Claire Schen
@profclaire.bsky.social
Historian of early modern England at University at Buffalo and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Research in Undergraduate Education. Happy to talk DH, 1890s bicycling, and the history of Buffalo. Skiing and biking. Opinions my own. She/her.
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Now that our edition of Ursula K. Le Guin's "A Rant About 'Technology'" is (finally!) printed, bound, packed, & with campus mail, on its way to folks, we’re making approximately 60 of the internal poster available separately
If you’d like to claim one see the order form at forms.gle/BKJQWSmcnuq8...
If you’d like to claim one see the order form at forms.gle/BKJQWSmcnuq8...
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Now that our edition of Ursula K. Le Guin's "A Rant About 'Technology'" is (finally!) printed, bound, packed, & with campus mail, on its way to folks, we’re making approximately 60 of the internal poster available separately
If you’d like to claim one see the order form at forms.gle/BKJQWSmcnuq8...
If you’d like to claim one see the order form at forms.gle/BKJQWSmcnuq8...
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Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
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Are you an early career humanities scholar looking for next year's plans? Have you dreamed of having an office only a few doors down from mine?
Great news - the Whitney Humanities Center is hiring a postdoc working within the broader theme of 'Rot: Politics, Aesthetics, Regeneration'
Great news - the Whitney Humanities Center is hiring a postdoc working within the broader theme of 'Rot: Politics, Aesthetics, Regeneration'
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Are you an early career humanities scholar looking for next year's plans? Have you dreamed of having an office only a few doors down from mine?
Great news - the Whitney Humanities Center is hiring a postdoc working within the broader theme of 'Rot: Politics, Aesthetics, Regeneration'
Great news - the Whitney Humanities Center is hiring a postdoc working within the broader theme of 'Rot: Politics, Aesthetics, Regeneration'
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Applications for the Caird Fellowships at Royal Museums Greenwich are now open - www.rmg.co.uk/collections/... It looks like a great opportunity to work on a fantastic collection and collaborate with some brilliant staff.
Fellowships at Royal Museums Greenwich
Apply for funding to support research at Royal Museums Greenwich through our Caird Research Fellowships
www.rmg.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Applications for the Caird Fellowships at Royal Museums Greenwich are now open - www.rmg.co.uk/collections/... It looks like a great opportunity to work on a fantastic collection and collaborate with some brilliant staff.
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“Travelers and anyone else who was at the airport’s terminals A and B between 8:50 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease, according to a news release from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health”
Philadelphia airport passengers may have been exposed to measles, health officials warn
Passengers may have been exposed to the measles at Philadelphia International Airport on Sunday, health officials said.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“Travelers and anyone else who was at the airport’s terminals A and B between 8:50 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease, according to a news release from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health”
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The “Untamed Garden” of post-pandemic growth 🌷🍃
In a new American Historical Review visual essay, #UBuffalo historian Claire Schen and her daughter, illustrator Maddy Cherr, reflect on teaching, learning and resilience in the long shadow of COVID-19.
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In a new American Historical Review visual essay, #UBuffalo historian Claire Schen and her daughter, illustrator Maddy Cherr, reflect on teaching, learning and resilience in the long shadow of COVID-19.
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Mother-daughter project seeded during pandemic blooms into ‘untamed garden’
UB professor Claire Schen and her daughter Maddy Cherr's visual essay focuses on the mental toll of the pandemic and its lasting effects on students.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The “Untamed Garden” of post-pandemic growth 🌷🍃
In a new American Historical Review visual essay, #UBuffalo historian Claire Schen and her daughter, illustrator Maddy Cherr, reflect on teaching, learning and resilience in the long shadow of COVID-19.
💬 arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...
In a new American Historical Review visual essay, #UBuffalo historian Claire Schen and her daughter, illustrator Maddy Cherr, reflect on teaching, learning and resilience in the long shadow of COVID-19.
💬 arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/news-and-eve...
Our Grandcat sporting his new puffer coat in VT. Mr Big Thoughts. @maddycherr.bsky.social #catsofbluesky
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Our Grandcat sporting his new puffer coat in VT. Mr Big Thoughts. @maddycherr.bsky.social #catsofbluesky
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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The most incredible library in the world, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk opened to OTD 1602, through the energy, money & commitment of Sir Thomas Bodley. It began with 5k books, & now more than 22m, with 2m+reader visits a year, & multi-million online users across the globe. Privilged to be its 25th librarian!
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The most incredible library in the world, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk opened to OTD 1602, through the energy, money & commitment of Sir Thomas Bodley. It began with 5k books, & now more than 22m, with 2m+reader visits a year, & multi-million online users across the globe. Privilged to be its 25th librarian!
Thanks to co-creator, co-interviewee, and daughter @maddycherr.bsky.social . I was moved by the interviews with the editors and other contributors to this issue. Give the podcast a listen. @danieljstory.bsky.social is a marvelous host! #skystorians @ubuffalohistory.bsky.social @ubuffalo.bsky.social
Mistakes I Have Made
Podcast Episode · History in Focus · 11/05/2025 · 49m
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November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thanks to co-creator, co-interviewee, and daughter @maddycherr.bsky.social . I was moved by the interviews with the editors and other contributors to this issue. Give the podcast a listen. @danieljstory.bsky.social is a marvelous host! #skystorians @ubuffalohistory.bsky.social @ubuffalo.bsky.social
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The Autumn 2025 issue of The Recipes Project is live! This issue, GLOBALIZING EARLY MODERN RECIPES, was co-edited by Lavinia Gambini, Lucy Havard, & Amanda Herbert.
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Autumn 2025
GLOBALIZING EARLY MODERN RECIPES INTRODUCTION By Lavinia Gambini, Lucy Havard, and Amanda E. Herbert, Editors The early modern globalization of food and medicine was also a globalization of recipes. A...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The Autumn 2025 issue of The Recipes Project is live! This issue, GLOBALIZING EARLY MODERN RECIPES, was co-edited by Lavinia Gambini, Lucy Havard, & Amanda Herbert.
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Meanwhile, in the far-left progressive bastion of ... entire State of Utah:
"The plan shows 3,100 miles of paths. The network would come within a mile of 95% of Utahns, connect to 33 school campuses, 31 state/national parks, and 74 high-capacity transit stations."
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/10...
"The plan shows 3,100 miles of paths. The network would come within a mile of 95% of Utahns, connect to 33 school campuses, 31 state/national parks, and 74 high-capacity transit stations."
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Utah rolls forward on statewide freeway system for bikes. Here’s where the trails would go.
Utah plans to build a statewide network of paved trails that will act like an interstate system for bikes.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Meanwhile, in the far-left progressive bastion of ... entire State of Utah:
"The plan shows 3,100 miles of paths. The network would come within a mile of 95% of Utahns, connect to 33 school campuses, 31 state/national parks, and 74 high-capacity transit stations."
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/10...
"The plan shows 3,100 miles of paths. The network would come within a mile of 95% of Utahns, connect to 33 school campuses, 31 state/national parks, and 74 high-capacity transit stations."
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/10...
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The Trump administration’s lawlessness cannot be ignored.
Period.
Period.
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The Trump administration’s lawlessness cannot be ignored.
Period.
Period.
Some excellent dingbats!
More recent printing for @virginiabookarts.bsky.social's opening events next week, including finally using some of the "tiny gesticulating men" dingbats. "The public approves of printing at Virginia Book Arts"; "'Fall' in love with book arts at VBA"
November 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Some excellent dingbats!
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Trans people have warned for years that these anti-trans policies would hurt far more than just trans people.
Citing a Trump executive order banning "gender ideology," the VA is withholding coverage and treatment for male veterans with breast cancer, an increasing condition among veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service. 100 male veterans a year are diagnosed with breast cancer.
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Trans people have warned for years that these anti-trans policies would hurt far more than just trans people.
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Stagflation
The Fed Chair is describing stagflation but does not want to say the word.
The Fed Chair is describing stagflation but does not want to say the word.
Powell: "In the near term, risks to inflation are tilted to the upside, and risks to employment to the downside -- a challenging situation. There is no risk-free path for policy as we navigate this tension between our employment and inflation goals."
October 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Stagflation
The Fed Chair is describing stagflation but does not want to say the word.
The Fed Chair is describing stagflation but does not want to say the word.
The first paragraph alone is a banger.
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The first paragraph alone is a banger.
Thoughtful and revealing piece.
Great to see @kbruisch.bsky.social’s superb essay on AI and Academic publishing and its extractive dimensions up on the DRB. @historytcd.bsky.social drb.ie/move-over-fo...
Move over for AI - DRB
Katja Bruisch writes: I recently completed a scholarly monograph – an environmental, economic and energy history of peat in imperial and Soviet Russia. After years of thinking and writing, I approache...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Thoughtful and revealing piece.
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Honestly at some point you have to start doing psyops with these people:
Have Obama announce that he will seek a third term tomorrow. Then watch all the con law “scholars” and Fix News MELT DOWN trying to explain why he can’t but Trump can. (It’s like Newsom taking over his social media persona)
Have Obama announce that he will seek a third term tomorrow. Then watch all the con law “scholars” and Fix News MELT DOWN trying to explain why he can’t but Trump can. (It’s like Newsom taking over his social media persona)
Q: One theory on how you might try to serve a 3rd term is that you could run at the vice president
TRUMP: Yeah, I'd be allowed to do that. But I would rule that out because it's too cute.
TRUMP: Yeah, I'd be allowed to do that. But I would rule that out because it's too cute.
October 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Honestly at some point you have to start doing psyops with these people:
Have Obama announce that he will seek a third term tomorrow. Then watch all the con law “scholars” and Fix News MELT DOWN trying to explain why he can’t but Trump can. (It’s like Newsom taking over his social media persona)
Have Obama announce that he will seek a third term tomorrow. Then watch all the con law “scholars” and Fix News MELT DOWN trying to explain why he can’t but Trump can. (It’s like Newsom taking over his social media persona)
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Assistant Professor of British Medieval and Early Modern Literature (Univ. of Scranton):
#medievalsky #earlymodern
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#medievalsky #earlymodern
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Assistant Professor of British Medieval and Early Modern Literature (Univ. of Scranton) | MEMOs
British Medieval and Early Modern Literature (Univ. of Scranton)
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October 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Assistant Professor of British Medieval and Early Modern Literature (Univ. of Scranton):
#medievalsky #earlymodern
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#medievalsky #earlymodern
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Early Modern Literature and its Global Legacy, Sarah Lawrence College:
#earlymodern
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#earlymodern
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Early Modern Literature and its Global Legacy, Sarah Lawrence College | MEMOs
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY (USA)
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October 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Early Modern Literature and its Global Legacy, Sarah Lawrence College:
#earlymodern
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#earlymodern
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“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“Walmart was the top employer of SNAP recipients in five states and one of the top four employers in the remaining four states. McDonald’s was among the top five employers of Medicaid enrollees in five of six states and SNAP recipients in eight of nine states.”
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/w...
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I wish they said explicitly that there's $5 billion in emergency reserves they're refusing to use instead they're happy to let people - mostly children, the disabled, and elderly, starve.
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I wish they said explicitly that there's $5 billion in emergency reserves they're refusing to use instead they're happy to let people - mostly children, the disabled, and elderly, starve.
Yes, things are going to get harder.
People are worried they won’t be getting their SNAP benefits for the month of November. Please consider donating to the local food bank. Here’s one in WNY
www.feedmorewny.org
www.feedmorewny.org
Home - New Home - FeedMore WNY
Serving Western New York by providing nutritious food, friendship and skills training in Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie and Niagara counties.
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October 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Yes, things are going to get harder.