Holly Grout
@playingcleo.bsky.social
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Holly Grout
@playingcleo.bsky.social
· Nov 9
Hi everyone! Like so many I'm new here too! I'm a historian of Modern France. Author of the books below. Currently editing the Routledge Handbook of the Belle Epoque and working on a critical biography of Brigitte Bardot. 🗃
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Call For Papers: #CFP #Film
‘Stars and Screen’
#Cinema and #Media #History Virtual #Symposium, May 16, 2026
Proposals Due: February 1, 2026
starsandscreen.blogspot.com/2025/10/call...
#CinemaStudies #MediaStudies #FilmStudies #conference #CallForPapers #CinemaHistory #MediaHistory #FilmHistory
‘Stars and Screen’
#Cinema and #Media #History Virtual #Symposium, May 16, 2026
Proposals Due: February 1, 2026
starsandscreen.blogspot.com/2025/10/call...
#CinemaStudies #MediaStudies #FilmStudies #conference #CallForPapers #CinemaHistory #MediaHistory #FilmHistory
Call For Papers: ‘Stars and Screen’ Cinema and Media History Virtual Symposium, May 16, 2026
CALL FOR PAPERS ‘Stars and Screen’ Cinema and Media History Virtual Symposium May 16, 2026 The ‘Stars and Screen’ Cinema and Media Hi...
starsandscreen.blogspot.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Call For Papers: #CFP #Film
‘Stars and Screen’
#Cinema and #Media #History Virtual #Symposium, May 16, 2026
Proposals Due: February 1, 2026
starsandscreen.blogspot.com/2025/10/call...
#CinemaStudies #MediaStudies #FilmStudies #conference #CallForPapers #CinemaHistory #MediaHistory #FilmHistory
‘Stars and Screen’
#Cinema and #Media #History Virtual #Symposium, May 16, 2026
Proposals Due: February 1, 2026
starsandscreen.blogspot.com/2025/10/call...
#CinemaStudies #MediaStudies #FilmStudies #conference #CallForPapers #CinemaHistory #MediaHistory #FilmHistory
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Gender & Women's Studies at UW-Madison is hiring a tenure-track faculty member in gender/sexuality and aging! We are particularly interested in focusing on health/aging at the intersection of sex, gender, & sexuality. Deadline: Nov 11!
For more information and to apply, please visit
For more information and to apply, please visit
Assistant/Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies (RISE - THRIVE) - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment…
jobs.wisc.edu
October 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Gender & Women's Studies at UW-Madison is hiring a tenure-track faculty member in gender/sexuality and aging! We are particularly interested in focusing on health/aging at the intersection of sex, gender, & sexuality. Deadline: Nov 11!
For more information and to apply, please visit
For more information and to apply, please visit
A General Air of Anxiety - Boston Review share.google/MfcwWLxzmCJs...
A General Air of Anxiety - Boston Review
The Red Scare targeted my father. He taught me the meaning of resistance.
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September 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A General Air of Anxiety - Boston Review share.google/MfcwWLxzmCJs...
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Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, w/ @adn.com
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, w/ @adn.com
Alaska Vowed to Resolve Murders of Indigenous People. Now It Refuses to Provide Their Names.
When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.
www.propublica.org
September 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, w/ @adn.com
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, w/ @adn.com
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Today, the AAUP released a new report, "Artificial Intelligence & Academic Professions." The report calls for policies that prioritize economic security, faculty working & student learning conditions as AI tech accelerates.
www.aaup.org/news/new-rep...
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New Report Calls for Faculty Control in AI Decisions
Today, the AAUP released a new report, Artificial Intelligence and the Academic Professions, sharing survey findings and calling for the establishment of policies in colleges and universities that pri...
www.aaup.org
July 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Today, the AAUP released a new report, "Artificial Intelligence & Academic Professions." The report calls for policies that prioritize economic security, faculty working & student learning conditions as AI tech accelerates.
www.aaup.org/news/new-rep...
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PBS News is not going anywhere.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
July 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
PBS News is not going anywhere.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
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Ok this is bad. Legitimately really bad.
June 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Ok this is bad. Legitimately really bad.
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📢 Calling all researchers! Women's History Scotland offers a Research Bursary to support work on women’s and gender history in Scotland. 📝
Applications close 31 May 2025 – don't miss out!
🔗 Apply here: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
#WomensHistory #ScotHist #ResearchFunding
Applications close 31 May 2025 – don't miss out!
🔗 Apply here: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
#WomensHistory #ScotHist #ResearchFunding
WHS Research Bursary – Women's History Scotland
womenshistoryscotland.org
May 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
📢 Calling all researchers! Women's History Scotland offers a Research Bursary to support work on women’s and gender history in Scotland. 📝
Applications close 31 May 2025 – don't miss out!
🔗 Apply here: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
#WomensHistory #ScotHist #ResearchFunding
Applications close 31 May 2025 – don't miss out!
🔗 Apply here: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
#WomensHistory #ScotHist #ResearchFunding
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The University of Alabama College Democrats announced Beto O'Rourke as the speaker of their anti-Trump protest Thursday. My latest for @al.com . www.al.com/politics/202...
Prominent Texas Democrat speaking at protest before Trump’s Alabama speech
Student Democrats say the university is “coddling” Trump by planning a separate event the day before commencement.
www.al.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The University of Alabama College Democrats announced Beto O'Rourke as the speaker of their anti-Trump protest Thursday. My latest for @al.com . www.al.com/politics/202...
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🩺 MedSky 🩺
President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be killing much, if not all, of a historic initiative that was the first, and is still the largest, National Institutes of Health (NIH) effort centered on the health needs of women.
President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be killing much, if not all, of a historic initiative that was the first, and is still the largest, National Institutes of Health (NIH) effort centered on the health needs of women.
NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
🩺 MedSky 🩺
President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be killing much, if not all, of a historic initiative that was the first, and is still the largest, National Institutes of Health (NIH) effort centered on the health needs of women.
President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be killing much, if not all, of a historic initiative that was the first, and is still the largest, National Institutes of Health (NIH) effort centered on the health needs of women.
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The reaction from Brandon Vick, president of the UA Democrats, comes after Alabama Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth, in a social media post, said the college organization’s reaction to the president’s visit was akin to a “childish tantrum.”
Republicans denounce ‘childish tantrum’ as critics call for University of Alabama to cancel Trump speech
The University of Alabama College Republicans blasted the UA Democrats as “radical leftist counterparts.”
www.al.com
April 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The reaction from Brandon Vick, president of the UA Democrats, comes after Alabama Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth, in a social media post, said the college organization’s reaction to the president’s visit was akin to a “childish tantrum.”
Sent today! You can too!
Email your representativies! There's a new bicameral Dear Colleague letter in support of reinstating everything at the #neh ! It's important for them to sign on in support. Use the National Humanities Alliance direct action email to send 1 email to all yr reps. Customize the msg: p2a.co/SBQi8e7
URGENT: Save the NEH
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April 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Sent today! You can too!
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Hey, Congress, please stop the people with no authority to do this from doing this.
Scoop: DOGE now controls how grant opportunities get posted across government.
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
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DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
DOGE takes over federal grants website, wresting control of billions
A DOGE engineer removed users’ access to grants.gov, threatening to further slow the process of awarding thousands of federal grants per year.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Hey, Congress, please stop the people with no authority to do this from doing this.
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Higher ed leaders: Do Not Capitulate.
They will not stop coming for you.
We must fight to defend American higher education.
We must resist.
They will not stop coming for you.
We must fight to defend American higher education.
We must resist.
NEW: The Trump administration wants federal supervision of Columbia University—a consent decree—which could last for years and subject the university to contempt penalties if it doesn't conform to Trump admin demands. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
April 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Higher ed leaders: Do Not Capitulate.
They will not stop coming for you.
We must fight to defend American higher education.
We must resist.
They will not stop coming for you.
We must fight to defend American higher education.
We must resist.
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Are you a history professor who has been pressured to alter your curriculum — particularly regarding the history of Black & African American people in the United States?
We would love to talk to you. Send us a DM!
We would love to talk to you. Send us a DM!
April 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Are you a history professor who has been pressured to alter your curriculum — particularly regarding the history of Black & African American people in the United States?
We would love to talk to you. Send us a DM!
We would love to talk to you. Send us a DM!
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The Department of Homeland Security issued a statement alleging Alabama grad student Alireza Doroudi was detained because he was a “national security” concern.
But his attorney David Rozas said recently that the department has not provided any evidence to support this claim.
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But his attorney David Rozas said recently that the department has not provided any evidence to support this claim.
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Alireza Doroudi’s fiancée: ICE detaining Alabama doctoral student ‘pushed us past our limits’
“I’ve spent countless hours on the phone with Alireza, trying to make sure he has everything he needs and that he feels heard.”
www.al.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Department of Homeland Security issued a statement alleging Alabama grad student Alireza Doroudi was detained because he was a “national security” concern.
But his attorney David Rozas said recently that the department has not provided any evidence to support this claim.
More:
But his attorney David Rozas said recently that the department has not provided any evidence to support this claim.
More:
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Monday in DC! Details and tickets at www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof... @franceintheus.bsky.social @dcwomenkicknass.bsky.social @nwlc.org @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social @feministmajority.org @femfreq.bsky.social @womensstudies.bsky.social @umdhistory.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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At #OAH25, Duke University’s Nancy MacLean called on historians to resist attacks on education led by Trump’s DOGE. “We can fight like the world depends on us.”
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🔗 Read more from @chicago.suntimes.com: ow.ly/hOxR50VxGG6
'We can fight like the world depends on us': Academics try to stave off government attacks
Duke University professor Nancy MacLean issues a call to resistance in Chicago.
ow.ly
April 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
At #OAH25, Duke University’s Nancy MacLean called on historians to resist attacks on education led by Trump’s DOGE. “We can fight like the world depends on us.”
🔗 Read more from @chicago.suntimes.com: ow.ly/hOxR50VxGG6
🔗 Read more from @chicago.suntimes.com: ow.ly/hOxR50VxGG6
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the @chronicle.com has launched what is going to be a tremendously useful tool: a tracker of the Trump administration's activities affecting higher ed, particularly in the areas of civil rights, research, policy, and immigration. check it out: www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
Tracking Trump’s Higher-Ed Agenda
The federal government is reshaping its relationship with the nation’s colleges. Use our new tracker to keep up with the latest.
www.chronicle.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
the @chronicle.com has launched what is going to be a tremendously useful tool: a tracker of the Trump administration's activities affecting higher ed, particularly in the areas of civil rights, research, policy, and immigration. check it out: www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
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dear journalists:
if you don't know how to do research, how to read critically & for context, or how to make claims that can be substantiated by your sources, HELP IS AVAILABLE AT A HISTORY DEPARTMENT NEAR YOU
if you don't know how to do research, how to read critically & for context, or how to make claims that can be substantiated by your sources, HELP IS AVAILABLE AT A HISTORY DEPARTMENT NEAR YOU
April 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
dear journalists:
if you don't know how to do research, how to read critically & for context, or how to make claims that can be substantiated by your sources, HELP IS AVAILABLE AT A HISTORY DEPARTMENT NEAR YOU
if you don't know how to do research, how to read critically & for context, or how to make claims that can be substantiated by your sources, HELP IS AVAILABLE AT A HISTORY DEPARTMENT NEAR YOU
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Florida Atlantic University's police department wants a 287(g) agreement that would allow campus officers to question and detain students they suspect are in the country without authorization. FAU would be the first university with this enforcement power.
www.wusf.org/politics-iss...
www.wusf.org/politics-iss...
FAU police seeks immigration enforcement authority to question, detain people
The public university in Boca Raton could be the first to enter such an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which lists the campus police department as one of 75 entities th...
www.wusf.org
April 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Florida Atlantic University's police department wants a 287(g) agreement that would allow campus officers to question and detain students they suspect are in the country without authorization. FAU would be the first university with this enforcement power.
www.wusf.org/politics-iss...
www.wusf.org/politics-iss...
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What we know so far: over 1,200 grants have been canceled and/or terminated without prior staff knowledge. 70-75% of the staff remain on admin leave for an "undetermined" length of time. There has been ZERO outreach from the chairman's office to the staff. This happened in less than a week.
April 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
What we know so far: over 1,200 grants have been canceled and/or terminated without prior staff knowledge. 70-75% of the staff remain on admin leave for an "undetermined" length of time. There has been ZERO outreach from the chairman's office to the staff. This happened in less than a week.