Moral Economy of the Peasant set my intellectual course as an undergrad, Seeing Like a State anchored my dissertation. For the last decade, Jim was one of the wisest and strongest supporters of my work. His forthcoming book about the Irrawadi River will be terrific. What a loss.

You know you're done with what you're writing when you look up an abstruse loose end and you're directed to your own prior publications about the topic.

as a history teacher I AM SO INSPIRED RIGHT NOW

Tim Walz was one of the first politicians to call for an immediate ceasefire & release of all hostages. And when asked about the Uncommitted Movement, did NOT condemn them or demonize them. Instead, he said "they're civically engaged & should be listened to." Now he'll be VP.✊🏽

Doing research with AI tools and methods in digital humanities? This cfp is for you! Send us your paper by January 15th. #DH2024 @javiercha Miguel Escobar Varela @[email protected] Maya Dodd Ruth Mostern @rmostern.bsky.social Ngue Um @jenguiliano lorna hughes Martin Grandjean Rahul K Gairola Dr Shawn Day Dr. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni Edinburgh University Press

This was such a fun conversation with Lisa Petrides, PhD from ISKME !

A clip from our latest #episode w/Ruth Mostern @rmostern.bsky.social. Tune in to hear more on how naming streets, cities, landmarks shapes our environments & what the @whgazetteer hopes to offer those seeking justice in the naming of places educatingtobehuman.org/the-power-of-p… #podcasting #podcasts #history #names

#Veranstaltungstipp Heute Abend spricht Ruth Mostern im @MPIWG über "The Ecology of the Political Landscape in Eleventh-Century Shaanxi: The Environmental and Spatial History of a Multiethnic Borderland". mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/event/ecology-…

Oof, this one hurts me. Goodbye (or perhaps in honor of Wordle, I should say adieu) to my 800+ day crossword streak, and no pausing from doomscrolling during this most anxious week to do the Spelling Bee. But, as they say, "break your streak, don't break the strike."

Thank you to everyone honoring our NYT Games picket line and breaking your Wordle streaks! We're so grateful that made you a strike game! Play today's union-friendly connections here: connections.swellgarfo.com/game/-OAxFXBC7…

To everyone standing with us by breaking your streaks, thank you! Here's today's strike-friendly Connections board we made for you #Breakyourstreak #nocontractnogames connections.swellgarfo.com/game/-OB15lz2p…

Hello friends! I am testing the water over at Bluesky. Who should I follow for world and Chinese history, space and place, climate and environment, and left and liberatory politics? I'm at @rmostern.bsky.social over there.

Pittsburgh! The World History Center GLobal Justice Activism Intergenerational Roundtable and Pedagogy Workshop is coming up on Thursday. We will be hearing from a lot of amazing people, and you should come! calendar.pitt.edu/event/global-j…

Ruth Mostern @rmostern.bsky.social Hi Ruth. Plz search “environmental history starter pack” there

Deadline approaching! Send us your research on AI and Digital Humanities. Share widely. Guest-edited by @javiercha and Miguel Escobar Varela @[email protected]. Ruth Mostern @rmostern.bsky.social Maya Dodd Ngue Um Dr Shawn Day Rahul K Gairola Dr. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni Martin Grandjean @jenguiliano Ian Gregory Hilde De Weerdt Luis Ferla lorna hughes

In #worldhistory next semester, I'll cover medieval (Byzantine to Mamluk) #Palestine. I'm looking at Masalha (Palestine), Cobb (Race for Paradise) and primary sources like Benjamin of Tudela, Ibn Jubayr and al-Maqdisi. Any other suggestions for good undergrad friendly resources?