August is here, & with it my 287th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

#ScholarSunday Thread 287 (8/2/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

August is here, & with it my 287th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share as widely ...

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Applications now open for the 2027 #SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social Summer Institute! "The Afterlives of Empire and Decolonization" for early career scholars, convened by Jason Parker and Aileen Teague Texas A&M Bush School DC, June 20–24, 2027. Deadline: December 15, 2026.🗃️ lnkd.in/e5NgH3kn

The CFA for the 2027 Summer Institute is live on the website! www.shafr.org/index.php?op...

Live from Philly, where both LeBron & I took our talents this week (although I'm headed back to Boston later today), here’s my 286th #ScholarSunday thread of great writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ +

#ScholarSunday Thread 286 (7/26/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

Live from Philly, where both LeBron & I took our talents this week, here’s my 286th #ScholarSunday thread of great writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add mor...

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Am just going to keep spamming my Contingent article because I love it and this has otherwise been a garbage week.

Erin Grievances@erinbartram.bsky.social · 2w ago

“In that moment, what hope did Edwin and his father feel? What shame? When Edwin drank down his sister, did he remember the girl she had been—the one we do not know—or only imagine a fiend?”

This is a great series on Indonesia for anyone teaching modern Southeast Asia or Indonesian History. A group of terrific young Indonesian scholars and great prep and questioning by Denvir. @asianstudies.org @avick.bsky.social @tompepinsky.com @anu-chl.bsky.social

Daniel Denvir@danieldenvir.bsky.social · 2w ago

We just completed Nusantara, @thedigradio.bsky.social's 8-part series on the history of Indonesia. The fourth largest country is barely understood in the West and yet has decisively shaped the world: from Dutch colonialism to third world revolution to US-backed mass anti-communist genocide. 1/

amazing to see this happen for @muscledistribution.bsky.social

In a new piece for @contingent-mag.bsky.social, Anna Snyder answers the question that Avril Lavigne posed to historians two decades ago. #history #ItsComplicated

Why Do Historians Complicate Things?

Myth-busting is not enough.

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At long last! The first draft of this spilled out of me on a train last October, but I needed months of rewrites to get it to here. I'm incredibly proud of this. Thank you @erinbartram.bsky.social!!

Contingent Magazine@contingent-mag.bsky.social · 2w ago

"The historical record can only create a woman-shaped grave for Mercy Brown. She only gains a narrative after she dies." Our latest, from Genna Duplisea.

"The historical record can only create a woman-shaped grave for Mercy Brown. She only gains a narrative after she dies." Our latest, from Genna Duplisea.

Against the Grave

Mercy Brown's tale has always been one of consumption.

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Here it is, my 285th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

#ScholarSunday Thread 285 (7/19/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

Here it is, my 285th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, &...

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This weekend is your LAST CHANCE to pledge to the @muscledistribution.bsky.social Kickstarter -- spread the word and help them hit their stretch goal! (send the link to any indie movie fan you know who takes a curiously large number of vacations etc) 👍: www.muscle-distribution.com/kickstarter

KJ Shepherd@kjshepherd.bsky.social · 3w ago

Support for the @muscledistribution.bsky.social kickstarter has been so strong that they're aiming for a stretch goal: A 35mm print of PUMPING IRON II: THE WOMEN They just need enough to strike the print! 😎 Pledge here and share the word, thanks! 😎: www.muscle-distribution.com/kickstarter

Less than 10 years ago, my son Elijah was diagnosed with the pediatric brain tumor DIPG, which at the time had a 0% survival rate and no effective treatment. The rapid progress in research towards effective immunotherapy treatments is astonishing. Too late to save Elijah, but an amazing sign.

Greg Burke@gregoryburke.bsky.social · 3w ago

www.newscientist.com/article/2533...

The petition was at double digits this morning and as of 3pm today, it's at 184. I know we can get it to over 200 today! Sign!

Chicago Area Archivists@chicagoarchivists.bsky.social · 3w ago

Sign the petition to stop the closure of the National Archives at Chicago:

A chronological list of the best nuclear Doomsday films, compiled by Bulletin senior fellow Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social, shows how the nuclear perspective unfolded from the earliest days of the atomic age to the present. See which 13 films made the cut on our site: buff.ly/CIxUEcs

Didn't we just leave Columbus? 👀 The CFP for #SHAFR2027 in Arlington, VA is live — and it's a big one: our 60th anniversary! Co-chairs Lauren Turek & Steve Tuffnell want your panels, papers, and roundtables. Details on our website. www.shafr.org/shafr2027

WE DID IT — thanks to you, we’ll be restoring four films that we think you’re really going to love. Since we’ve still got a full week left, we want to take things further: if we can raise another $10k, we’ll be able to strike a new 35mm print of PUMPING IRON II. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mus...

Here it is, my 284th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

#ScholarSunday Thread 284 (7/12/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

Here it is, my 284th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy,...

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One way to truly honor the legacy of known bigot Lindsey Graham is to support queer art and trans people--and pledging to the @muscledistribution.bsky.social kickstarter lets you do both at once Plus, it can hit the finish line TODAY if you do Go right here: www.muscle-distribution.com/kickstarter

y'all @muscledistribution.bsky.social is less than $7K away from the big goal--now's the time to pledge and to share with anyone you think would love to support this. (Plus the merch is next level.) can you get them to the finish line tonight?

Muscle Distribution@muscledistribution.bsky.social · last mo.

We’re restoring four underseen and largely unavailable films, including two that have been out of circulation for decades and never released on home video — and we’re looking for your support. Check out the @kickstarter.com campaign here: www.muscle-distribution.com/kickstarter

The @muscledistribution.bsky.social kickstarter is sprinting towards 50K! It's very likely going to hit that point at 500 pledges: can you help get them there? And share the link with fans of both indie film & queer and trans artists Thanks and thanks 😎 www.muscle-distribution.com/kickstarter

Just got off the phone with Mitch McConnell.

Happy 250th, America! My gift to you, as is the tradition of course, is all the phenomenal public scholarly writing, podcasts, & books in my 283rd #ScholarSunday thread. Add more below, please share as widely as was the Declaration, & enjoy the intellectual fireworks, all! 🗃️ +

#ScholarSunday Thread 283 (7/5/26) – Black and White and Read All Over

Happy 250th, America! My gift to you, as is the tradition of course, is all the phenomenal public scholarly writing, podcasts, & books in my 283rd #ScholarSunday thread. Add more below, please share a...

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In our home, it’s a double feature of Jaws and the Mad Men episode, “Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency.”

The Abominable Dr. Vibes@asterionhex.monster · last mo.

In all the Freedom 250 hoopla, I hope we can all remember the true meaning of the Fourth of July: watching Jaws

It would be really cool if you joined in today--like genuinely really 😎 cool 🆒

Muscle Distribution@muscledistribution.bsky.social · last mo.

We’re restoring four underseen and largely unavailable films, including two that have been out of circulation for decades and never released on home video — and we’re looking for your support. Check out the @kickstarter.com campaign here: www.muscle-distribution.com/kickstarter

Congratulations to the lovely couple that climbed the Empire State Building.

I know this is, as a colleague said, niche Yael content at the intersection of refugees and archives, but my goodness: we need a campaign to save the UNHCR archive on the 75th anniversary of the Refugee Convention! Who is with me!? rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/06/29/u...

Some articles about how historians do their work.

The Star in the Stones

The scanned image looked sharper than the framed photograph at my grandmother’s house. And only now did I notice a strange detail.

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Delighted to contribute to this fundraiser. Thank you @kjshepherd.bsky.social for spreading the word about it. Good luck and hoping you hit the goal! I just backed Help Muscle restore and rerelease four underseen indie films on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/mus...

Help Muscle restore and rerelease four underseen indie films

We're restoring PUMPING IRON II: THE WOMEN, SPARKLE'S TAVERN, SCREAMPLAY, and OFF THE WALL so that we can bring them to new audiences.

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