Jason M. Kelly Ph.D. FSA FRHistS (he/him)
@jasonmkelly.bsky.social
Humanist, Teacher, Engaged Citizen
Director IU Indianapolis Arts & Humanities Institute
Prof. History | Africana Studies | American Studies
#c18 | #anthropocene | #skystorians | #envhist
https://jasonmkelly.com
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Director IU Indianapolis Arts & Humanities Institute
Prof. History | Africana Studies | American Studies
#c18 | #anthropocene | #skystorians | #envhist
https://jasonmkelly.com
views my own | reposts not endorsements
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Consistent with the Indiana University Statement of Policy on Institutional Neutrality, my comments are solely my own views and should not be construed as the views of Indiana University or made on behalf of Indiana University.
I am happy to announce that Lasana Kazembe and I have been awarded a grant by the Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation to develop our project, "Civics Kits: Tools for a Democratic Future."
#humanities #arts #democracy #citizenship #education
#humanities #arts #democracy #citizenship #education
October 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I am happy to announce that Lasana Kazembe and I have been awarded a grant by the Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation to develop our project, "Civics Kits: Tools for a Democratic Future."
#humanities #arts #democracy #citizenship #education
#humanities #arts #democracy #citizenship #education
Humanities and arts degrees disappearing in parts of UK: Students from rural and disadvantaged areas disproportionally affected by subject cuts, British Academy warns www.timeshighereducation.com/news/humanit... #highered #academicsky
Humanities and arts degrees disappearing in parts of UK
Students from rural and disadvantaged areas disproportionally affected by subject cuts, British Academy warns
www.timeshighereducation.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Humanities and arts degrees disappearing in parts of UK: Students from rural and disadvantaged areas disproportionally affected by subject cuts, British Academy warns www.timeshighereducation.com/news/humanit... #highered #academicsky
Victorian Society's Online Autumn Lecture Series 2025: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hot-off-th... #c19 #skystorians
Hot Off The Press: Victorians in the Bookshops - 7 talks for 6
Our autumn lecture series celebrates the remarkable recent flourishing of publications on Victorian architecture and related topics.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Victorian Society's Online Autumn Lecture Series 2025: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hot-off-th... #c19 #skystorians
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Also due on the 15 September are proposals for 'Terraqueous Globe: Land and Sea in the Age of Sterne' #cfp #skystorians #18thC #BSECS 🗃️
Full details at the link below:
www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Full details at the link below:
www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
CFP: Terraqueous Globe: Land and Sea in the Age of Sterne - BSECS
Terraqueous Globe Land and Sea in the Age of Sterne 5-7 November 2025 Eighteenth-century global history is a history of seas and oceans. International trade and migration stretched across all cont...
www.bsecs.org.uk
September 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Also due on the 15 September are proposals for 'Terraqueous Globe: Land and Sea in the Age of Sterne' #cfp #skystorians #18thC #BSECS 🗃️
Full details at the link below:
www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Full details at the link below:
www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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🎉📣 Announcing the IHR Research Training Courses for October - December 2025.
Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...
Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...
September 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🎉📣 Announcing the IHR Research Training Courses for October - December 2025.
Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...
Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...
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First They Came For National Park Service Staff. Then They Came For the Funds. Then They Came For the Books. Where Will It End? #NationalParks #PublicHistory #NationalParkService open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
First They Came For National Park Service Staff. Then They Came For the Funds. Then They Came For the Books. Where Will It End?
Today The Washington Post is reporting on some of the books that National Park Service employees have flagged for review owing to their content.
open.substack.com
July 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
First They Came For National Park Service Staff. Then They Came For the Funds. Then They Came For the Books. Where Will It End? #NationalParks #PublicHistory #NationalParkService open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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JUST IN: A federal judge has blocked the cancelation of $175 million in National Endowment for the Humanities grants, mass terminated by DOGE in April. She says the effort was transparent viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment.
July 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
JUST IN: A federal judge has blocked the cancelation of $175 million in National Endowment for the Humanities grants, mass terminated by DOGE in April. She says the effort was transparent viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment.
E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c... #science #environment #publichealth #research
E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm
www.nytimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c... #science #environment #publichealth #research
This is my new puppy who visited me in my office for the first time today. She was very helpful with my research.
July 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is my new puppy who visited me in my office for the first time today. She was very helpful with my research.
Meredith Martin's essay “Paradise Lost” pairs Horvath’s Room for the Lost Paradise with
Vigée Le Brun’s Prince of Nassau portrait to explore rococo simulation, colonial extraction, and period room historiography:
https://loom.ly/ViyGIrs
#18thcentury #arthistory
Vigée Le Brun’s Prince of Nassau portrait to explore rococo simulation, colonial extraction, and period room historiography:
https://loom.ly/ViyGIrs
#18thcentury #arthistory
July 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Meredith Martin's essay “Paradise Lost” pairs Horvath’s Room for the Lost Paradise with
Vigée Le Brun’s Prince of Nassau portrait to explore rococo simulation, colonial extraction, and period room historiography:
https://loom.ly/ViyGIrs
#18thcentury #arthistory
Vigée Le Brun’s Prince of Nassau portrait to explore rococo simulation, colonial extraction, and period room historiography:
https://loom.ly/ViyGIrs
#18thcentury #arthistory
Happy to announce that our essays for “Room for the Lost Paradise: A Symposium” — part of the Resplendent Dreams: Reawakening the Rococo exhibition at the IMA — are now available on Journal18 www.journal18.org/nq/room-for-...
#18thcentury #18c #arthistory #art #skystorians
#18thcentury #18c #arthistory #art #skystorians
Room for the Lost Paradise: A Symposium – by Jason M. Kelly
On June 6, 2025, Resplendent Dreams: Reawakening the Rococo opened at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) in Indianapolis. The exhibition brings together three artists—Robert Horvath, Diego Montoya, ...
www.journal18.org
July 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Happy to announce that our essays for “Room for the Lost Paradise: A Symposium” — part of the Resplendent Dreams: Reawakening the Rococo exhibition at the IMA — are now available on Journal18 www.journal18.org/nq/room-for-...
#18thcentury #18c #arthistory #art #skystorians
#18thcentury #18c #arthistory #art #skystorians
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Since May:
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
June 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Since May:
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time.
Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time.
A judiciary at war with itself.
Just so we're clear...
Article I
Section 8: Powers of Congress
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;
Article I
Section 8: Powers of Congress
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;
June 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Just so we're clear...
Article I
Section 8: Powers of Congress
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;
Article I
Section 8: Powers of Congress
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;
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Any time press coverage slips from what happened and why, into "political strategy," and especially when it tries to show us a clever or winning strategy that may have eluded our senses... Any time that happens we are entitled to doubt it, as Greg Sargent does here.
newrepublic.com/article/1966...
newrepublic.com/article/1966...
Trump’s Fury at Gavin Newsom Backfires—and Reveals His Own Weakness
The media has it wrong. Trump is not coming across as fearsome and strong. Instead, his watch-me-play-fascist-on-TV routine is self-evident overkill.
newrepublic.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Any time press coverage slips from what happened and why, into "political strategy," and especially when it tries to show us a clever or winning strategy that may have eluded our senses... Any time that happens we are entitled to doubt it, as Greg Sargent does here.
newrepublic.com/article/1966...
newrepublic.com/article/1966...
Fulbright Board Resigns After Accusing Trump Aides of Political Interference. #highered #academia #research
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference
The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.
www.nytimes.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Fulbright Board Resigns After Accusing Trump Aides of Political Interference. #highered #academia #research
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
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My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:
June 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
My thoughts on what’s going on in Los Angeles:
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We will be officially separated from our positions simply for preserving history and culture. And for no reason at all. Because spitefulness, cruelty, and hatred have taken root at our once esteemed agency.
We will keep on fighting. Our history, culture, and humanity depend on it. 🫶 (2/2)
We will keep on fighting. Our history, culture, and humanity depend on it. 🫶 (2/2)
June 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We will be officially separated from our positions simply for preserving history and culture. And for no reason at all. Because spitefulness, cruelty, and hatred have taken root at our once esteemed agency.
We will keep on fighting. Our history, culture, and humanity depend on it. 🫶 (2/2)
We will keep on fighting. Our history, culture, and humanity depend on it. 🫶 (2/2)
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We know we’ve been more quiet on here lately. We’re hoping for a Monday miracle today, friends. We know so many of you are as well (for various reasons).
Although NEH has ceased to exist in its former glory for the past 59 days, tomorrow it becomes very real. (1/2)
Although NEH has ceased to exist in its former glory for the past 59 days, tomorrow it becomes very real. (1/2)
June 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We know we’ve been more quiet on here lately. We’re hoping for a Monday miracle today, friends. We know so many of you are as well (for various reasons).
Although NEH has ceased to exist in its former glory for the past 59 days, tomorrow it becomes very real. (1/2)
Although NEH has ceased to exist in its former glory for the past 59 days, tomorrow it becomes very real. (1/2)
IAHI-NACBS Visiting Research Fellowship
Supports access to resources for scholars working on projects that bring together aspects of British Studies and Environmental Studies.
Due: June 23, 2025
#history #envhist #c18 #18c #18thc #environment #environmentalhistory
www.nacbs.org/fellowships/...
Supports access to resources for scholars working on projects that bring together aspects of British Studies and Environmental Studies.
Due: June 23, 2025
#history #envhist #c18 #18c #18thc #environment #environmentalhistory
www.nacbs.org/fellowships/...
IAHI-NACBS Visiting Research Fellowship | NACBS
www.nacbs.org
June 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
IAHI-NACBS Visiting Research Fellowship
Supports access to resources for scholars working on projects that bring together aspects of British Studies and Environmental Studies.
Due: June 23, 2025
#history #envhist #c18 #18c #18thc #environment #environmentalhistory
www.nacbs.org/fellowships/...
Supports access to resources for scholars working on projects that bring together aspects of British Studies and Environmental Studies.
Due: June 23, 2025
#history #envhist #c18 #18c #18thc #environment #environmentalhistory
www.nacbs.org/fellowships/...
Tool to identify poisonous books developed by University of St Andrews.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Tool to identify poisonous books developed by University of St Andrews
Arsenic was historically mixed with copper to create a vivid green for book covers, which can irritate modern day readers
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Tool to identify poisonous books developed by University of St Andrews.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
"An oil painting of a stormy Bristol landscape has been rediscovered as one of the earliest works of JMW Turner, created when the artist was 17 years old and lost to his canon for the past 150 years."
#18c #18thc #arthistory #19c #19thc
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
#18c #18thc #arthistory #19c #19thc
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
One of JMW Turner’s earliest paintings rediscovered after 150 years
Depiction of a stormy Bristol landscape to be sold after artist’s signature was found when it was cleaned
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"An oil painting of a stormy Bristol landscape has been rediscovered as one of the earliest works of JMW Turner, created when the artist was 17 years old and lost to his canon for the past 150 years."
#18c #18thc #arthistory #19c #19thc
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
#18c #18thc #arthistory #19c #19thc
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump (Gift Article)
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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@isecs-sieds.bsky.social Early Career Seminar #CFP on: Reforming Religion, Morality, & Society in Afro-Eurasia: intellectual & cultural traditions in motion in the global #18thC
Send 1pg proposal + CV to the following address by 1st July 2025: tricoire@uni-trier.de
1/10 #skystorians 🗃️
Send 1pg proposal + CV to the following address by 1st July 2025: tricoire@uni-trier.de
1/10 #skystorians 🗃️
May 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
@isecs-sieds.bsky.social Early Career Seminar #CFP on: Reforming Religion, Morality, & Society in Afro-Eurasia: intellectual & cultural traditions in motion in the global #18thC
Send 1pg proposal + CV to the following address by 1st July 2025: tricoire@uni-trier.de
1/10 #skystorians 🗃️
Send 1pg proposal + CV to the following address by 1st July 2025: tricoire@uni-trier.de
1/10 #skystorians 🗃️