“Protect Trans Kids” over 400+ people were not allowed to have their voice heard in the state public health committee today on HB 1686. #txlege #ProtectTransKids

Join a few brilliant historians at #OAH2023 for a Fri. morning (10:30am) roundtable that will address some often overlooked antecedents to the current U.S. carceral state. Hope to see some new and familiar faces! Dr. William Horne Justin Randolph Myisha S Eatmon

SIX members of the History Department attended #OAH2023 in LA. Drs. Tom Alter, Sarah Coleman, John Mckiernan-Gonzalez, dr. pliley, and Justin Randolph all participated in panels. These covered the histories of immigration, sexuality, the carceral state, and labor.

Boaventura de Sousa Santos, who is known for writing about the epistemologies of the south and decolonization, has been accused of sexual misconduct. His former students at the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra detail his actions in chapter 12.

🧵Want to share a bit more about this incubator and how it came about! As Talitha LeFlouria, @DainaRameyBerry & I were dreaming up this series, we were thinking about the books that we hoped & dreamed of publishing. We thought of all the folks we knew that had amazing projects...

Danielle Allen Growing the House might seem absurd or unfeasible, but it has plenty of precedent, Danielle Allen writes. "And a closer connection between representatives and constituents was envisioned by the Founders as a vital design principle of our system." wapo.st/3LsghdW

Check this out! Dr. dr. pliley was interviewed by the BBC for a story about a famous nineteenth century madam who amassed so much wealth that she is buried in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC. TXST Liberal Arts bbc.com/reel/video/p0f… via BBC Reel

"America runs on dunkin, but capitalism runs on social reproduction" - Eileen Boris with the best line of the conference #LAWCHA2023

Tenure protected for Texas universities. A big win for scholarship & teaching. A very good day. ⁦UT Austin⁩ ⁦The LBJ School⁩ ⁦Texas House of Representatives⁩ #tenure texastribune.org/2023/05/27/tex…

Thought-provoking read. "Survivors with stories which can't be effectively ‘sold’ are left out in the cold. Survivors with ‘useful’ stories are welcomed, but only if they are willing to become prof storytellers of suffering." Joel Quirk (account inactive) @BeyondSlavery opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-traf…

I do wonder how long it will take to see the broader economic and societal impact of Dobbs—when women begin to disappear more from work, achievement, and public life, and when those who are left begin to feel lonelier, more isolated, deprived of camaraderie and mentorship.

Here is Dr. dr. pliley meeting with the students in the Upward Bound program.

The first panel of #berks2023 is starting in Benson Parlors B/C! Hear from undergraduate and graduate students on why they major in history and why their friends don’t!

“‘Intimate Labors Revisited’: The Legacy of ⁦Eileen Boris⁩’s Reconceptualization of Work” is starting now. ⁦⁦dr. pliley⁩ is kicking it off. #Berks2023

The Coordinating Council for Women in History offers 6 annual prizes. Details and application instructions may be found at: theccwh.org/awards. The awards deadline is May 15, 2024. Awards are open only to CCWH members. Applicants may apply for one CCWH award per year.

Jeff Sharlet Dartmouth 🌲 Those cops were brutal to me. I promise I did absolutely nothing wrong. I was standing with a line of women faculty in the their 60s to 80s trying to protect our students. I have now been banned from the campus where I have taught for 34 years.

Please circulate: The Department of History at Texas State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of environmental history with a focus on water in human history (regional and period open). jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/53043 #envhist Texas State History