Tej Nagaraja
@tejnagaraja.bsky.social
historian — Cornell U. professor — book author, “Troop Movements” (2026)
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c... So our Cambridge History of War and Society is out and available! My co-editor Jennifer Keene and I are so appreciative of all our authors—see list in the image. We’re very proud of this volume and it’s because of all the incredible scholars who contributed.
August 2 is the 102nd birth-anniversary of the writer James Baldwin. Baldwin figures in my new book, TROOP MOVEMENTS — as a wartime worker in motion — and as an influence on my analysis. My book traces how ‘Greatest Generation’ WW2 workers came of age — in their paths toward “Sixties” politics…
Also, people "care" about many things. They can only take action on a very few of those and usually the people implying you don't care enough about something know this (based on their own experiences).
August 2 is the 102nd birth-anniversary of the writer James Baldwin. Baldwin figures in my new book, TROOP MOVEMENTS — as a wartime worker in motion — and as an influence on my analysis. My book traces how ‘Greatest Generation’ WW2 workers came of age — in their paths toward “Sixties” politics…
Happy to get my first copy of TROOP MOVEMENTS from Penn Press. It looks great. It’s out in September. Pre-order it! I'll be on book tour, from Sep 2026 into 2027 — stay tuned… If you may be interested in doing a book review, podcast, interview, or book event — be in touch!
My book TROOP MOVEMENTS is out in September. You can pre-order it anywhere! I'll be on book tour from 2026 thru 2027. A couple events... *Sep 24 in NYC — Tej Nagaraja w/ Ruth Milkman + Adrian De León *Oct 1 in Baltimore — Tej Nagaraja w/ Stuart Schrader More to come — stay tuned — be in touch!
My book TROOP MOVEMENTS is out in September. You can pre-order it anywhere! I'll be on book tour from 2026 thru 2027. A couple events... *Sep 24 in NYC — Tej Nagaraja w/ Ruth Milkman + Adrian De León *Oct 1 in Baltimore — Tej Nagaraja w/ Stuart Schrader More to come — stay tuned — be in touch!
RIP Chino Garcia — NYC legend From gangs + Real Great Society organizing — to Nuyorican culture + Charas/El Bohio activism — to mentoring next generations of working-class struggles. (I feel fortunate to have met him & seen him in action, over a couple decades.) Let's keep on studying...
RIP Chino Garcia — NYC legend From gangs + Real Great Society organizing — to Nuyorican culture + Charas/El Bohio activism — to mentoring next generations of working-class struggles. (I feel fortunate to have met him & seen him in action, over a couple decades.) Let's keep on studying...
Checkout Penn Press's Fall catalog — with a bunch of exciting books, coming soon. My book — TROOP MOVEMENTS — is frontlisted as a Featured Title. It comes out this September. You can pre-order it, on any site. Be in touch with me — if you want to review, interview, podcast, event, etc.!
Checkout Penn Press's Fall catalog — with a bunch of exciting books, coming soon. My book — TROOP MOVEMENTS — is frontlisted as a Featured Title. It comes out this September. You can pre-order it, on any site. Be in touch with me — if you want to review, interview, podcast, event, etc.!
Walking around NYC, from Brooklyn to the Village to Harlem — I see glimpses of people and events that I write about. One thing I’m excited about in my new book, TROOP MOVEMENTS (Sep 2026) — is to tell a new story of Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis, from 1940s to 1960s to 2000s, from NYC to Africa and back…
I am excited to announce that I am working on a new book with @haymarketbooks.org and @inthesetimes.com, tentatively titled "AMERICAN SACRIFICE: Working People Talk About Fighting for Their Lives—and Our Future—in America's Sacrifice Zones"...
The 2027 LAWCHA Conference call for proposals is now available. The conference will take place at UMass Boston from June 24-26.
Last year, I learned about an artist/performer named Valaida Snow (1900-1956). She was a jazz performer who played with major bands of the 20s & 30s. She played a bunch of instruments and toured extensively across the world. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valaida...
Valaida Snow - Wikipedia
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Walking around NYC, from Brooklyn to the Village to Harlem — I see glimpses of people and events that I write about. One thing I’m excited about in my new book, TROOP MOVEMENTS (Sep 2026) — is to tell a new story of Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis, from 1940s to 1960s to 2000s, from NYC to Africa and back…
🎙️ In our latest podcast, @durba.bsky.social discusses the emergence of women's internationalism as both a political project and a mode of knowledge production that grew out of the crisis of developmental nationalism in the 1970s. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3my66d3k
What can you do to lessen some suffering where you are?
My book — “TROOP MOVEMENTS” — is due out in September. You can see the description & blurbs — on Bookshop, Am*zon, etc-etc. You can *PRE-ORDER* the book. If anyone may want to assign & teach it — or do a review, or an interview, or an event — please do be in touch! www.amazon.com/Troop-Moveme...
Troop Movements: Labor, Race, and Global Freedom Struggles in America’s World War II (Power, Politics, and the World)
Troop Movements: Labor, Race, and Global Freedom Struggles in America’s World War II (Power, Politics, and the World) [Nagaraja, Tejasvi] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Troop Movements: Labor, Race, and Global Freedom Struggles in America’s World War II (Power, Politics, and the World)
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IMO, the Times too often centers some stories around Trump’s putative emotions (he’s “furious”) and frequently frames other articles on the basis of what Trump said (“he describes”). But in this lede Tyler Pager does both.
As an American history professor, I regularly read new books, articles, and dissertations, and also evaluate unpublished manuscripts for journals and book publishers. I would not categorize the recent and emerging historiography in the binary way that Ezra Klein does.
Every year around Pride, people mark 1960s events — which unleashed a new era of gender and sexual politics. In my book TROOP MOVEMENTS — I highlight 1940s origins of 1960s cross-issue movements. WW2 war-work encounters, and anti-fascist visions, set the stage… www.pennpress.org/978151282990...
Who will be at SHAFR this week? On Saturday — we'll be talking about WW2 — and, about movements. Use discount code SHAFR26 to get 40% off on Penn Press books — by Nagaraja & Levy & Parrott and more!: www.pennpress.org/conferences/...
🎧 — Just listened to a sharp interview about the rise of the U.S. right-wing. Author @ajbauer.bsky.social on the great Against The Grain radio/podcast — 📻
Against the Grain@radioagainst.bsky.social · last mo.How did conservatives come to dominate so much of the media in the U.S.? A.J. Bauer discusses how the right borrowed from the left to sharpen its criticism of the media — ultimately giving rise to a rightwing media ecosystem. kpfa.org/episode/agai...
En route to the SHAFR American Foreign Relations conference…
En route to the SHAFR American Foreign Relations conference…
