Tara Nummedal
@tnummedal.bsky.social
Early modern objects, bodies, and knowledges; digital scholarship; knitter; author of Anna Zieglerin and the Lion’s Blood & co-author of furnaceandfugue.org
Please circulate - we are hiring in Early Modern European history!
Brown University - Early Modern European History, Brown University | H-Net
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September 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Please circulate - we are hiring in Early Modern European history!
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
I have always loved this 2017 (!) post from Dani Rabaiotti on how/whether to ask a question at a conference. Has anyone seen something similar for how to contribute constructively in department meetings? Asking for a friend. danirabaiotti.wordpress.com/2017/05/15/a...
Academic etiquette: Tips on conducting yourself at an academic conference
An ongoing theme has emerged from the last few conferences I have attended, and a number of conversations I have had with fellow academics on Twitter. A lot of people don’t seem to be getting the m…
danirabaiotti.wordpress.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I have always loved this 2017 (!) post from Dani Rabaiotti on how/whether to ask a question at a conference. Has anyone seen something similar for how to contribute constructively in department meetings? Asking for a friend. danirabaiotti.wordpress.com/2017/05/15/a...
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Parallel map for NEH funding to states. NB that 40% of NEH funding goes directly to the state humanities councils, which do critical community work and which benefits people --culturally and economically-- all across the country. www.neh.gov/impact/states
April 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Parallel map for NEH funding to states. NB that 40% of NEH funding goes directly to the state humanities councils, which do critical community work and which benefits people --culturally and economically-- all across the country. www.neh.gov/impact/states
An NEH Fellowship in 2005 allowed me to write this book, which has informed so much of my teaching about the politics of knowledge.
April 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
An NEH Fellowship in 2005 allowed me to write this book, which has informed so much of my teaching about the politics of knowledge.
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Cuts to universities aren't just about "woke" and affect Red states too. @sethrockman.bsky.social organized a "teach-in" at the NCAA tourney in Providence. Hear me talk (1 min) about the US gov't as the world's ultimate venture capitalist! @phileil.bsky.social took great notes.
College professors stage NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Teach-In on Federal Government’s Higher Education cuts
“Our ability to train the next generation of STEM professionals is in jeopardy,” said Maia Bailey, a Providence College biology professor. “We have lost funds to help us teach more effectively..."
steveahlquist.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Cuts to universities aren't just about "woke" and affect Red states too. @sethrockman.bsky.social organized a "teach-in" at the NCAA tourney in Providence. Hear me talk (1 min) about the US gov't as the world's ultimate venture capitalist! @phileil.bsky.social took great notes.
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A few photos from the teach-in organized by @sethrockman.bsky.social in downtown Providence this afternoon.
March 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A few photos from the teach-in organized by @sethrockman.bsky.social in downtown Providence this afternoon.
I went to a #MarchMadnessTeachIn today
March 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I went to a #MarchMadnessTeachIn today
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Second round Men's Tournament preview #MarchMadness
March 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Second round Men's Tournament preview #MarchMadness
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In honor of #MarchMadness, let's talk about how all 8 men's teams playing in Providence this week are threatened by the Musk/Trump Admin.
If you love college sports, you're going to have to stand up for colleges!!!!
If you love college sports, you're going to have to stand up for colleges!!!!
March 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In honor of #MarchMadness, let's talk about how all 8 men's teams playing in Providence this week are threatened by the Musk/Trump Admin.
If you love college sports, you're going to have to stand up for colleges!!!!
If you love college sports, you're going to have to stand up for colleges!!!!
Need a history of science summer reading list? www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ten must-read science histories
www.science.org
June 21, 2024 at 6:03 AM
Need a history of science summer reading list? www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Another 2-year postdoc in the Brown History Dept! Postdoctoral Fellowship in Diversifying Historical Epistemology. Apply by 2/15. apply.interfolio.com/138414
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December 22, 2023 at 9:37 PM
Another 2-year postdoc in the Brown History Dept! Postdoctoral Fellowship in Diversifying Historical Epistemology. Apply by 2/15. apply.interfolio.com/138414
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[Unbelievably excited to announce]
A two-year postdoctoral appointment in LABOR HISTORY, 1500-Present.
Brown University, Department of History
Applications due 2/15/24
A two-year postdoctoral appointment in LABOR HISTORY, 1500-Present.
Brown University, Department of History
Applications due 2/15/24
Apply - Interfolio
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apply.interfolio.com
December 22, 2023 at 7:54 PM
[Unbelievably excited to announce]
A two-year postdoctoral appointment in LABOR HISTORY, 1500-Present.
Brown University, Department of History
Applications due 2/15/24
A two-year postdoctoral appointment in LABOR HISTORY, 1500-Present.
Brown University, Department of History
Applications due 2/15/24
Please apply and share! The Department of Africana Studies, Center for Digital Scholarship, and Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown U invite applications for the 2024-2026 International Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship in Black Digital Humanities. apply.interfolio.com/136664
December 5, 2023 at 2:43 PM
Please apply and share! The Department of Africana Studies, Center for Digital Scholarship, and Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown U invite applications for the 2024-2026 International Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship in Black Digital Humanities. apply.interfolio.com/136664
A good mail day! I received my copies of the new paperback edition of Anna Zieglerin and the Lion’s blood. Out Nov. 7, just in time for spring semester classes.
October 24, 2023 at 3:23 PM
A good mail day! I received my copies of the new paperback edition of Anna Zieglerin and the Lion’s blood. Out Nov. 7, just in time for spring semester classes.