Karen Graubart
@kbgraubart.bsky.social
Historian of colonial Latin America and early modern Iberia. Mostly gender, race, indigeneity, slavery. Guggenheim class of 2025-26
My grandfather, Charles Sunasky, in NYC in 1932 (I think!). His long-deferred dream is made real by an immigrant Muslim in Queens (where our next generation settled). History is beautiful.
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My grandfather, Charles Sunasky, in NYC in 1932 (I think!). His long-deferred dream is made real by an immigrant Muslim in Queens (where our next generation settled). History is beautiful.
Post a birb announcing Dick Cheney is dead!
November 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Post a birb announcing Dick Cheney is dead!
Organizers estimate 5000-6000 people in South Bend, IN (pop about 100,000), with massive and loud support from most of the cars on a big football weekend. #NOKINGS2
October 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Organizers estimate 5000-6000 people in South Bend, IN (pop about 100,000), with massive and loud support from most of the cars on a big football weekend. #NOKINGS2
Llegó esta joyita de Loreley El Jaber, con su fantástica portada!
September 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Llegó esta joyita de Loreley El Jaber, con su fantástica portada!
I met Assata Shakur in Havana decades ago, briefly. She was smart and generous and regal, and I felt lifted up just being in her presence. Rest in power.
September 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I met Assata Shakur in Havana decades ago, briefly. She was smart and generous and regal, and I felt lifted up just being in her presence. Rest in power.
University of Notre Dame Global just sent out a security alert for employees with H-1B visas, suggesting that they might encounter difficulties returning to the US should be be away (or leave), due to the President's recent statements.
September 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
University of Notre Dame Global just sent out a security alert for employees with H-1B visas, suggesting that they might encounter difficulties returning to the US should be be away (or leave), due to the President's recent statements.
Carollee Bengelsdorf's new book, Clandestinas: Women in the Cuban Revolutionary Underground, 1955-1959 is now for sale at Duke UP. Susan Meiselas curated amazing photos to accompany the testimonies of these marginalized women.
September 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Carollee Bengelsdorf's new book, Clandestinas: Women in the Cuban Revolutionary Underground, 1955-1959 is now for sale at Duke UP. Susan Meiselas curated amazing photos to accompany the testimonies of these marginalized women.
The way this arrived in the mail and immediately went to the top of my reading pile! Congrats Toby Green!
September 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The way this arrived in the mail and immediately went to the top of my reading pile! Congrats Toby Green!
You are such a force for good in the world! Donated, no fashion queries, just glad to see all this love.
June 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
You are such a force for good in the world! Donated, no fashion queries, just glad to see all this love.
Qué placer recibir este increíble nuevo libro de la brillante @paola-uparela.bsky.social ! Mil gracias, y felicitaciones por los premios!
April 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Qué placer recibir este increíble nuevo libro de la brillante @paola-uparela.bsky.social ! Mil gracias, y felicitaciones por los premios!
I'm not entirely sure that this is not a dream, but I am so delighted to share good news in this terrible moment. Many thanks to @guggfellows.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I'm not entirely sure that this is not a dream, but I am so delighted to share good news in this terrible moment. Many thanks to @guggfellows.bsky.social
My Brady is 18 and also enjoys yelling, especially at night. He likes roast chicken and coming to bed with cat food breath. He hates me sleeping when he wants a snack.
March 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My Brady is 18 and also enjoys yelling, especially at night. He likes roast chicken and coming to bed with cat food breath. He hates me sleeping when he wants a snack.
Winners of ASWAD's book and article prizes! We had such a bounty of amazing works to choose among, congratulations to all.
February 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Winners of ASWAD's book and article prizes! We had such a bounty of amazing works to choose among, congratulations to all.
Another gorgeous book in my mailbox! Congratulations to María Elena Díaz!
January 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Another gorgeous book in my mailbox! Congratulations to María Elena Díaz!
I’ve already read and taught this fantastic book and my own copy just arrived! Congrats to @chloeireton.bsky.social!
January 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I’ve already read and taught this fantastic book and my own copy just arrived! Congrats to @chloeireton.bsky.social!
Paola Uparela's brilliant new book, 'Invaginaciones coloniales: mirada, genitalidad y (de)generación en la Modernidad temprana,' is now available! Order and read, es una joya!
December 3, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Paola Uparela's brilliant new book, 'Invaginaciones coloniales: mirada, genitalidad y (de)generación en la Modernidad temprana,' is now available! Order and read, es una joya!
I am a historian of the early modern Spanish Atlantic world, and my latest book, Republics of Difference, looks at the way religious and racial minorities in Seville and Lima used the tools of constrained self-governance to create their own spaces, laws, and cultures.
November 22, 2024 at 12:54 PM
I am a historian of the early modern Spanish Atlantic world, and my latest book, Republics of Difference, looks at the way religious and racial minorities in Seville and Lima used the tools of constrained self-governance to create their own spaces, laws, and cultures.
Stop? If you see this post, repost with your cat!
November 21, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Stop? If you see this post, repost with your cat!
I am so excited that Sara E. Johnson’s new book just arrived. You should order it!
October 30, 2023 at 9:14 PM
I am so excited that Sara E. Johnson’s new book just arrived. You should order it!
Not sure if Max Deardorff is on this app but his gorgeous new book just arrived and I wanted to celebrate it and him!
September 6, 2023 at 6:56 PM
Not sure if Max Deardorff is on this app but his gorgeous new book just arrived and I wanted to celebrate it and him!
Not mine but borrowed
August 30, 2023 at 1:25 AM
Not mine but borrowed