Mattie Christine Webb
@mattiecwebb.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History at VMI | Rhodes University Affiliate | Formerly: Yale Postdoc, UCSB History PhD | US Foreign Relations, Global Anti-Apartheid, Labor | Marathon runner
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Want to see our fundamental rights as Americans according to the Bill of Rights?
Like…the right to peaceably assemble (i.e. protest?)
Here you go.
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
Like…the right to peaceably assemble (i.e. protest?)
Here you go.
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
The Bill of Rights: What Does it Say?
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January 26, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Want to see our fundamental rights as Americans according to the Bill of Rights?
Like…the right to peaceably assemble (i.e. protest?)
Here you go.
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
Like…the right to peaceably assemble (i.e. protest?)
Here you go.
www.archives.gov/founding-doc...
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in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
#AHA26 highlights. It was great spending a few days in Chicago, reconnecting with friends and colleagues from all over. Got some feedback on a chapter for an edited volume, participated in an op-ed workshop, and explored the city. Can’t wait to be back—such an underrated city.
January 13, 2026 at 11:55 PM
#AHA26 highlights. It was great spending a few days in Chicago, reconnecting with friends and colleagues from all over. Got some feedback on a chapter for an edited volume, participated in an op-ed workshop, and explored the city. Can’t wait to be back—such an underrated city.
Two AHA panels that will be of great interest to historians of empire, labor, and the Cold War. Looking forward to seeing many of you in Chicago later this week!
Will you be at the AHA historians meeting in Chicago this week? Hope to cross paths.
This week proves to be a timely moment — to discuss the links between empire and economy, class and war.
These are two panels — on Saturday, January 10:
This week proves to be a timely moment — to discuss the links between empire and economy, class and war.
These are two panels — on Saturday, January 10:
January 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Two AHA panels that will be of great interest to historians of empire, labor, and the Cold War. Looking forward to seeing many of you in Chicago later this week!
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Thinking about what to put on your reading list to kick off the new year? My book, Saving Apartheid: White Internationalism at the End of the Cold War is officially available for preorder (for release March 2026) wherever books are sold. Beyond excited!
cup.columbia.edu/book/saving-...
cup.columbia.edu/book/saving-...
Saving Apartheid | Columbia University Press
During the 1980s, as global antiapartheid sentiment grew, an international coalition of far-right activists arose to preserve racial hierarchy in South Afric... | CUP
cup.columbia.edu
January 3, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Thinking about what to put on your reading list to kick off the new year? My book, Saving Apartheid: White Internationalism at the End of the Cold War is officially available for preorder (for release March 2026) wherever books are sold. Beyond excited!
cup.columbia.edu/book/saving-...
cup.columbia.edu/book/saving-...
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Broke: America is a violent, expansionist empire but we tell ourselves we're not
Woke: Damn straight we're a violent, expansionist empire and we're not not going to hide it anymore
Woke: Damn straight we're a violent, expansionist empire and we're not not going to hide it anymore
January 4, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Broke: America is a violent, expansionist empire but we tell ourselves we're not
Woke: Damn straight we're a violent, expansionist empire and we're not not going to hide it anymore
Woke: Damn straight we're a violent, expansionist empire and we're not not going to hide it anymore
Excited to catch up with so many SHAFR members at #AHA26. If you’re around on Saturday, catch our 3:30 panel: “Foreign Policy and Organized Labor during the Cold War: New History of a Pivotal Era”
Headed to Chicago this week? Check out these panels made by and for @shafrhistorians.bsky.social #AHA2026
January 4, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Excited to catch up with so many SHAFR members at #AHA26. If you’re around on Saturday, catch our 3:30 panel: “Foreign Policy and Organized Labor during the Cold War: New History of a Pivotal Era”
Currently reviewing “Zbig” by Edward Luce. Stumbled upon this fun, brutally honest caption. Carter was a consistent runner, logging occasional 12 mile efforts. So I’m not surprised Zbig struggled to hang on!
December 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Currently reviewing “Zbig” by Edward Luce. Stumbled upon this fun, brutally honest caption. Carter was a consistent runner, logging occasional 12 mile efforts. So I’m not surprised Zbig struggled to hang on!
I’m thrilled to share my Krooss Prize summary, which Enterprise & Society @entandsoc.bsky.social recently published. I was a finalist for last year’s dissertation prize at the Business History Conference. My short article provides a preview of my forthcoming book with Columbia University Press.
And last but very much not least, we bring you the third and final of this year's Krooss Prize summaries, Mattie Webb's "Diplomacy at Work: The South African Worker, US Multinationals, and Transnational Racial Solidarity." OA here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Diplomacy at Work: The South African Worker, US Multinationals, and Transnational Racial Solidarity | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Diplomacy at Work: The South African Worker, US Multinationals, and Transnational Racial Solidarity
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December 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I’m thrilled to share my Krooss Prize summary, which Enterprise & Society @entandsoc.bsky.social recently published. I was a finalist for last year’s dissertation prize at the Business History Conference. My short article provides a preview of my forthcoming book with Columbia University Press.
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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Check out this LAWCHA roundtable on Emma Amador's book! The Politics of Care Work: Puerto Rico Women Organizing for Social Justice...Wed., Oct. 22, 7pm...
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Check out this LAWCHA roundtable on Emma Amador's book! The Politics of Care Work: Puerto Rico Women Organizing for Social Justice...Wed., Oct. 22, 7pm...
I’m honored to have contributed to the South African Historical Journal’s “30 Years of Democracy: 1994–2024” roundtable. My essay, “Reflecting on South African History,” offers an overview of post-1994 trends in transnational and labor history. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
30 Years of Democracy: 1994–2024 Roundtable
Published in South African Historical Journal (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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October 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I’m honored to have contributed to the South African Historical Journal’s “30 Years of Democracy: 1994–2024” roundtable. My essay, “Reflecting on South African History,” offers an overview of post-1994 trends in transnational and labor history. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Looking forward to participating in the "What Force on Earth? Theorizing the Labor Movement" conference at the University of Chicago this weekend. I'll be on a panel on economic democracy. The lineup looks fantastic:
neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu/events/what-...
neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu/events/what-...
The Neubauer Collegium - The Neubauer Collegium
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October 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Looking forward to participating in the "What Force on Earth? Theorizing the Labor Movement" conference at the University of Chicago this weekend. I'll be on a panel on economic democracy. The lineup looks fantastic:
neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu/events/what-...
neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu/events/what-...
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If you find yourself this afternoon at Day 2 of #SHAFR2025, come on by Studio D from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm for an incredible lightning round of research from rising junior scholars @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
If you find yourself this afternoon at Day 2 of #SHAFR2025, come on by Studio D from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm for an incredible lightning round of research from rising junior scholars @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
On the way to DC for the annual SHAFR conference. I’m looking forward to catching up with friends, attending some exciting panels, and suffering through the current DC heat wave. If you’re free, come to our Sat morning roundtable on The Global Cold War at 20! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
On the way to DC for the annual SHAFR conference. I’m looking forward to catching up with friends, attending some exciting panels, and suffering through the current DC heat wave. If you’re free, come to our Sat morning roundtable on The Global Cold War at 20! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
“By casting Afrikaners as victims, the U.S. continues to protect power disguised as persecution; it heeds the calls of the privileged, while ignoring those still living with apartheid’s scars.”
time.com/7287684/hist...
time.com/7287684/hist...
The Long History of the U.S. Backing White South Africans
The recent welcoming of Afrikaner refugees is the latest chapter in a history of U.S. support for white South Africans.
time.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“By casting Afrikaners as victims, the U.S. continues to protect power disguised as persecution; it heeds the calls of the privileged, while ignoring those still living with apartheid’s scars.”
time.com/7287684/hist...
time.com/7287684/hist...
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It’s like none of these people understood Legally Blonde at all
I would suggest that if you are going to pick a fairly obvious legal battle, doing it with the top university for law in the country might be a bad idea
May 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It’s like none of these people understood Legally Blonde at all
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Could not agree more! My book, Saving Apartheid: White Internationalism at the End of the Cold War, traces exactly this transatlantic connection between apartheid and the American right from 1980 to 1994. Out with Columbia University Press late 2025/early 2026!
based on some reading i'm doing at the moment, there is a book to be written — if it already hasn't been — on defense of apartheid south africa as the great international cause of the american right
May 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Could not agree more! My book, Saving Apartheid: White Internationalism at the End of the Cold War, traces exactly this transatlantic connection between apartheid and the American right from 1980 to 1994. Out with Columbia University Press late 2025/early 2026!
Off to Santa Barbara for the International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War, hosted by UCSB’s Center for Cold War Studies and International History. Looking forward to being back in California! I’m very biased, but this is one of the best conferences out there, esp for grad students
May 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Off to Santa Barbara for the International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War, hosted by UCSB’s Center for Cold War Studies and International History. Looking forward to being back in California! I’m very biased, but this is one of the best conferences out there, esp for grad students
Thanks to @yale.edu, and especially @kaeteoc.bsky.social, for supporting my manuscript workshop. “Shopfloor Statecraft” (@columbiaup.bsky.social) is still in the early stages, but I think this was a great time to get substantial feedback on the full draft. So much to process moving forward!
April 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Thanks to @yale.edu, and especially @kaeteoc.bsky.social, for supporting my manuscript workshop. “Shopfloor Statecraft” (@columbiaup.bsky.social) is still in the early stages, but I think this was a great time to get substantial feedback on the full draft. So much to process moving forward!
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Excited to dig into this one and host Gretchen Heefner on Wednesday for our last event of the semester! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social #milhist #envhist #GSYale
April 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Excited to dig into this one and host Gretchen Heefner on Wednesday for our last event of the semester! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social #milhist #envhist #GSYale
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historians who've taught grad readings courses: are there any writing assignments that worked particularly well, either throughout or at the end of the semester?
April 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
historians who've taught grad readings courses: are there any writing assignments that worked particularly well, either throughout or at the end of the semester?
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I just got confirmation that National History Day, a program that does more to ignite K-12 students' love of history, learning, and yes, even the United States than anything else I've ever seen, had all its funding cut yesterday by the DOGE-axe at the NEH - including for this year's ongoing contest.
April 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I just got confirmation that National History Day, a program that does more to ignite K-12 students' love of history, learning, and yes, even the United States than anything else I've ever seen, had all its funding cut yesterday by the DOGE-axe at the NEH - including for this year's ongoing contest.
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Earlier this month, Sheinbaum shared a letter addressed to Google with reporters, arguing that the U.S. had no authority to unilaterally rename the Gulf.
Mexico's President Sheinbaum threatens to take legal action over the Gulf name change
Earlier this month, Sheinbaum shared a letter addressed to Google with reporters, arguing that the U.S. had no authority to unilaterally rename the Gulf.
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February 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Earlier this month, Sheinbaum shared a letter addressed to Google with reporters, arguing that the U.S. had no authority to unilaterally rename the Gulf.