Osama Siddiqui
@orsiddiqui.bsky.social
Historian, crossworder, (half)marathoner.
All of this for $6.50! (from the Rochambeau Library book sale in Providence, on until tomorrow!)
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
All of this for $6.50! (from the Rochambeau Library book sale in Providence, on until tomorrow!)
Riveting new book on the Zong massacre that adds a wealth of new archival detail (starting with the fact that the ship was named Zorg, and not Zong, but early commenters apparently misread the r as n).
October 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Riveting new book on the Zong massacre that adds a wealth of new archival detail (starting with the fact that the ship was named Zorg, and not Zong, but early commenters apparently misread the r as n).
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Come join me for a virtual book talk at the American Antiquarian Society next Tuesday 9/23 at 7pm. Book talk will be followed by Q&A with Mark Peterson and the audience.
www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13335
www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13335
Banking on Slavery: Financing Southern Expansion in the Antebellum United States | American Antiquarian Society
www.americanantiquarian.org
September 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Come join me for a virtual book talk at the American Antiquarian Society next Tuesday 9/23 at 7pm. Book talk will be followed by Q&A with Mark Peterson and the audience.
www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13335
www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13335
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This is a fantastic database of Dutch West India Company employees in the seventeenth century (1635-1664) - 168 entries for people from Hamburg alone 👇
De gegevens van duizenden WIC-opvarenden zijn nu online te doorzoeken #wicopvarenden wic-opvarenden.dekok.xyz/browse
August 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is a fantastic database of Dutch West India Company employees in the seventeenth century (1635-1664) - 168 entries for people from Hamburg alone 👇
I visited Pakistan a couple of years ago, and so many people I met there would immediately bring up Judge Frank whenever I mentioned that I lived in Providence. The man had a huge global audience, and his kindness and compassion was universally beloved. RIP.
Frank Caprio, known for his “Caught in Providence” TV show and his compassion as a judge for the Providence Municipal Court for almost 40 years, has died, his family has confirmed.
Judge Frank Caprio, America’s ‘nicest judge,’ dies at 88 - The Boston Globe
Famous for his “Caught in Providence” TV show, the judge’s leniency often provided a lifeline to people when they needed it most.
trib.al
August 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I visited Pakistan a couple of years ago, and so many people I met there would immediately bring up Judge Frank whenever I mentioned that I lived in Providence. The man had a huge global audience, and his kindness and compassion was universally beloved. RIP.
Fascinating article on a newly discovered Locke manuscript www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
John Locke and Irish Linen Manufacture: A New Manuscript | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
John Locke and Irish Linen Manufacture: A New Manuscript
www.cambridge.org
August 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Fascinating article on a newly discovered Locke manuscript www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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I found an original copy of the 1642 will of Thomas Nash (Shakespeare's grandson-in-law) at The National Archives yesterday.* Yes, I'm biased, but archives are incredibly cool.
*Actually found, the item has no description on the catalogue, which is why I was looking through the box.
*Actually found, the item has no description on the catalogue, which is why I was looking through the box.
August 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I found an original copy of the 1642 will of Thomas Nash (Shakespeare's grandson-in-law) at The National Archives yesterday.* Yes, I'm biased, but archives are incredibly cool.
*Actually found, the item has no description on the catalogue, which is why I was looking through the box.
*Actually found, the item has no description on the catalogue, which is why I was looking through the box.
Paradise Lost, Lycidas, Paradise Regained
New game: Read, Research, Recycle
(One you read for fun, one you research for years, one you put out with the old paper)
Bleak House, David Copperfield, Our Mutual Friend
(One you read for fun, one you research for years, one you put out with the old paper)
Bleak House, David Copperfield, Our Mutual Friend
August 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Paradise Lost, Lycidas, Paradise Regained
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I have a new paper in History of Political Economy that is now available to read for free online. It's about what we can and can't learn from studying – and criticizing – economics using the methods of the history of science. read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article...
August 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I have a new paper in History of Political Economy that is now available to read for free online. It's about what we can and can't learn from studying – and criticizing – economics using the methods of the history of science. read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article...
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New #DigitalHistory site:
South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories
"explores the links among South Asians across the United Kingdom, as well as the connections between South Asians and other groups in Britain, from the 1830s to the present day."
southasianbritain.org/about-databa...
#History 🗃️
South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories
"explores the links among South Asians across the United Kingdom, as well as the connections between South Asians and other groups in Britain, from the 1830s to the present day."
southasianbritain.org/about-databa...
#History 🗃️
About the site | South Asian Britain
southasianbritain.org
August 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
New #DigitalHistory site:
South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories
"explores the links among South Asians across the United Kingdom, as well as the connections between South Asians and other groups in Britain, from the 1830s to the present day."
southasianbritain.org/about-databa...
#History 🗃️
South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories
"explores the links among South Asians across the United Kingdom, as well as the connections between South Asians and other groups in Britain, from the 1830s to the present day."
southasianbritain.org/about-databa...
#History 🗃️
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“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
Mellon Foundation
The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.
www.mellon.org
August 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
They should make the last shot of the finale reveal that the 19th century novel that Carrie is writing is… The Gilded Age 🤯
August 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
They should make the last shot of the finale reveal that the 19th century novel that Carrie is writing is… The Gilded Age 🤯
Dystopian piece in today’s NYT
August 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Dystopian piece in today’s NYT
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My new book Songs of Seven Dials: An intimate history of 1920s and 1930s London is part of @waterstones.bsky.social summer promotion this week - 25% off pre-orders by entering SUMMER25 at the checkout.
www.waterstones.com/book/songs-o...
#WPreorder #history #London #20s30s #sevendials
www.waterstones.com/book/songs-o...
#WPreorder #history #London #20s30s #sevendials
July 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My new book Songs of Seven Dials: An intimate history of 1920s and 1930s London is part of @waterstones.bsky.social summer promotion this week - 25% off pre-orders by entering SUMMER25 at the checkout.
www.waterstones.com/book/songs-o...
#WPreorder #history #London #20s30s #sevendials
www.waterstones.com/book/songs-o...
#WPreorder #history #London #20s30s #sevendials
First time seeing a note like this in a peer-reviewed journal (it’s in the “plain language summary” section and not the article text itself, but depressing nonetheless).
July 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
First time seeing a note like this in a peer-reviewed journal (it’s in the “plain language summary” section and not the article text itself, but depressing nonetheless).
Spotted in bookshop in Basel
July 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Spotted in bookshop in Basel
I do think one reason why so many people uncritically trust AI is because it generates search results in prose. It’d be interesting to read something about the historical emergence of the prose form and its relationship to our ideas of authority, objectivity, epistemological certainty etc.
May 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I do think one reason why so many people uncritically trust AI is because it generates search results in prose. It’d be interesting to read something about the historical emergence of the prose form and its relationship to our ideas of authority, objectivity, epistemological certainty etc.
Very bleak
May 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Very bleak
Although it’s not my area of research, I enjoy teaching the English Civil Wars so much. It’s got everything: big historical stakes, gripping narrative, amazing historiography, really cool primary sources, you name it. I just love it!
April 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Although it’s not my area of research, I enjoy teaching the English Civil Wars so much. It’s got everything: big historical stakes, gripping narrative, amazing historiography, really cool primary sources, you name it. I just love it!
Best book I read in 2024: Anna Shechtman’s totally brilliant and also surprisingly moving memoir / feminist history of the crossword puzzle. It’s equal parts history, memoir, media theory, & cultural criticism, all spun together in a really smart, original, and absorbing way.
December 31, 2024 at 4:21 AM
Best book I read in 2024: Anna Shechtman’s totally brilliant and also surprisingly moving memoir / feminist history of the crossword puzzle. It’s equal parts history, memoir, media theory, & cultural criticism, all spun together in a really smart, original, and absorbing way.
Happy to see this out. It’s a piece where I try to sort through the last couple of decades of scholarship on the concept of “society” in South Asian historiography and (very briefly) preview some reflections from the book manuscript.
📣Out now on #firstview!
Osama Siddiqui (Providence College) on 'Re-Thinking the ‘Social’ in British Colonial and South Asian History'
#Review #Social #Society #Language 💬🗃️ 16thc 17thc 18thc 19thc 20thc
👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Osama Siddiqui (Providence College) on 'Re-Thinking the ‘Social’ in British Colonial and South Asian History'
#Review #Social #Society #Language 💬🗃️ 16thc 17thc 18thc 19thc 20thc
👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 28, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Happy to see this out. It’s a piece where I try to sort through the last couple of decades of scholarship on the concept of “society” in South Asian historiography and (very briefly) preview some reflections from the book manuscript.
Grading done; grades submitted!!
a bunch of fireworks are flying in the sky
Alt: a bunch of fireworks are flying in the sky
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December 23, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Grading done; grades submitted!!