Dennis Hogan
@dennismhogan.bsky.social
Central American and Imperial Lit | Higher Ed Section Editor @publicbooks.bsky.social | University lecturer & onetime union staffer | Go easy, step lightly, stay free. |
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I’m very excited to share that my monograph, The Transit Zones, on literature, culture, and the geopolitics of interoceanic transit in nineteenth-century Central America, is now under contract at @oxfordunipress.bsky.social !
I think it’s possible to do even more to make the style AND substance of the democratic party reflect the culture and proclivities of educated professionals, its last loyal stalwarts. Eventually we can make party so small it fits into one conference room
this is why I get frustrated by people who say we always need to stand with unions
all workers deserve good pay and benefits. but the reality is that some unions are being led by reactionary cranks with awful politics and we should stop pretending otherwise
all workers deserve good pay and benefits. but the reality is that some unions are being led by reactionary cranks with awful politics and we should stop pretending otherwise
October 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I think it’s possible to do even more to make the style AND substance of the democratic party reflect the culture and proclivities of educated professionals, its last loyal stalwarts. Eventually we can make party so small it fits into one conference room
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Donald Trump wants regime change in Venezuela. The last time the US invaded a Latin American country was in Panama, in 1989, killing hundreds and displacing thousands. Even afterwards, Panama was destabilized. In today’s NYT, I argue an invasion of Venezuela would be far worse.
Opinion | Trump Wants an Easy Win in Venezuela. He Won’t Get One.
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Donald Trump wants regime change in Venezuela. The last time the US invaded a Latin American country was in Panama, in 1989, killing hundreds and displacing thousands. Even afterwards, Panama was destabilized. In today’s NYT, I argue an invasion of Venezuela would be far worse.
Donald Trump wants regime change in Venezuela. The last time the US invaded a Latin American country was in Panama, in 1989, killing hundreds and displacing thousands. Even afterwards, Panama was destabilized. In today’s NYT, I argue an invasion of Venezuela would be far worse.
Opinion | Trump Wants an Easy Win in Venezuela. He Won’t Get One.
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Donald Trump wants regime change in Venezuela. The last time the US invaded a Latin American country was in Panama, in 1989, killing hundreds and displacing thousands. Even afterwards, Panama was destabilized. In today’s NYT, I argue an invasion of Venezuela would be far worse.
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Culture might seem a less consequential right than free assembly+ its infringement makes less spectacular news than repressive violence. But the repeal of the right to culture is grave.
honored to be with @isanchezprado.bsky.social in @hyperallergic.com today!
hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...
honored to be with @isanchezprado.bsky.social in @hyperallergic.com today!
hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...
How to Protect Your Right to Culture
The United States government’s coordinated repeal of the right to culture has grave consequences for the texture of our daily lives. But there are ways to fight back.
hyperallergic.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Culture might seem a less consequential right than free assembly+ its infringement makes less spectacular news than repressive violence. But the repeal of the right to culture is grave.
honored to be with @isanchezprado.bsky.social in @hyperallergic.com today!
hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...
honored to be with @isanchezprado.bsky.social in @hyperallergic.com today!
hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...
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Good morning! My comrade @annakornbluh.bsky.social and I published today in Hyperallrgic ean op-ed about the gutting of our right to culture and the ways to defend and fight back. Link below!
October 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Good morning! My comrade @annakornbluh.bsky.social and I published today in Hyperallrgic ean op-ed about the gutting of our right to culture and the ways to defend and fight back. Link below!
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this is, in fact, what's happening
The bad scenario I see people talking about (MT Sweeney on here e.g.) is a real face to face liberal arts education for the children of the elite and intellectuals, religious/patriotic charter schools for the middle class, and basically kid jail/work programs for the poor kids
October 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
this is, in fact, what's happening
Last week, Public Books published a roundtable that we put together on higher ed under Trump. Six contributors, six essays, six ideas for what those of us in higher education can do now to make the world a little better, a little saner, and a little safer. Read the series here (my intro below):
“Taken together, our roundtable contributors present a suite of ideas that, if enacted, just might make higher education more livable for us all.”
The full series “Higher Ed Under Trump” is live at Public Books. Read all the contributions here:
The full series “Higher Ed Under Trump” is live at Public Books. Read all the contributions here:
Toward the Next American University: A Roundtable Discussion on the Future of Higher Ed - Public Books
The path higher education was on before Trump’s reelection was neither certain nor stable. There is not much to go back to now.
www.publicbooks.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Last week, Public Books published a roundtable that we put together on higher ed under Trump. Six contributors, six essays, six ideas for what those of us in higher education can do now to make the world a little better, a little saner, and a little safer. Read the series here (my intro below):
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"the solution is still the one that can succeed: to build a new cultural order, a new civilization. To do so, academics must embrace an unusual new role: as knowledge workers, they must seize the means of knowledge production."
www.publicbooks.org/academics-mu...
www.publicbooks.org/academics-mu...
Academics Must Seize the Means of Knowledge Production - Public Books
Trumpism has canceled the knowledge society.
www.publicbooks.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"the solution is still the one that can succeed: to build a new cultural order, a new civilization. To do so, academics must embrace an unusual new role: as knowledge workers, they must seize the means of knowledge production."
www.publicbooks.org/academics-mu...
www.publicbooks.org/academics-mu...
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Great call to arms by @cnewf.bsky.social, following the tactic of Jed Esty's "Future of Decline" by looking to Stuart Hall & the New Left, & urging us to forego "private agency within our universities" in favor of "collective agency by running them."
Academics Must Seize the Means of Knowledge Production - Public Books
Trumpism has canceled the knowledge society.
www.publicbooks.org
October 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Great call to arms by @cnewf.bsky.social, following the tactic of Jed Esty's "Future of Decline" by looking to Stuart Hall & the New Left, & urging us to forego "private agency within our universities" in favor of "collective agency by running them."
Maybe a silly question but when did "project" become the normative term for describing a (baggy?) sociohistorical process initiated and advanced by distinct actors with distinct goals (ie national project, racial project, settler colonial project, and so on)?
October 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Maybe a silly question but when did "project" become the normative term for describing a (baggy?) sociohistorical process initiated and advanced by distinct actors with distinct goals (ie national project, racial project, settler colonial project, and so on)?
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New at PB: As part of a series exploring higher ed under Trump, curated by @dennismhogan.bsky.social, @annaeclark.bsky.social discusses the way the Common Core failed us—and opened doors for Trump’s direct attack on academic freedom and funding sources.
Toward the Higher- and Secondary-Ed Alliance! - Public Books
The influence of K-12 policy and pedagogy on higher ed can perhaps be seen best in the trickle-up effect of the standards of the Common Core.
www.publicbooks.org
October 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
New at PB: As part of a series exploring higher ed under Trump, curated by @dennismhogan.bsky.social, @annaeclark.bsky.social discusses the way the Common Core failed us—and opened doors for Trump’s direct attack on academic freedom and funding sources.
Must-read!!
I wrote about the divide between high school and college English, and what we might do to bridge it, for @publicbooks.bsky.social—part of an excellent roundtable on higher ed under Trump organized by @dennismhogan.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/toward-the-h...
www.publicbooks.org/toward-the-h...
Toward the Higher- and Secondary-Ed Alliance! - Public Books
The influence of K-12 policy and pedagogy on higher ed can perhaps be seen best in the trickle-up effect of the standards of the Common Core.
www.publicbooks.org
October 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Must-read!!
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I wrote about the divide between high school and college English, and what we might do to bridge it, for @publicbooks.bsky.social—part of an excellent roundtable on higher ed under Trump organized by @dennismhogan.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/toward-the-h...
www.publicbooks.org/toward-the-h...
Toward the Higher- and Secondary-Ed Alliance! - Public Books
The influence of K-12 policy and pedagogy on higher ed can perhaps be seen best in the trickle-up effect of the standards of the Common Core.
www.publicbooks.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I wrote about the divide between high school and college English, and what we might do to bridge it, for @publicbooks.bsky.social—part of an excellent roundtable on higher ed under Trump organized by @dennismhogan.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/toward-the-h...
www.publicbooks.org/toward-the-h...
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New at PB: As part of a series exploring higher ed under Trump, curated by @dennismhogan.bsky.social, @ccollins330.bsky.social considers how institutions of higher education have failed Black and Hispanic men—and how they might do better.
To Save Higher Ed, Seek Our Black and Hispanic Men - Public Books
Policymakers and institutional leaders seeking to preserve higher education’s functionality should consider the enrollment and completion rates of Black and Hispanic men.
www.publicbooks.org
October 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
New at PB: As part of a series exploring higher ed under Trump, curated by @dennismhogan.bsky.social, @ccollins330.bsky.social considers how institutions of higher education have failed Black and Hispanic men—and how they might do better.
Our Higher Education series today features this essay from Jarrel T. Johnson. More and more students are turning to HBCUs for higher education--this is a fantastic development. But, Johnson argues, those institutions can and should do more to support queer and trans students:
October 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Our Higher Education series today features this essay from Jarrel T. Johnson. More and more students are turning to HBCUs for higher education--this is a fantastic development. But, Johnson argues, those institutions can and should do more to support queer and trans students:
Today we published Stephanie Reist's important argument highlighting the inequality baked into some direct college admissions programs, which funnel students into resource-starved community colleges and regional publics while gatekeeping admissions to prestigious four-year institutions.
October 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Today we published Stephanie Reist's important argument highlighting the inequality baked into some direct college admissions programs, which funnel students into resource-starved community colleges and regional publics while gatekeeping admissions to prestigious four-year institutions.
Our “Higher Ed Under Trump” roundtable continues with this key contribution from Christian Collins at @clasp.org. Yes, the overall college-age population is shrinking, but enrollment needn’t necessarily crater if colleges can recruit and support Black and Hispanic men.
October 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Our “Higher Ed Under Trump” roundtable continues with this key contribution from Christian Collins at @clasp.org. Yes, the overall college-age population is shrinking, but enrollment needn’t necessarily crater if colleges can recruit and support Black and Hispanic men.
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New at PB: As part of a series exploring higher ed under Trump, curated by Dennis M. Hogan (@dennismhogan.bsky.social), Jasper Cattell explores a path forward for labor unions across the country: union collaboration and change in state law.
Our Right to Our Union: Graduate Student Workers Under Threat - Public Books
University leaders may make a show of opposing Trump when funding is under threat, but they will happily align themselves with him in confronting graduate student workers.
www.publicbooks.org
October 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New at PB: As part of a series exploring higher ed under Trump, curated by Dennis M. Hogan (@dennismhogan.bsky.social), Jasper Cattell explores a path forward for labor unions across the country: union collaboration and change in state law.
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New at PB: As part of a series exploring higher ed under Trump, curated by Dennis M. Hogan (@dennismhogan.bsky.social), Christopher Newfield tells us how waiting out Trump will inevitably fail. Instead, we must build a new cultural order.
Academics Must Seize the Means of Knowledge Production - Public Books
Trumpism has canceled the knowledge society.
www.publicbooks.org
October 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
New at PB: As part of a series exploring higher ed under Trump, curated by Dennis M. Hogan (@dennismhogan.bsky.social), Christopher Newfield tells us how waiting out Trump will inevitably fail. Instead, we must build a new cultural order.
As Higher Education editor at @publicbooks.bsky.social, I asked experts—thinkers, scholars, teachers, organizers—for short essays outlining one positive change we can work towards in higher ed, no matter who occupies the White House. Our roundtable series begins publishing today. My intro here:
Toward the Next American University: A Roundtable Discussion on the Future of Higher Ed - Public Books
The path higher education was on before Trump’s reelection was neither certain nor stable. There is not much to go back to now.
www.publicbooks.org
October 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
As Higher Education editor at @publicbooks.bsky.social, I asked experts—thinkers, scholars, teachers, organizers—for short essays outlining one positive change we can work towards in higher ed, no matter who occupies the White House. Our roundtable series begins publishing today. My intro here:
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New at PB: Higher Ed section editor @dennismhogan.bsky.social introduces a series on the challenges faced in higher ed under Trump 2.0—and concrete, achievable, and actionable ways to fix them.
Toward the Next American University: A Roundtable Discussion on the Future of Higher Ed - Public Books
The path higher education was on before Trump’s reelection was neither certain nor stable. There is not much to go back to now.
www.publicbooks.org
October 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
New at PB: Higher Ed section editor @dennismhogan.bsky.social introduces a series on the challenges faced in higher ed under Trump 2.0—and concrete, achievable, and actionable ways to fix them.
Earlier this year I interviewed Derek Guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social on @thedigradio.bsky.social. We covered the rise of the bourgeoisie, crimes of the British empire (fashion & otherwise), & the social meaning of clothes. The transcript is now at @jacobinmag.bsky.social: jacobin.com/2025/09/mens...
The Economic, Political, and Cultural History of Menswear
Menswear expert Derek Guy talks to Jacobin about where Western men’s clothing traditions came from, how they have evolved, and how they're being continually reinterpreted.
jacobin.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Earlier this year I interviewed Derek Guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social on @thedigradio.bsky.social. We covered the rise of the bourgeoisie, crimes of the British empire (fashion & otherwise), & the social meaning of clothes. The transcript is now at @jacobinmag.bsky.social: jacobin.com/2025/09/mens...
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Menswear expert Derek Guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) talks to Jacobin about where Western men’s clothing traditions came from, how they have evolved, and how they're being continually reinterpreted.
The Economic, Political, and Cultural History of Menswear
Menswear expert Derek Guy talks to Jacobin about where Western men’s clothing traditions came from, how they have evolved, and how they're being continually reinterpreted.
jacobin.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Menswear expert Derek Guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) talks to Jacobin about where Western men’s clothing traditions came from, how they have evolved, and how they're being continually reinterpreted.
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Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...
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September 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
I’ve got an essay in the fantastic new volume University Keywords, edited by @andyhines.bsky.social! And today is publication day!!!
September 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I’ve got an essay in the fantastic new volume University Keywords, edited by @andyhines.bsky.social! And today is publication day!!!