Marc Reyes
@marcus1984.bsky.social
Historian (modern India, technology, foreign relations); editor (Contingent Magazine); advisor (scholarships, fellowships, research)
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At The Other Place, in February 2020, I wrote a thread about doing research in India. In my ten years on that platform, these were the tweets that received the most engagement. I want that thread to live on and continue helping folks.
#Research #ResearchIndia #ResearchSouthAsia #Skystorians
#Research #ResearchIndia #ResearchSouthAsia #Skystorians
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"The fact that a radically pro-immigrant purveyor of progressive New Deal policies wanted to move a white-passing refugee people into colonized territory to settle it is emblematic of most white Americans’ uncritical acceptance of imperialism."
A bonus piece from 2025, now for everyone.
A bonus piece from 2025, now for everyone.
The Last Frontier
Antisemitism was as integral to this story as imperialism.
contingentmagazine.org
January 25, 2026 at 6:25 PM
"The fact that a radically pro-immigrant purveyor of progressive New Deal policies wanted to move a white-passing refugee people into colonized territory to settle it is emblematic of most white Americans’ uncritical acceptance of imperialism."
A bonus piece from 2025, now for everyone.
A bonus piece from 2025, now for everyone.
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Check out our call for Book Reviews for 2026. Please get in touch with @evansmithhist.bsky.social if you have a book in mind: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
EOI: Book Reviews wanted for the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History | H-Net
Dr Evan Smith (Adelaide University/Flinders University) is the current book reviews editor for the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. The journal is calling for potential book reviewers, so...
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January 24, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Check out our call for Book Reviews for 2026. Please get in touch with @evansmithhist.bsky.social if you have a book in mind: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Always a good time. Read (or reread) our review of the excellent book, Dear Miss Perkins.
Happy one-year anniversary of your book, @theotherrbg.bsky.social!
Happy one-year anniversary of your book, @theotherrbg.bsky.social!
It's a good time to revisit Miss Perkins.
Madam Secretary
Even within an uncaring government bureaucracy, one person could make a difference.
contingentmagazine.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Always a good time. Read (or reread) our review of the excellent book, Dear Miss Perkins.
Happy one-year anniversary of your book, @theotherrbg.bsky.social!
Happy one-year anniversary of your book, @theotherrbg.bsky.social!
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If you missed it this week, take some time to read Oline Eaton's piece on the pandemic, precarity, sexual assault, and teaching. Originally meant for a collection that was never published, we've preserved it as written in the fall of 2021: "an anticipatory dread of a history we had not yet lived."
Welcome To This Class Part 1
Writing & Anger, Spring 2021
contingentmagazine.org
January 18, 2026 at 6:02 PM
If you missed it this week, take some time to read Oline Eaton's piece on the pandemic, precarity, sexual assault, and teaching. Originally meant for a collection that was never published, we've preserved it as written in the fall of 2021: "an anticipatory dread of a history we had not yet lived."
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“Major historical dread meant something to me then, in that context, lifetimes ago, back in 2014 . . . It was an anticipatory dread of a history we had not yet lived.”
Welcome To This Class Part 2
Writing & Anger, Spring 2021
contingentmagazine.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
“Major historical dread meant something to me then, in that context, lifetimes ago, back in 2014 . . . It was an anticipatory dread of a history we had not yet lived.”
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This is a bad time to be publishing a magazine, but then, we started in 2019, so it's never NOT been a bad time to be asking people to slow down and read something.
So slow down and read something this evening.
So slow down and read something this evening.
Welcome To This Class Part 1
Writing & Anger, Spring 2021
contingentmagazine.org
January 15, 2026 at 12:42 AM
This is a bad time to be publishing a magazine, but then, we started in 2019, so it's never NOT been a bad time to be asking people to slow down and read something.
So slow down and read something this evening.
So slow down and read something this evening.
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“[F]ull disclosure: as I write this during the first week of January 2021, in the midst of an insurrection a mile away at the US Capitol, my imagination is taxed, so I’m not 100% sure what we’re going to do. But we’ll figure it out.”
Our latest, from Oline Eaton. Look for Part 2 on Friday.
Our latest, from Oline Eaton. Look for Part 2 on Friday.
Welcome To This Class Part 1
Writing & Anger, Spring 2021
contingentmagazine.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:21 PM
“[F]ull disclosure: as I write this during the first week of January 2021, in the midst of an insurrection a mile away at the US Capitol, my imagination is taxed, so I’m not 100% sure what we’re going to do. But we’ll figure it out.”
Our latest, from Oline Eaton. Look for Part 2 on Friday.
Our latest, from Oline Eaton. Look for Part 2 on Friday.
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Something new coming your way— audio versions of some of your favorite Contingent pieces read by the authors themselves!
January 9, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Something new coming your way— audio versions of some of your favorite Contingent pieces read by the authors themselves!
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In honor of Nancy Drew's entry into the public domain, here's a piece on how librarians themselves were the ones to keep her off the shelves for many years.
This piece was a bonus piece for donors as part of our 2022 History & Mystery series, but now it's for everyone!
This piece was a bonus piece for donors as part of our 2022 History & Mystery series, but now it's for everyone!
The Case of the Empty Bookshelves
Why were librarians keeping the titian-haired detective off their shelves?
contingentmagazine.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:28 PM
In honor of Nancy Drew's entry into the public domain, here's a piece on how librarians themselves were the ones to keep her off the shelves for many years.
This piece was a bonus piece for donors as part of our 2022 History & Mystery series, but now it's for everyone!
This piece was a bonus piece for donors as part of our 2022 History & Mystery series, but now it's for everyone!
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A call for 🦕🦖🦣 contributors! With Victor Monnin, I'm editing a collection about extinct animal parks—it's a field guide, of sorts, that turns a critical eye on places real, imagined, and yet to be. Find the full CFP for LANDS OF THE LOST here: tinyurl.com/dinoparks #PaleoSky #HistSci #EnvHist #STS
October 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A call for 🦕🦖🦣 contributors! With Victor Monnin, I'm editing a collection about extinct animal parks—it's a field guide, of sorts, that turns a critical eye on places real, imagined, and yet to be. Find the full CFP for LANDS OF THE LOST here: tinyurl.com/dinoparks #PaleoSky #HistSci #EnvHist #STS
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There’s a lot I don’t know about what 2026 might bring, but I promise you this: the #ScholarSunday threads will continue! Here’s my 257th of public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 257 (1/4/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
There’s a lot I don’t know about what 2026 (or today) might bring, but I can promise you this: the #ScholarSunday threads will continue! Here’s my 257th of public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, ...
blackwhiteandread.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM
There’s a lot I don’t know about what 2026 might bring, but I promise you this: the #ScholarSunday threads will continue! Here’s my 257th of public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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Happy New Year! Excited to announce that as of January 1, @sarahmpicks.bsky.social and I are the new co-editors-in-chief of the Endeavour history and philosophy of science journal. If ever you had an idea for an article in that realm, now is the time to pitch it to us!
Endeavour | Journal | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Endeavour at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Happy New Year! Excited to announce that as of January 1, @sarahmpicks.bsky.social and I are the new co-editors-in-chief of the Endeavour history and philosophy of science journal. If ever you had an idea for an article in that realm, now is the time to pitch it to us!
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“You can’t just get these things online,” said Dr. Williams...Older material hasn’t been converted to a digital format, while many recent scientific & engineering journals and texts are behind a digital paywall and will be harder to access from outside the library.
#histsci #histSTM #humanities 🗃️📜📚
#histsci #histSTM #humanities 🗃️📜📚
The destruction of knowledge and history is haphazard & breathtaking.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“You can’t just get these things online,” said Dr. Williams...Older material hasn’t been converted to a digital format, while many recent scientific & engineering journals and texts are behind a digital paywall and will be harder to access from outside the library.
#histsci #histSTM #humanities 🗃️📜📚
#histsci #histSTM #humanities 🗃️📜📚
If you enjoyed a piece by us or assigned a Contingent essay to your students or told a friend about us, PLEASE consider donating. We're looking for one-time donations AND folks willing to give $3 or $5 a month. Whatever you can give to pay historians for doing the work of history.
We don't do fundraising pushes very often, but that's because we're fortunate enough to have a loyal group of monthly givers. Almost everything you read this year was paid for by 161 people.
If you like what we do and want to see more, become a supporter today.
If you like what we do and want to see more, become a supporter today.
Donate
Contingent is supported by its readers, not by any university or think tank. We think that makes it possible for us to do this magazine right.
contingentmagazine.org
December 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If you enjoyed a piece by us or assigned a Contingent essay to your students or told a friend about us, PLEASE consider donating. We're looking for one-time donations AND folks willing to give $3 or $5 a month. Whatever you can give to pay historians for doing the work of history.
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I know I said last week’s #ScholarSunday thread was the year’s final one, but y’all did too much good work this week to ignore—so here’s a Christmas bonus, my 256th thread of public scholarly goodness from the past week! Add more below, share widely, & enjoy! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 256 (12/28/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
I know I said that last week’s #ScholarSunday thread was the final regular one of the year, but y’all did too much good work this week to ignore—so here’s a Christmas bonus, my 256th thread of public ...
blackwhiteandread.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I know I said last week’s #ScholarSunday thread was the year’s final one, but y’all did too much good work this week to ignore—so here’s a Christmas bonus, my 256th thread of public scholarly goodness from the past week! Add more below, share widely, & enjoy! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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Meanwhile, there are only a handful of historians of modern Indonesia at US universities and half a dozen schools where you can study Indonesian, the language spoken by the fourth largest country in the world and the inhabitants of the world‘s largest city.
December 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Meanwhile, there are only a handful of historians of modern Indonesia at US universities and half a dozen schools where you can study Indonesian, the language spoken by the fourth largest country in the world and the inhabitants of the world‘s largest city.
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We don't do fundraising pushes very often, but that's because we're fortunate enough to have a loyal group of monthly givers. Almost everything you read this year was paid for by 161 people.
If you like what we do and want to see more, become a supporter today.
If you like what we do and want to see more, become a supporter today.
Donate
Contingent is supported by its readers, not by any university or think tank. We think that makes it possible for us to do this magazine right.
contingentmagazine.org
December 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We don't do fundraising pushes very often, but that's because we're fortunate enough to have a loyal group of monthly givers. Almost everything you read this year was paid for by 161 people.
If you like what we do and want to see more, become a supporter today.
If you like what we do and want to see more, become a supporter today.
"While early medieval depictions of the crucified Christ are quite diverse...I had never come across a Christ-figure quite like this."
If you haven't read Michael Eber's "Christ, What a Monster!" yet, do yourself a favor. Only @contingent-mag.bsky.social
contingentmagazine.org/2025/12/11/c...
If you haven't read Michael Eber's "Christ, What a Monster!" yet, do yourself a favor. Only @contingent-mag.bsky.social
contingentmagazine.org/2025/12/11/c...
Christ, What a Monster!
Something gendered was going on here.
contingentmagazine.org
December 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"While early medieval depictions of the crucified Christ are quite diverse...I had never come across a Christ-figure quite like this."
If you haven't read Michael Eber's "Christ, What a Monster!" yet, do yourself a favor. Only @contingent-mag.bsky.social
contingentmagazine.org/2025/12/11/c...
If you haven't read Michael Eber's "Christ, What a Monster!" yet, do yourself a favor. Only @contingent-mag.bsky.social
contingentmagazine.org/2025/12/11/c...
"Distinguishing between monsters and the real products of evolution is only easy in retrospect..."
Keep up with @contingent-mag.bsky.social's "A Time of Monsters" series including Sam Moore excellent essay, "Aaahh!!! Fake Monsters."
Read, share, and enjoy!
contingentmagazine.org/2025/12/14/a...
Keep up with @contingent-mag.bsky.social's "A Time of Monsters" series including Sam Moore excellent essay, "Aaahh!!! Fake Monsters."
Read, share, and enjoy!
contingentmagazine.org/2025/12/14/a...
Aaahh!!! Fake Monsters
exuberant life beyond our knowledge
contingentmagazine.org
December 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"Distinguishing between monsters and the real products of evolution is only easy in retrospect..."
Keep up with @contingent-mag.bsky.social's "A Time of Monsters" series including Sam Moore excellent essay, "Aaahh!!! Fake Monsters."
Read, share, and enjoy!
contingentmagazine.org/2025/12/14/a...
Keep up with @contingent-mag.bsky.social's "A Time of Monsters" series including Sam Moore excellent essay, "Aaahh!!! Fake Monsters."
Read, share, and enjoy!
contingentmagazine.org/2025/12/14/a...
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Need something to listen to while you wrap gifts, cook, drive, or dissociate? I've got you:
New episode with Amy Farrell (@amyefarrell.bsky.social)! We talked about incorporating her story in her history of the Girl Scouts, INTREPID GIRLS (@uncpress.bsky.social). Plus, getting an agent, wrangling sources, developing an accessible voice, & more. Listen: draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
Episode 80: Amy Erdman Farrell Leaps Into Something New
Kate Carpenter interviews Amy Erdman Farrell about researching and writing her new book about the history of the Girl Scouts, Intrepid Girls.
draftingthepast.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Need something to listen to while you wrap gifts, cook, drive, or dissociate? I've got you:
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
The latest piece in our December series, "A Time of Monsters," is ALIVE!
Do extreme climate conditions and extreme human behavior go together? Does drought and famine help create "monsters?" Read this wonderful essay by first-time Contingent author, MK Foster.
#skystorians #monsters
Do extreme climate conditions and extreme human behavior go together? Does drought and famine help create "monsters?" Read this wonderful essay by first-time Contingent author, MK Foster.
#skystorians #monsters
The next piece in our special December series explores "the rise and hunt of monsters in monstrous seasons of prodigious, inescapable heat."
Monstrous Rayne
On drought years and witch trials
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The latest piece in our December series, "A Time of Monsters," is ALIVE!
Do extreme climate conditions and extreme human behavior go together? Does drought and famine help create "monsters?" Read this wonderful essay by first-time Contingent author, MK Foster.
#skystorians #monsters
Do extreme climate conditions and extreme human behavior go together? Does drought and famine help create "monsters?" Read this wonderful essay by first-time Contingent author, MK Foster.
#skystorians #monsters
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Merry giftmas to all, and to all a good gift: the Check Book gift guide has arrived at the PERFECT TIME.
Check Book: Oops, All Recommendations!
Marie's "Things I Loved in Movies" list, JJ's and AJ's Gift Guides, and the Best Blank Check Books of 2025
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Merry giftmas to all, and to all a good gift: the Check Book gift guide has arrived at the PERFECT TIME.
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Archivists/librarians please share the coolest thing in your collections that will never be digitized.
I live in the heart of California gold country. One of the richest mines ever in CA is nearby. Opened circa 1860 closed 1942. A local foundation has preserved the records on site. I know not a stitch has been digitized and am confident no more than 2 pro historians have ever been in there.
December 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Archivists/librarians please share the coolest thing in your collections that will never be digitized.