Shirley Samuels
@shirleyinithaca.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, friend, mother, sister.
October 28: “Haunted by the Civil War” (PUP, 2025)
Now writing: “Women & Democracy in the C19 U. S.” (Edinburgh UP)
Also (for now) a humanities chair
https://english.cornell.edu/shirley-samuels
October 28: “Haunted by the Civil War” (PUP, 2025)
Now writing: “Women & Democracy in the C19 U. S.” (Edinburgh UP)
Also (for now) a humanities chair
https://english.cornell.edu/shirley-samuels
November 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Happy pub day to @shirleyinithaca.bsky.social who’s Haunted by the Civil War from @princetonupress.bsky.social just dropped!
October 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
October 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Welcome to J19 journal with Sarah Chinn at the helm!
We've extended the deadline for submissions to our special issue, "Adaptations," to January 15th, 2026. Attaching the cfp here: please submit!
October 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Welcome to J19 journal with Sarah Chinn at the helm!
Just for a moment — taking a break
September 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Just for a moment — taking a break
Coming soon:
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... Haunted by the Civil War | Princeton University Press
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... Haunted by the Civil War | Princeton University Press
Haunted by the Civil War
How the legacy of the Civil War—as presented by writers, poets, and artists of the time—has shaped American visions of democracy
press.princeton.edu
June 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Coming soon:
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... Haunted by the Civil War | Princeton University Press
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... Haunted by the Civil War | Princeton University Press
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Reupping: Application period open to survey the history of books with me in Los Angeles this summer. There are amazing collections at amazing libraries staffed by amazing librarians in LA. We'll work with them to explore how books emerged, were made, used, & made meaning/information for centuries!
Come study book history with me at @calrbs.bsky.social in LA this summer!
February 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Reupping: Application period open to survey the history of books with me in Los Angeles this summer. There are amazing collections at amazing libraries staffed by amazing librarians in LA. We'll work with them to explore how books emerged, were made, used, & made meaning/information for centuries!
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Season 10 proposals are due on 2/15! We're looking for projects that explore the nineteenth-century United States! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Call for Proposals: Ongoing
C19 Podcast: Call for Proposals The C19 Podcast invites proposals from individuals and collaborators of all ranks for single podcast episodes that offer creative, story-driven analysis of topical even...
docs.google.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Season 10 proposals are due on 2/15! We're looking for projects that explore the nineteenth-century United States! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
When I was an undergraduate in the San Francisco Bay Area, back when my major was psychology, I had a work study job in connection with a study of children who played with matches.
The idea was to train them in safety…
The idea was to train them in safety…
February 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
When I was an undergraduate in the San Francisco Bay Area, back when my major was psychology, I had a work study job in connection with a study of children who played with matches.
The idea was to train them in safety…
The idea was to train them in safety…
Respect the list. And solidarity with those who study the wild 19th century and hear echoes.
January 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Respect the list. And solidarity with those who study the wild 19th century and hear echoes.
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Hey friends at #MLA25!
Join us on Feb 14 to help transcribe Black archives with the Library of Congress! Over 125 schools & community groups and counting!
See DouglassDay.org to register.
Plus get access to our organizing kit, teaching guides, interactive tutorials, swag and lots more!
Join us on Feb 14 to help transcribe Black archives with the Library of Congress! Over 125 schools & community groups and counting!
See DouglassDay.org to register.
Plus get access to our organizing kit, teaching guides, interactive tutorials, swag and lots more!
January 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Hey friends at #MLA25!
Join us on Feb 14 to help transcribe Black archives with the Library of Congress! Over 125 schools & community groups and counting!
See DouglassDay.org to register.
Plus get access to our organizing kit, teaching guides, interactive tutorials, swag and lots more!
Join us on Feb 14 to help transcribe Black archives with the Library of Congress! Over 125 schools & community groups and counting!
See DouglassDay.org to register.
Plus get access to our organizing kit, teaching guides, interactive tutorials, swag and lots more!
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New year = new reading goals 📚
Sign up for the Frances E. W. Harper Read-A-Thon, running from Jan-April!
Our edition of lola Leroy, edited by Koritha Mitchell, is a March feature!
Full schedule and sign up here ⏬ coloredconventions.org/news/read-ha...
Sign up for the Frances E. W. Harper Read-A-Thon, running from Jan-April!
Our edition of lola Leroy, edited by Koritha Mitchell, is a March feature!
Full schedule and sign up here ⏬ coloredconventions.org/news/read-ha...
The #Harper200 Nationwide Read-a-thon - Colored Conventions Project
coloredconventions.org
January 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
New year = new reading goals 📚
Sign up for the Frances E. W. Harper Read-A-Thon, running from Jan-April!
Our edition of lola Leroy, edited by Koritha Mitchell, is a March feature!
Full schedule and sign up here ⏬ coloredconventions.org/news/read-ha...
Sign up for the Frances E. W. Harper Read-A-Thon, running from Jan-April!
Our edition of lola Leroy, edited by Koritha Mitchell, is a March feature!
Full schedule and sign up here ⏬ coloredconventions.org/news/read-ha...
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This is the intro to the introduction of to my spring 2025 book, Integrated. You can pre order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721962...
December 15, 2024 at 10:46 PM
This is the intro to the introduction of to my spring 2025 book, Integrated. You can pre order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721962...
Celebrating vastness in the americas…
December 16, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Celebrating vastness in the americas…
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In today's Muster, JCWE associate editor Robert Bland talks with Dr. Brandon Byrd about the journal's special issue on Black Internationalism www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2024/12/inte...
Interview with Brandon Byrd on JCWE's Black Internationalism Special Issue - The Journal of the Civil War Era
In today’s Muster, JCWE associate editor Robert Bland interviews Dr. Brandon R. Byrd, editor and organizer of the journal’s December 2024 special issue on Black Internationalism. Dr. Byrd is an associ...
www.journalofthecivilwarera.org
December 6, 2024 at 2:26 PM
In today's Muster, JCWE associate editor Robert Bland talks with Dr. Brandon Byrd about the journal's special issue on Black Internationalism www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2024/12/inte...
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The December issue of the JCWE is now available. This special issue on Black Internationalism is edited by Brandon Byrd, associate professor of history at Vanderbilt University and author of The Black Republic: African Americans and the Fate of Haiti www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/june2024142/
Current Issue - The Journal of the Civil War Era
Volume 14, No. 3 December 2024 This is a special issue on Black Internationalism organized and edited by Brandon Byrd. Introduction – Brandon Byrd This introductory essay offers a historical and histo...
www.journalofthecivilwarera.org
December 6, 2024 at 2:33 PM
The December issue of the JCWE is now available. This special issue on Black Internationalism is edited by Brandon Byrd, associate professor of history at Vanderbilt University and author of The Black Republic: African Americans and the Fate of Haiti www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/june2024142/
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high school teacher asks: "is there a site w short videos of people describing their professions+their college major, to help guide students, show them all the different things people do?" we made humanitiesworks.org and individual depts have alumni roundtables, but got video testimonials? please RT
HUMANITIES WORKS – posters, postcards, and handouts to support the humanities
humanitiesworks.org
December 6, 2024 at 2:07 PM
high school teacher asks: "is there a site w short videos of people describing their professions+their college major, to help guide students, show them all the different things people do?" we made humanitiesworks.org and individual depts have alumni roundtables, but got video testimonials? please RT
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🎂 SAVE THE DATE: Feb. 14, 2025! 🎂
This year Douglass Day is transcribing Black history with the Library of Congress!
💻 Crowdsourcing project on Black history
📽️ Live Broadcast
🍰 Great Douglass Day Bake Off
📣 Special guests!
Join us online or host an event in your community!
Info: douglassday.org
This year Douglass Day is transcribing Black history with the Library of Congress!
💻 Crowdsourcing project on Black history
📽️ Live Broadcast
🍰 Great Douglass Day Bake Off
📣 Special guests!
Join us online or host an event in your community!
Info: douglassday.org
November 14, 2024 at 4:41 PM
🎂 SAVE THE DATE: Feb. 14, 2025! 🎂
This year Douglass Day is transcribing Black history with the Library of Congress!
💻 Crowdsourcing project on Black history
📽️ Live Broadcast
🍰 Great Douglass Day Bake Off
📣 Special guests!
Join us online or host an event in your community!
Info: douglassday.org
This year Douglass Day is transcribing Black history with the Library of Congress!
💻 Crowdsourcing project on Black history
📽️ Live Broadcast
🍰 Great Douglass Day Bake Off
📣 Special guests!
Join us online or host an event in your community!
Info: douglassday.org
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Among other things, we'll be spotlighting Malinda Russell's 1886 A Domestic Cookbook, the first cookbook published by an African American woman. The only known copy is in UMich Special Collections, but you can read the whole thing on HathiTrust: catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/00474...
Catalog Record: A domestic cook book : containing a careful selection of useful receipts for the kitchen
catalog.hathitrust.org
November 20, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Among other things, we'll be spotlighting Malinda Russell's 1886 A Domestic Cookbook, the first cookbook published by an African American woman. The only known copy is in UMich Special Collections, but you can read the whole thing on HathiTrust: catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/00474...
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All 6 of Edward W. Said's recorded Reith lectures on Representations of the Intellectual can be heard here:
1) Representations of the Intellectual
2) Holding Nations And Traditions At Bay
3) Intellectual Exiles
4) Professionals and Amateurs
5) Speaking Truth To Power
6) Gods That Always Fail
1) Representations of the Intellectual
2) Holding Nations And Traditions At Bay
3) Intellectual Exiles
4) Professionals and Amateurs
5) Speaking Truth To Power
6) Gods That Always Fail
BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures, Edward Said - Representation of the Intellectual - Available now
Available episodes of Edward Said - Representation of the Intellectual
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2024 at 1:12 PM
All 6 of Edward W. Said's recorded Reith lectures on Representations of the Intellectual can be heard here:
1) Representations of the Intellectual
2) Holding Nations And Traditions At Bay
3) Intellectual Exiles
4) Professionals and Amateurs
5) Speaking Truth To Power
6) Gods That Always Fail
1) Representations of the Intellectual
2) Holding Nations And Traditions At Bay
3) Intellectual Exiles
4) Professionals and Amateurs
5) Speaking Truth To Power
6) Gods That Always Fail
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Happy to share the cover of my book, *Freedom Ship*, which is forthcoming in May 2025 from Viking-Penguin. Pre-order available at many online outlets. The book is a hopeful sequel to *The Slave Ship: A Human History*.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566407...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566407...
November 18, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Happy to share the cover of my book, *Freedom Ship*, which is forthcoming in May 2025 from Viking-Penguin. Pre-order available at many online outlets. The book is a hopeful sequel to *The Slave Ship: A Human History*.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566407...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566407...
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Ok, you all have earned access to William Morris’ horniest wallpaper (also one of his first!). His 1862 ‘Pomegranate’ let you know that the craft movement knew how to handle some fruit 🥵
November 15, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Ok, you all have earned access to William Morris’ horniest wallpaper (also one of his first!). His 1862 ‘Pomegranate’ let you know that the craft movement knew how to handle some fruit 🥵
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Māori MPs briefly suspended the Aotearoa parliament’s attempts to reinterpret their founding treaty in the most bad ass use of the Haka I’ve ever seen.
November 14, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Māori MPs briefly suspended the Aotearoa parliament’s attempts to reinterpret their founding treaty in the most bad ass use of the Haka I’ve ever seen.