KLC
@klculkin.bsky.social
Historian, biographer, teacher, cat fan, New Yorker. Prof at Bronx Community College and @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social & @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Author of Emerson's Daughters from @umasspress.bsky.social
I'm really looking forward to this lecture by Janice Nimura @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social on March 9. Free & open to the public. #lifewriting #womenshistorymonth #rachelcarson
February 4, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I'm really looking forward to this lecture by Janice Nimura @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social on March 9. Free & open to the public. #lifewriting #womenshistorymonth #rachelcarson
Join us! Feb. 9.
Coming up fast! The first event for my new edited volume George Templeton Strong: Civil War Diaries, hosted by the Victorian Society in America. I'll be talking with Kate Culkin, author of Emerson's Daughters. www.eventbrite.com/e/americas-g...
America's Greatest Unknown Author: Rediscovering George Templeton Strong
Civil War diaries of George Templeton Strong, which offer unique insights and first-person encounters told with Strong’s wicked humor
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February 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Join us! Feb. 9.
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We are delighted to announce the publication of our first quarterly newsletter LifeLines: News from the Dictionary of Irish Biography.
You can read it here: mailchi.mp/ria.ie/grang...
And sign up here: mailchi.mp/d44f57115e53...
You can read it here: mailchi.mp/ria.ie/grang...
And sign up here: mailchi.mp/d44f57115e53...
January 29, 2026 at 10:23 AM
We are delighted to announce the publication of our first quarterly newsletter LifeLines: News from the Dictionary of Irish Biography.
You can read it here: mailchi.mp/ria.ie/grang...
And sign up here: mailchi.mp/d44f57115e53...
You can read it here: mailchi.mp/ria.ie/grang...
And sign up here: mailchi.mp/d44f57115e53...
Can't wait for this lecture at BCC on Feb. 4 by @madameclair08.bsky.social about her wonderful book Tell Her Story. @cuny.edu #bronxcommunitycollege
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www.bcc.cuny.edu/the-inaugura...
The Inaugural Geraldyne Pemberton Diallo Sharpe Annual Lecture -- Dr. LaShawn Harris – Bronx Community College
The historic campus of Bronx Community College sits atop a hill overlooking the Harlem River. We offer more than 40 academic programs ranging from nursing to cybersecurity.
www.bcc.cuny.edu
January 28, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Can't wait for this lecture at BCC on Feb. 4 by @madameclair08.bsky.social about her wonderful book Tell Her Story. @cuny.edu #bronxcommunitycollege
www.bcc.cuny.edu/the-inaugura...
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#new The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society is calling for papers for a panel titled “‘Give Me Health and a Day’: Emerson and Health, Illness, and Unity” at the 2026 Thoreau Society Annual Gathering (Concord, July 8-12). Abstracts due by 31 January 2026.
December 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#new The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society is calling for papers for a panel titled “‘Give Me Health and a Day’: Emerson and Health, Illness, and Unity” at the 2026 Thoreau Society Annual Gathering (Concord, July 8-12). Abstracts due by 31 January 2026.
An exciting opportunity!
#new The Margaret Fuller Society is inviting submissions for a panel titled “Teaching in Difficult Times” at the 2026 American Literature Association annual conference, to be held in Chicago on May 20-23
▶️ Submissions are due by January 24
▶️ Submissions are due by January 24
January 16, 2026 at 12:14 AM
An exciting opportunity!
I'm excited to be in conversation with @geoffwisner.bsky.social for the @vicsocny.bsky.social about his new edited volume George Templeton Strong: Civil War Diaries. February 9 in NYC. Join us!
January 13, 2026 at 1:08 PM
I'm excited to be in conversation with @geoffwisner.bsky.social for the @vicsocny.bsky.social about his new edited volume George Templeton Strong: Civil War Diaries. February 9 in NYC. Join us!
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Coming back to a project after a #WritingBreak can be disorienting and overwhelming @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social . Rereading your work and using freewriting to distill your thinking is one way to get reacquainted with your work. Here's a Revision Strategy that might help:
Can’t Distill Your Argument? 20 Minute Free Write as a Clarification Tool
Sometimes when we return to a draft, we find it difficult to follow our prose. Perhaps the argument feels jumbled, the logical sequence is off, or the explanation and analysis of key terms and theo…
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January 7, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Coming back to a project after a #WritingBreak can be disorienting and overwhelming @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social . Rereading your work and using freewriting to distill your thinking is one way to get reacquainted with your work. Here's a Revision Strategy that might help:
Back to Concord! I will speaking about Ellen Emerson and her relationship to First Parish--at First Parish! Feb. 26. This will also serve as a birthday party for Ellen. #lifewriting #Concord #Emerson @umasspress.bsky.social
“I Must Stay Where I Belong”: Ellen Emerson, Faith, & 1st Parish in Concord
First Parish in Concord played a central role in the life of Ellen Tucker Emerson, the elder daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Back to Concord! I will speaking about Ellen Emerson and her relationship to First Parish--at First Parish! Feb. 26. This will also serve as a birthday party for Ellen. #lifewriting #Concord #Emerson @umasspress.bsky.social
Thank you to @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social for including me in this roundup of books by GC profs. It is in an honor to be included among these scholars & to have the opportunity to work with the wonderful students @biographersintl.bsky.social this semester.
Stuff those stockings with ideas. 🎁✨
Our latest roundup features new books by Graduate Center authors — perfect for the thinkers, readers, and revolutionaries on your list www.gc.cuny.edu/news/brighte...
Our latest roundup features new books by Graduate Center authors — perfect for the thinkers, readers, and revolutionaries on your list www.gc.cuny.edu/news/brighte...
Brighten the Season With New Books by Graduate Center Authors
From new takes on World War II and the revolutionary roles of Black-owned bookstores to bilingual poetry collections, books by our faculty and alumni make great gifts for readers of all tastes.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Thank you to @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social for including me in this roundup of books by GC profs. It is in an honor to be included among these scholars & to have the opportunity to work with the wonderful students @biographersintl.bsky.social this semester.
Love this!
Emerson’s Daughters by Kate Culkin opens a window into the divergent paths of the famed transcendentalist's daughters. For the feminist in your life, use code HOLIDAY at https://twp.ai/4isnnS to save 40% on Culkin's enlightening book. #readUP #gift #feminist #Emerson #womensempowerment
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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You can support the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America by shopping through its @bookshop.org page. bookshop.org/shop/vicsocny
Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America Bookshop
Protecting, promoting, and preserving our city’s Victorian culture since 1966. Victorian Society New York (VSNY) activities include an active program of lectures by experts in architecture, decorative...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
You can support the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America by shopping through its @bookshop.org page. bookshop.org/shop/vicsocny
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Sometime last year, a CUNY alum contacted me saying they’d found some photos they took at the 1995 protest against budget cuts and would I please take them so they could clear out their attic?
They arrived today and they DID NOT DISAPPOINT
They arrived today and they DID NOT DISAPPOINT
December 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Sometime last year, a CUNY alum contacted me saying they’d found some photos they took at the 1995 protest against budget cuts and would I please take them so they could clear out their attic?
They arrived today and they DID NOT DISAPPOINT
They arrived today and they DID NOT DISAPPOINT
Thank you to the Thoreau Society for including Emerson's Daughters in its 2025 Gift Guide. Thoreau was close with all the Emerson children, so I am sure they would appreciate this shout out. mailchi.mp/thoreausocie... @umasspress.bsky.social
Thoreau Society's 2025 Gift-Giving Guide
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December 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Thank you to the Thoreau Society for including Emerson's Daughters in its 2025 Gift Guide. Thoreau was close with all the Emerson children, so I am sure they would appreciate this shout out. mailchi.mp/thoreausocie... @umasspress.bsky.social
So excited for this event on Thursday. Megan Marshall AND Martha Hodes!! In-person and on Zoom. www.gc.cuny.edu/events/megan... #lifewriting
Megan Marshall on the Art of Biography, with Martha Hodes
Megan Marshall’s innovative books, including The Peabody Sisters and the Pulitzer Prize–winning Margaret Fuller, are treasured works of American biography.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So excited for this event on Thursday. Megan Marshall AND Martha Hodes!! In-person and on Zoom. www.gc.cuny.edu/events/megan... #lifewriting
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Congratulations to Prof. @amyadamczyk.bsky.social, who is a co-recipient of the 2025 Steven F. Messner Outstanding Book Award for “Fetal Positions: Understanding Cross-National Public Opinion about Abortion” www.gc.cuny.edu/news/profess... @oxfordacademic.bsky.social @johnjayrec.bsky.social
Professor Wins Award for Book on Abortion Attitudes in the U.S. and Abroad
Amy Adamczyk is a co-recipient of the 2025 Steven F. Messner Outstanding Book Award for “Fetal Positions: Understanding Cross-National Public Opinion about Abortion.”
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December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Congratulations to Prof. @amyadamczyk.bsky.social, who is a co-recipient of the 2025 Steven F. Messner Outstanding Book Award for “Fetal Positions: Understanding Cross-National Public Opinion about Abortion” www.gc.cuny.edu/news/profess... @oxfordacademic.bsky.social @johnjayrec.bsky.social
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Found this very late in the game -> an early and great stab at describing @firesigntheatre.bsky.social via the Situationists. Fun to read and not pedantic; fans who listened to the records, read some theory and did their own thing.
Trailing Clouds of Glory
vernacular Firesign Theatre scholarship of 1974
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December 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Found this very late in the game -> an early and great stab at describing @firesigntheatre.bsky.social via the Situationists. Fun to read and not pedantic; fans who listened to the records, read some theory and did their own thing.
Very happy for this shout out for Emerson's Daughters in Tufts Now. Especially as the book is dedicated in part to my nephew, a current student @tufts.edu now.tufts.edu/2025/12/01/w... #lifewriting #tuftsaunt @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
Winter Book Recommendations 2025
Tufts faculty and staff recommend more than 25 books, fiction and nonfiction, for readers of all interests
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December 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Very happy for this shout out for Emerson's Daughters in Tufts Now. Especially as the book is dedicated in part to my nephew, a current student @tufts.edu now.tufts.edu/2025/12/01/w... #lifewriting #tuftsaunt @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
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@jwomenshistory.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
@signsjournal.org Call for papers on the poet/feminist.activist/teacher Genevieve Taggard for a special issue of Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
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@signsjournal.org Call for papers on the poet/feminist.activist/teacher Genevieve Taggard for a special issue of Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
drive.google.com/file/d/1inm0...
Women's Studies special issue draft.pdf
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November 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
@jwomenshistory.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
@signsjournal.org Call for papers on the poet/feminist.activist/teacher Genevieve Taggard for a special issue of Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
drive.google.com/file/d/1inm0...
@signsjournal.org Call for papers on the poet/feminist.activist/teacher Genevieve Taggard for a special issue of Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
drive.google.com/file/d/1inm0...
Great opportunity. #lifewriting
So excited to announce the Clio Fellowship for Archival Research! Applications are due March 1st, 2026 📣 More info here: biographersinternational.org/news/new-bio...
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Great opportunity. #lifewriting
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📢 Tomorrow!
Amanda Rubin-Lewis & Devorah Baum lead a powerful seminar on Beradt’s 'The Third Reich of Dreams' — a dream archive that reveals the psychological tremors of fascism.
🗓 25 Nov | 🕑 14:00
📍 Wolfson College + Zoom
🎟️ buff.ly/XdYgc3y
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
Amanda Rubin-Lewis & Devorah Baum lead a powerful seminar on Beradt’s 'The Third Reich of Dreams' — a dream archive that reveals the psychological tremors of fascism.
🗓 25 Nov | 🕑 14:00
📍 Wolfson College + Zoom
🎟️ buff.ly/XdYgc3y
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📢 Tomorrow!
Amanda Rubin-Lewis & Devorah Baum lead a powerful seminar on Beradt’s 'The Third Reich of Dreams' — a dream archive that reveals the psychological tremors of fascism.
🗓 25 Nov | 🕑 14:00
📍 Wolfson College + Zoom
🎟️ buff.ly/XdYgc3y
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
Amanda Rubin-Lewis & Devorah Baum lead a powerful seminar on Beradt’s 'The Third Reich of Dreams' — a dream archive that reveals the psychological tremors of fascism.
🗓 25 Nov | 🕑 14:00
📍 Wolfson College + Zoom
🎟️ buff.ly/XdYgc3y
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
Tomorrow!! In-person and via Zoom. (Link for in person wasn't working for a few days, but it is back up). thoreaufarm.org/emersons-dau... @umasspress.bsky.social #lifewriting
Kate Culkin in Conversation with Megan Marshall: The Art of Biography and Emerson’s Daughters | Thoreau Farm
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November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Tomorrow!! In-person and via Zoom. (Link for in person wasn't working for a few days, but it is back up). thoreaufarm.org/emersons-dau... @umasspress.bsky.social #lifewriting
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Sandy Jimenez is one of our many brilliant graduates of @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFWh...
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Sandy Jimenez Interview on CUNY TV for URBAN U, about COMIC BOOKS October 13, 2025!!!
YouTube video by Sandy Jimenez
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November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Sandy Jimenez is one of our many brilliant graduates of @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFWh...
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Great interview with BAM students Ausma Palmer and Meghan Racklin on their Eating Disorders in Life Writing Conference, to be held Friday 11/7, 9:30 to 5 pm at the CUNY Graduate Center:
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Students Turn Personal Experience into Scholarship With Conference on Eating Disorders and Life Writing
Biography and Memoir master’s students Meghan Racklin and Ausma Palmer bring new voices and perspectives to an overlooked and sensitive topic in memoir studies.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Great interview with BAM students Ausma Palmer and Meghan Racklin on their Eating Disorders in Life Writing Conference, to be held Friday 11/7, 9:30 to 5 pm at the CUNY Graduate Center:
www.gc.cuny.edu/news/student...
www.gc.cuny.edu/news/student...
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NBC New York is just one of many news outlets featuring the Center for Urban Research’s fantastic election results map!
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How did your neighborhood vote for NYC mayor? See breakdown by election district
The results are in. Zohran Mamdani was elected the next New York City mayor Tuesday night, capping a stunning ascent for the 34-year-old leftist. His economic and anti-establishment views resonated wi...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
NBC New York is just one of many news outlets featuring the Center for Urban Research’s fantastic election results map!
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politic...
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politic...