Kelly J. Shannon, Ph.D.
@thegingerprof.bsky.social
Historian of US foreign relations, Iran, & women’s human rights. Author of US Foreign Policy and Muslim Women’s Human Rights @ Penn Press. Writing a book on early 20th c. US-Iran relations. Philly sports fan. Visiting Scholar @ GWU IMES ‘24-‘26 🗃️
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The 2026 Olympic Games in Milan Cortina start in 10 days! I’ll share historical facts & related history
scholarship about the Olympic Winter Games daily until the opening ceremony 🧵
#olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
scholarship about the Olympic Winter Games daily until the opening ceremony 🧵
#olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
January 27, 2026 at 10:26 AM
The 2026 Olympic Games in Milan Cortina start in 10 days! I’ll share historical facts & related history
scholarship about the Olympic Winter Games daily until the opening ceremony 🧵
#olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
scholarship about the Olympic Winter Games daily until the opening ceremony 🧵
#olympics #sporthistory #skystorians 🗃️
Following!
January 26, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Following!
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This is a great breakdown from @inquirer.com on the exhibits that were removed from President’s House in Independence National Historical Park. #NationalParks 🗃️ www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Here are the signs the Trump administration removed from Independence Park
Following last year’s review, every sign has been removed from the President’s House site.
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January 23, 2026 at 1:28 PM
This is a great breakdown from @inquirer.com on the exhibits that were removed from President’s House in Independence National Historical Park. #NationalParks 🗃️ www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
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A visa limited to just 4 years means that no international students could enroll in a history PhD program at a US university. Not to mention the postdocs and faculty who contribute so much to US higher education. Please let the federal government know what you think about this proposal! 🧵🗃️
The AHA has submitted a public comment to the Federal Register in response to a proposed regulation that would limit visas for foreign students & scholars. The rule “poses undue hardship on foreign students & scholars, threatens American scholarly leadership, & would damage the American economy.” 🗃️
Action Alert: Submit Comments to Oppose Visa Restrictions for Scholars - AHA
The AHA has submitted a public comment to the Federal Register in response to a proposed regulation that would limit visas for foreign students and scholars to a length of four years. Written by AHA s...
www.historians.org
September 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A visa limited to just 4 years means that no international students could enroll in a history PhD program at a US university. Not to mention the postdocs and faculty who contribute so much to US higher education. Please let the federal government know what you think about this proposal! 🧵🗃️
I don’t think they were X. But they seemed annoyed that I was writing about women’s rights as a policy issue and women as policymakers, so…
August 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I don’t think they were X. But they seemed annoyed that I was writing about women’s rights as a policy issue and women as policymakers, so…
Something along the lines of: “The author could rework this book to be more like X’s [title], but I doubt she has the intellectual capacity to do that.” Yup, called me stupid. But then I won one of the top awards in my field for my scholarship, so I guess I’m not THAT stupid.
August 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Something along the lines of: “The author could rework this book to be more like X’s [title], but I doubt she has the intellectual capacity to do that.” Yup, called me stupid. But then I won one of the top awards in my field for my scholarship, so I guess I’m not THAT stupid.
ardening (food), bread baking, cooking, pickling, and riding/training/caring for horses and care for other animals. Creative cheeseball sculpting. Plus very basic bookbinding skills, wall painting, drywall & spackle, embroidery, make cocktails, sing, brew beer 🍺
August 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
ardening (food), bread baking, cooking, pickling, and riding/training/caring for horses and care for other animals. Creative cheeseball sculpting. Plus very basic bookbinding skills, wall painting, drywall & spackle, embroidery, make cocktails, sing, brew beer 🍺
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Here we go! The Mershon Center @mershoncenter.bsky.social at THE Ohio State University is hosting the 2026 Summer Institute of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations @shafrhistorians.bsky.social - take a look, apply, all are welcome, open to advanced PhD candidate + early career🗃️
The CfP for the 2026 Summer Institute: Strategic Cultures is now live on our website! Deadline is 12/15/2025
tinyurl.com/md66j8eh
cc: @cmcknichols.bsky.social @mershoncenter.bsky.social
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cc: @cmcknichols.bsky.social @mershoncenter.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Here we go! The Mershon Center @mershoncenter.bsky.social at THE Ohio State University is hosting the 2026 Summer Institute of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations @shafrhistorians.bsky.social - take a look, apply, all are welcome, open to advanced PhD candidate + early career🗃️
Completely normal. I really love the Rockefeller Archive Center and the archives at LOC. Such a great researcher experience at both.
July 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Completely normal. I really love the Rockefeller Archive Center and the archives at LOC. Such a great researcher experience at both.
The Challenger explosion
July 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The Challenger explosion
I just deleted my account from Academia.edu because they started generating AI slop - "podcasts" and "reviews" - based on my papers and profile. No notice, no message offering an opt-out. This is disgusting. FYI if you also don't want your intellectual property used for AI #academicsky #EDUsky
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July 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I just deleted my account from Academia.edu because they started generating AI slop - "podcasts" and "reviews" - based on my papers and profile. No notice, no message offering an opt-out. This is disgusting. FYI if you also don't want your intellectual property used for AI #academicsky #EDUsky
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"Iran coordinated the attacks on the American air base in Qatar with Qatari officials and gave advanced notice that attacks were coming to minimize casualties, according to three Iranian officials familiar with the plans." - www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Live Updates: Iran Fires Missiles at U.S. Base in Qatar, Iranian Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Iran coordinated the attacks on the American air base in Qatar with Qatari officials and gave advanced notice that attacks were coming to minimize casualties, according to three Iranian officials familiar with the plans." - www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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Not only is this an almost impossible time to be an historian, structurally, it’s also a hugely morally distressing one. Our work is manipulated, defunded, and then ignored, and we sit here watching humanity do the same dumb shit over and over again. Thanks, I hate it.
June 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Not only is this an almost impossible time to be an historian, structurally, it’s also a hugely morally distressing one. Our work is manipulated, defunded, and then ignored, and we sit here watching humanity do the same dumb shit over and over again. Thanks, I hate it.
…it breaks my heart to see them suffer even more now. They just want to live in freedom and dignity. They don’t deserve this. And for Netanyahu to call on them to rise up against the IRI - seriously, dude? Most Iranians want nothing more than to replace the Islamic Republic, but how are they…
June 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
…it breaks my heart to see them suffer even more now. They just want to live in freedom and dignity. They don’t deserve this. And for Netanyahu to call on them to rise up against the IRI - seriously, dude? Most Iranians want nothing more than to replace the Islamic Republic, but how are they…
… between their own much-hated regime, which has oppressed them for the past four & a half decades, and an increasingly emboldened Israel. The Iranian people have had no say in this situation, but they are dying in strikes and fleeing their homes in fear. They’ve already suffered so much that…
June 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
… between their own much-hated regime, which has oppressed them for the past four & a half decades, and an increasingly emboldened Israel. The Iranian people have had no say in this situation, but they are dying in strikes and fleeing their homes in fear. They’ve already suffered so much that…
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Don’t forget “trope” 🙄
May 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Don’t forget “trope” 🙄
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Unhappy to confirm that the entire Historical Advisory Committee at the State Department received termination notices this afternoon (myself included). The HAC, set up by Congress, oversees the office that produces the FRUS series. history.state.gov/about/hac/in... 1/
April 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Unhappy to confirm that the entire Historical Advisory Committee at the State Department received termination notices this afternoon (myself included). The HAC, set up by Congress, oversees the office that produces the FRUS series. history.state.gov/about/hac/in... 1/
Delighted to share a piece I co-authored with @hdagres.bsky.social and Azadeh Pourzand on #Iran published this morning by @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/o...
Opinion | It’s a Mistake to Leave Human Rights Out of Iran Talks (Gift Article)
President Trump should not forget the Iranian people’s resolve when his administration sits down with Iran over its nuclear program.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Delighted to share a piece I co-authored with @hdagres.bsky.social and Azadeh Pourzand on #Iran published this morning by @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/o...
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Credible Redditors reporting The Institute of Museum & Library Services is being dismantled right now, 3/20 by DOGE at 955 L'Enfant Plaza. DHS is on-site to intimidate civil servants.
No media coverage.
Every library & museum system relies on these grants.
Record & report if you’re in the area.
No media coverage.
Every library & museum system relies on these grants.
Record & report if you’re in the area.
March 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Credible Redditors reporting The Institute of Museum & Library Services is being dismantled right now, 3/20 by DOGE at 955 L'Enfant Plaza. DHS is on-site to intimidate civil servants.
No media coverage.
Every library & museum system relies on these grants.
Record & report if you’re in the area.
No media coverage.
Every library & museum system relies on these grants.
Record & report if you’re in the area.
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Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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March 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
They’re just jealous. Brotherly Shove all the way! Go Birds! 🦅
From @theathletic.bsky.social: The Green Bay Packers submitted a proposal to the NFL’s competition committee to ban the “tush push,” according to league sources. The play is predominantly used by the Philadelphia Eagles.
Green Bay Packers propose ‘tush push’ ban: Sources
Hurts led all NFL QBs with 14 rushing touchdowns with 13 of those coming in goal to go situations, according to TruMedia.
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February 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
They’re just jealous. Brotherly Shove all the way! Go Birds! 🦅
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For others unfamiliar with this tradition: www.npr.org/2023/02/10/1...
Philly may grease poles ahead of the Super Bowl. Eagles fans don't care
Philadelphia habitually greases the light poles in Center City to keep jubilant fans earthbound after a big win. Fans sometimes treat these safety measures like a dare.
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January 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
For others unfamiliar with this tradition: www.npr.org/2023/02/10/1...