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Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD

@braedenfrev.bsky.social

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Instructor, History (Doña Ana Community College). PhD, History (Florida State). French Revolution. Émigrés. Family. Franco-Spanish Borderlands. Catalan Identity and Resistance. Social Networks. Madame du Barry. Domestic Servants. Human Trafficking.

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Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · 3d

This is terrible. Some of the best and brightest professors, and especially one who co-chaired my research for my PhD (while at a Florida public university), are "foreign employees." I wouldn't be where I am today without their instruction and guidance.

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 3d

Florida's governor is telling public universities to stop hiring anyone on a H-1B visa. Expect other red states to follow suit.

Florida’s Public Universities Should No Longer Hire Foreign Employees, DeSantis Says

The Republican governor’s directive on H-1B visas comes as President Trump has initiated his policy of charging employers a new $100,000 fee to hire people from outside the United States.

www.chronicle.com

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Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · 6d

I'm just caught up enough on work that I'm starting to worry that I have missed something.

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Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · 11d

Catching up on grading today.

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Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · 12d

Canvas is fixed, but I broke the office printer somehow...

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Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · 13d

So, the theft at the Louvre reminds me so much about the theft of Madame du Barry's jewelry, about which I wrote my MA thesis. I am devastated as an historian, but fascinated even still.

Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · 13d

LOL @ Canvas

Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · 14d

In what is a terrible loss for history, what was left of the French Crown Jewels were stolen from the Louvre today.

Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · 17d

Work got me a new desktop and two new monitors for my office. This is a game changer. The old computer barely worked.

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Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · 24d

I (we all) have been recording lectures since COVID started a few moons back, but I still get anxiety about recording my lectures before each one, and I don't know if this is just normal butterflies or some other unknown fear (hearing my own voice maybe?)?

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Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · 24d

Just taking a moment to acknowledge the administrative staff in my Division at my college. They continually work their asses off, with a smile the whole time. AND, today they made me fresh coffee because I told them I was struggling. Sometimes it takes a village, y'all.

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Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · Oct 1

I submitted my proposal for the SFHS conference in Philadelphia. If accepted, my paper will use sources from the Catalan National Archives and French Diplomatic Archives to investigate Spanish notions of asylum during the French Revolution, particularly concerning the émigrés.

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Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · Aug 26

Who gets yellow gold these days, anyway?

Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · Aug 21

First day back in the classroom. I love what I do.

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Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · Aug 17

Contract date is tomorrow. I'm probably already behind. But, I'm terribly excited for another semester doing what I love. It's still wild to me that people pay money to hear me talk about things that fascinate me.

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Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · Aug 16

Get some rest, my friend. The semester will be fine.

Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · Aug 13

The tedium of updating Canvas each semester will be a slow, painful death for me.

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Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · Aug 13

Same.
It's ridiculous.

Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · Aug 11

I love talking about the French Revolution, émigrés, social networks, migration, the Franco-Spanish borderlands, family, Catalan identity, and even Madame du Barry! Invite me to come share my passion and research with your students again this semester.

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#invitedlectures
#cvbuilding

Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · Aug 7

Have a bunch of work to do, so of course I updated my LinkedIn of the first time in over a decade.

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Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · Aug 6

Always a day late and a dollar short.

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Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · Aug 1

Love this reflection. Also, Community Colleges all the way!

Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · Jul 31

Trying to put in at least half a day in the office every day until the semester starts so I can get caught up and maybe even ahead.

Sad summer is ending, but excited for the new semester.

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Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · Jul 28

Back to the office before contact. Just so much to get done.

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Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · Jul 8

It's gorgeous. And you sound like you're happy with the decision!!!!!

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Erik Braeden Lewis, PhD @braedenfrev.bsky.social · Jul 7

My partner really spoiled me this year for my birthday.

#emeralds
#whitegold

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