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Roz
@rozsro.bsky.social
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History ABD at Duke / visiting student at Cambridge
Writing a diss on consumer spaces & material culture in early modern Madras & Pondicherry 🍷🖼️🕰️🪞
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slowbikeiain.bsky.social
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
Headline: "Scientists discover emperor penguin colony in Antarctica using satellite images"
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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snelsonus.bsky.social
We can expect to see a lot more of this as the 250th drags on.

share.inquirer.com/IrokXK
The slavery exhibits at the President’s House have been removed following Trump administration push
President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the U.S. to be reviewed and potentially removed.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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newsguy.bsky.social
VOA's headquarters, 'the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal,' faces possible destruction as part of the Trump administration's drive for "maximum value for the federal real estate footprint." wapo.st/4a5NCsq
The stunning art trove hidden in a D.C. building marked by Trump for disposal
Packed with frescoes, paintings and reliefs, the federal government’s Cohen Building has been called “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.” Advocates fear these works could be at risk.
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January 22, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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durba.bsky.social
I will be in conversation about my new book, The Future That Was, with Professor Brandon Terry at Harvard Bookstore on March 30th at 7 pm

www.harvard.com/event/durba-...
Durba Mitra at Harvard Book Store | Harvard Book Store
1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
www.harvard.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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oii.ox.ac.uk
News alert! New study from @oii.ox.ac.uk and the University of Kentucky finds that ChatGPT amplifies global inequalities. Researchers find that large language models reflect historic biases in the data sets they learn from whilst shaping how people see the world. More here: bit.ly/4bF4K9B 1/4
January 20, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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icpetrie.bsky.social
This is an absolutely beautiful book, with abundantly illustrated essays by @nancyum.bsky.social, Nancy Steinhardt and other great people.

And at $70 HB it's a steal!
The Seas and the Mobility of Islamic Art
Tracing the currents of change that unite the visual and material culture of the Islamic world across space and time The seas have long served as both connec...
yalebooks.yale.edu
January 16, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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willpooley.bsky.social
Brilliant round table online ahead of print from @frenchhistory.bsky.social on “Colonisations: notre histoire”, a history in reverse of France and empire, written by 268 contributors (!!!)

doi.org/10.1093/fh/c...

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To summarize, the landscape of academia, just like the rest of the global political economy, is marked by a huge fracture engendered by colonialism that continues to operate as well as mutate. This book observes it and attempts to address it, but it is not in itself sufficient repair. We hope that it will act as a preliminary point d'étape in what remains an incomplete process of trying to produce a genuinely global form of knowledge that can help us navigate our shared, divided, burning world.
January 14, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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adamrothman.bsky.social
"Tribal leaders and members who live in the greater Minneapolis area say Indigenous family members, friends and neighbors have been stopped, questioned, harassed and, in some cases, detained solely on the basis of their skin color or their names."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 16, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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carolinehack.bsky.social
In the pre Christmas corset madness it looks like I forgot to post pics of this when I finished it. #Shetland navigation chart #screenprinting on calico fabric then painted a bit and sewn a lot. The coastline of Shetland was particularly tiresome, but worth it in the end!
An embroidery hoop rests on a pale neutral work surface. In the hoop is a Shetland navigation chart screen-printed faintly onto undyed calico fabric then painted a bit and sewn a lot mostly with running stitch in shades of blue and white over the sea and back stitch in brown on the coastline of Shetland which is fiddly and wiggly. A close up of the Shetland navigation chart screen-printed faintly onto undyed calico fabric then painted a bit and sewn a lot mostly with running stitch in shades of blue and white over the sea and back stitch in brown on the coastline of Shetland which is fiddly and wiggly.
January 16, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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niamhroisin.bsky.social
Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! @nursingclio.bsky.social
Page of information outlining the aims of the Locating Loss research project which explores the histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. This project aims to bring scholars from a wide range of disciplines together in 2026. Please DM me if more info is needed and this alt text is not enough!
January 14, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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onslies.bsky.social
VERY excited we get to discuss Mélanie Lamotte's book @ihreurope1500.bsky.social with @lrhodges.bsky.social & @juliehardwick.bsky.social and Mélanie herself!

18 May, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social

Get your copy @harvardpress.bsky.social: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
#EarlyModern #SkyStorians
January 13, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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theonion.com
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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ihreurope1500.bsky.social
PROGRAMME FOR THE TERM UP!

Exciting papers coming you way, on zoom & @ihr.bsky.social, #EarlyModern #SkyStorians: sacred spaces, epidemics, and corporeality.

Sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
screenshot of the IHR programme for the Europe & the World Seminar 12 January: Yahya Nurgat: The Politics of Sacred Space in the Early Modern Islamicate World: The Shrines of Karbala and Najaf 9 March: Sheilagh Ogilvie: Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid 23 March: Pablo Gómez: The Early Atlantic Slave Trade and the Invention of Modern Corporeality
January 5, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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zeets.bsky.social
Probably more important than his rambling speech. They’re going to strip people of their citizenship.
December 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
rozsro.bsky.social
Huge loss for the whole research triangle.

Centers cut are the the Carolina Asia Center, the Institute for the Study of the Americas, and the centers for European Studies, African Studies, Middle East and Islamic Studies, and Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies

Total of 14 will be cut :(
pasuth.info Pasuth Thothaveesansuk @pasuth.info · Dec 18
This is absolutely catastrophic for research in the humanities and social sciences. Not only are these centers crucial sources of the limited research funding we have as grad students, but they have been interdisciplinary intellectual homes for so many of us at UNC. dailytarheel.com/article/a4ee...
UNC cuts all six area studies research centers, effective 2026
As part of the University's plan to make $70 million in budget cuts across the institution, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman projected that cutting 14 centers and institutes in...
dailytarheel.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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robtaber.bsky.social
Flagging #HigherEd news that has gone under-reported: the axing of Title VI National Resource Centers. These provided instruction in rare-but-important languages (like Kreyòl!) and allowed scholars from different disciplines to collaborate on a shared area.
Federal Grants for Area Studies and Foreign Language at Risk
Expected funding for National Resource Centers, which are dedicated to language and area studies education, never came through this summer. Experts worry this could spell disaster for the already-stru...
www.insidehighered.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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mkn.bsky.social
Context:

Last night, on the 252nd anniversary of the Boston Tea Party
-- residents assembled at the Old South Meeting House
-- listened to several rousing speeches
-- marched to the Harbor
-- and yelled "Huzzah!" as protest leaders dumped hundreds of pounds of ice into the water
mkn.bsky.social Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social · Dec 17
In Boston, we like our protests with a whole lot of history.

#teaparty #dumpICE #Dec16
Two side-by-side photos of Old South Meetinghouse, with two projections: “1773: Tea into our Harbor” and “2025: Ice Off Our Streets.”
December 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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jonathanmladd.com
Just say women. This is taking forever.
December 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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princetonupress.bsky.social
The hidden histories of empire, told through the haunted afterlives of colonial migrations.

Julia Stephens' Worldly Afterlives is now available (10 Feb UK pub).

Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#History #BritishEmpire #ReadUP
Worldly Afterlives: Tracing Family Trails Between India and Empire by Julia Stephens
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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bakerdphd.bsky.social
Let me understand you correctly, governments can care that people are being murdered?
December 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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kawulf.bsky.social
💔 The library was achingly beautiful in this morning's snow.
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Library, classic beaux arts building with columns, in the snow.
December 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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profmarylewis.bsky.social
OMG these poor students and TAs
zoeconomy.bsky.social Zoë Plakias @zoeconomy.bsky.social · Dec 14
"Rachel Friedberg, a Brown economics professor, said the mass shooting happened in a review session for the final exam of her Principles of Economics course. She said she learned what happened from a teaching assistant who led the session. Friedberg herself was not present."
2 dead, 9 wounded in shooting at Brown University; suspect still at large
Brown professor says shooting happened in a study session for her economics class
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December 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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ansleyerickson.bsky.social
I picked up my daughter from the school bus on the day of Sandy Hook, fighting back tears with parent at the bus stop.

Her dad, sister and I marched together after Parkland.

Tonight she’s texting with friends at Brown to make sure they are safe.

What country have we made for you, my dear girl?
December 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
rozsro.bsky.social
One of the reasons I'm grateful to have spent so much of my PhD abroad is that I haven't had to worry about being shot, or trying to save my students from being shot.

We didn't have active shooter drills when I was growing up. I wouldn't know what to do.

The US is so messed up.
roxanegay.bsky.social Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Dec 13
Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
December 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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BREAKING: At least 10 people shot, 2 killed, at Brown University in Rhode Island, mayor says. Suspect not in custody
December 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM