Justin F Jackson, Ph.D.
@justinfdjackson.bsky.social
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Historian, author of The Work of Empire: War, Occupation, and the Making of American Colonialism in Cuba and the Philippines (UNC Press, 2025)
Historian, author of The Work of Empire: War, Occupation, and the Making of American Colonialism in Cuba and the Philippines (UNC Press, 2025)
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If you are in Cambridge on December 2, join me at this Harvard Bookstore event on Capitalism: A Global History with the great @profmsinha.bsky.social .
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November 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
If you are in Cambridge on December 2, join me at this Harvard Bookstore event on Capitalism: A Global History with the great @profmsinha.bsky.social .
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Thrilled to comment on Rudi Batzell's brilliant new book, Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery: Global Inequality, Racial Boundaries, and the Rise of Unions in American and British Capitalism, 1870-1930, at
@socscihistory.bsky.social 2025!
Buy it, people! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
@socscihistory.bsky.social 2025!
Buy it, people! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Thrilled to comment on Rudi Batzell's brilliant new book, Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery: Global Inequality, Racial Boundaries, and the Rise of Unions in American and British Capitalism, 1870-1930, at
@socscihistory.bsky.social 2025!
Buy it, people! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
@socscihistory.bsky.social 2025!
Buy it, people! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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A billion years ago, even mentioning the long history of histories of the American Revolution: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2016/01/27/t... 5/
The Importance of Academic (History) Writing - The Scholarly Kitchen
Historians can and do play a vital role in the public humanities, but there are vital reasons not just why but how we write for one another, too.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A billion years ago, even mentioning the long history of histories of the American Revolution: scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2016/01/27/t... 5/
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Happening tomorrow! More details on GWU's calendar here: calendar.gwu.edu/event/unment...
November 20: I'll discuss Unmentionables at the George Washington University, in the Cotsen Textile Traces Study Center. With many thanks to Dr. Nabila Hijazi for this invitation!
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Happening tomorrow! More details on GWU's calendar here: calendar.gwu.edu/event/unment...
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If you missed @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social Big Book Forum a few weeks ago, featuring Rudi Batzell's 'Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery,' you can now watch a replay of the event, available here at LaborOnline.
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Labor 2025 Big Book Forum: Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery | LAWCHA
On October 17, historian Rudi Batzell presented at the Labor 2025 Big Book forum about his new book, Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery: Global
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November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
If you missed @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social Big Book Forum a few weeks ago, featuring Rudi Batzell's 'Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery,' you can now watch a replay of the event, available here at LaborOnline.
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Another must-read!
Emilie Connolly's book about native dispossession and public is coming out next week. She's not on here to be embarrassed by me saying this is the proverbial "highly anticipated" book but at it is, at least by me.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Another must-read!
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We're excited to share that Andrew Kinney will join UNC Press as the new W. Hodding Carter III Executive Editor 🎉
"UNC Press has always led the way in the publication of American history . . . I’m so excited to be joining such a remarkable team." Read more on the blog 👇
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"UNC Press has always led the way in the publication of American history . . . I’m so excited to be joining such a remarkable team." Read more on the blog 👇
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UNC Press Welcomes Andrew Kinney as W. Hodding Carter III Executive Editor - UNC Press Blog
The University of North Carolina Press is pleased to announce that Andrew Kinney will join the Press on December 1, 2025, as the new W. Hodding Carter III Executive Editor, leading acquisitions for th...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We're excited to share that Andrew Kinney will join UNC Press as the new W. Hodding Carter III Executive Editor 🎉
"UNC Press has always led the way in the publication of American history . . . I’m so excited to be joining such a remarkable team." Read more on the blog 👇
bit.ly/4i7t3yb
"UNC Press has always led the way in the publication of American history . . . I’m so excited to be joining such a remarkable team." Read more on the blog 👇
bit.ly/4i7t3yb
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A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
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November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
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Community members in Stockton, CA gathered at Delta College in October to unveil a new portrait and remember the life and work of historian and past LAWCHA member Dawn Mabalon.
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Filipino community honors well-known historian with portrait at Stockton's Delta College
Members of the Filipino community gathered at Delta College to honor a well-known historian and beloved friend, the late Dr. Dawn Mabalon.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Community members in Stockton, CA gathered at Delta College in October to unveil a new portrait and remember the life and work of historian and past LAWCHA member Dawn Mabalon.
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We also have an excellent slate of book reviews, starting with Stefan Aune reviewing Justin Jackson's (@justinfdjackson.bsky.social) The Work of Empire: War, Occupation, and the Making of American Colonialism in Cuba and the Philippines doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We also have an excellent slate of book reviews, starting with Stefan Aune reviewing Justin Jackson's (@justinfdjackson.bsky.social) The Work of Empire: War, Occupation, and the Making of American Colonialism in Cuba and the Philippines doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...
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Our site is back!
Having trouble accessing the UNC Press site? You guessed it—the Cloudflare outage is affecting us too 🙃 We’re monitoring the situation and hope everything will be back up and running soon 🤞
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Our site is back!
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As one of “many more” (I can’t help myself, hell I won’t!), I wholeheartedly endorse this.
In time for the holidays, now pre-orderable, the long awaited Oxford Handbook of American Military History, edited by Sam Watson. 32 chapters by top scholars in the field, including @bethbailey.bsky.social , @notabattlechick.bsky.social , @karadixonvuic.bsky.social, yours truly, and many more.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
As one of “many more” (I can’t help myself, hell I won’t!), I wholeheartedly endorse this.
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Out now, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World by @rickbell.bsky.social A wide angle view of a global event that never loses focus on the Revolution itself. Check it out!
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November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Out now, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World by @rickbell.bsky.social A wide angle view of a global event that never loses focus on the Revolution itself. Check it out!
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“Patriotism…, is not about hiding the stains of the past…. It means loving your country enough to tell its whole story. Once upon a time, that mission might have seemed middlebrow and dull. Today, for better or worse, it is positively revolutionary.”
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What ‘The American Revolution’ Says About Our Cultural Battles
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November 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“Patriotism…, is not about hiding the stains of the past…. It means loving your country enough to tell its whole story. Once upon a time, that mission might have seemed middlebrow and dull. Today, for better or worse, it is positively revolutionary.”
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Looking for more Civil War books to add to your shelf? Check out @cwmonitor.bsky.social's Best Civil War Books of 2025 featuring a bunch of UNC Press titles 👏
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The Best Civil War Books of 2025
What were the best Civil War history books published in 2025? A panel of historians offers their picks.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Looking for more Civil War books to add to your shelf? Check out @cwmonitor.bsky.social's Best Civil War Books of 2025 featuring a bunch of UNC Press titles 👏
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Rosemary Feurer reports from Terre Haute, Indiana, where Senator Bernie Sanders received the 2025 Eugene V. Debs Award.
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Welcome Home, Bernie!: Sanders is 2025 Eugene V. Debs Award Winner | LAWCHA
On October 25, 2025 Bernie Sanders received the 60th Eugene V. Debs Award. The Debs Foundation (where I serve as board member along with historians,
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November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Rosemary Feurer reports from Terre Haute, Indiana, where Senator Bernie Sanders received the 2025 Eugene V. Debs Award.
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Loved working with @uncpress.bsky.social on #FeedingWashingtonsArmy Out in paperback in February 2026.
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Loved working with @uncpress.bsky.social on #FeedingWashingtonsArmy Out in paperback in February 2026.
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Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Ron Schatz wrote an excellent piece about the exhibition "Labor and Art," made from art in the collection of dear friends, Joe and Delsa White. In the Bost Building, 623 East 8th Ave., Homestead, PA, until Dec. 23, MWF 10 am - 12 noon and by appointment. Check it out!
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“Labor & Art” in Homestead, Pennsylvania | LAWCHA
I am a historian who studied with David Montgomery at the University of Pittsburgh in the mid-1970s, a tumultuous time in labor and working-class history.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Ron Schatz wrote an excellent piece about the exhibition "Labor and Art," made from art in the collection of dear friends, Joe and Delsa White. In the Bost Building, 623 East 8th Ave., Homestead, PA, until Dec. 23, MWF 10 am - 12 noon and by appointment. Check it out!
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What connects labor and military history? The new LABOR Up for Debate, “The Wages of War,” tackles that question head-on. This WHOLE ROUNDTABLE is FREE to read for the next 3 months.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What connects labor and military history? The new LABOR Up for Debate, “The Wages of War,” tackles that question head-on. This WHOLE ROUNDTABLE is FREE to read for the next 3 months.
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Scott Reynolds Nelson joined a special Hallowe'en episode of America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the legend of the steel drivin' man John Henry and his lasting legacy.
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The Untold Story of John Henry and His Lasting Legacy on Labor
The America’s Work Force Union Podcast is the nation’s premier daily labor program. Scott Nelson, University of Georgia, joined us on today’s show.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Scott Reynolds Nelson joined a special Hallowe'en episode of America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the legend of the steel drivin' man John Henry and his lasting legacy.
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Current events not scary enough this Halloween?
Read "The Specter of War in Labor History," on LaborOnline, the Labor and Working-Class History Association website: lawcha.org/2025/10/20/t...
Read "The Specter of War in Labor History," on LaborOnline, the Labor and Working-Class History Association website: lawcha.org/2025/10/20/t...
The Specter of War in Labor History | LAWCHA
The new issue of of Labor is now available. The entire Up For Debate forum section of the issue will be available for free until January 26, 2026. The
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October 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Current events not scary enough this Halloween?
Read "The Specter of War in Labor History," on LaborOnline, the Labor and Working-Class History Association website: lawcha.org/2025/10/20/t...
Read "The Specter of War in Labor History," on LaborOnline, the Labor and Working-Class History Association website: lawcha.org/2025/10/20/t...
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It's awesome that @lawcha.bsky.social and @illinoispress.bsky.social continue to partner to offer the Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History lawcha.org/grants-prizes/
Grants & Prizes | LAWCHA
LAWCHA gives or is affiliated with many awards in labor history, including the Herbert G. Gutman Prize, the Taft Prize, and graduate student travel grants.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It's awesome that @lawcha.bsky.social and @illinoispress.bsky.social continue to partner to offer the Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in U.S. Labor and Working-Class History lawcha.org/grants-prizes/
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New podcast with @alkleintop.bsky.social about her new book COUNTING THE COST OF FREEDOM: The Fight Over Compensated Emancipation After the Civil War just dropped on the UNC Press Presents Podcast via @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social 🎧👇
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October 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New podcast with @alkleintop.bsky.social about her new book COUNTING THE COST OF FREEDOM: The Fight Over Compensated Emancipation After the Civil War just dropped on the UNC Press Presents Podcast via @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social 🎧👇
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