Sara Jo Cohen
@thunderrhoda.bsky.social
Editorial Director and Senior Acquiring Editor for music, theater, performance studies, and dance at University of Michigan Press (@uofmpress.bsky.social). Mother, baker, cat person, slow lap swimmer.
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Thursday, 6.30 pm Pacific time!
I'm giving a talk in Hong Kong soon and am amazed to see over 250 people have registered!
www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/web/events/a...
www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/web/events/a...
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Thursday, 6.30 pm Pacific time!
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If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.
CFP: A Time of Monsters
The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...
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October 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.
Popping in to tell you that I’m in a very busy coffee shop and ended up with this angry turtle latte art as a result.
September 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Popping in to tell you that I’m in a very busy coffee shop and ended up with this angry turtle latte art as a result.
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Swing by our booth to chat with our Editorial Director @thunderrhoda.bsky.social!
June 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Swing by our booth to chat with our Editorial Director @thunderrhoda.bsky.social!
So excited that two @uofmpress.bsky.social books are on this list. press.umich.edu/Blog/2025/06...
Finalists for the 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards
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June 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
So excited that two @uofmpress.bsky.social books are on this list. press.umich.edu/Blog/2025/06...
“[University Presses] need a Bandcamp moment-people realizing their friends won’t have bands if no one buys music or merch.” Let’s make this happen.
Here's a long thread on an issue dear to my heart. This Tuesday evening I’m doing an Intellectual Publics with Macarena Gomez-Barris on publishing. Like last year’s conversation with Denise Cruz, or the prior year’s with Racquel Gates, we will talk about how to find a publisher, turn a thesis... 1/
Remember to register!
Ken Wissoker in conversation with Macarena Gómez-Barris
Tues June 3rd at 6:30pm ET via Zoom
bit.ly/impossibleti...
Ken Wissoker in conversation with Macarena Gómez-Barris
Tues June 3rd at 6:30pm ET via Zoom
bit.ly/impossibleti...
June 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“[University Presses] need a Bandcamp moment-people realizing their friends won’t have bands if no one buys music or merch.” Let’s make this happen.
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I spent the last five years serving public history, arts, and culture at NEH. Please take a moment to let your representatives know you support NEH. Or read on and I can tell you a little bit about why I believe in public funding for the humanities.
On Monday, March 31, 2025 we learned that DOGE is targeting the NEH with the aim of substantially reducing its staff, cutting the agency’s grant programs, and rescinding grants that have already been awarded.
Learn what steps you can take here: nhalliance.org/federal-fund...
Learn what steps you can take here: nhalliance.org/federal-fund...
Save the NEH! – National Humanities Alliance
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April 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I spent the last five years serving public history, arts, and culture at NEH. Please take a moment to let your representatives know you support NEH. Or read on and I can tell you a little bit about why I believe in public funding for the humanities.
If a woman were president, she would have warned those guys that Mercury’s in retrograde and that they should double check who’s in the group chat.
March 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
If a woman were president, she would have warned those guys that Mercury’s in retrograde and that they should double check who’s in the group chat.
Sick day, still life.
January 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Sick day, still life.
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I’m really excited about this FREE upcoming @rad-institute.bsky.social event I’m doing on February 11, in conversation with thee Big Freedia, moderated by Loren Kajikawa! “New Orleans, Katrina, and Bounce: A Conversation with Big Freedia.”
www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-c...
www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-c...
New Orleans, Katrina, and Bounce: A Conversation with Big Freedia | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University
Harvard Radcliffe Institute and the Harvard University Department of Music welcome the Queen of Bounce, Big Freedia, for a conversation about music, community, and strength in the face of climate chan...
www.radcliffe.harvard.edu
January 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I’m really excited about this FREE upcoming @rad-institute.bsky.social event I’m doing on February 11, in conversation with thee Big Freedia, moderated by Loren Kajikawa! “New Orleans, Katrina, and Bounce: A Conversation with Big Freedia.”
www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-c...
www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-c...
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An editor without an assistant is like a broken pencil . . .
pointless. [paraphrasing/h/t Edmund Black Adder]:
@ugapress.bsky.social has a BIG JOB>
bit.ly/4auzWWy
pointless. [paraphrasing/h/t Edmund Black Adder]:
@ugapress.bsky.social has a BIG JOB>
bit.ly/4auzWWy
Editorial Assistant – AUPresses Jobs
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January 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
An editor without an assistant is like a broken pencil . . .
pointless. [paraphrasing/h/t Edmund Black Adder]:
@ugapress.bsky.social has a BIG JOB>
bit.ly/4auzWWy
pointless. [paraphrasing/h/t Edmund Black Adder]:
@ugapress.bsky.social has a BIG JOB>
bit.ly/4auzWWy
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Our new book, "Hip-Hop Civics" illuminates how hip-hop-based education can engage Black and Brown students in civic practices and extract critical lessons about media, relational currency, identity, and race/racism within the classroom. Find it at press.umich.edu/Book...
January 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Our new book, "Hip-Hop Civics" illuminates how hip-hop-based education can engage Black and Brown students in civic practices and extract critical lessons about media, relational currency, identity, and race/racism within the classroom. Find it at press.umich.edu/Book...
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ICYMI
This spring & summer, the University of Oklahoma Press will be rolling out some good books:
—teaching with integrity in the age of AI
—Tulsa 100 years after the Race Massacre
—Cherokee Nation citizenship
—politics of peyote
—Klan in Montana
—eugenics in Texas
—Osage language primer
More! 🧵
This spring & summer, the University of Oklahoma Press will be rolling out some good books:
—teaching with integrity in the age of AI
—Tulsa 100 years after the Race Massacre
—Cherokee Nation citizenship
—politics of peyote
—Klan in Montana
—eugenics in Texas
—Osage language primer
More! 🧵
As the factual reliability of public discourse collapses, I am especially proud to highlight University of Oklahoma Press books coming out this spring—
Peer-reviewed books that ask hard questions, offer practical wisdom, celebrate art that endures & tell good stories about Oklahoma & beyond.
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Peer-reviewed books that ask hard questions, offer practical wisdom, celebrate art that endures & tell good stories about Oklahoma & beyond.
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January 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
ICYMI
This spring & summer, the University of Oklahoma Press will be rolling out some good books:
—teaching with integrity in the age of AI
—Tulsa 100 years after the Race Massacre
—Cherokee Nation citizenship
—politics of peyote
—Klan in Montana
—eugenics in Texas
—Osage language primer
More! 🧵
This spring & summer, the University of Oklahoma Press will be rolling out some good books:
—teaching with integrity in the age of AI
—Tulsa 100 years after the Race Massacre
—Cherokee Nation citizenship
—politics of peyote
—Klan in Montana
—eugenics in Texas
—Osage language primer
More! 🧵
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Now hiring! UC Press is looking for a detail-oriented Editorial Assistant to join our hybrid team in Oakland, CA! This is a fantastic opportunity to work behind the scenes on impactful scholarly and trade books. buff.ly/3Cd8znb #PublishingJobs #EditorialCareers
January 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Now hiring! UC Press is looking for a detail-oriented Editorial Assistant to join our hybrid team in Oakland, CA! This is a fantastic opportunity to work behind the scenes on impactful scholarly and trade books. buff.ly/3Cd8znb #PublishingJobs #EditorialCareers
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I'm excited to share a Call for Papers an interdisciplinary conference on "Depression in Popular Music" from June 26-27, 2025 at the Sorbonne University Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology & Public Health (iPLesp) that I'm co-organizing w/iPLesp. Spread the word: depressioninpopconference2025.com
December 29, 2024 at 9:30 PM
I'm excited to share a Call for Papers an interdisciplinary conference on "Depression in Popular Music" from June 26-27, 2025 at the Sorbonne University Pierre Louis Institute of Epidemiology & Public Health (iPLesp) that I'm co-organizing w/iPLesp. Spread the word: depressioninpopconference2025.com
Happy Chrismukkah!
December 26, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Happy Chrismukkah!
I started my illustrious scholarly publishing career at UNCP, and now you can too. Plus, you get to work with the amazing @dawnd.bsky.social.
Yes, you read that right! @uncpress.bsky.social is hiring for the Acquisitions Assistant position. This person works closely with editors and it can be a great early career position for people interested in publishing. More details on the UNCP website or at the @aupresses.bsky.social job board!
December 18, 2024 at 2:53 AM
I started my illustrious scholarly publishing career at UNCP, and now you can too. Plus, you get to work with the amazing @dawnd.bsky.social.
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Yes, you read that right! @uncpress.bsky.social is hiring for the Acquisitions Assistant position. This person works closely with editors and it can be a great early career position for people interested in publishing. More details on the UNCP website or at the @aupresses.bsky.social job board!
December 18, 2024 at 1:58 AM
Yes, you read that right! @uncpress.bsky.social is hiring for the Acquisitions Assistant position. This person works closely with editors and it can be a great early career position for people interested in publishing. More details on the UNCP website or at the @aupresses.bsky.social job board!
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Annual reminder:
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
December 14, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Annual reminder:
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
Die Hard is about using impossibly limited resources to defend a tower from foreign invaders.
Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.
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Our Holiday Sale is now live! Get 50% off all orders with promo code HOLIDAY24 and be sure to order those gifts early! Start shopping here: press.umich.edu/Blog/2024/11...
November 26, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Our Holiday Sale is now live! Get 50% off all orders with promo code HOLIDAY24 and be sure to order those gifts early! Start shopping here: press.umich.edu/Blog/2024/11...
Happy The Last Waltz Day to all who celebrate!
November 28, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Happy The Last Waltz Day to all who celebrate!
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Congratulations to UMP authors Ariel Nereson and Stefka Mihaylova! Nereson won the American Society for Theatre Research's Sally Banes Publication Prize and Mihaylova received an honorable mention for the Barnard Hewitt Award!🎉🎉
November 18, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Congratulations to UMP authors Ariel Nereson and Stefka Mihaylova! Nereson won the American Society for Theatre Research's Sally Banes Publication Prize and Mihaylova received an honorable mention for the Barnard Hewitt Award!🎉🎉
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Please spread the word! Terrific article about the NEH-funded Herculaneum Scrolls Project at UKentucky that is getting massive media coverage (though they rarely mention NEH). We're trying to emphasize the role and importance of humanities research funding!
Read how NEH-supported AI technologies at Univ of Kentucky are helping to crack one of archaeology’s most famous mysteries:
www.neh.gov/news/student...
www.neh.gov/news/student...
Students Decipher 2,000-Year-Old Herculaneum Scrolls
www.neh.gov
February 15, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Please spread the word! Terrific article about the NEH-funded Herculaneum Scrolls Project at UKentucky that is getting massive media coverage (though they rarely mention NEH). We're trying to emphasize the role and importance of humanities research funding!
Tag yourself in this”Wondrous Jobs” puzzle my kid did today. I’m either a seashell librarian or a lost sock detective aspiring to be a seashell librarian.
January 25, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Tag yourself in this”Wondrous Jobs” puzzle my kid did today. I’m either a seashell librarian or a lost sock detective aspiring to be a seashell librarian.