American Studies @ the University of Nottingham is under threat of its programs being closed - there's a petition to try and stop this.

www.change.org/p/save-ameri...

Wichtige und dringende Kampagne! Bitte teilen und unterschreiben!

This list of AI-commonalities might actually double quite well as a general list of "don'ts" to use when teaching academic writing.

Here's a question for fellow researchers: Where/how are you discovering great scholarship?

I feel like search engines are not doing a great job, and I miss the lists of books and articles that were on aaaaarg.

I made a piece of software! It’s called the film|minutes video|graphic workstation. It’s pretty niche but cool if you want to take notes or do very close readings of films/videos.

The 19th century abolitionist movement utilized a diversity of tactics and engaged in constant critical internal debate in the mission to end slavery. The movement needed speeches, lawyers, lawbreakers, newspapers, and armed resisters. History teaches us that freedom requires all of the above.

my inner Bart Simpson keeps writing 'I should have downloaded the relevant material from archive.org' on his inner blackboard. finger's crossed for good-looking slides for #dgfa2025. #archives

Just one more week and then we will meet again in Siegen (for the annual #DGfA25 #DGfA2025 #GAAS25 #GAAS2025 meeting). I'm really looking forward to it 💖

This is us. Panel hopping. 😇

www.uni-siegen.de/phil/anglist...

can anyone tell me how TF you switch from roman to arabic endnotes on word 365 for Mac? if you tell me there's a tiny arrow in a corner, believe me, there's not.

Looking forward to hosting this event on walking women in Hamburg from 27-29 March 2025! #walkingwomen

#archives are fascinating! Since 2011, I've traveled to archives (first for films and film paratexts, then pre-1800 American literature) as a (North) Americanist (not a 'real' historian). I've accumulated both thoughts on archives (and their transformation) and anecdotes about archival research.

Thrilled to have my essay on Charles Chesnutt and early Black environmentalism included in this new collection, edited by the superb Bob Levine and Russ Castronovo
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

spent this afternoon reading some early US history (as one does) and was reminded of the important fact that these people were almost constantly drunk as hell

2nding Alex’ ad: Apply if you’re in long 19c studies - I’ll be there, too!

Thanks to @marsimekko.bsky.social and
@tbhallock.bsky.social for editing a (very) special issue of Anglia - and thanks for having me!

look, a new blueskier! :-)