Chas Reed
@reedhistory.net
Britain, empire, esp southern Africa, historian. HBCU prof. @h-empire ed. Human, cat, tortoise dad. Veg korma lover. Ancient millennial. Views my own. #blm https://linktr.ee/cvreed
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How your email finds me
October 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
How your email finds me
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We stand with the Smithsonian.
The National Humanities Center stands firmly in support of the Smithsonian Institution, its administration, and its museum professionals. Please read the complete statement on our website.
Statement in Support of the Smithsonian Institution | National Humanities Center
The National Humanities Center stands firmly in support of the Smithsonian Institution, its administration, and its museum professionals. The Smithsonian must be allowed to fulfill its mission without...
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August 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We stand with the Smithsonian.
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My forthcoming book with @cornellupress.bsky.social has a COVER!!! 🔥🔥🔥
August 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My forthcoming book with @cornellupress.bsky.social has a COVER!!! 🔥🔥🔥
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Just a reminder this list is drawn from a piece written by four researchers for MICROSOFT (data scientists, CS people, economists) who have never stepped foot in an archive/never taken an oral history/studied material culture, by their CVs.
Unlike them, I do my research, and don't talk out my ass.
Unlike them, I do my research, and don't talk out my ass.
August 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Just a reminder this list is drawn from a piece written by four researchers for MICROSOFT (data scientists, CS people, economists) who have never stepped foot in an archive/never taken an oral history/studied material culture, by their CVs.
Unlike them, I do my research, and don't talk out my ass.
Unlike them, I do my research, and don't talk out my ass.
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If I could get all of us, self included (although I try very hard), to use “she” to refer to media voter, typical blue collar worker etc, I would be happy. Just a little shift in our perspective
Your regular reminder that the median voter works in the non-tradable services sector, experiences trade <only> as a consumer, & the illegal, stupid tariffs do nothing but make her poorer by raising prices on everything she buys at Wal-Mart, Target, Amazon, Best Buy, Costco, & everywhere else.
Gift link. This "deal" gets portrayed as a win for Trump, but what do most Americans get from it? Just a 15% tax on cars / electronics / etc from Japan?
There's gifts in there for Boeing, rice exporters, and LNG producers, but so what? All I get is a tax. I bet that's true for >99% of Americans.
There's gifts in there for Boeing, rice exporters, and LNG producers, but so what? All I get is a tax. I bet that's true for >99% of Americans.
July 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If I could get all of us, self included (although I try very hard), to use “she” to refer to media voter, typical blue collar worker etc, I would be happy. Just a little shift in our perspective
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CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
July 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.
Watch and share his message.
I need help. I really need to finish this book.
I have 42,000ish words. My biggest issue outside of time is that I need to work through 1000s of pages of archival photos and PDFs. I did it when I wrote the diss, but I feel like I had more mental bandwidth or something? and no job.
I have 42,000ish words. My biggest issue outside of time is that I need to work through 1000s of pages of archival photos and PDFs. I did it when I wrote the diss, but I feel like I had more mental bandwidth or something? and no job.
July 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I need help. I really need to finish this book.
I have 42,000ish words. My biggest issue outside of time is that I need to work through 1000s of pages of archival photos and PDFs. I did it when I wrote the diss, but I feel like I had more mental bandwidth or something? and no job.
I have 42,000ish words. My biggest issue outside of time is that I need to work through 1000s of pages of archival photos and PDFs. I did it when I wrote the diss, but I feel like I had more mental bandwidth or something? and no job.
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Who could have predicted this except absolutely everybody
July 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Who could have predicted this except absolutely everybody
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Listen. The only way you can become a good writer is by being a shitty writer and doing it anyways. You can’t magically become a good writer by having a machine do some of the work for you. That just makes you a fraud.
June 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Listen. The only way you can become a good writer is by being a shitty writer and doing it anyways. You can’t magically become a good writer by having a machine do some of the work for you. That just makes you a fraud.
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Self-Actualized Historians Urge Nation Not To Get Hung Up On The Past
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June 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Self-Actualized Historians Urge Nation Not To Get Hung Up On The Past
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June 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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My book cover art. Made by yours truly.
It began as a map of memory and morphed into this.
I like it.
It began as a map of memory and morphed into this.
I like it.
May 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
My book cover art. Made by yours truly.
It began as a map of memory and morphed into this.
I like it.
It began as a map of memory and morphed into this.
I like it.
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The attempt to cripple @npr.org + @pbs.org isn't an attack on "leftist media", but an assault on diligent + balanced news gathering + delivery, as opposed to the hyperbole + polemic driven corporate that treats public discourse as for-profit entertainment. A big blow to civil society if it succeeds.
May 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The attempt to cripple @npr.org + @pbs.org isn't an attack on "leftist media", but an assault on diligent + balanced news gathering + delivery, as opposed to the hyperbole + polemic driven corporate that treats public discourse as for-profit entertainment. A big blow to civil society if it succeeds.
My grandfather must have been vacationing in the Pacific during the Summer of ‘45.
Trump to rename Veterans Day and VE Day as 'Victory' days - BBC News
The president says Americans did "more than any other country, by far, in producing a victorious result" in the conflict.
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May 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
My grandfather must have been vacationing in the Pacific during the Summer of ‘45.
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April 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Just preparing some texts for a class on decolonisation and it is given me the joy of reading some Cabral. What a brilliant thinker and revolutionary.
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April 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Just preparing some texts for a class on decolonisation and it is given me the joy of reading some Cabral. What a brilliant thinker and revolutionary.
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www.marxists.org/subject/afri...
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The AHA is compiling resources developed by historians in response to recent actions by the federal governments. We welcome submissions from our members about op-eds, media appearances, or other resources they've contributed offering historical context and insight to the public. 🗃️
Historians Respond to Federal Actions - AHA
AHA members are providing important historical context and insight to the public on the recent actions by the federal government.
www.historians.org
April 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The AHA is compiling resources developed by historians in response to recent actions by the federal governments. We welcome submissions from our members about op-eds, media appearances, or other resources they've contributed offering historical context and insight to the public. 🗃️
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The AHA’s statement defending the NEH was featured in a Washington Post article by Janay Kingsberry and Anne Branigin on the 1,200+ grants canceled as part of “the Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul the federal government and reshape American culture.” 🗃️
At least 1,200 grants canceled as NEH cuts target humanities across U.S.
Culture groups condemned DOGE’s “unpatriotic” cuts to National Endowment for the Humanities staff and grants in all 50 states, according to tracking by the National Humanities Alliance.
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April 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The AHA’s statement defending the NEH was featured in a Washington Post article by Janay Kingsberry and Anne Branigin on the 1,200+ grants canceled as part of “the Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul the federal government and reshape American culture.” 🗃️
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The White House recently directed the termination of thousands of grants from federal agencies that serve the history field, including NEH, IMLS, and NPS. We are asking history orgs that received cancellation letters and emails to send us copies of these notices. Read more at tinyurl.com/479x3r2f.
April 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The White House recently directed the termination of thousands of grants from federal agencies that serve the history field, including NEH, IMLS, and NPS. We are asking history orgs that received cancellation letters and emails to send us copies of these notices. Read more at tinyurl.com/479x3r2f.
