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Seth Rockman
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Historian at Brown University: https://history.brown.edu/people/seth-e-rockman Author of _Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery_ Nov. 2024, https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo237040605.html
Wonderful conversation with @kawulf.bsky.social and Leslie Harris at @brownhist.bsky.social about Lineage, Karin’s wonderful new @oxfordunipress.bsky.social book!
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Leaving no option unexplored as Spring semester pre-registration arrives...
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Very pleased to have found a physical copy.
October 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
And November 13 at Amherst College
October 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
And this week, Miami! The one in Florida.
October 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
There is a great event coming this Saturday, courtesy of @brownhist.bsky.social

There are lots of reasons to study History. Here are 3.
October 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
don't know what you are talking about...
October 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Whose day just got brightened by the arrival of this new volume? Mine!!!

Indeed there is generally too little Dorr content on this app.
October 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"Northern Profits and Southern Plantations: Telling the Truth about Harvard Slavery"-- next week's talk at Columbia by Richard Cellini. Consider going...
September 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A few weeks from now, I'll be crossing state lines to make a presentation about Plantation Goods at the Carpenter Museum in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. It is free and open to the public.
September 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
To be specific...
August 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Preparing for the fall semester...
August 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
New experience: a day of archival research followed by a swim in the ocean! Thanks URI special collections.. and Rhode Island more generally!
July 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Not a book to read if chicken nuggets play a large role in your diet. Alternatively, a very important book to read if you're interested in learning more about the contemporary meatpacking industry, the horrors of covid-era factory conditions, and the resilience of working people.
June 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Got to celebrate Craig Friend's new book *Becoming Lunsford Lane* at @amantiquarian.bsky.social. Congratulations to Craig, of course, as well as @dgershenowitz.bsky.social and @uncpress.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Delighted to have my own copy of @sallytuckett.bsky.social's *Transatlantic Threads*, a fantastic book from @edinburghup.bsky.social. Give it a read!
May 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Rachel Maddow in Boston tonight with @sethcotlar.bsky.social

She says, “After tonight, you’re gonna ask ‘How can I get more Seth Cotlar in my life?’”
May 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
A week from today-- FRIDAY MAY 9!

We are delighted to welcome @rachelswarns.bsky.social to Brown University for a talk. Free and open to the public: 4:00 pm.
May 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Tariffs are a tax on consumers. Today's example: prom dresses. There are a lot of pissed off teenagers right now, including the one in this household.
April 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I believe this will be the 20th in-person book event of the Spring 2025 semester... and if you can believe it, the final one!!! What a treat to get to share this work with my friends, colleagues, and students here @watsoninstitute.bsky.social @brownhist.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A second-place finisher for the Mark Lynton History Prize and grateful for this generous commendation from the jury.

I'll let the winner announce her own award, but suffice to say, there are few better or more-deserving people in our profession... so, three cheers!
March 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Auburn is pretty proud of its reliance on the federal research funding it is about to lose.
March 31, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Big recommend for Secret Mall Apartment, a documentary about something extraordinary that once happened in Providence.
March 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The pull of early republic social history remains strong. Happy to spend my morning in the Providence City Archives.
March 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Also, cool art
March 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM