J L Tomlin
@jtomlin.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Early American History. Scholar of Religion and politics, when they are distinguishable. Grilled-Cheese enthusiast. JLTomlin.com
Such a great time at Ft. Ticonderoga for the annual war college presenting our work @tlecaque.bsky.social, and fantastic seeing you awarded an inaugural fellowship :)
Let's do it again next year
Let's do it again next year
June 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Such a great time at Ft. Ticonderoga for the annual war college presenting our work @tlecaque.bsky.social, and fantastic seeing you awarded an inaugural fellowship :)
Let's do it again next year
Let's do it again next year
Ditto buddy :)
I get to see @jtomlin.bsky.social on Saturday and I can't wait.
April 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Ditto buddy :)
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I see people musing that the vibe here has changed, and I would urge people to remember that there's a lot of anxiety about the change of administration in two weeks and that's going to leak into a lot of other places in one's life. Be as gracious as you can with yourself and others.
January 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I see people musing that the vibe here has changed, and I would urge people to remember that there's a lot of anxiety about the change of administration in two weeks and that's going to leak into a lot of other places in one's life. Be as gracious as you can with yourself and others.
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There are two principle things I think about AI. One is the pollution factor. We already live in a world of information mess; the pollution of the scholarly record has implications for every field. This 💯thread (thank you @altmetric.com) offers an excellent history of AI generated "papers." 1/
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This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact
An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
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This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact
An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
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December 26, 2024 at 11:01 PM
There are two principle things I think about AI. One is the pollution factor. We already live in a world of information mess; the pollution of the scholarly record has implications for every field. This 💯thread (thank you @altmetric.com) offers an excellent history of AI generated "papers." 1/
Did you notice that your incoming monarch is suing a pollster for releasing numbers? For publishing numbers...
December 18, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Did you notice that your incoming monarch is suing a pollster for releasing numbers? For publishing numbers...
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THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for sharing this terrific postdoc @jcblibrary.bsky.social! I'm testing your generosity here but would love to also share that we have TWO additional senior research fellowships for BROWN2026. Details at apply.interfolio.com/159128 and see number 2 below for terms... 1/
December 5, 2024 at 3:40 PM
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for sharing this terrific postdoc @jcblibrary.bsky.social! I'm testing your generosity here but would love to also share that we have TWO additional senior research fellowships for BROWN2026. Details at apply.interfolio.com/159128 and see number 2 below for terms... 1/
@tlecaque.bsky.social and I covered this two years ago here: www.damemagazine.com/2022/09/12/t... but someone else agrees now here:
apple.news/AJyQFO0sXQ4K...
apple.news/AJyQFO0sXQ4K...
American Christianity Is Due for a Revival — The Atlantic
Our society is secularizing, and Christianity seems to be in long-term decline. But renewal is possible.
apple.news
November 20, 2024 at 1:29 AM
@tlecaque.bsky.social and I covered this two years ago here: www.damemagazine.com/2022/09/12/t... but someone else agrees now here:
apple.news/AJyQFO0sXQ4K...
apple.news/AJyQFO0sXQ4K...
Check out my friend and coauthor @tlecaque.bsky.social in the guardian on Christian Nationalism in the incoming Trump Admin. Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, sparks alarm over far-right extremism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, sparks alarm over far-right extremism
Experts concerned over the Fox & Friends host, his Christian nationalist ideology and militant language
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Check out my friend and coauthor @tlecaque.bsky.social in the guardian on Christian Nationalism in the incoming Trump Admin. Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, sparks alarm over far-right extremism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Welcome, new friends, from the land of the Musky Men. I'm a historian, a professor, a secular humanist (yes this still exists), and a grilled cheese enthusiast; though probably in reverse order by importance. I read and write about the relationship between religion and politics in American life.
November 14, 2024 at 6:18 AM
Welcome, new friends, from the land of the Musky Men. I'm a historian, a professor, a secular humanist (yes this still exists), and a grilled cheese enthusiast; though probably in reverse order by importance. I read and write about the relationship between religion and politics in American life.
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This, of course, necessarily omits the successful invasion of/immigration to England in 1688 @weegiegraeme.bsky.social
So, the Reform party put out a dubious graph showing immigration as a flat line from 1066 to 1997. To say this absolute nonsense, would be an understatement. It's dangerous nonsense designed to encourage division and hatred. Have a look at some actual research 1/ www.dhi.ac.uk/projects/eng....
England’s Immigrants, 1330-1550
Recording and analysing evidence of foreigners who chose to make their lives and livelihoods in England in the era of the Hundred Years War, the Black Death and the Wars of the Roses.
www.dhi.ac.uk
May 24, 2024 at 11:55 AM
This, of course, necessarily omits the successful invasion of/immigration to England in 1688 @weegiegraeme.bsky.social
March 22, 2024 at 11:41 PM
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NEHA is excited for our Spring conference. Please plan to join us at Saint Anselm College on April 13, 2024! www.newenglandhistorians.org/conferences/
February 23, 2024 at 9:48 PM
NEHA is excited for our Spring conference. Please plan to join us at Saint Anselm College on April 13, 2024! www.newenglandhistorians.org/conferences/
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British Library News (1):
BBC: British Library starts restoring services online after hack
www.bbc.co.uk/news/enterta...
BBC: British Library starts restoring services online after hack
www.bbc.co.uk/news/enterta...
British Library starts restoring services online after hack
But a full resumption will be "a gradual process", the chief executive of the UK's largest library says.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2024 at 10:47 AM
British Library News (1):
BBC: British Library starts restoring services online after hack
www.bbc.co.uk/news/enterta...
BBC: British Library starts restoring services online after hack
www.bbc.co.uk/news/enterta...
"A historian must consider FIRST what words and ideas meant to the people who lived them" rather than what they are presumed to mean today. That simple, empirical perspective is so commonly lacking in our discourse (academic and public). Dr. Pocock will be missed. apple.news/A_Kocfc1GRNi...
December 23, 2023 at 3:08 AM
"A historian must consider FIRST what words and ideas meant to the people who lived them" rather than what they are presumed to mean today. That simple, empirical perspective is so commonly lacking in our discourse (academic and public). Dr. Pocock will be missed. apple.news/A_Kocfc1GRNi...
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Join us at #AHA24 for a plenary on The Politicization of History Education at the State Level: Legislation and Standards, with chair Amna Khalid and panelists Daina Ramey Berry, Julia Akinyi Brookins, Nathan D. Connolly, Wesley Hedgepeth, and Jonathan Zimmerman. 🗃️ aha.confex.com/aha/2024/mee...
December 18, 2023 at 3:07 PM
Join us at #AHA24 for a plenary on The Politicization of History Education at the State Level: Legislation and Standards, with chair Amna Khalid and panelists Daina Ramey Berry, Julia Akinyi Brookins, Nathan D. Connolly, Wesley Hedgepeth, and Jonathan Zimmerman. 🗃️ aha.confex.com/aha/2024/mee...
Schism is always talked about as institutional crisis reflecting social decay, and these fears-over and over in American society- are always poor covers for the fear of lost authority, not piety.
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/u...
December 19, 2023 at 1:42 AM
Schism is always talked about as institutional crisis reflecting social decay, and these fears-over and over in American society- are always poor covers for the fear of lost authority, not piety.
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/u...
Wishing Christopher Hitchens, one of the best English essayists of the 20th century, had lived to write the obituary for Kissinger. Would have loved every syllable of that epic, dismboweling, viciously precise denunciation. Which Kissinger deserves.
November 30, 2023 at 2:08 AM
Wishing Christopher Hitchens, one of the best English essayists of the 20th century, had lived to write the obituary for Kissinger. Would have loved every syllable of that epic, dismboweling, viciously precise denunciation. Which Kissinger deserves.
Check out my Interview with Jack Miller Center on my research and teaching. jackmillercenter.org/blog-tomlin/
September 21, 2023 at 3:16 PM
Check out my Interview with Jack Miller Center on my research and teaching. jackmillercenter.org/blog-tomlin/
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Do you have a new book on any aspect of American history before 1900 coming out soon? Do you want to promote your work and find something to do with those great 2000-3000 words you had to cut from the manuscript? Why not write a piece for Commonplace that does both? Contact me to discuss. 🗃️
Commonplace Call for Submissions - Commonplace
Article reviews are ongoing.
commonplace.online
September 8, 2023 at 8:19 PM
Do you have a new book on any aspect of American history before 1900 coming out soon? Do you want to promote your work and find something to do with those great 2000-3000 words you had to cut from the manuscript? Why not write a piece for Commonplace that does both? Contact me to discuss. 🗃️
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Come and join the COOLEST PROJECT at QMUL & Cambridge!
#bookhistory! Material culture! #reformazing history! #earlymodern chaos! COOL SCIENCE TOYS!
All info & how to apply here: www.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...
#bookhistory! Material culture! #reformazing history! #earlymodern chaos! COOL SCIENCE TOYS!
All info & how to apply here: www.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...
September 7, 2023 at 7:14 PM