New job: History of Early Modern East Asia (c. 1400-1850) Brown University jobs.h-net.org/jobs/70189
Tara Nummedal
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Early modern objects, bodies, and knowledges; digital scholarship; knitter; author of Anna Zieglerin and the Lion’s Blood & co-author of furnaceandfugue.org
Scholarly folks who have ever received federal funding: today is the deadline for public comment on proposed revisions that will decimate our national research capacity and replace expertise with political whim. Please consider throwing in your 2¢. See below for some useful links and encouragement.
Postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social in the history of the “information age,” cybernetics, computing, digital technology, artificial intelligence, and/or the emergence of data-driven methods in the sciences and beyond. networks.h-net.org/jobs/69559/b...
Brown University - Mellon Postdoctoral Research Associate in the History of Computational Technology | H-Net
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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 Please apply!
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Please circulate - we are hiring in Early Modern European history!
Brown University - Early Modern European History, Brown University | H-Net
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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I have always loved this 2017 (!) post from Dani Rabaiotti on how/whether to ask a question at a conference. Has anyone seen something similar for how to contribute constructively in department meetings? Asking for a friend. danirabaiotti.wordpress.com/2017/05/15/a...
Academic etiquette: Tips on conducting yourself at an academic conference
An ongoing theme has emerged from the last few conferences I have attended, and a number of conversations I have had with fellow academics on Twitter. A lot of people don’t seem to be getting the m…
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Parallel map for NEH funding to states. NB that 40% of NEH funding goes directly to the state humanities councils, which do critical community work and which benefits people --culturally and economically-- all across the country. www.neh.gov/impact/states
Impact in States & Jurisdictions
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Karin Wulf@kawulf.bsky.social · last yr.An interactive map shows where IMLS funding is / was by state. I found this info very helpful for sharing locally about what such "invisible" support infrastructure provides for our communities. 2// www.imls.gov/map
An NEH Fellowship in 2005 allowed me to write this book, which has informed so much of my teaching about the politics of knowledge.
Cuts to universities aren't just about "woke" and affect Red states too. @sethrockman.bsky.social organized a "teach-in" at the NCAA tourney in Providence. Hear me talk (1 min) about the US gov't as the world's ultimate venture capitalist! @phileil.bsky.social took great notes.
College professors stage NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Teach-In on Federal Government’s Higher Education cuts
“Our ability to train the next generation of STEM professionals is in jeopardy,” said Maia Bailey, a Providence College biology professor. “We have lost funds to help us teach more effectively..."
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A few photos from the teach-in organized by @sethrockman.bsky.social in downtown Providence this afternoon.
Philip Eil@phileil.bsky.social · last yr.Providence: professors from local colleges are holding a "teach-in" downtown today to "draw attention to the Trump Administration budget cuts that threaten higher education here in Rhode Island and on the campuses now competing in the tournament." Organized by @sethrockman.bsky.social.
In honor of #MarchMadness, let's talk about how all 8 men's teams playing in Providence this week are threatened by the Musk/Trump Admin. If you love college sports, you're going to have to stand up for colleges!!!!
Need a history of science summer reading list? www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ten must-read science histories
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Another 2-year postdoc in the Brown History Dept! Postdoctoral Fellowship in Diversifying Historical Epistemology. Apply by 2/15. apply.interfolio.com/138414
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[Unbelievably excited to announce] A two-year postdoctoral appointment in LABOR HISTORY, 1500-Present. Brown University, Department of History Applications due 2/15/24
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Please apply and share! The Department of Africana Studies, Center for Digital Scholarship, and Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown U invite applications for the 2024-2026 International Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship in Black Digital Humanities. apply.interfolio.com/136664
A good mail day! I received my copies of the new paperback edition of Anna Zieglerin and the Lion’s blood. Out Nov. 7, just in time for spring semester classes.
