Sheyda Jahanbani
@professorsheyda.bsky.social
Historian of US foreign relations, Associate Professor at University of Kansas, mediocre knitter, and pie connoisseur. Author of "The Poverty of the World: Rediscovering the Poor at Home and Abroad, 1941-1968," an actual book I researched and wrote!
Need your daily fix of foreign policy history? Consider listening to this episode of "Horns of a Dilemma" co-starring me alongside the inestimably excellent Fredrik Logevall, Marc Selverstone, and Frank Gavin. warontherocks.com/2024/01/fore...
Foreign Policy in the Johnson Years - War on the Rocks
Marc Selverstone, the director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia's Miller Center, co-chair of the Center’s Presidential Recordings
warontherocks.com
January 11, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Need your daily fix of foreign policy history? Consider listening to this episode of "Horns of a Dilemma" co-starring me alongside the inestimably excellent Fredrik Logevall, Marc Selverstone, and Frank Gavin. warontherocks.com/2024/01/fore...
So excited to read this!
Happy to share that my new book, Catastrophic Diplomacy, is now available for preorder! If you order from @uncpress.bsky.social, there is a 30% discount with the promo code 01SOCIAL30. uncpress.org/book/9781469...
October 25, 2023 at 2:42 PM
So excited to read this!
@rauchway.bsky.social Hello. I'm not entirely sure if I already did this or not and I'm not clever enough with this app yet to know the difference. 😂 Would you kindly add me to What's History?
October 11, 2023 at 8:43 PM
@rauchway.bsky.social Hello. I'm not entirely sure if I already did this or not and I'm not clever enough with this app yet to know the difference. 😂 Would you kindly add me to What's History?
This is such an brilliant idea for a book and such a brilliant historian writing it. Excited to read!
With apologies to those who have already seen it on other platforms, here is my book on the comparative history of political responses to German and Japanese occupations during World War II. It appeared with Cambridge University Press in April of this year, after I had already quit Twitter. 🗃️
October 6, 2023 at 6:05 PM
This is such an brilliant idea for a book and such a brilliant historian writing it. Excited to read!
Grateful to KU News for writing up this nice little piece on my book. If you're interested in the Cold War, poverty & development, or postwar liberalism, I wrote this book for you! 🗃️
'The Poverty of the World'
A new book examines America’s role in combating global poverty
news.ku.edu
October 6, 2023 at 5:34 PM
Grateful to KU News for writing up this nice little piece on my book. If you're interested in the Cold War, poverty & development, or postwar liberalism, I wrote this book for you! 🗃️
Reposted by Sheyda Jahanbani
SHAFR historians, check your email! The Council on Foreign Relations has pledged to contribute $5,000 to SHAFR's grad student travel fund if 30% of SHAFR members complete the CFR's survey on historic foreign policy decisions. Just takes a few minutes!
October 5, 2023 at 6:46 PM
SHAFR historians, check your email! The Council on Foreign Relations has pledged to contribute $5,000 to SHAFR's grad student travel fund if 30% of SHAFR members complete the CFR's survey on historic foreign policy decisions. Just takes a few minutes!
Reposted by Sheyda Jahanbani
I strongly endorse this analysis. Thanks Eric for write (and sharing) this.
Since today is Avery Brooks' 75th birthday, I'm going to resurface this story of mine on how Star Trek: Deep Space 9 and his work as Capt. Sisko is gaining fresh appreciation and paved the way for modern Trek shows like Picard. loom.ly/SSqpcYU
‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ Paved the Way for ‘Picard,’ and Shaped Our Era of Serialized St...
"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" led to "Picard" and changed TV in the process, helping usher in our era of serialized storytelling.
loom.ly
October 2, 2023 at 10:34 PM
I strongly endorse this analysis. Thanks Eric for write (and sharing) this.
I am developing a "launch strategy" but for anyone casually looking for a revisionist history of US Cold War social politics on this last Friday morning of summer, it's publication day for "The Poverty of the World"! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
September 22, 2023 at 1:43 PM
I am developing a "launch strategy" but for anyone casually looking for a revisionist history of US Cold War social politics on this last Friday morning of summer, it's publication day for "The Poverty of the World"! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Gorgeous cover for a book I am genuinely eager to read/assign/learn from. Congrats Julia!
Hello! First post here. I’m happy to share the cover of my new book, Catastrophic Diplomacy, forthcoming from @uncpress.bsky.social in late 2023! ://uncpress.org/book/9781469677231/catastrophic-diplomacy/
September 21, 2023 at 2:23 AM
Gorgeous cover for a book I am genuinely eager to read/assign/learn from. Congrats Julia!
Also, my union isn't on here yet but this is a good thing that happened today in the world of higher ed! #WeAreUAKU lawrencekstimes.com/2023/09/20/u...
KU faculty members file for union election
A majority of KU faculty have signed cards to file for a union, the United Academics of the University of Kansas announced Wednesday, moving the group closer to a union election.
lawrencekstimes.com
September 20, 2023 at 9:21 PM
Also, my union isn't on here yet but this is a good thing that happened today in the world of higher ed! #WeAreUAKU lawrencekstimes.com/2023/09/20/u...
So, does BlueSky do a fascism check? Why is this site invitation only? (Or was that in the syllabus?)
September 20, 2023 at 8:53 PM
So, does BlueSky do a fascism check? Why is this site invitation only? (Or was that in the syllabus?)
Here for the history convos, hot takes, and bon mots!
September 20, 2023 at 1:50 PM
Here for the history convos, hot takes, and bon mots!