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Kelly Hammond
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Associate Professor of East Asian History | Associate Director of International and Global Studies | Associate Editor for Modern China at The Journal of Asian Studies | Accidental military historian
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dude, pissing off ranchers is a BAD idea.
Dino's been a Jays fan since he was a wee lad.
Took my students to Special Collections to work with archives today. 🤓📜
Fergie got a new bed because the cat stole her other one. She wanted to show you all how much she loves being cozy.
My graduate student just told that I should get some rest and that I look tired. 😑
All of the finalists are worth checking out! It was really close and a heated conversation among the finalists.
I was on the selection committee for the ACLS Open Access Book Prize (History).

I am SO HAPPY that the winner is Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi's AMAZING book "Archipelago of Resettlement Vietnamese Refugee Settlers and Decolonization across Guam and Israel-Palestine." 🎉👍

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2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards
The ACLS Open Access Book Prize and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award aspire to generate enthusiasm and prestige for this new mode of publication among humanistic scholars. The prizes further aim t...
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The Blue Jays and Mariners both joined the MLB in 1977 and they’ve never met in the playoffs before (besides in 2022 when mariners swept them in wildcard).

GO JAYS!
a blue jays mascot is standing on a baseball field .
ALT: a blue jays mascot is standing on a baseball field .
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You will not regret this purchase! I use mine around once-twice a month (depending on the season) for the past 15 years. 🧇 😀 🧇 😀
Especially since the Evangelicals where I live (Arkansas) are always confused to hear that Catholics are Christians. 🤷‍♀️
🎉👍 Big congrats to David Tobin, Tim Grose and Emily Upson on their ACLS China Studies Collaborative Research Grant, "Un-Settling Xinjiang: Archiving, Digitizing and Curating Knowledge of Settler Colonial Violence in China and Beyond."

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Recent Fellows
Formed in 1919, ACLS is a nonprofit federation of 81 scholarly organizations. As the preeminent representative of American scholarship in the humanities and  social sciences, ACLS holds a core belief that knowledge is a public good.
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Best thing I've seen all week.
Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
Made a lasagna (pasta included) from scratch. Garfield would be proud.
Bai Chongxi meets with an African delegate in Taipei for the Asian Peoples' Anti-Communist League Conference.
This is 100% why I am a historian.
I even packed my bags!
I bet there is at least one H1B holder in every department in every college at my university.

As an immigrant who is now a dual Canadian and American citizen, I can't imagine the needless stress and anxiety these faculty members are facing right now.
So, universities just shouldn’t bother.
Yes! Big fan of savory waffles! 🧇
I have a Waring Pro Single Classic. I've had it for at least 15 years!
I would never talk anyone out of buying a waffle maker. It's one of the best appliance purchases I've ever made.
I’ve done this and it sucks. Me, the dogs and the cat were all victims of my crime.