsky.social avec le soutien de la Graduate School Education Formation Enseignement @parissaclay.bsky.social
@uvsq.bsky.social ⤵️ drive.google.com/file/d/1Mjiz...
@uvsq.bsky.social ⤵️ drive.google.com/file/d/1Mjiz...
September 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🔈 10 octobre: "Discrimination & éducation. Regards croisés États-Unis/France" UVSQ @chcscuvsq.bsky.social @telemme.bsky.social @noranafaa.bsky.social avec le soutien de la Graduate School Education Formation Enseignement @parissaclay.bsky.social
@uvsq.bsky.social ⤵️ drive.google.com/file/d/1Mjiz...
@uvsq.bsky.social ⤵️ drive.google.com/file/d/1Mjiz...
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Education policy people, this fight over what counts as the nation's history is not just about historians.
With great co-authors (Leana Cabral, @esthercyna.bsky.social, Michael Hines, @mgardnerkelly.bsky.social) I got to write and think about how ideas about the past shape ed policy.
Timely!
With great co-authors (Leana Cabral, @esthercyna.bsky.social, Michael Hines, @mgardnerkelly.bsky.social) I got to write and think about how ideas about the past shape ed policy.
Timely!
August 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Education policy people, this fight over what counts as the nation's history is not just about historians.
With great co-authors (Leana Cabral, @esthercyna.bsky.social, Michael Hines, @mgardnerkelly.bsky.social) I got to write and think about how ideas about the past shape ed policy.
Timely!
With great co-authors (Leana Cabral, @esthercyna.bsky.social, Michael Hines, @mgardnerkelly.bsky.social) I got to write and think about how ideas about the past shape ed policy.
Timely!
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On this day before the 71st anniversary of the Brown v Board of Education decision that declared school segregation inherently unequal, sharing a new publication written for the 70th anniversary examining why integration is eroding (open access): 🧵
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Eroding Integration: 21st Century Segregation Trends in U.S. Public and Charter Schools and Implications for the Enduring Promise of Brown - Erica Frankenberg, Caprial Farrington, Elizabeth H. DeBray,...
Drawing on Boddie’s adaptive discrimination framework, this article analyzes changes in demographic trends from 2002–2021. Our findings reveal a continuation of...
journals.sagepub.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
On this day before the 71st anniversary of the Brown v Board of Education decision that declared school segregation inherently unequal, sharing a new publication written for the 70th anniversary examining why integration is eroding (open access): 🧵
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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📽️ Retrouvez toutes les vidéos du colloque "Religion et immigration en Amérique du Nord : perspective ascendante", qui s'est tenu les 20 et 21 mars derniers, ici : www.chcsc.uvsq.fr/videos-du-co...
Vidéos du colloque
www.chcsc.uvsq.fr
April 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
📽️ Retrouvez toutes les vidéos du colloque "Religion et immigration en Amérique du Nord : perspective ascendante", qui s'est tenu les 20 et 21 mars derniers, ici : www.chcsc.uvsq.fr/videos-du-co...
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La journée d'étude doctorale CHCSC / DYPAC - organisée avec le soutien de la GS HSP Paris-Saclay - intitulée "Questionner le genre : pratiques, représentations et savoirs" aura lieu le 15 mai 2025 à l'UVSQ. Retrouvez toutes les infos et le programme de la JE ici : www.chcsc.uvsq.fr/questionner-...
Questionner le genre : pratiques, représentations et savoirs - Centre d’histoire culturelle des sociétés contemporaines
www.chcsc.uvsq.fr
April 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
La journée d'étude doctorale CHCSC / DYPAC - organisée avec le soutien de la GS HSP Paris-Saclay - intitulée "Questionner le genre : pratiques, représentations et savoirs" aura lieu le 15 mai 2025 à l'UVSQ. Retrouvez toutes les infos et le programme de la JE ici : www.chcsc.uvsq.fr/questionner-...
Hot off the presses 🚨 J'ai eu le plaisir de coordonner le dernier numéro de Politique Américaine avec @noranafaa.bsky.social ! Vous y trouverez des articles d'Olivier Berton, Nicole Chickering, Sarah Harakat, @marieadmenard.bsky.social et Favian Mostura ➡️ www.editions-harmattan.fr/catalogue/li...
Fractures éducatives aux États-Unis -
Découvrez l’ouvrage Fractures éducatives aux États-Unis - aux Editions L’Harmattan
www.editions-harmattan.fr
May 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Hot off the presses 🚨 J'ai eu le plaisir de coordonner le dernier numéro de Politique Américaine avec @noranafaa.bsky.social ! Vous y trouverez des articles d'Olivier Berton, Nicole Chickering, Sarah Harakat, @marieadmenard.bsky.social et Favian Mostura ➡️ www.editions-harmattan.fr/catalogue/li...
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At #OAH25, Duke University’s Nancy MacLean called on historians to resist attacks on education led by Trump’s DOGE. “We can fight like the world depends on us.”
🔗 Read more from @chicago.suntimes.com: ow.ly/hOxR50VxGG6
🔗 Read more from @chicago.suntimes.com: ow.ly/hOxR50VxGG6
'We can fight like the world depends on us': Academics try to stave off government attacks
Duke University professor Nancy MacLean issues a call to resistance in Chicago.
ow.ly
April 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
At #OAH25, Duke University’s Nancy MacLean called on historians to resist attacks on education led by Trump’s DOGE. “We can fight like the world depends on us.”
🔗 Read more from @chicago.suntimes.com: ow.ly/hOxR50VxGG6
🔗 Read more from @chicago.suntimes.com: ow.ly/hOxR50VxGG6
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🚨 CFP Deadline! 🚨 Don’t miss your chance to present at the 2026 OAH Conference on American History in Philadelphia! We're accepting proposals in all formats—papers, panels, roundtables, workshops, lightning rounds & more.
🗓 April 14, 2025
ow.ly/XXf650VwTI0
🗓 April 14, 2025
ow.ly/XXf650VwTI0
April 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🚨 CFP Deadline! 🚨 Don’t miss your chance to present at the 2026 OAH Conference on American History in Philadelphia! We're accepting proposals in all formats—papers, panels, roundtables, workshops, lightning rounds & more.
🗓 April 14, 2025
ow.ly/XXf650VwTI0
🗓 April 14, 2025
ow.ly/XXf650VwTI0
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Une très bonne analyse de la chercheuse @esthercyna.bsky.social pour mieux comprendre les attaques visant l'éducation aux États-Unis, à lire sur @france.theconversation.com
Aux États-Unis, Trump à l’assaut de l’éducation, entre censure, coupes budgétaires et répression
Depuis le retour de Donald Trump à la Maison Blanche, les assauts contre l’éducation prennent une ampleur inédite et se déclinent au plan fédéral comme dans les districts scolaires.
theconversation.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Une très bonne analyse de la chercheuse @esthercyna.bsky.social pour mieux comprendre les attaques visant l'éducation aux États-Unis, à lire sur @france.theconversation.com
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Who is the education finance person who has done the school budget - buses, heating oil, paper, furniture, copiers - equivalent of this explainer? #edusky
See which cocktails and wines could get pricier with Trump’s tariffs
Americans who like to drink alcohol from Europe will have to spend lot more to indulge if the Trump administration makes good on its threats of steep tariffs.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Who is the education finance person who has done the school budget - buses, heating oil, paper, furniture, copiers - equivalent of this explainer? #edusky
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ANNA JULIA COOPER, 1925-2025
Une féministe noire en Sorbonne
Colloque international @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social organisé les 19-20 juin 2025 pour le centenaire de sa thèse d'histoire
Conférences plénières de Martha Jones, Vivian May et Shirley Moody-Turner
esclavages.cnrs.fr/colloque-int...
Une féministe noire en Sorbonne
Colloque international @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social organisé les 19-20 juin 2025 pour le centenaire de sa thèse d'histoire
Conférences plénières de Martha Jones, Vivian May et Shirley Moody-Turner
esclavages.cnrs.fr/colloque-int...
April 2, 2025 at 6:41 AM
ANNA JULIA COOPER, 1925-2025
Une féministe noire en Sorbonne
Colloque international @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social organisé les 19-20 juin 2025 pour le centenaire de sa thèse d'histoire
Conférences plénières de Martha Jones, Vivian May et Shirley Moody-Turner
esclavages.cnrs.fr/colloque-int...
Une féministe noire en Sorbonne
Colloque international @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social organisé les 19-20 juin 2025 pour le centenaire de sa thèse d'histoire
Conférences plénières de Martha Jones, Vivian May et Shirley Moody-Turner
esclavages.cnrs.fr/colloque-int...
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A good thing!
@teacherscollege.bsky.social alum and @acls1919.bsky.social fellow Rachel Klepper, Phd '24, interviewed about how her training as a historian informs her current research and advocacy for children. #histed #edusky 🗃️
@teacherscollege.bsky.social alum and @acls1919.bsky.social fellow Rachel Klepper, Phd '24, interviewed about how her training as a historian informs her current research and advocacy for children. #histed #edusky 🗃️
Rachel Klepper (Ph.D. ’24) Is Using Education’s History to Improve Its Future
Through her field work and scholarship, Klepper continues her commitment to education and child well-being
www.tc.columbia.edu
March 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A good thing!
@teacherscollege.bsky.social alum and @acls1919.bsky.social fellow Rachel Klepper, Phd '24, interviewed about how her training as a historian informs her current research and advocacy for children. #histed #edusky 🗃️
@teacherscollege.bsky.social alum and @acls1919.bsky.social fellow Rachel Klepper, Phd '24, interviewed about how her training as a historian informs her current research and advocacy for children. #histed #edusky 🗃️
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What becomes of the University if it succumbs to the demands of a political party or leader and cedes its rights of free speech, free expression, and free inquiry? …
What becomes of our students if they are only permitted to think, speak, and be in ways that follow the political winds?
FAFO
What becomes of our students if they are only permitted to think, speak, and be in ways that follow the political winds?
FAFO
March 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
What becomes of the University if it succumbs to the demands of a political party or leader and cedes its rights of free speech, free expression, and free inquiry? …
What becomes of our students if they are only permitted to think, speak, and be in ways that follow the political winds?
FAFO
What becomes of our students if they are only permitted to think, speak, and be in ways that follow the political winds?
FAFO
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Trump gets exactly what he wants from Columbia. Next up: most of the big-name institutions in American higher education. This is a turning point in the history of our industry.
Exclusive | Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding
Columbia’s agreement is a significant moment in the intensifying battle between Trump and elite universities.
www.wsj.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Trump gets exactly what he wants from Columbia. Next up: most of the big-name institutions in American higher education. This is a turning point in the history of our industry.
Traveling to Chicago from Paris for @oah.org in 10 days and starting to really wonder about this as well..
European researchers: should we go to the US at this rate? Or do we need to take a stand?
I say this as someone whose entire career relies on being able to work with my US-based colleagues, work on US archives, contribute to conferences there...
I say this as someone whose entire career relies on being able to work with my US-based colleagues, work on US archives, contribute to conferences there...
March 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Traveling to Chicago from Paris for @oah.org in 10 days and starting to really wonder about this as well..