Kevin Vrevich
@kevinvrevich.bsky.social
PhD. Secondary school teacher. Historian of New England, African American history, queer history, Quakers, abolition, and whaling. Bulldog dad of two (Imani and Adlai).
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For any and all (but especially former students), you can email me at [email protected]
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👏 We are delighted to welcome Lindsay Schakenbach Regele as the second of our two new co-editors for the #JERPano! 👏
Lindsay will step into the position alongside Mark Boonshoft, beginning July 2026. Read about her perspective on the role and the journal's place in her career below.
Lindsay will step into the position alongside Mark Boonshoft, beginning July 2026. Read about her perspective on the role and the journal's place in her career below.
January 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
👏 We are delighted to welcome Lindsay Schakenbach Regele as the second of our two new co-editors for the #JERPano! 👏
Lindsay will step into the position alongside Mark Boonshoft, beginning July 2026. Read about her perspective on the role and the journal's place in her career below.
Lindsay will step into the position alongside Mark Boonshoft, beginning July 2026. Read about her perspective on the role and the journal's place in her career below.
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👏 Please Join us in welcoming Mark Boonshoft, one of the new co-editors of the #JERPano! 👏
Mark is set to take the helm alongside Lindsay Schakenbach Regele this July.
Discover his perspective on the role and the JER's place in his career below.
Mark is set to take the helm alongside Lindsay Schakenbach Regele this July.
Discover his perspective on the role and the JER's place in his career below.
January 12, 2026 at 5:13 PM
👏 Please Join us in welcoming Mark Boonshoft, one of the new co-editors of the #JERPano! 👏
Mark is set to take the helm alongside Lindsay Schakenbach Regele this July.
Discover his perspective on the role and the JER's place in his career below.
Mark is set to take the helm alongside Lindsay Schakenbach Regele this July.
Discover his perspective on the role and the JER's place in his career below.
It appears so.
it is the policy of this government to treat democratic-led states as conquered territories and the people therein as something like hostiles or even enemy combatants
Dr Oz threatens to pull Medicaid support for Minnesota: "Sticking to the narrative that's cold in Minnesota -- this is the tip of the iceberg"
January 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
It appears so.
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ou Mundo, 3 de janeiro de 2026
ou Mundo, 3 de janeiro de 2026
January 3, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Andor 2x09
ou Mundo, 3 de janeiro de 2026
ou Mundo, 3 de janeiro de 2026
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I went to bed in 2026 and woke up in 1898.
January 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I went to bed in 2026 and woke up in 1898.
I think this is a major disconnect in academic hiring: what the students want v. what the department faculty wants. It’s almost never the same thing. Students, for better or worse, often like the more classic, well-trodden subjects, especially as a gateway. Tudor history is a great example of this.
permit me to endorse this sentiment wholeheartedly while including 'Britain' (despite perennial popularity--unaccountable 🤣--of Tudors)
As a premodern Italian historian, my field used to be SUPER privileged (because "Renaissance) but is now shrinking and marginal. I'm a medievalist, and I think most history departments have one of us because they vaguely think they are supposed to, and because students like it. We're a bauble.
December 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I think this is a major disconnect in academic hiring: what the students want v. what the department faculty wants. It’s almost never the same thing. Students, for better or worse, often like the more classic, well-trodden subjects, especially as a gateway. Tudor history is a great example of this.
Was it just me, or was there like almost no Black history in Ken Burns’s American Revolution?
December 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Was it just me, or was there like almost no Black history in Ken Burns’s American Revolution?
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Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
Not a historian but like to research. The AI might summarize what I'm looking for, but it doesn't find what I'm *not* looking for. The book on the shelf next to the one I wanted. The insight in chapter 6 based on the quote I needed from chapter 4.
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
It is a BI-PARTISAN war against higher education.
December 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It is a BI-PARTISAN war against higher education.
I remember Key and Peele, in the last Obama Anger Translator, telling everyone “this is how the Hunger Games starts.” I did not expect that that was literal.
a close up of a woman 's face with pink makeup and the words `` happy hunger games ! ''
ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with pink makeup and the words `` happy hunger games ! ''
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December 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I remember Key and Peele, in the last Obama Anger Translator, telling everyone “this is how the Hunger Games starts.” I did not expect that that was literal.
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To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
Continuing to think about this as my school moves Beyond the AP next year.
A weird sort-of version of this has already been underway at elite secondary schools. They haven’t necessarily gotten away from STEM-or-bust as much as they should, but they’ve abandoned APs and now many humanities departments are eschewing tech as much as possible (mainly because of AI cheating).
November 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Continuing to think about this as my school moves Beyond the AP next year.
Why is there no book about “de-Confederating” the American South during Reconstruction? It’s because we didn’t do it.
Historians and political scientists: has anyone written an accessible history of de-Nazification efforts in Germany after WWII or a comparative assessment of similar efforts around the world? (I suppose American Reconstruction is another case study)
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Why is there no book about “de-Confederating” the American South during Reconstruction? It’s because we didn’t do it.
The more widespread usage of policies like this is why I’ve been so, so wary to leave the, admittedly private, privileged, and elite, secondary school that I now work at for any college job.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The more widespread usage of policies like this is why I’ve been so, so wary to leave the, admittedly private, privileged, and elite, secondary school that I now work at for any college job.
Any history educators out there have a copy of Choices: Racial Slavery in the Americas: Resistance, Freedom, and Legacies? Turns out the program is no defunct so our department subscription is no longer useful.
November 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Any history educators out there have a copy of Choices: Racial Slavery in the Americas: Resistance, Freedom, and Legacies? Turns out the program is no defunct so our department subscription is no longer useful.
A+ Long live the regicides. (Even though they didn’t-but Whalley and Goffe got a nice tour of New England hiking trails and basements.)
The original No Kings protest.
To paraphrase Patrick Henry: Charles I had his Cromwell, and Trump … ought to learn from that example.
To paraphrase Patrick Henry: Charles I had his Cromwell, and Trump … ought to learn from that example.
October 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A+ Long live the regicides. (Even though they didn’t-but Whalley and Goffe got a nice tour of New England hiking trails and basements.)
At least for the time being, I’m going to be stepping back from BlueSky. Truthfully, my current job is just terrible for my mental health and, well, the constant deluge of Trump is not helping. If you need me: [email protected] anytime. Be well.
August 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
At least for the time being, I’m going to be stepping back from BlueSky. Truthfully, my current job is just terrible for my mental health and, well, the constant deluge of Trump is not helping. If you need me: [email protected] anytime. Be well.
Okay, final #hatm thought on queer history. Martin Duberman, perhaps the grand dame of queer history, was someone I desperately wanted to be when I was at Wesleyan. He moved from abolition in early career to queer history for the rest. I so very much wanted to follow his arc. And meet him. Oh well.
August 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Okay, final #hatm thought on queer history. Martin Duberman, perhaps the grand dame of queer history, was someone I desperately wanted to be when I was at Wesleyan. He moved from abolition in early career to queer history for the rest. I so very much wanted to follow his arc. And meet him. Oh well.
Really appreciate the history of the modern university and its importance to how all disciplines conduct themselves in the opening “tweets” here.
the crisis in which the University of Chicago is now engulfed -- one entirely of its own making, and which has led to the (hopefully temporary) suspension of admissions into numerous PhD programs in the humanities -- represents I think a seismic event in the history of American higher education
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August 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Really appreciate the history of the modern university and its importance to how all disciplines conduct themselves in the opening “tweets” here.
Isn’t partial government interest/control of private corporations literally…umm…socialism?
August 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Isn’t partial government interest/control of private corporations literally…umm…socialism?
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You 100% know that Trump/Patel/Bondi are starting with Bolton because they know he’s such a hated figure across the spectrum. If they get away with this political prosecution, they’ll keep moving up the ladder.
August 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
You 100% know that Trump/Patel/Bondi are starting with Bolton because they know he’s such a hated figure across the spectrum. If they get away with this political prosecution, they’ll keep moving up the ladder.
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Removing the memorial to the 49 innocent people killed in the 2016 terrorist attack on the Pulse nightclub, because a rainbow is too political.
Restoring Confederate monuments and renaming military bases after Confederates because, um, honoring armed treason in defense of slavery isn’t political?
Restoring Confederate monuments and renaming military bases after Confederates because, um, honoring armed treason in defense of slavery isn’t political?
Workers under cover of night removed a rainbow crosswalk outside of the former Pulse nightclub, apparently as part of state and federal transportation officials’ aim to wipe “political banners” from public roadways. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/21/r...
Rainbow crosswalk outside Pulse nightclub removed overnight
“We did everything according to state law, everything was compliant,” said Patty Sheehan, the city’s first openly gay elected official. “FDOT never moves that quickly with anything.R…
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August 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Removing the memorial to the 49 innocent people killed in the 2016 terrorist attack on the Pulse nightclub, because a rainbow is too political.
Restoring Confederate monuments and renaming military bases after Confederates because, um, honoring armed treason in defense of slavery isn’t political?
Restoring Confederate monuments and renaming military bases after Confederates because, um, honoring armed treason in defense of slavery isn’t political?
This is…umm, quite the list.
Breaking news: The White House has increased its pressure on the Smithsonian, calling out a list of exhibitions and materials mentioning race, slavery, transgender identity and immigration to bolster President Trump’s ongoing criticism of the institution.
White House targets ‘woke’ Smithsonian content in new list
The White House on Thursday released an article outlining Smithsonian exhibitions and materials it considers “woke” or anti-American.
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August 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This is…umm, quite the list.
#skystorians, has anyone written a history of the Sears and Roebuck mail-order houses? I’ll be honest, I’m just curious, that’s all.
August 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#skystorians, has anyone written a history of the Sears and Roebuck mail-order houses? I’ll be honest, I’m just curious, that’s all.