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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.

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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.

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Go birds!

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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...

submitted 106 days ago • 2 comments

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

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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...

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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! 🧵

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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

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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

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Happy Chrismukkah!

submitted 138 days ago • 2 comments

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!

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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.

submitted 149 days ago • 412 comments

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...

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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!🎉🎉

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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!

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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.

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Metadata is the blood of the bookish circulatory system! Learn all about it on #FeedingtheElephant networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

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Feeling old at the sight of this vintage bathroom art at a cafe.

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Merry Christmas! Have a festive whatever you celebrate. 🖤

submitted 504 days ago • 2 comments

Made this yule log to go with the brisket and latkes my mom made for Christmas Eve dinner.

submitted 505 days ago • 5 comments

Thank you @aberzanskis.bsky.social, both for spreading the good word and helping me do so!

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Please apply and share! The Department of Africana Studies, Center for Digital Scholarship, and Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown U invite applications for the 2024-2026 International Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship in Black Digital Humanities. apply.interfolio.com/136664

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We are looking for individuals to participate in research looking at personality might impact the bond with cats. If you have a cat, please consider participating! surveymonkey.com/r/286SDTV #PsychSciSky

submitted 515 days ago • 33 comments

Could someone please pitch me a performance studies book about Gwar?

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new journal Public Humanities is open for pitches! Here's what it's about: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Earlier this year I resolved to take a weaving class; pleased to report I did so today and it was even more fun than I expected.

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