KLC
@klculkin.bsky.social
Historian, biographer, teacher, cat fan, New Yorker. Prof at Bronx Community College and @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social & @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Author of Emerson's Daughters from @umasspress.bsky.social
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Sometime last year, a CUNY alum contacted me saying they’d found some photos they took at the 1995 protest against budget cuts and would I please take them so they could clear out their attic?
They arrived today and they DID NOT DISAPPOINT
They arrived today and they DID NOT DISAPPOINT
December 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Sometime last year, a CUNY alum contacted me saying they’d found some photos they took at the 1995 protest against budget cuts and would I please take them so they could clear out their attic?
They arrived today and they DID NOT DISAPPOINT
They arrived today and they DID NOT DISAPPOINT
Thank you to the Thoreau Society for including Emerson's Daughters in its 2025 Gift Guide. Thoreau was close with all the Emerson children, so I am sure they would appreciate this shout out. mailchi.mp/thoreausocie... @umasspress.bsky.social
Thoreau Society's 2025 Gift-Giving Guide
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December 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Thank you to the Thoreau Society for including Emerson's Daughters in its 2025 Gift Guide. Thoreau was close with all the Emerson children, so I am sure they would appreciate this shout out. mailchi.mp/thoreausocie... @umasspress.bsky.social
So excited for this event on Thursday. Megan Marshall AND Martha Hodes!! In-person and on Zoom. www.gc.cuny.edu/events/megan... #lifewriting
Megan Marshall on the Art of Biography, with Martha Hodes
Megan Marshall’s innovative books, including The Peabody Sisters and the Pulitzer Prize–winning Margaret Fuller, are treasured works of American biography.
www.gc.cuny.edu
December 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So excited for this event on Thursday. Megan Marshall AND Martha Hodes!! In-person and on Zoom. www.gc.cuny.edu/events/megan... #lifewriting
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Congratulations to Prof. @amyadamczyk.bsky.social, who is a co-recipient of the 2025 Steven F. Messner Outstanding Book Award for “Fetal Positions: Understanding Cross-National Public Opinion about Abortion” www.gc.cuny.edu/news/profess... @oxfordacademic.bsky.social @johnjayrec.bsky.social
Professor Wins Award for Book on Abortion Attitudes in the U.S. and Abroad
Amy Adamczyk is a co-recipient of the 2025 Steven F. Messner Outstanding Book Award for “Fetal Positions: Understanding Cross-National Public Opinion about Abortion.”
www.gc.cuny.edu
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Congratulations to Prof. @amyadamczyk.bsky.social, who is a co-recipient of the 2025 Steven F. Messner Outstanding Book Award for “Fetal Positions: Understanding Cross-National Public Opinion about Abortion” www.gc.cuny.edu/news/profess... @oxfordacademic.bsky.social @johnjayrec.bsky.social
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Found this very late in the game -> an early and great stab at describing @firesigntheatre.bsky.social via the Situationists. Fun to read and not pedantic; fans who listened to the records, read some theory and did their own thing.
Trailing Clouds of Glory
vernacular Firesign Theatre scholarship of 1974
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December 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Found this very late in the game -> an early and great stab at describing @firesigntheatre.bsky.social via the Situationists. Fun to read and not pedantic; fans who listened to the records, read some theory and did their own thing.
Very happy for this shout out for Emerson's Daughters in Tufts Now. Especially as the book is dedicated in part to my nephew, a current student @tufts.edu now.tufts.edu/2025/12/01/w... #lifewriting #tuftsaunt @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
Winter Book Recommendations 2025
Tufts faculty and staff recommend more than 25 books, fiction and nonfiction, for readers of all interests
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December 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Very happy for this shout out for Emerson's Daughters in Tufts Now. Especially as the book is dedicated in part to my nephew, a current student @tufts.edu now.tufts.edu/2025/12/01/w... #lifewriting #tuftsaunt @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
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@jwomenshistory.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
@signsjournal.org Call for papers on the poet/feminist.activist/teacher Genevieve Taggard for a special issue of Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
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@signsjournal.org Call for papers on the poet/feminist.activist/teacher Genevieve Taggard for a special issue of Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
drive.google.com/file/d/1inm0...
Women's Studies special issue draft.pdf
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November 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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@signsjournal.org Call for papers on the poet/feminist.activist/teacher Genevieve Taggard for a special issue of Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
drive.google.com/file/d/1inm0...
@signsjournal.org Call for papers on the poet/feminist.activist/teacher Genevieve Taggard for a special issue of Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
drive.google.com/file/d/1inm0...
Great opportunity. #lifewriting
So excited to announce the Clio Fellowship for Archival Research! Applications are due March 1st, 2026 📣 More info here: biographersinternational.org/news/new-bio...
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Great opportunity. #lifewriting
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📢 Tomorrow!
Amanda Rubin-Lewis & Devorah Baum lead a powerful seminar on Beradt’s 'The Third Reich of Dreams' — a dream archive that reveals the psychological tremors of fascism.
🗓 25 Nov | 🕑 14:00
📍 Wolfson College + Zoom
🎟️ buff.ly/XdYgc3y
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
Amanda Rubin-Lewis & Devorah Baum lead a powerful seminar on Beradt’s 'The Third Reich of Dreams' — a dream archive that reveals the psychological tremors of fascism.
🗓 25 Nov | 🕑 14:00
📍 Wolfson College + Zoom
🎟️ buff.ly/XdYgc3y
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📢 Tomorrow!
Amanda Rubin-Lewis & Devorah Baum lead a powerful seminar on Beradt’s 'The Third Reich of Dreams' — a dream archive that reveals the psychological tremors of fascism.
🗓 25 Nov | 🕑 14:00
📍 Wolfson College + Zoom
🎟️ buff.ly/XdYgc3y
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
Amanda Rubin-Lewis & Devorah Baum lead a powerful seminar on Beradt’s 'The Third Reich of Dreams' — a dream archive that reveals the psychological tremors of fascism.
🗓 25 Nov | 🕑 14:00
📍 Wolfson College + Zoom
🎟️ buff.ly/XdYgc3y
@oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social
Tomorrow!! In-person and via Zoom. (Link for in person wasn't working for a few days, but it is back up). thoreaufarm.org/emersons-dau... @umasspress.bsky.social #lifewriting
Kate Culkin in Conversation with Megan Marshall: The Art of Biography and Emerson’s Daughters | Thoreau Farm
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November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Tomorrow!! In-person and via Zoom. (Link for in person wasn't working for a few days, but it is back up). thoreaufarm.org/emersons-dau... @umasspress.bsky.social #lifewriting
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Sandy Jimenez is one of our many brilliant graduates of @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFWh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFWh...
Sandy Jimenez Interview on CUNY TV for URBAN U, about COMIC BOOKS October 13, 2025!!!
YouTube video by Sandy Jimenez
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November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Sandy Jimenez is one of our many brilliant graduates of @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFWh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFWh...
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Great interview with BAM students Ausma Palmer and Meghan Racklin on their Eating Disorders in Life Writing Conference, to be held Friday 11/7, 9:30 to 5 pm at the CUNY Graduate Center:
www.gc.cuny.edu/news/student...
www.gc.cuny.edu/news/student...
Students Turn Personal Experience into Scholarship With Conference on Eating Disorders and Life Writing
Biography and Memoir master’s students Meghan Racklin and Ausma Palmer bring new voices and perspectives to an overlooked and sensitive topic in memoir studies.
www.gc.cuny.edu
November 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Great interview with BAM students Ausma Palmer and Meghan Racklin on their Eating Disorders in Life Writing Conference, to be held Friday 11/7, 9:30 to 5 pm at the CUNY Graduate Center:
www.gc.cuny.edu/news/student...
www.gc.cuny.edu/news/student...
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NBC New York is just one of many news outlets featuring the Center for Urban Research’s fantastic election results map!
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politic...
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politic...
How did your neighborhood vote for NYC mayor? See breakdown by election district
The results are in. Zohran Mamdani was elected the next New York City mayor Tuesday night, capping a stunning ascent for the 34-year-old leftist. His economic and anti-establishment views resonated wi...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
NBC New York is just one of many news outlets featuring the Center for Urban Research’s fantastic election results map!
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politic...
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politic...
Love it that @umasspress.bsky.social is suggesting Emerson's Daughters as the gift "for the feminist" in your life. 40% off with the code HOLIDAY until Jan. 3. #lifewriting www.umasspress.com/tis-the-seas...
'Tis the season for giving books! Our annual holiday sale has arrived! - University of Massachusetts Press
The holidays are fast approaching, which means that it’s time for our annual holiday sale! In case you’re not sure what to buy, we’ve curated a list of
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November 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Love it that @umasspress.bsky.social is suggesting Emerson's Daughters as the gift "for the feminist" in your life. 40% off with the code HOLIDAY until Jan. 3. #lifewriting www.umasspress.com/tis-the-seas...
Great line up of classes in the fall for @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
Spring 2026 Classes in the Biography and Memoir MA Program!
November 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Great line up of classes in the fall for @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
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Nov 13, 3pm-4:30pm @gctlc.bsky.social x PS2 @humanitiescuny.bsky.social present Sip n Chat F25 edition. Celebrating our 2025 ERI/PS2 Summer Public Research Fellows & TLC Fellows
Open to all students @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social — chat with your peers, snack away, & create community with us
Open to all students @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social — chat with your peers, snack away, & create community with us
October 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Nov 13, 3pm-4:30pm @gctlc.bsky.social x PS2 @humanitiescuny.bsky.social present Sip n Chat F25 edition. Celebrating our 2025 ERI/PS2 Summer Public Research Fellows & TLC Fellows
Open to all students @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social — chat with your peers, snack away, & create community with us
Open to all students @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social — chat with your peers, snack away, & create community with us
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This special issue focuses on testimonio as a genre that is inextricably connected to gender, class, and ethnicity and is used by women from the Américas to claim their agency while challenging multiple forms of oppression.
For more information:
centerforthehumanities.org/wsq-testimon...
For more information:
centerforthehumanities.org/wsq-testimon...
October 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This special issue focuses on testimonio as a genre that is inextricably connected to gender, class, and ethnicity and is used by women from the Américas to claim their agency while challenging multiple forms of oppression.
For more information:
centerforthehumanities.org/wsq-testimon...
For more information:
centerforthehumanities.org/wsq-testimon...
Today!
TOMORROW: Wednesday 10/29 from 3-4pm in @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Room 6203.02: Join us for a conversation on oral history, friendship, and social movement research with faculty member Dr. Benjamin H. Shepard, where he'll discuss his latest book!
@commonnotions.bsky.social
@commonnotions.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Today!
Happy publication day to @thewaroncars.bsky.social (Co-authored by @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social & @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social alum extraordinaire @sgoodyear.bsky.social )
It's finally here! "Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves From the Tyranny of the Automobile" is now available wherever you buy books. Thank you to everyone who has made this day possible, including our amazing podcast listeners. We hope everyone finds the book valuable!
www.lifeaftercars.com
www.lifeaftercars.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Happy publication day to @thewaroncars.bsky.social (Co-authored by @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social & @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social alum extraordinaire @sgoodyear.bsky.social )
What an honor to have the brilliant biographer Megan Marshall agree to be in conversation with me at Thoreau Farm. Nov. 20--in person and streaming. thoreaufarm.org/emersons-dau... #lifewriting #thoreau #ralphwaldoemerson @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
Kate Culkin in Conversation with Megan Marshall: The Art of Biography and Emerson’s Daughters | Thoreau Farm
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October 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
What an honor to have the brilliant biographer Megan Marshall agree to be in conversation with me at Thoreau Farm. Nov. 20--in person and streaming. thoreaufarm.org/emersons-dau... #lifewriting #thoreau #ralphwaldoemerson @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
The Ralph Waldo Emerson has scheduled two more tours of its exhibit on Ellen Tucker Emerson and Edith Emerson Forbes, after the first two sold out. Oct. 25 at 11 and 2. #ralphwaldoemerson #lifewriting
Emerson's Daughters: An Author's Tour of the Emerson House
Visit the Ralph Waldo Emerson House on October 25, 2025 for a special guided tour of the Ellen & Edith Exhibition with Kate Culkin, the author of Emerson’s Daughters. Ticket reservations are recommend...
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October 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The Ralph Waldo Emerson has scheduled two more tours of its exhibit on Ellen Tucker Emerson and Edith Emerson Forbes, after the first two sold out. Oct. 25 at 11 and 2. #ralphwaldoemerson #lifewriting
An amazing piece by Mollie Barnes and Susanna Ashton about a staircase central to Harriet Jacobs' narrative. #harrietjacobs #materialculture
A staircase in a small, decorative arts museum tells a harrowing story of terror, abuse and enslavement
The staircase was originally acquired due to its craftsmanship. Only later did scholars realize that it was where Harriet Jacobs suffered abuse at the hands of her enslaver.
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September 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
An amazing piece by Mollie Barnes and Susanna Ashton about a staircase central to Harriet Jacobs' narrative. #harrietjacobs #materialculture
Tuesday!
I'll be in conversation with Pat Valenti--biographer of Sophia Peabody Hawthorne and Rose Hawthorne Lathrop-on Sept 30. Sponsored by the Victorian Society of NY @umasspress.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social #lifewriting vicsocny.org/calendar/bey...
Beyond Self-Reliance: Biography, Recovery, and Women’s Contributions to the American Renaissance | The Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America
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September 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Tuesday!
Reminder! I'm speaking at the Concord Free Public Library on Sept. 25. In person and also live streamed. This wonderful library was critical to my research for Emerson's Daughters. @umasspress.bsky.social #lifewriting
Emerson’s Daughters - Ellen Tucker Emerson, Edith Emerson Forbes, and Their Family Legacy
You are registering to attend this event in person. [Register for Live Stream]Professor Kate Culkin will discuss her new book, Emerson’s Daughters - Ellen Tucker Emerson, Edith Emerson Forbes, and T...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Reminder! I'm speaking at the Concord Free Public Library on Sept. 25. In person and also live streamed. This wonderful library was critical to my research for Emerson's Daughters. @umasspress.bsky.social #lifewriting
This conference is being organized by two wonderful students in the @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social program @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Should be great. #lifewriting
September 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This conference is being organized by two wonderful students in the @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social program @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Should be great. #lifewriting