Sarah K. Miles
@skmiles.bsky.social
Historian of France, Québec, and the francophone world. Intellectual history, print and reading culture, and transnational militancy. SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow @ CRIDAQ & UQAM, coordonnatrice @CHCQ. https://sarahkmiles.wordpress.com/.
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Sarah K. Miles
@skmiles.bsky.social
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Selling Revolution
Abstract For left-wing revolutionary groups in 1970s France, to have a publication was to exist. In the face of a dramatic increase in the number of newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets, however, mili...
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Thrilled that my article is now avaiable from French Politics, Culture and Society! You can read about militant advertising and sales techniques in French left-wing periodicals in the 1970s here (doi.org/10.3167/fpcs...) or DM me for access! Many many thanks to Liz Fink for her support for this. 🗃️
It was such a pleasure to have you - and what a rewarding and engaging weekend!
Fantastic evening event + journée de travail hosted by @skmiles.bsky.social at UQAM this weekend on the theme « Mort et Militantisme ». Wonderful group of scholars doing fascinating research. It was a real delight and privilege to be involved!
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
It was such a pleasure to have you - and what a rewarding and engaging weekend!
"Death and Militancy" begins tomorrow! We open with a conversation with Félix Rose and mathilde capone Friday, November 7 at 5 p.m. at #UQAM (D-R200). Saturday, November 8 we continue with a workday beginning at 9 a.m. (free and open to the public!). Details at mortetmilitantisme.wordpress.com.
"Mort et Militantisme" commence demain! Nous ouvrons avec une conversation avec Félix Rose et mathilde capone, vendredi 7 novembre a 17h au D-R200 (UQAM). Samedi 8 novembre, nous continuerons avec une journee de travail dès 9h également au D-R200. Détails: mortetmilitantisme.wordpress.com.
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"Death and Militancy" begins tomorrow! We open with a conversation with Félix Rose and mathilde capone Friday, November 7 at 5 p.m. at #UQAM (D-R200). Saturday, November 8 we continue with a workday beginning at 9 a.m. (free and open to the public!). Details at mortetmilitantisme.wordpress.com.
"Mort et Militantisme" commence demain! Nous ouvrons avec une conversation avec Félix Rose et mathilde capone, vendredi 7 novembre a 17h au D-R200 (UQAM). Samedi 8 novembre, nous continuerons avec une journee de travail dès 9h également au D-R200. Détails: mortetmilitantisme.wordpress.com.
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"Mort et Militantisme" commence demain! Nous ouvrons avec une conversation avec Félix Rose et mathilde capone, vendredi 7 novembre a 17h au D-R200 (UQAM). Samedi 8 novembre, nous continuerons avec une journee de travail dès 9h également au D-R200. Détails: mortetmilitantisme.wordpress.com.
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@djshistorian.bsky.social discusses his new book, SENSATIONS, with @skmiles.bsky.social on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social!
Daniel J. Sherman, "Sensations: French Archaeology Between Science and Spectacle, 1890-1940" (U Chicago Press, 2025) - New Books Network
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October 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
@djshistorian.bsky.social discusses his new book, SENSATIONS, with @skmiles.bsky.social on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social!
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Attention #AcademicSky Everyone is talking about books, but thousands of academic journals were also pirated and are entitled to up to $3,000 *per pirated volume!!!* if editors submit titles to join the suit. Incredible opportunity for underfunded journals to get some $$! #SkyStorians #MedievalSky
September 7, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Attention #AcademicSky Everyone is talking about books, but thousands of academic journals were also pirated and are entitled to up to $3,000 *per pirated volume!!!* if editors submit titles to join the suit. Incredible opportunity for underfunded journals to get some $$! #SkyStorians #MedievalSky
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Okay I made a poster about it, will spend some time later this week being a menace. (Link to template in reply if you want a copy).
![Poster featuring old-time bright red and grey robot toys on an orange background with text:
"Robots stealing your major's future?" [NYT headline about declining computer grad jobs]"
"Try one with a better shelf life"
Fed Reserve unemployment rate for graduates with History's low unemployment rate highlighted](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ungb4pqwssprj2722cok4mb6/bafkreiasmea6w4x4ed6m5xxpyvcndafmoloszqitybwgjj2wruihjo33bu@jpeg)
August 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Okay I made a poster about it, will spend some time later this week being a menace. (Link to template in reply if you want a copy).
Why don't French books believe in indexes? Don't they know how much easier life would be?
July 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Why don't French books believe in indexes? Don't they know how much easier life would be?
How lucky am I to share with wonderful colleagues AND to go home with flowers? I'm very thankful to have participated in the #GCFHSResist Colloquium, to have heard so many wonderful papers and gotten great feedback from colleagues! I'm now ready to get back home to my pup and get some rest.
Spent the last two weeks travelling between London & Paris for the
Occupation Studies Research Network and the #GCFHSResist Conferences.
Lots of stuff & sleep to catch up on, but l am incredibly grateful to have heard from and connected with so many kind and dedicated scholars doing excellent work!!
Occupation Studies Research Network and the #GCFHSResist Conferences.
Lots of stuff & sleep to catch up on, but l am incredibly grateful to have heard from and connected with so many kind and dedicated scholars doing excellent work!!
July 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
How lucky am I to share with wonderful colleagues AND to go home with flowers? I'm very thankful to have participated in the #GCFHSResist Colloquium, to have heard so many wonderful papers and gotten great feedback from colleagues! I'm now ready to get back home to my pup and get some rest.
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My book, Desiring Whiteness, was awarded the 2025 Alf Andrew Heggoy prize for best book in French colonial history (1815-present)! In a world that is falling apart, I cherish this bit of happy news and hope for brighter days ahead for all.
You can get your own copy at 50% off with the code 095000
You can get your own copy at 50% off with the code 095000
June 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
My book, Desiring Whiteness, was awarded the 2025 Alf Andrew Heggoy prize for best book in French colonial history (1815-present)! In a world that is falling apart, I cherish this bit of happy news and hope for brighter days ahead for all.
You can get your own copy at 50% off with the code 095000
You can get your own copy at 50% off with the code 095000
I've made it to Paris for some summer research and conferencing (in July)! If others are around and want to meet up for a coffee at the BNF or an after-archives drink, send me a message!
June 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I've made it to Paris for some summer research and conferencing (in July)! If others are around and want to meet up for a coffee at the BNF or an after-archives drink, send me a message!
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Is there a better time to read and review books than summer? I don't think so - and I'm looking for reviewers for lots of titles for the Journal of Contemporary History. We now do review articles of up to 4,000 words, covering three books. These and many more are up for grabs:
June 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Is there a better time to read and review books than summer? I don't think so - and I'm looking for reviewers for lots of titles for the Journal of Contemporary History. We now do review articles of up to 4,000 words, covering three books. These and many more are up for grabs:
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[Événement]
C’est avec fierté que nous vous invitons à notre colloque, « Où en est le Québec d’hier ? Faire et refaire l’histoire du Québec contemporain », qui aura lieu les 26 et 27 septembre prochains au MEM - Centre des mémoires montréalaises !
C’est avec fierté que nous vous invitons à notre colloque, « Où en est le Québec d’hier ? Faire et refaire l’histoire du Québec contemporain », qui aura lieu les 26 et 27 septembre prochains au MEM - Centre des mémoires montréalaises !
June 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
[Événement]
C’est avec fierté que nous vous invitons à notre colloque, « Où en est le Québec d’hier ? Faire et refaire l’histoire du Québec contemporain », qui aura lieu les 26 et 27 septembre prochains au MEM - Centre des mémoires montréalaises !
C’est avec fierté que nous vous invitons à notre colloque, « Où en est le Québec d’hier ? Faire et refaire l’histoire du Québec contemporain », qui aura lieu les 26 et 27 septembre prochains au MEM - Centre des mémoires montréalaises !
My episode of the #NewBooksNetworkFrenchStudies is now out! The interview with @elisefranklin.bsky.social about her book Distintegrating Empire (Nebraska 2024) is available on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social now! newbooksnetwork.com/disintegrati...
Elise Franklin "Disintegrating Empire: Algerian Family Migration and the Limits of the Welfare State in France" (University of Nebraska Press, 2024) - New Books Network
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June 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
My episode of the #NewBooksNetworkFrenchStudies is now out! The interview with @elisefranklin.bsky.social about her book Distintegrating Empire (Nebraska 2024) is available on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social now! newbooksnetwork.com/disintegrati...
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[Activité de nos cochercheur.euses]
Aujourd’hui s’ouvre la réunion annuelle de la Société historique du Canada au Collège George Brown à Toronto. Trois de nos membres y interviendront : notre cochercheuse Magda Fahrni, notre nouvelle coordonnatrice Sarah Miles et notre cotitulaire Harold Bérubé.
Aujourd’hui s’ouvre la réunion annuelle de la Société historique du Canada au Collège George Brown à Toronto. Trois de nos membres y interviendront : notre cochercheuse Magda Fahrni, notre nouvelle coordonnatrice Sarah Miles et notre cotitulaire Harold Bérubé.
June 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
[Activité de nos cochercheur.euses]
Aujourd’hui s’ouvre la réunion annuelle de la Société historique du Canada au Collège George Brown à Toronto. Trois de nos membres y interviendront : notre cochercheuse Magda Fahrni, notre nouvelle coordonnatrice Sarah Miles et notre cotitulaire Harold Bérubé.
Aujourd’hui s’ouvre la réunion annuelle de la Société historique du Canada au Collège George Brown à Toronto. Trois de nos membres y interviendront : notre cochercheuse Magda Fahrni, notre nouvelle coordonnatrice Sarah Miles et notre cotitulaire Harold Bérubé.
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[Présentation de l’équipe]
Notre équipe bouge !
Nous sommes ravis de vous annoncer que Sarah K. Miles, chercheuse postdoctorale propulsée par les fonds du CRSH, est notre nouvelle coordinatrice.
Félicitations Sarah !
Notre équipe bouge !
Nous sommes ravis de vous annoncer que Sarah K. Miles, chercheuse postdoctorale propulsée par les fonds du CRSH, est notre nouvelle coordinatrice.
Félicitations Sarah !
June 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
[Présentation de l’équipe]
Notre équipe bouge !
Nous sommes ravis de vous annoncer que Sarah K. Miles, chercheuse postdoctorale propulsée par les fonds du CRSH, est notre nouvelle coordinatrice.
Félicitations Sarah !
Notre équipe bouge !
Nous sommes ravis de vous annoncer que Sarah K. Miles, chercheuse postdoctorale propulsée par les fonds du CRSH, est notre nouvelle coordinatrice.
Félicitations Sarah !
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Heureux de recevoir mon exemplaire de la Rhaf. J'y parle des étudiants étrangers et de la diplomatie culturelle de l'UdeM. J'y suis en belle compagnie, avec les articles de @camille-robert.info sur la "contre-révolution tranquille" et de S. Labelle sur la Voix des femmes dans le jeu international.
May 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Heureux de recevoir mon exemplaire de la Rhaf. J'y parle des étudiants étrangers et de la diplomatie culturelle de l'UdeM. J'y suis en belle compagnie, avec les articles de @camille-robert.info sur la "contre-révolution tranquille" et de S. Labelle sur la Voix des femmes dans le jeu international.
Great new article out by the inestimable Teddy Paikin - just when you thought 19th century French political economy couldn't get more interesting!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
French capitalism and the developmental state in the political economy of Michel Chevalier
This paper advances a novel reading of the Saint-Simonian political economy of Michel Chevalier through the lens of the “developmental state”. It argues that Chevalier’s commitment to economic orga...
www.tandfonline.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Great new article out by the inestimable Teddy Paikin - just when you thought 19th century French political economy couldn't get more interesting!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Looking through archive photos today for a new piece on militant editorial practice in Québec. One internal comment about an MS submission is truly the stuff of authorial nightmares: "Faults: everything. The author... doesn't manage to write a single natural sentence. Summary: not worth sh*t." 👀
May 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Looking through archive photos today for a new piece on militant editorial practice in Québec. One internal comment about an MS submission is truly the stuff of authorial nightmares: "Faults: everything. The author... doesn't manage to write a single natural sentence. Summary: not worth sh*t." 👀
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US academic groups sue White House over planned deportations of pro-Gaza students
US academic groups sue White House over planned deportations of pro-Gaza students
Trump administration is accused of inciting ‘climate of repression’ and stifling free speech on campuses, including Columbia University
US academic groups have sued the Trump administration in an effort to block the deportation of foreign students and scholars who have been targeted for voicing pro-Palestinian views and criticism of Israel.
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Middle East Studies Association (Mesa) filed a lawsuit at a US federal court in Boston on Tuesday accusing the administration of fomenting “a climate of repression” on campuses and stifling constitutionally guaranteed free speech rights. Continue reading...
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March 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
US academic groups sue White House over planned deportations of pro-Gaza students
Journée de travail pour l'histoire du Québec! #chcq #histoirequebec
[Rencontre annuelle]
Nos cochercheur.euses sont réuni.es à Orford ce samedi pour travailler sur nos chantiers. De belles discussions enrichissantes sur l'histoire contemporaine du Québec sont en cours ! ⚜️
Nos cochercheur.euses sont réuni.es à Orford ce samedi pour travailler sur nos chantiers. De belles discussions enrichissantes sur l'histoire contemporaine du Québec sont en cours ! ⚜️
March 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Journée de travail pour l'histoire du Québec! #chcq #histoirequebec
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Some really great replies here. (Others are less applicable.)
Let's brainstorm over strategy
Imagine you were part of the strategy team of a major US university:
1) what would be your short-to-mid term strategy to respond to current attacks on higher ed?
2) Who / how would you organize?
3) For what objectives?
4) With what means?
Imagine you were part of the strategy team of a major US university:
1) what would be your short-to-mid term strategy to respond to current attacks on higher ed?
2) Who / how would you organize?
3) For what objectives?
4) With what means?
March 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Some really great replies here. (Others are less applicable.)
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Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
March 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
Thrilled that my article is now avaiable from French Politics, Culture and Society! You can read about militant advertising and sales techniques in French left-wing periodicals in the 1970s here (doi.org/10.3167/fpcs...) or DM me for access! Many many thanks to Liz Fink for her support for this. 🗃️
Selling Revolution
Abstract For left-wing revolutionary groups in 1970s France, to have a publication was to exist. In the face of a dramatic increase in the number of newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets, however, mili...
doi.org
March 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thrilled that my article is now avaiable from French Politics, Culture and Society! You can read about militant advertising and sales techniques in French left-wing periodicals in the 1970s here (doi.org/10.3167/fpcs...) or DM me for access! Many many thanks to Liz Fink for her support for this. 🗃️
Reposting this in case folks haven't seen it! 1 month left to apply to this #cfp #historians 🗃️
Do you work on the topic of death and militancy in the francophone world in the late twentieth century (in any discipline)? Do you want to join us in Montreal to talk about it? You're in luck! See the website for the CFP and more details! #🗃️
mortetmilitantisme.wordpress.com
mortetmilitantisme.wordpress.com
Mort et Militanisme - Death and Militancy
Conference 2025
mortetmilitantisme.wordpress.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Reposting this in case folks haven't seen it! 1 month left to apply to this #cfp #historians 🗃️
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So I need a job…. My current contract ends this academic year. 😕 I would love to be able to continue researching and teaching history of the Holocaust, Jews. Europe, and refugees/migration. Any leads would be appreciated!
February 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
So I need a job…. My current contract ends this academic year. 😕 I would love to be able to continue researching and teaching history of the Holocaust, Jews. Europe, and refugees/migration. Any leads would be appreciated!