Police and carceral history from the margins. We’re building the ship as we sail it at @unyprc.bsky.social, & we love collaborating. Come see what we are up to, and join us. 🗃️ #academicsky

I'm pretty sure mentors tried to tell me many of these things, but seeing them written here makes them so real. Also, King captures something I had not thought of: how my undergrad at an enormous R1 shapes my perception of "what professors do," even now in mid career at a SLAC. #academicsky 🗃️

Add this to your Proseminars and Historians' Craft syllabi. #academicsky 🗃️

We have two rooms still available. Come write and commune with us. My favorite (optional) part: ending each day with a hot tub soak in the snow!

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For when you need something smart to read to distract you from the news.

Today! 🗃️ #academicsky

Sign up to join our monthly workshop. We are filling spots for spring semester, so contact us to workshop your paper in progress. We’re a friendly and helpful group.

Buckle up. 🗃️

I feel obligated to keep trying to convince my students not to sacrifice their own skill development to AI while in college, but I think I come across as preachy and out of touch. @lornab.bsky.social and T-Pain send a much more compelling message that I plan to adopt into my classrooms.

This syllabus from Marcus Chatfield introduces the history of delinquency as a legal construct in the U.S. as well as antidelinquency efforts deployed by families, social workers, police departments, judges, clinicians, politicians, and legislators.

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This is delightful reading. 🗃️#academicsky

Our summer session was so productive. Folks advanced their article, book proposal, op ed, book manuscript, and memoir.

Casual conversation about our progress each week facilitates real-time feedback from other writers, too.

Fall session opens 9/16. Join us. 🗃️ #academicsky #amwriting

I share this syllabus bc I'm one of a tiny handful of university faculty in the UK who teach trans history at a specialist level, & I'd like there to be more of us! I learned the field from scratch post-PhD, bc at my prev institution it was politically necessary - which means that you can too!

What an amazing resource!! Sharing for all those grappling with how to handle AI in the classroom.

Huge thanks to @annakornbluh.bsky.social @ehayot.bsky.social and the other contributors

#History 🗃️

Contact us @cliocontemporary.bsky.social with your pitches. 🗃️ #academicsky

New version of the Slave Voyages website launched:

www.slavevoyages.org/blog/slavevo...

#History #EnslavedHistory 🗃️

Publication day for a book that Matthew and I spent six years on, anguished over, fought for, rewrote twice, and nearly abandoned. I hope it proves useful in continuing important conversations about the ancient world and about the societies we choose to build today.

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Historians - as you think about the new semester, consider this first-day exercise as a way to get conversation going about what historians *actually* do, and the context within which we do it. catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...

Are y'all really organizing your inboxes with labels and folders? I recently learned that adults do this, and my pile of 18k emails is now looking like a middle school backpack full of loose papers.

How can historical commissions get it right? Often, as @cirapalliaspero.bsky.social explains, well-intentioned efforts reproduce harm when they rely on unexamined disciplinary assumptions.🗃️#academicsky

clioandthecontemporary.com/2025/08/04/m...

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Applications open for January 3-9, 2026 Retreat in Central NY. Start 2026 by making substantial progress on your writing project. We provide nourishing food and hot coffee. You bring the brain power and writing materials. #skystorians #AcademicSky
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Hey all, I’m looking for grad students/historians to write advice pieces for @cliocontemporary.bsky.social ‬on comprehensive exams. Pieces could be on identifying a comps committee, prepping reading lists, what to do after comps, etc. Message me here if you’re interested.

Join our monthly UNY-PRC Writing Workshop. On Aug 8, 3-4:30pm EST, we'll discuss new work from Dr. Camilla Fojas, Foundation Professor in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. Sign up to receive the paper & Zoom link. #AcademicSky #Skystorians

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Join me in Zoomland for some sacred Tuesday writing time. The summer is not over yet (telling myself this as much as I’m telling you). 🗃️