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Historians of North America from 1776-1861: I hope you'll submit a proposal to SHEAR 2025 (Providence, July 17-20). This terrific conference is always welcoming of junior scholars. It's also lots of fun. Proposals due 12/1 SHEAR WHA Grad Caucus OIEAHC shear.org/annual-meeting…

This is the mass grave where hundreds of victims of the Ocoee Riot of 1920 are buried. Notice the sign does not say what happened to these people. Notice too that there are no grave markers. Just this open field. It happened because black people tried to VOTE.

If you enjoyed the last year of @friends_table, you have a lot of thanks to give to Armour Astir for that. If you haven't backed the physical copy yet, you should! kickstarter.com/projects/wereg…

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Applications for the RaceB4Race 1st and 2nd Book Institutes are now open! Participants receive professional development and workshops of their academic writing from leading PCRS scholars Cord J. Whitaker and Jean E. Howard. Institutes are based Folger Shakespeare Library and directed Patricia Akhimie.

If your favorite act doesn’t come to where you live, it’s because they can’t afford to, because there aren’t enough venues or ticket buyers. And if you have a counter-example of a favorite act who did come, they are almost certainly were able to because they’re more famous.

In "Queering the Domestic," a special issue of GLQ, contributors ask what it means to queer or reinvent the domestic by examining the diverse functionings of home for LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized groups. View the full TOC and read the intro: ow.ly/M2ue50TUPkR

Long out of print, Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s first English-language book, Peasants and Capital: Dominica in the World Economy, will return to print next May with an introduction by yours truly and an afterword by @schuyleresprit! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…

If you are an @auburnu Auburn Liberal Arts grad who majored in English, would you be willing to let Anton DiSclafani know what you’re up to? Email at link. cla.auburn.edu/directory/anto…

Yesterday 7 of the 30+ employees were laid off at the Academy Film Archive without notice. This included the Director & Head of Preservation who was one of the best managers I ever had. This feels like a death knell for the 3rd largest film archive in North America. (1/3)

These findings should trouble not only job candidates but also college students, whose applications are increasingly being screened using AI. LLMs "favored resumes from white-associated names 85% of the time and female-associated names 11% of the time." geekwire.com/2024/ai-overwh…

The idea of traveling internationally in order to BE PREVENTED from even discussing this resolution is stomach-churning. An entire K-PhD ed system has been destroyed, 1000s of students & fac killed, students & fac who oppose this disciplined/fired/prosecuted—but we can’t discuss?

If you are a fan of Ten Candles, you'll want to check this out. Proud to announce my collaboration with Cantrip Candles to FINALLY create official Ten Candles tealight candles! Available for sale RIGHT NOW over at cavalrygames.com/shop. youtu.be/RQGvkkoh9s4

Screen Studies Conference 2025 Call for Papers : single paper and panel proposals on the suggestive theme, 'returns' welcomed e.g. return of ghosts, the past, of memories, theoretical frameworks and the current interest in hauntology. tinyurl.com/yc4efy4a

Many many LARP nerds smile wryly and think of the dozens of games that do that and far more.

BREAKING: Incorrect ballots have been reported in St. Clair County. If you showed up to vote in the following polling places and did not have an accurate ballot or could not vote, please go back and vote later today. Polls have been extended to 9pm.

GEORGIA VOTERS: If you’re in line, stay in line! If you're in line by 7pm, you have the right to vote. 🔵Cobb County Civic Center 🔵Sugar Hill Church, Gwinnett 🔵Swint Elementary School, Jonesboro Your vote matters! RT/share this post so others stay in line.

The final episode of Quinns Quest Season 1 is OUT, and I saved the best game for last. Slugblaster is about skating, freedom, getting hurt and growing up. It's a TTRPG sent back in time from a brighter future. youtube.com/watch?v=kHIcXn…