Kendrick Oliver
@koushist.bsky.social
Professor of American History, University of Southampton
Interested in many things, but mostly writing these days about technology, physics and cosmology
Interested in many things, but mostly writing these days about technology, physics and cosmology
Some seriously deep cuts played tonight by Gen X indie cognoscenti faves The Clientele, in front of a suitably reverent audience at St Pancras Old Church. Next time, though, I'm bringing a cushion. Church seating is less forgiving than church doctrine.
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Some seriously deep cuts played tonight by Gen X indie cognoscenti faves The Clientele, in front of a suitably reverent audience at St Pancras Old Church. Next time, though, I'm bringing a cushion. Church seating is less forgiving than church doctrine.
I attended a very touching memorial service for my PhD supervisor, Michael Dockrill, today. Michael died seven years ago. He was a model supervisor: kind, humourous and supportive (and prompt with feedback).
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I attended a very touching memorial service for my PhD supervisor, Michael Dockrill, today. Michael died seven years ago. He was a model supervisor: kind, humourous and supportive (and prompt with feedback).
Off to buy my son a new cricket helmet, to keep him safe when he watches the Ashes highlights
November 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Off to buy my son a new cricket helmet, to keep him safe when he watches the Ashes highlights
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November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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This is true
Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This is true
When two dogs snuggle up against you, one on each side, and then fall asleep, are you allowed to move?
November 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
When two dogs snuggle up against you, one on each side, and then fall asleep, are you allowed to move?
We have two dogs in our house at the moment, one ours, one a guest. If I sit on the sofa with my guitar, they immediately turn up and demand to be petted. Two dogs, two hands required, guitar goes away. It's a service they provide to the community, I think.
November 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We have two dogs in our house at the moment, one ours, one a guest. If I sit on the sofa with my guitar, they immediately turn up and demand to be petted. Two dogs, two hands required, guitar goes away. It's a service they provide to the community, I think.
Reading Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America, a novel set against the imagined backdrop of Charles Lindbergh’s ascension to the Presidency in 1940 on an ‘America First’ platform, reminded me of a striking passage in Lindbergh’s posthumously-published Autobiography of Values,...
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October 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Reading Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America, a novel set against the imagined backdrop of Charles Lindbergh’s ascension to the Presidency in 1940 on an ‘America First’ platform, reminded me of a striking passage in Lindbergh’s posthumously-published Autobiography of Values,...
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That time you wake up and read a headline and think, 'Ooh, that speaks to my expertise.' But also 'There goes my day'.
But, in this case, I'm no expert. Speak to Dan.
But, in this case, I'm no expert. Speak to Dan.
Want to know more about Ronald Reagan and tariffs/trade restrictions in light of the Canada news?
Oh boy, do I have a nuanced “yes, but also no, and let me explain 12 layers of political nuance” historian’s answer for you. I guarantee that you’ll wish you never asked!
Oh boy, do I have a nuanced “yes, but also no, and let me explain 12 layers of political nuance” historian’s answer for you. I guarantee that you’ll wish you never asked!
October 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
That time you wake up and read a headline and think, 'Ooh, that speaks to my expertise.' But also 'There goes my day'.
But, in this case, I'm no expert. Speak to Dan.
But, in this case, I'm no expert. Speak to Dan.
I am currently in Malmesbury Abbey, and a local choir is rehearsing. There is some gentle swaying, and people are playing recorders.
October 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I am currently in Malmesbury Abbey, and a local choir is rehearsing. There is some gentle swaying, and people are playing recorders.
I spent a nice afternoon at the Wallace Collection. Some brilliant Jan Steens and Reynolds portraits, alongside a cabinet of Asante loot and this, um, striking enamel plaque showing the Virgin and child:
October 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I spent a nice afternoon at the Wallace Collection. Some brilliant Jan Steens and Reynolds portraits, alongside a cabinet of Asante loot and this, um, striking enamel plaque showing the Virgin and child:
Guardian nails it:
September 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Guardian nails it:
A reminder, if anyone needs it, that nearly two million Americans bought this record in 1971: youtu.be/4JoacW7woBY?...
September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A reminder, if anyone needs it, that nearly two million Americans bought this record in 1971: youtu.be/4JoacW7woBY?...
Currently reading Philip Roth's The Plot Against America on my morning commute: at night, Sinclair Lewis's It Couldn't Happen Here. And between those, for zero light relief, the news.
September 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Currently reading Philip Roth's The Plot Against America on my morning commute: at night, Sinclair Lewis's It Couldn't Happen Here. And between those, for zero light relief, the news.
I was very touched to receive my cricket club's annual 'person of the year' award last night. Not batter of the year, nor bowler, not even close to those.
September 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I was very touched to receive my cricket club's annual 'person of the year' award last night. Not batter of the year, nor bowler, not even close to those.
Go work for Rachel!
Come work for me! 👇🏻
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EHRI-UK Project Assistant - remote work w/ some travel @wienerlibrary.bsky.social Part time (0.4-0.5FTE depending on candidate). Initially 9 months but anticipating extension. Perfect for #PhD students - spread the word! Closing date 26/09/25
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September 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Go work for Rachel!
Presumably someone finally pointed out that I'd never been invited onto the show. Glad he did the decent thing.
Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.
September 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Presumably someone finally pointed out that I'd never been invited onto the show. Glad he did the decent thing.
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My article explaining the disturbing similarities between what happened to Japanese Americans in #WWII & today's #USA
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Why Japanese American memories of US internment during the second world war are stirring up protests in 2025
Americans of Japanese heritage have been protesting at recent Ice tactics.
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August 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My article explaining the disturbing similarities between what happened to Japanese Americans in #WWII & today's #USA
@hotcus.bsky.social @historyatsoton.bsky.social @universityofexeter.bsky.social @officialbaas.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
theconversation.com/why-japanese...
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It's getting late for American democracy. The point is not crime in DC. The point is what else is there.
There’s no longer any pretense this has anything to do with crime (there are cities or parts of cities in SC and Ohio that have higher crime rates than DC — send the troops there!). This is about establishing a precedent for Trump seizing control of the nation’s capital when he wants to.
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.
August 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
It's getting late for American democracy. The point is not crime in DC. The point is what else is there.
I'm sure this will be life-changing for some, but please, don't ever make my inner voice audible. It's nasal, neurotic and never shuts up.
August 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I'm sure this will be life-changing for some, but please, don't ever make my inner voice audible. It's nasal, neurotic and never shuts up.
Watching American sports on TV and thinking where do parents come up with these first names, and then remembering my own first name
August 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Watching American sports on TV and thinking where do parents come up with these first names, and then remembering my own first name
The museum attached to the Cross in the Woods shrine in Indian River, MI. Rooms full of dolls and mannequins dressed in the habits of different Catholic orders, 500+ of them. Quite unsettling.
August 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The museum attached to the Cross in the Woods shrine in Indian River, MI. Rooms full of dolls and mannequins dressed in the habits of different Catholic orders, 500+ of them. Quite unsettling.
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A single Kendrick dis track could destroy ICE
Remember a couple of weeks ago when Border patrol raided McArthur park, LA?
Well yeah, here’s their propaganda video. Using Kendrick as a soundtrack in LA is a choice!
Well yeah, here’s their propaganda video. Using Kendrick as a soundtrack in LA is a choice!
July 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A single Kendrick dis track could destroy ICE
My American-in-laws, after every Christmas and summer vacation
But apart from some fun spats, things were mostly fine. We sang our songs, we sold our wares, some of us were rich, some of us were poor, some of us tried to sneakily recruit each other, good times.
AND THEN THE FUCKING BRITISH SHOWED UP.
AND THEN THE FUCKING BRITISH SHOWED UP.
July 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
My American-in-laws, after every Christmas and summer vacation
Invite twenty or so 20 year olds, mostly girls, into your garden for a day-long celebration of your daughter's birthday, and you start willing deafness upon yourself remarkably swiftly.
July 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Invite twenty or so 20 year olds, mostly girls, into your garden for a day-long celebration of your daughter's birthday, and you start willing deafness upon yourself remarkably swiftly.