1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.

My #WorldLeprosyDay essay has just dropped. My theme this year: seeing leprosy's globalization during the Middle Ages as a slow pandemic. As w/ all of my infectious disease historical work, combining traditional history, bioarchaeology, and genetics transforms what's possible. #histmed 🧪

Sponichi describes the press conference from Hyogo Gov. Saito's lawyer, who seemed clueless about the fact that a possibly incriminating blog post had been edited: news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/7b5...

I think I've moved here now! Hi!
I've got a chapter on the film Kojima no Haru in this volume that's available for preorder! Honestly, this is a great collection has some stellar contributions, and some of you might be interested in it?
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...