Joey Low
@joeylow21.bsky.social
History PhD Candidate - early modern China, Vietnam, Europe // Comparative political economy, borderlands and global history. California boy. @BrandeisGSAS
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My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
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Call for applications: 2026 Florence Tan Moeson Research Fellowship Program at the Library of Congress, which supports short-term travel for research in the LOC Asian Division's collections. Application deadline January 11, 2026.
Fellowship Information | About this Reading Room | Asian Reading Room | Research Centers | Library of Congress
The Asian Division at the Library of Congress invites applications for the 2026 Florence Tan Moeson Research Fellowship Program, established through the generous gift of Florence Tan Moeson, who…
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November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Call for applications: 2026 Florence Tan Moeson Research Fellowship Program at the Library of Congress, which supports short-term travel for research in the LOC Asian Division's collections. Application deadline January 11, 2026.
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A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
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November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
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The vast body of research that Ken Burns relied upon to make his new documentary on the American Revolution would be practically impossible to be produced today, what with the defunding of humanistic scholarship, the collapse of stable academic jobs, the attack on public history & academic freedom.🗃️
November 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The vast body of research that Ken Burns relied upon to make his new documentary on the American Revolution would be practically impossible to be produced today, what with the defunding of humanistic scholarship, the collapse of stable academic jobs, the attack on public history & academic freedom.🗃️
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Cheating with an LLM is the easiest thing in the world for a student to do, but it creates a massive, laborious headache for a prof, if you intend to take it seriously. There’s meetings, emails, discussions, moral dilemmas. It’s just incredibly burdensome, on top of everything else right now.
I had 9 meetings about students using Chat GPT/LLMs on their papers today.
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
October 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Cheating with an LLM is the easiest thing in the world for a student to do, but it creates a massive, laborious headache for a prof, if you intend to take it seriously. There’s meetings, emails, discussions, moral dilemmas. It’s just incredibly burdensome, on top of everything else right now.
Joel Mokyr one of the best! A Culture of Growth is a must read
October 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Joel Mokyr one of the best! A Culture of Growth is a must read
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CFP: Movement(s): Migrations, Resistance, and Currents of Asian Diasporas | 2026 Symposium | Texas Association for Asian American Diaspora Studies (TAADS) | March 27-28, 2026 | Rice University - Houson, TX | For more information, visit here: tiny.cc/wrds001
September 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
CFP: Movement(s): Migrations, Resistance, and Currents of Asian Diasporas | 2026 Symposium | Texas Association for Asian American Diaspora Studies (TAADS) | March 27-28, 2026 | Rice University - Houson, TX | For more information, visit here: tiny.cc/wrds001
I don’t have Disney+ in the first place ha
September 20, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I don’t have Disney+ in the first place ha
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Please share: excellent history Postdoc opportunity at Wesleyan's Center for the Study of Guns & Society. Post involves archival research on 18th and 19th century firearms use & laws; work on databases, reports, and papers; & thinking and writing around wonderful people doing important work.
Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Researcher
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts university (founded in 1831) in Connecticut and home to the Center for the Study of Guns and Society, the first academic center in the United States dedic...
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July 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Please share: excellent history Postdoc opportunity at Wesleyan's Center for the Study of Guns & Society. Post involves archival research on 18th and 19th century firearms use & laws; work on databases, reports, and papers; & thinking and writing around wonderful people doing important work.
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Let's all help each other live long enough to see Project 2025 collapse.
September 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Let's all help each other live long enough to see Project 2025 collapse.
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Postdoc Opportunity!
Dr. Anna Grasskamp at Oslo seeks a postdoctoral fellow specializing in the early modern Philippines to investigate the artistic use and visual representation of geographical, geological, botanical, zoological, and climatic resources in Eurasia.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Dr. Anna Grasskamp at Oslo seeks a postdoctoral fellow specializing in the early modern Philippines to investigate the artistic use and visual representation of geographical, geological, botanical, zoological, and climatic resources in Eurasia.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship associated with the ERC-funded project "ECOART" (284675) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship associated with the ERC-funded project "ECOART" (284675), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
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August 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Postdoc Opportunity!
Dr. Anna Grasskamp at Oslo seeks a postdoctoral fellow specializing in the early modern Philippines to investigate the artistic use and visual representation of geographical, geological, botanical, zoological, and climatic resources in Eurasia.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Dr. Anna Grasskamp at Oslo seeks a postdoctoral fellow specializing in the early modern Philippines to investigate the artistic use and visual representation of geographical, geological, botanical, zoological, and climatic resources in Eurasia.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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I had a professor of Jewish Studies at UChicago who made the administration very angry because every year he made a proposal for the university to create an on-campus memorial to the worldwide victims of the UChicago economics department.
August 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I had a professor of Jewish Studies at UChicago who made the administration very angry because every year he made a proposal for the university to create an on-campus memorial to the worldwide victims of the UChicago economics department.
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I am also the book reviews editor for the International Journal of Maritime History (@journalmaritime.bsky.social). Are you a PhD student/early career scholar who would like to review for the journal? Follow the instructions below!
#MaritimeHistory 🗃️
#MaritimeHistory 🗃️
November 10, 2024 at 10:29 AM
I am also the book reviews editor for the International Journal of Maritime History (@journalmaritime.bsky.social). Are you a PhD student/early career scholar who would like to review for the journal? Follow the instructions below!
#MaritimeHistory 🗃️
#MaritimeHistory 🗃️
RIP to Ozzy Osbourne. War Pigs is one of the best metal songs ever. But Crazy Train is legendary
July 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
RIP to Ozzy Osbourne. War Pigs is one of the best metal songs ever. But Crazy Train is legendary
Why isn’t ranked choice voting more available in the rest of the states
June 25, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Why isn’t ranked choice voting more available in the rest of the states
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We need rank choice voting in more places please
June 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
We need rank choice voting in more places please
Just heard about Ronald Toby’s death. His famous work on Tokugawa diplomacy was very formative in my own thinking. RIP to a great scholar of early modern Japan.
June 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Just heard about Ronald Toby’s death. His famous work on Tokugawa diplomacy was very formative in my own thinking. RIP to a great scholar of early modern Japan.
World War III? Really bro
June 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
World War III? Really bro
Steal from the poor to give to the rich
May 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Steal from the poor to give to the rich
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Trump and the GOP steal from the poor, working class, and middle class Americans to give to the ultra wealthy.
May 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Trump and the GOP steal from the poor, working class, and middle class Americans to give to the ultra wealthy.
Very honored and excited to be a part of this conference on maritime East Asia in Hong Kong! Please check out the panels and register if you’re interested to see any of the talks: events.polyu.edu.hk/cmea/home
April 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Very honored and excited to be a part of this conference on maritime East Asia in Hong Kong! Please check out the panels and register if you’re interested to see any of the talks: events.polyu.edu.hk/cmea/home
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This is highly useful if you work with #earlymodern books of all kinds: a compiled and explained set of contemporary abbreviations. From apothecaries' weights to signs for half moon moments in almanacs. Boost, #bookhistory and #skystorians looking for abbreviations of the past. 🗃️
January 18, 2024 at 7:57 AM
This is highly useful if you work with #earlymodern books of all kinds: a compiled and explained set of contemporary abbreviations. From apothecaries' weights to signs for half moon moments in almanacs. Boost, #bookhistory and #skystorians looking for abbreviations of the past. 🗃️