Bonnie Effros
@historianofarch.bsky.social
historian of archaeology, recovering early medievalist, newly implanted Vancouver academic, immigrant and granddaughter of immigrants, she/her, views my own
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“From April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicants“ #gradstudent #gradschool
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
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US Applicant Week
www.grad.ubc.ca
April 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“From April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicants“ #gradstudent #gradschool
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...
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Just come across this really useful list on the links between natural history and empire, featuring moi as ‘essential reading’. Perfect if you’re interested in museums or science more broadly too. Also ideal for passing to students as a starting point.
daily.jstor.org/natural-hist...
daily.jstor.org/natural-hist...
Natural History: A Reading List - JSTOR Daily
This annotated bibliography samples scholarship on the rich—and difficult—history of natural history.
daily.jstor.org
March 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Just come across this really useful list on the links between natural history and empire, featuring moi as ‘essential reading’. Perfect if you’re interested in museums or science more broadly too. Also ideal for passing to students as a starting point.
daily.jstor.org/natural-hist...
daily.jstor.org/natural-hist...
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The question I've been asked most as we endure the legal dumpster fire that is the Trump Administration is, "What can we do about it when it's not election season?" @timothynoah.bsky.social has an outstanding essay in the @newrepublic.com addressing that question. newrepublic.com/article/1931...
Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance
Ordinary people have more power than they know.
newrepublic.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The question I've been asked most as we endure the legal dumpster fire that is the Trump Administration is, "What can we do about it when it's not election season?" @timothynoah.bsky.social has an outstanding essay in the @newrepublic.com addressing that question. newrepublic.com/article/1931...
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"Institutions with resources must resist thuggish bullying, not just for their own sakes, but to protect others who will find it much harder."
@sulliview.bsky.social on Columbia University's short-sighted capitulation to Trump's intimidation. #TrumpTyranny
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@sulliview.bsky.social on Columbia University's short-sighted capitulation to Trump's intimidation. #TrumpTyranny
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Columbia should have said, ‘see you in court,’ not ‘yes, Mr President.’ | Margaret Sullivan
Institutions must resist thuggish bullying. There is no satisfying Trump. He will move the goalposts again and again
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"Institutions with resources must resist thuggish bullying, not just for their own sakes, but to protect others who will find it much harder."
@sulliview.bsky.social on Columbia University's short-sighted capitulation to Trump's intimidation. #TrumpTyranny
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@sulliview.bsky.social on Columbia University's short-sighted capitulation to Trump's intimidation. #TrumpTyranny
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
More bad news regarding Russell group universities with massive cuts to staff at Newcastle and possibly Northampton
January 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
More bad news regarding Russell group universities with massive cuts to staff at Newcastle and possibly Northampton
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Beloved prof teaching Ethical Leadership at UBC gets fired for showing…ethical leadership.
🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻
Anti-Palestinian racism is surging on campuses. Its victims are many, its harms are real.
🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻
Anti-Palestinian racism is surging on campuses. Its victims are many, its harms are real.
Believe it or not this all started with a class discussion about ethical leadership, this excellent quote from @cblackst.bsky.social (worth reading!), and @yipengge.bsky.social's case.
We need to address the culture of silence about Israel and Palestine.
We need to address the culture of silence about Israel and Palestine.
December 11, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Beloved prof teaching Ethical Leadership at UBC gets fired for showing…ethical leadership.
🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻
Anti-Palestinian racism is surging on campuses. Its victims are many, its harms are real.
🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻
Anti-Palestinian racism is surging on campuses. Its victims are many, its harms are real.
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Could you all share? We're advertising a 2 yr postdoc position for someone who works in #VastEarlyAmerica #VastEarlyAmericas to help coordinate the @jcblibrary.bsky.social projects and programs around 2026. Fuller info here: apply.interfolio.com/159279 and v happy to answer questions!
December 5, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Could you all share? We're advertising a 2 yr postdoc position for someone who works in #VastEarlyAmerica #VastEarlyAmericas to help coordinate the @jcblibrary.bsky.social projects and programs around 2026. Fuller info here: apply.interfolio.com/159279 and v happy to answer questions!
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"One of my teachers at Columbia was Joseph Brodsky...and he said 'look,' he said, 'you Americans, you are so naïve. You think evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots. It doesn’t come like that. Look at the language. It begins in the language.'"
Inbox: [Sen. Tom] Cotton Introduces Legislation to Eliminate Federal Use of the Term “West Bank”
December 5, 2024 at 10:27 PM
"One of my teachers at Columbia was Joseph Brodsky...and he said 'look,' he said, 'you Americans, you are so naïve. You think evil is going to come into your houses wearing big black boots. It doesn’t come like that. Look at the language. It begins in the language.'"
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NB Also an issue at TNA: 'the AHA issued a statement urging reconsideration of a policy change by the Secrétariat général de la défense et de la sécurité nationale that renders “some well-known sources, and many others yet to be analyzed, practically inaccessible, even to professional researchers.”
AHA Statement Concerning Access to French Archives
In solidarity with the French Association of Archivists, the AHA issued a statement urging reconsideration of a policy change.
www.historians.org
November 25, 2024 at 1:05 PM
NB Also an issue at TNA: 'the AHA issued a statement urging reconsideration of a policy change by the Secrétariat général de la défense et de la sécurité nationale that renders “some well-known sources, and many others yet to be analyzed, practically inaccessible, even to professional researchers.”
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Statement from UCLA Classics on the University's failure to protect student protestors
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Statement of Members of the Department of Classics on the University's Failure to Protect Student Protestors - Department of Classics - UCLA
2 May 2024 We, members of the Classics Department, some of whom have been present at the events of April 30 and May 1, strongly condemn the attack by agitators...
classics.ucla.edu
May 3, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Statement from UCLA Classics on the University's failure to protect student protestors
classics.ucla.edu/uncategorize...
classics.ucla.edu/uncategorize...
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#BonfireOfTheHumanities News
Courses including Anthropology English, Music and Audio Technology, Philosophy and Art History under threat at the University of Kent Canterbury and Medway.
Health and Health Care also threatened.
The University blames, among other factors, the impact of #Brexit.
Courses including Anthropology English, Music and Audio Technology, Philosophy and Art History under threat at the University of Kent Canterbury and Medway.
Health and Health Care also threatened.
The University blames, among other factors, the impact of #Brexit.
Nine courses could be ‘phased out’ at university facing financial problems
Nine courses, including journalism and art history, could be phased out at the University of Kent as a consultation is launched.
www.kentonline.co.uk
February 2, 2024 at 6:27 PM
#BonfireOfTheHumanities News
Courses including Anthropology English, Music and Audio Technology, Philosophy and Art History under threat at the University of Kent Canterbury and Medway.
Health and Health Care also threatened.
The University blames, among other factors, the impact of #Brexit.
Courses including Anthropology English, Music and Audio Technology, Philosophy and Art History under threat at the University of Kent Canterbury and Medway.
Health and Health Care also threatened.
The University blames, among other factors, the impact of #Brexit.
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Horrendous news from the University of Kent.
I am horrified that the University of Kent is planning the closure of many excellent programmes, including Anthropology, and is proposing up to 58 redundancies among academic staff! This further destruction of UK centres of academic excellence is heartbreaking.
February 4, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Horrendous news from the University of Kent.
My UBC colleague Avi Lewis speaking on South Africa’s case against Israel youtu.be/yuJJ0rO5gVk?...
January 20, 2024 at 8:08 PM
My UBC colleague Avi Lewis speaking on South Africa’s case against Israel youtu.be/yuJJ0rO5gVk?...
Back to the Middle Ages. Blood libel conspiracies are vogue again apparently.
My latest piece: About how the Chabad tunnels story that at first seemed bizarre and humorous, quickly evolved into a Pizzagate-style far right conspiracy theory.
And how, due to Musk’s new Twitter polices, it spread like wildfire.
And how, due to Musk’s new Twitter polices, it spread like wildfire.
How Twitter activists turned a viral story about Orthodox Jews into a modern blood libel
White supremacists on Twitter have rebranded as "pro-Palestinian" activists in order to spread antisemitic conspiracy theories about Jews.
forward.com
January 10, 2024 at 3:24 AM
Back to the Middle Ages. Blood libel conspiracies are vogue again apparently.
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This is such a good piece by Alvin Tillery, especially in putting Gay's academic record in context.
Two points. Black students at Harvard, including Gay, were told that hate speech was protected. No problem with white students flying confederate flags on campus.
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Two points. Black students at Harvard, including Gay, were told that hate speech was protected. No problem with white students flying confederate flags on campus.
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January 6, 2024 at 8:00 PM
This is such a good piece by Alvin Tillery, especially in putting Gay's academic record in context.
Two points. Black students at Harvard, including Gay, were told that hate speech was protected. No problem with white students flying confederate flags on campus.
medium.com/@atillery2/p...
Two points. Black students at Harvard, including Gay, were told that hate speech was protected. No problem with white students flying confederate flags on campus.
medium.com/@atillery2/p...
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To commemorate the 120th anniversary of her death, a statue of Louise Michel will be erected facing Sacré-Coeur, “monument any-communard qu’elle pourra défir du regard.” A lovely act of justice. 🗃️
Louise Michel honorée par la Mairie de Paris - L'Humanité
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December 17, 2023 at 6:22 PM
To commemorate the 120th anniversary of her death, a statue of Louise Michel will be erected facing Sacré-Coeur, “monument any-communard qu’elle pourra défir du regard.” A lovely act of justice. 🗃️
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Horrifying proposal by the British government to destroy paper records of wills and other probate documents. Sharing my message in case it helps others formulate their response 🗃️
December 17, 2023 at 3:36 PM
Horrifying proposal by the British government to destroy paper records of wills and other probate documents. Sharing my message in case it helps others formulate their response 🗃️
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We filed our appeal in Hachette v. Internet Archive yesterday. If we are unsuccessful in our fight, libraries won’t be allowed to own and lend digital books, only license them from big media corporations. Why is that bad for YOU? 🧵in comments blog.archive.org/2023/12/15/i...
Internet Archive Defends Digital Rights for Libraries | Internet Archive Blogs
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December 16, 2023 at 10:09 PM
We filed our appeal in Hachette v. Internet Archive yesterday. If we are unsuccessful in our fight, libraries won’t be allowed to own and lend digital books, only license them from big media corporations. Why is that bad for YOU? 🧵in comments blog.archive.org/2023/12/15/i...
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Especially after this past week or so, people should be ready to fight.
December 17, 2023 at 3:43 AM
Especially after this past week or so, people should be ready to fight.
Fascinating that there is so much data about these remains - since so often collections of human remains focused on typology of skulls, etc rather than the individuals from whom they came. This will be an important research tool- thank you for your work on this inventory.
The Smithsonian holds nearly 31,000 human remains in storage but has never publicly released a full inventory. We spent months obtaining the documents and turning handwritten and typed memos into a searchable database: www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/int...
December 16, 2023 at 1:31 AM
Fascinating that there is so much data about these remains - since so often collections of human remains focused on typology of skulls, etc rather than the individuals from whom they came. This will be an important research tool- thank you for your work on this inventory.
Not clear why we are not hearing more about this cyberattack that continues to make much of the British Library unusable…and this also affects interlibrary loans across the UK…are they going to rejig REF requirements as a consequence?
Read More: www.publicbooks.org/how-to-lose-...
Read More: www.publicbooks.org/how-to-lose-...
December 16, 2023 at 12:49 AM
Not clear why we are not hearing more about this cyberattack that continues to make much of the British Library unusable…and this also affects interlibrary loans across the UK…are they going to rejig REF requirements as a consequence?
Read More: www.publicbooks.org/how-to-lose-...
Read More: www.publicbooks.org/how-to-lose-...
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JOB: the University of Northern British Columbia is hiring a TT Assistant Professor in #envhist, period and place open! www2.unbc.ca/79306/assist...
Assistant Professor
The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) invites applications for a tenure-track position in the Department of History at the rank of Assistant Professor, with a proposed starting date of
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November 24, 2023 at 1:24 AM
JOB: the University of Northern British Columbia is hiring a TT Assistant Professor in #envhist, period and place open! www2.unbc.ca/79306/assist...
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I wonder whether the tens of thousands of digital-only copyright deposit books will ever be recovered.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/enterta...
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British Library: Employee data leaked in cyber attack
A group of cyber criminals have claimed they are behind the ransomware attack and are auctioning off the data.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2023 at 5:26 PM
I wonder whether the tens of thousands of digital-only copyright deposit books will ever be recovered.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/enterta...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/enterta...
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My department is hiring an Assistant Professor in the art or architecture of the Middle East, North Africa, and Iberia, from 600–1500 CE! We're so excited to have authorization for this long-hoped-for position.
Open Positions: Department of Art History - Northwestern University
arthistory.northwestern.edu
October 6, 2023 at 12:18 PM
My department is hiring an Assistant Professor in the art or architecture of the Middle East, North Africa, and Iberia, from 600–1500 CE! We're so excited to have authorization for this long-hoped-for position.