Sharika D. Crawford
@sharikadcrawford.bsky.social
Social and late comer environmental historian of Latin America & the Caribbean, specifically, the Colombian islands of San Andrés and Providencia. www.sharikadcrawford.com Posts are mine & mine only.
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Thanks for the reposts. This is a last resort.
August 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Thanks for the reposts. This is a last resort.
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As a senior academic a little older than this tool I would like to offer him a little unsolicited advice: take a nice long drink from that glass labeled “shut the fuck up”
Unsolicited advice for incoming PhD students:
Read more than what's on the syllabus
Read more than what's on the syllabus
August 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
As a senior academic a little older than this tool I would like to offer him a little unsolicited advice: take a nice long drink from that glass labeled “shut the fuck up”
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"Whatever happened to that huge archive full of documents about human rights atrocities that they discovered in Guatemala?"
Answers, from @nsarchive.bsky.social
nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/guatema...
Answers, from @nsarchive.bsky.social
nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/guatema...
Invisible, Silenced, and All but Abandoned: The Guatemalan Historical Archive of the National Police on Its 20th Anniversary
Washington, D.C., August 20, 2025 - Twenty years ago, a group of human rights investigators in Guatemala stumbled upon an enormous archive containing millions of historical records belonging to the co...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
August 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
"Whatever happened to that huge archive full of documents about human rights atrocities that they discovered in Guatemala?"
Answers, from @nsarchive.bsky.social
nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/guatema...
Answers, from @nsarchive.bsky.social
nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/guatema...
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New podcast episode! Ever wondered what the publishing process looks like inside a publishing house? We're starting a series to demystify the publishing process. Here's an overview! https://youtu.be/FYCjHG46Xrg
#books #book #writing
#books #book #writing
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.
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August 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
New podcast episode! Ever wondered what the publishing process looks like inside a publishing house? We're starting a series to demystify the publishing process. Here's an overview! https://youtu.be/FYCjHG46Xrg
#books #book #writing
#books #book #writing
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The @nursingclio.bsky.social Reader comes out two months from today!!! Have you preordered your copy?
The Nursing Clio Reader - Rutgers University Press
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturned Roe v. Wade, stripping federal protection for abor...
www.rutgersuniversitypress.org
July 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The @nursingclio.bsky.social Reader comes out two months from today!!! Have you preordered your copy?
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After fifteen years in the making, my book is finally coming out July 2025. 🤸🤸♂️🤸♀️ It is available for pre-order on the UNC Press site:
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Use code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout to save 30%! @uncpress.bsky.social
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Use code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout to save 30%! @uncpress.bsky.social
Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools | Karen Benjamin | University of North Carolina Press
Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools examines how white residential developers, planning consultants, and their allies in government strategically r...
www.uncpress.org
December 18, 2024 at 11:27 AM
After fifteen years in the making, my book is finally coming out July 2025. 🤸🤸♂️🤸♀️ It is available for pre-order on the UNC Press site:
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Use code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout to save 30%! @uncpress.bsky.social
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Use code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout to save 30%! @uncpress.bsky.social
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I own that.
May 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I own that.
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make it stop
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children, reports say
Dr Alaa al-Najjar was on duty at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis when she received her children’s bodies
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
make it stop
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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A man checked out 100 books on Jewish history, Black history, and LGBTQ+ education from a library only to burn them
Man burns 100 Beachwood Public Library books on Jewish, African American, LGBTQ+ education: report
“I condemn this act, not only because it is a crime against our institutions and community, but also because it is fundamentally un-American. This nation was founded on the right to free speech and op...
www.cleveland19.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:49 AM
A man checked out 100 books on Jewish history, Black history, and LGBTQ+ education from a library only to burn them
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Could not agree more! My book, Saving Apartheid: White Internationalism at the End of the Cold War, traces exactly this transatlantic connection between apartheid and the American right from 1980 to 1994. Out with Columbia University Press late 2025/early 2026!
based on some reading i'm doing at the moment, there is a book to be written — if it already hasn't been — on defense of apartheid south africa as the great international cause of the american right
May 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Could not agree more! My book, Saving Apartheid: White Internationalism at the End of the Cold War, traces exactly this transatlantic connection between apartheid and the American right from 1980 to 1994. Out with Columbia University Press late 2025/early 2026!
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A group of Quakers are marching more than 300 miles to demonstrate against the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants. Organizers of the march say their protest seeks to show solidarity with migrants and other groups that are being targeted by the administration.
May 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A group of Quakers are marching more than 300 miles to demonstrate against the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants. Organizers of the march say their protest seeks to show solidarity with migrants and other groups that are being targeted by the administration.
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In one email to Veterans Affairs HQ, doctors in PA said a hiring freeze was causing “severe and immediate impacts” and that more than 1,000 veterans would lose access to treatment for cancer, kidney disease and traumatic brain injuries.
By @ericumansky.bsky.social & @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
By @ericumansky.bsky.social & @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
Internal VA Emails Reveal How Trump Cuts Jeopardize Veterans’ Care, Including To “Life-Saving Cancer Trials”
Despite a congressional mandate to expand care for veterans, internal Veterans Affairs messages obtained by ProPublica paint a stark portrait of how chaotic cost cutting has already imperiled tests…
www.propublica.org
May 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
In one email to Veterans Affairs HQ, doctors in PA said a hiring freeze was causing “severe and immediate impacts” and that more than 1,000 veterans would lose access to treatment for cancer, kidney disease and traumatic brain injuries.
By @ericumansky.bsky.social & @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
By @ericumansky.bsky.social & @vernalcoleman.bsky.social
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UPDATE: OPEN LETTER - HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS
In just 10 days, over 700 historians signed to demand MPs stand up for trans rights. I'll send the emails to MPs tomorrow, so you have until 5pm GMT *today* to sign + share.
Thank you all 🏳️⚧️🫂🏳️⚧️
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
In just 10 days, over 700 historians signed to demand MPs stand up for trans rights. I'll send the emails to MPs tomorrow, so you have until 5pm GMT *today* to sign + share.
Thank you all 🏳️⚧️🫂🏳️⚧️
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs
Dear Members of Parliament, As historians, we write to you today to express our alarm at and opposition to the attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community emanating from the current government. Years of hos...
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May 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
UPDATE: OPEN LETTER - HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS
In just 10 days, over 700 historians signed to demand MPs stand up for trans rights. I'll send the emails to MPs tomorrow, so you have until 5pm GMT *today* to sign + share.
Thank you all 🏳️⚧️🫂🏳️⚧️
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
In just 10 days, over 700 historians signed to demand MPs stand up for trans rights. I'll send the emails to MPs tomorrow, so you have until 5pm GMT *today* to sign + share.
Thank you all 🏳️⚧️🫂🏳️⚧️
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
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She's awesome, and I'm sure the book will be too!! Hearty, hearty congrats!!
Author copies have arrived!!!! It's real!!!
@yalepress.bsky.social
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
@yalepress.bsky.social
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
May 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
She's awesome, and I'm sure the book will be too!! Hearty, hearty congrats!!
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If you would like to write about the role of PBS in environmental history/education and the impact of defunding, check out our Tracking the Effects: Environmental History and the Current United States Federal Administration series CFP - niche-canada.org/2025/04/11/c...
#envhist #envhum
#envhist #envhum
May 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
If you would like to write about the role of PBS in environmental history/education and the impact of defunding, check out our Tracking the Effects: Environmental History and the Current United States Federal Administration series CFP - niche-canada.org/2025/04/11/c...
#envhist #envhum
#envhist #envhum
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UPDATE: “A federal judge in Vermont on Friday ordered that Rumeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University student detained by immigration agents in March, be released from ICE custody…”
Snatched off the streets by Trump’s Gestapo for an op-ed. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Snatched off the streets by Trump’s Gestapo for an op-ed. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
May 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
UPDATE: “A federal judge in Vermont on Friday ordered that Rumeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University student detained by immigration agents in March, be released from ICE custody…”
Snatched off the streets by Trump’s Gestapo for an op-ed. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Snatched off the streets by Trump’s Gestapo for an op-ed. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
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If you're attending #Kzoo2025, come visit us in the book exhibit tomorrow, Saturday 5/10, where we'll be giving away our display copies to graduate students and contingent scholars between 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. (limit one book per person)!
#kzooicms #ICMS #medievalstudies
#kzooicms #ICMS #medievalstudies
May 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If you're attending #Kzoo2025, come visit us in the book exhibit tomorrow, Saturday 5/10, where we'll be giving away our display copies to graduate students and contingent scholars between 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. (limit one book per person)!
#kzooicms #ICMS #medievalstudies
#kzooicms #ICMS #medievalstudies
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This is the son of Amiri Baraka, who would be very proud of him.
May 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is the son of Amiri Baraka, who would be very proud of him.
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📢COME JOIN US
A reminder that our Summer Meeting is happening NEXT MONTH in Glasgow 🥰
On the theme A Sense of Nature, we'll be exploring how the history of natural history intersects with our senses.
A full list of speakers and booking instructions are below!
A reminder that our Summer Meeting is happening NEXT MONTH in Glasgow 🥰
On the theme A Sense of Nature, we'll be exploring how the history of natural history intersects with our senses.
A full list of speakers and booking instructions are below!
✨Booking is OPEN✨
Join us for our Summer Meeting in Glasgow on the theme A Sense of Nature! Two days of talking about history and nature, including museum tours 🥰
📅19-20 June
🏦Kelvin Hall, University of Glasgow
Follow the link for the list of speakers and how to book 👇
shnh.org.uk/news/booking...
Join us for our Summer Meeting in Glasgow on the theme A Sense of Nature! Two days of talking about history and nature, including museum tours 🥰
📅19-20 June
🏦Kelvin Hall, University of Glasgow
Follow the link for the list of speakers and how to book 👇
shnh.org.uk/news/booking...
Booking open: 'A Sense of Nature', SHNH International Summer Meeting, University of Glasgow, 19-20 June 2025 - Society for the History of Natural History
A Sense of Nature The ‘sensory turn’ in a range of humanities and social sciences disciplines has led to innovative research exploring how sensory experiences shape cultural and historical narratives....
shnh.org.uk
May 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
📢COME JOIN US
A reminder that our Summer Meeting is happening NEXT MONTH in Glasgow 🥰
On the theme A Sense of Nature, we'll be exploring how the history of natural history intersects with our senses.
A full list of speakers and booking instructions are below!
A reminder that our Summer Meeting is happening NEXT MONTH in Glasgow 🥰
On the theme A Sense of Nature, we'll be exploring how the history of natural history intersects with our senses.
A full list of speakers and booking instructions are below!
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Have you had an NEH Humanities Connections grant? Or have you lost one? Please get in touch w/me ASAP.
May 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Have you had an NEH Humanities Connections grant? Or have you lost one? Please get in touch w/me ASAP.
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Support for historians at mid-career: the Society invites applications for its 'Funded Book Workshop' programme bit.ly/4fYQcRC
Workshops enable authors of a 2nd or 3rd monograph to hold a day-long discussion of a book MS with 6 readers of their choosing.
Closing date: Friday 11 July #Skystorians
Workshops enable authors of a 2nd or 3rd monograph to hold a day-long discussion of a book MS with 6 readers of their choosing.
Closing date: Friday 11 July #Skystorians
May 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Support for historians at mid-career: the Society invites applications for its 'Funded Book Workshop' programme bit.ly/4fYQcRC
Workshops enable authors of a 2nd or 3rd monograph to hold a day-long discussion of a book MS with 6 readers of their choosing.
Closing date: Friday 11 July #Skystorians
Workshops enable authors of a 2nd or 3rd monograph to hold a day-long discussion of a book MS with 6 readers of their choosing.
Closing date: Friday 11 July #Skystorians
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Brilliant to eliminate Energy Star, a program that costs $32m but delivered $40b in annual savings. None other than the US chamber of commerce tried to save it as a model of business/government partnership. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Brilliant to eliminate Energy Star, a program that costs $32m but delivered $40b in annual savings. None other than the US chamber of commerce tried to save it as a model of business/government partnership. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
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This is a free online 3-day event where educators are sharing their superhero strategies in education. You can register for sessions here sites.google.com/ccebos.org/t... #edusky
TEACH FOR LA 2025
A three-day free virtual conference
of DIALOGuE, activities & workshops
sites.google.com
May 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
This is a free online 3-day event where educators are sharing their superhero strategies in education. You can register for sessions here sites.google.com/ccebos.org/t... #edusky