Greg O’Malley
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Greg O’Malley
@gogogomalley.bsky.social
Historian of colonial America, the Caribbean, and slavery. Professor at UCSC. Lover of cooking, sporting, mountains, and indie bands. Mischievous uncle.
Looking forward to Game 4 of the #ALDS, I really just have one question: Is Bryce Miller the secret love child of Simon & Simon? Tell me I’m wrong.
#Mariners | #TridentsUp
October 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Fight censorship, people.
September 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This document about le bâtiment le Calmar Castel has me thinking that if I ever get a boat (which I won’t) I’m going to call it, “The Calamari Castle.”
July 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The document is silent on whether he was a ladies man, but Capitaine Jean Juan definitely captured my heart today. 😂
#bskystorians #history
July 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
June 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Had to make one last quick edit first, though...
#HandsOffHistory
April 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Sent my review of the copy-edited manuscript back to the publisher late last night!
This is starting to feel real. Due out in February!
#slavery #bskystorians
April 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
April 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Excited to be in Washington DC, starting up the winter quarter teaching at the @uofcalifornia.bsky.social DC center (@ucwashington.bsky.social). It’s a great opportunity for both students and faculty
@ucsantacruz.bsky.social!!
Hoping to catch up with some east coast scholars & friends while here.
January 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Hey historian friends (or other paleographers)!
Can anyone make out the word before "preacher" here?

I read the passage (from a slaveholder about escaped or seized enslaved people during the Revolution) as reading... (1/2):
December 4, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Amazing panel at #AHA2024 !
So thought provoking.
January 6, 2024 at 12:32 AM
But are we #blueskystorians here? Do we remain #twitterstorians? I don't know who we are anymore. I'm lost.
November 28, 2023 at 11:30 PM