Seth Rockman
@sethrockman.bsky.social
Historian at Brown University: https://history.brown.edu/people/seth-e-rockman Author of _Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery_ Nov. 2024, https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo237040605.html
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We were honoured to welcome Secretary @hillaryclinton.bsky.social to St John's this week, in collaboration with @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social, for two days of events celebrating the Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair of Women’s History, held by Professor Sarah Knott.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We were honoured to welcome Secretary @hillaryclinton.bsky.social to St John's this week, in collaboration with @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social, for two days of events celebrating the Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair of Women’s History, held by Professor Sarah Knott.
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
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I had the pleasure and privilege of reviewing @svenbeckert.bsky.social's landmark "Capitalism: A Global History" for @bostonglobe.com. Out tomorrow from @penguinpress.bsky.social. Thanks to @katekilla.bsky.social for the opportunity. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/a...
Is everything you ever learned about capitalism wrong? - The Boston Globe
While scholars have illuminated bits and pieces of this immense narrative, Beckert’s massive volume brings it together with impeccable authority and perspicacity.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I had the pleasure and privilege of reviewing @svenbeckert.bsky.social's landmark "Capitalism: A Global History" for @bostonglobe.com. Out tomorrow from @penguinpress.bsky.social. Thanks to @katekilla.bsky.social for the opportunity. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/a...
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Re-upping this story on how Tulane has affirmative action admissions criteria for male applicants. Edward Blum has not launched any lawsuits against them yet to my knowledge.
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/m...
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/m...
December 15, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Re-upping this story on how Tulane has affirmative action admissions criteria for male applicants. Edward Blum has not launched any lawsuits against them yet to my knowledge.
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/m...
www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/m...
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A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
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Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
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November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
There is a pleasure in being reminded that we were all young once. The 1976 footage at the 2:40 mark here is sweet.
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The 2025 Irving Kristol Award | Annual Dinner Introductory Video for Gordon Wood
YouTube video by American Enterprise Institute
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November 19, 2025 at 4:57 AM
There is a pleasure in being reminded that we were all young once. The 1976 footage at the 2:40 mark here is sweet.
youtu.be/BjAjbImHPE4?...
youtu.be/BjAjbImHPE4?...
A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
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November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
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New at PB: Stephanie Wong interviews Seth Rockman (@sethrockman.bsky.social) about his latest book, "Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) and his experience learning to work on a late 18th-century loom.
Cloth and Complicity: Seth Rockman on Plantations, Textiles, and the Art of Weaving - Public Books
“But I had found a set of instructions in the archives of one of New England's leading manufacturers of low-end woollen cloth for enslaved wearers.”
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November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New at PB: Stephanie Wong interviews Seth Rockman (@sethrockman.bsky.social) about his latest book, "Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) and his experience learning to work on a late 18th-century loom.
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Of all my posts, this is the one that I wish would be shared widely. I hope people will donate to Bryan's legal defense, but even if you don't, it's important to be aware of the human rights horrors that are going on around us on a daily basis.
Please help Bryan, a decent and hardworking person who was just kidnapped off the street in DC. He has been in this country since he was a child. He has a business and a family. He does not deserve such shameful cruelty. Please share.
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Donate to Help Bryan Fight for His Freedom, organized by Kira Tewalt
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My name is Kira, and I’m asking for your help on… Kira Tewalt needs your support for Help Bryan Fight for His Freedom
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November 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Of all my posts, this is the one that I wish would be shared widely. I hope people will donate to Bryan's legal defense, but even if you don't, it's important to be aware of the human rights horrors that are going on around us on a daily basis.
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Can none of these millionaires sex criminals write in full sentences? Have you heard of paragraphs? Punctuation? No wonder ChatGPT sounds like a genius to these clowns.
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Can none of these millionaires sex criminals write in full sentences? Have you heard of paragraphs? Punctuation? No wonder ChatGPT sounds like a genius to these clowns.
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Wonderful conversation with @kawulf.bsky.social and Leslie Harris at @brownhist.bsky.social about Lineage, Karin’s wonderful new @oxfordunipress.bsky.social book!
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Wonderful conversation with @kawulf.bsky.social and Leslie Harris at @brownhist.bsky.social about Lineage, Karin’s wonderful new @oxfordunipress.bsky.social book!
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Happy Exploding Whale Day for those who celebrate :)
55 years ago today, the Oregon State Highway Division had a whale of a problem on its hands. How it solved it is the stuff of legends.
In other words: Happy Exploding Whale Day!
In other words: Happy Exploding Whale Day!
The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon
YouTube video by KATU News
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November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Happy Exploding Whale Day for those who celebrate :)
Wonderful conversation with @kawulf.bsky.social and Leslie Harris at @brownhist.bsky.social about Lineage, Karin’s wonderful new @oxfordunipress.bsky.social book!
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Wonderful conversation with @kawulf.bsky.social and Leslie Harris at @brownhist.bsky.social about Lineage, Karin’s wonderful new @oxfordunipress.bsky.social book!
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The Politics of Family/History. I've been so grateful for opportunities to talk abt the history of genealogy in early America & its implications. Tuesday lovely colleagues @brownhist.bsky.social are hosting my conversation w the great Leslie Harris. Join us! events.brown.edu/history/even...
The Politics of Family History: Karin Wulf in Conversation With Leslie Harris (Northwestern University)
Join the Department of History for a conversation with Karin Wulf and Leslie M. Harris (Northwestern University) on Wulf’s latest publication, Li...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The Politics of Family/History. I've been so grateful for opportunities to talk abt the history of genealogy in early America & its implications. Tuesday lovely colleagues @brownhist.bsky.social are hosting my conversation w the great Leslie Harris. Join us! events.brown.edu/history/even...
This is tremendous and I am grateful for this honor.
The James A. Rawley Award for the best book on secession and/or the sectional crisis published over the preceding two years is awarded to Seth Rockman for Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery #2025SHA
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This is tremendous and I am grateful for this honor.
A controversial theory? GTFO with this "aristocracy" nonsense.
Inside the billionaire network shaping MAGA’s post-Trump future
Chris Buskirk put tech elites in power in Trump’s Washington. His efforts are grounded in a controversial theory — an ‘aristocracy’ is needed to move the country forward.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A controversial theory? GTFO with this "aristocracy" nonsense.
Leaving no option unexplored as Spring semester pre-registration arrives...
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Leaving no option unexplored as Spring semester pre-registration arrives...
Extreme local post: classical field hockey gets to div iii finals in overtime win!!!!
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Extreme local post: classical field hockey gets to div iii finals in overtime win!!!!
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Brown's campus-wide semiquincentennial initiative #Brown2026 invites applications for a one-year open-rank position, either as a Visiting Fellow or a Visiting Senior Fellow, for the 2026-2027 academic year. applications will be read starting on December 15, 2025 apply.interfolio.com/175860?fbcli...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Brown's campus-wide semiquincentennial initiative #Brown2026 invites applications for a one-year open-rank position, either as a Visiting Fellow or a Visiting Senior Fellow, for the 2026-2027 academic year. applications will be read starting on December 15, 2025 apply.interfolio.com/175860?fbcli...
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I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
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It is hard to overstate the stress produced by the incoherence of academic institutions pumping generative AI when they want to play business and then leaving instructors to deal with the results when they want to play school
Cheating with an LLM is the easiest thing in the world for a student to do, but it creates a massive, laborious headache for a prof, if you intend to take it seriously. There’s meetings, emails, discussions, moral dilemmas. It’s just incredibly burdensome, on top of everything else right now.
I had 9 meetings about students using Chat GPT/LLMs on their papers today.
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It is hard to overstate the stress produced by the incoherence of academic institutions pumping generative AI when they want to play business and then leaving instructors to deal with the results when they want to play school
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*Plantation Goods* has had an incredible run, beyond anything I could have imagined. I am absolutely thrilled that the book is being honored with the Horowitz Prize from the Bard Graduate Center for scholarship on decorative arts, design history, or material culture. @uchicagopress.bsky.social
2024 Horowitz Book Prize Winner
Bard Graduate Center is pleased to announce that the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Book Prize for the best book on the decorative arts, design history, or material culture of the Americas published...
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October 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
*Plantation Goods* has had an incredible run, beyond anything I could have imagined. I am absolutely thrilled that the book is being honored with the Horowitz Prize from the Bard Graduate Center for scholarship on decorative arts, design history, or material culture. @uchicagopress.bsky.social
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“Labor is prior to capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is superior and deserves higher consideration.”
Abraham Lincoln's Message to Congress, December 1861.
Abraham Lincoln's Message to Congress, December 1861.
October 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“Labor is prior to capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is superior and deserves higher consideration.”
Abraham Lincoln's Message to Congress, December 1861.
Abraham Lincoln's Message to Congress, December 1861.
I usually try to play it cool and take a deep breath when I see stuff like this, but honest to God:
F*** these Nazis
F*** these Nazis
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I usually try to play it cool and take a deep breath when I see stuff like this, but honest to God:
F*** these Nazis
F*** these Nazis
Very pleased to have found a physical copy.
October 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Very pleased to have found a physical copy.