Jason Petrulis

We are going to focus @douglassday.bsky.social in Feb 2026 on the Colored Conventions and their visions for citizenship.

We need to tell a much fuller story about the 14th amendment. The history is crystal clear. The Constitution is crystal clear.

Private clinics listed by the govt sometimes get confused bc they offer free shots that are govt subsidized, which you are NOT asking about, but they get hung up on:

www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/li...

Try calling Marina or OTP directly.

除了政府疫苗接種計劃提供的疫苗外，市民可諮詢家庭醫生現時私營市場供應的已註冊 新冠疫苗，以考慮是否自. Apart from vaccine provided under the Government Vaccination programme, citizens may consult a family doctor on registered COVID-19 vaccine available in private market and consider receiving the vaccination for personal protection at their own expense.

Per this govt poster, you still should be able to pay for it yourself (at a private clinic):
www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/po...

Love is the Message joins BlueSky!

We're a podcast about music, the dance floor, sound systems and counterculture, hosted by @jemgilbert.bsky.social and Tim Lawrence.

www.loveisthemessagepod.co.uk

Apple: tinyurl.com/5n6ehsd6
Spotify: tinyurl.com/59fnvebu
Patreon: tinyurl.com/mvbmdc9e

Dwelling in the World | Columbia University Press By the early twentieth century, Chinese residents of the northern treaty-port city of Tianjin were dwelling in the world. Divided by nine foreign concessions... | CUP

It is an award winner, too!

cup.columbia.edu/book/dwellin...

Elizabeth LaCouture, Dwelling in the World -- esp chs 3, 4, and 5, depending if you want to emphasize city or home, and culture or politics and law

cover of the report: Black History at the Vassall Estate, Special History Study, with the National Park Service header. The image on a tan background is the signatures of members of the Black Vassall family.

Our report is published! Free and available to the public!

Black History at the Vassall Estate

Longfellow House—Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

This is the story of a Black family in Massachusetts who exemplified the spirit of liberty.

read:
irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Do...

Children's book on HK's ethnic minority women empowers young readers "Journey With Me Through Hong Kong, My Home," a children's activity book published by Professor Puja Kapai's DEIJB Lab at HKU, highlights the lives and careers of 12 ethnically diverse women in the city.

"Journey With Me Through Hong Kong, My Home," a children's activity book published by Professor Puja Kapai's DEIJB Lab at HKU, highlights the lives and careers of 12 ethnically diverse women in the city. In full: buff.ly/YnEFq69

It's August 6 in Japan now. I'm thinking of my family's experience in Hiroshima 80 years ago and feeling grateful that I spent some time in the city this past January. Photo taken at Shukkeien, where my great grandmother evacuated to escape the fire that engulfed her neighborhood after the bombing.

BREAKING! Over the moon excited to announce Ai Hisano's appointment as next editor-in-chief at @entandsoc.bsky.social!

How can we teach about disaster & history using ephemera? Revisit our #NCCSpotlight “Earthquake Children Image Archive: A Window into Disaster & Humanity” by Dr. Janet Borland (ICU) to learn how her work on the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake translates to classrooms: guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...

💬 "The committee was impressed by the article's significant contribution to organology as it recontextualizes the jawbone/quijada, highlighting its multifaceted cultural roles." www.facebook.com/100064526028...
🏆 Learn more about the prize: www.amis.org/frances-dens...

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📄 "From Jonkonnu and Son de los diablos to Congo Square and Son Jarocho: Global Histories of the Jawbone/Quijada as a Black Musical Instrument" @projectmuse.bsky.social‬ muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

🎉 Congratulations to American Music author Dr. Jason Petrulis for being recognized as the 2025 Honorable Mention for the Frances Densmore Prize from the American Musical Instrument Society! @petrulis.bsky.social

Nomination and selection of Nobel Peace Prize laureates - NobelPrize.org A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize may be submitted by any person who meets the nomination criteria. A letter of invitation to submit is not required. The names of the nominees and other informati...

🗃️ Reminder: if you are a university professor, professor emeritus, or associate professor of history, you are eligible to nominate *anyone you want* for a Nobel Peace Prize.

www.nobelprize.org/nomination/p...

Nominations for 2026 open in September!

From Jonkonnu and Son de los diablos to Congo Square and Son Jarocho: Global Histories of the Jawbone/Quijada as a Black Musical Instrument In his left hand, Pompey held a jawbone by its chin, on an empty spot between the animal's front incisors and back molars. In his right hand, the 26-year-old Black mule-wagon driver held a “highly pol...

Last: In "From Jonkonnu and Son de los diablos to Congo Square and Son Jarocho: Global Histories of the Jawbone/Quijada as a Black Musical Instrument," I tried to capture how music makes portals across time and space (see the conclusion esp!):

scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/am/artic...

And don't miss @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social history and music podcast series "American Railroad," on the many traditions that intersected in US railroad music:

www.silkroad.org/american-rai...

YouTube video by Newport Folk Festival Newport Sessions: The Silkroad Ensemble, "Our Instruments And Where They Come From"

The big Sinners musical scene connected Chinese American, Irish American, and Black American music; @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social, another musical advisor, regularly makes these connections thru her work w Silkroad. Here's a banjo, pipa, and shakuhachi combo:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHmN...

YouTube video by Vox Why this instrument explains Black American folk music

Blount's Vox.com video on the banjo is a great starting point for learning how his music connects with history:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrRf...

A star-studded cast of musical advisors includes @jakeblount.com, whose "Jail the Zombie: Black Banjoists, Biopolitics, and Archives" is a wonderful recent addition to a growing literature on the banjo as a Black musical instrument:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Ballad of Geeshie and Elvie (Published 2014) On the trail of the phantom women who changed American music and then vanished without a trace.

She is in conversation with a NY Times Mag piece on Wiley and Thomas by John Jeremiah Sullivan:

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Liner Notes for the Revolution — Harvard University Press Winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award, Rock & Roll Hall of FameWinner of the American Book Award, Before Columbus FoundationWinner of the PEN Oakland–Josephine Miles AwardWinner of the MAAH ...

Short 🗃️ 🧵 on Sinners-esque history:

Ch 5 of Daphne A. Brooks's Liner Notes for the Revolution discusses Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas, whose "Pick Poor Robin Clean" plays a big role in the movie (and is on the soundtrack):

www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Democracy's Data ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2022From the historian Dan Bouk, a lesson in reading between the lines of the U.S. census to unc...

And if you *still* can't get enough Census history, check out Dan Bouk's Democracy's Data:
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...

Thank you for this! For more:

Images + explanations of race/ethnicity categories from Census questionnaires, 1790-2020:
usafacts.org/articles/how...

A fascinating interactive map of Census race/ethnicity categories, 1790-2010:
www.census.gov/data-tools/d...

Spirituals and Shout Songs from the Georgia Coast The McIntosh County Shouters · Album · 2017 · 17 songs

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Spirituals and Shout Songs from the Georgia Coast | Smithsonian Folkways Recordingsicon-circle-playsvg-new-pause-buttonicon-circle-playsvg-new-pause-buttonicon-circle-playsvg-new-pause-buttonicon-circ... Acclaimed upholders of the African American ring shout, the McIntosh County Shouters keep the faith, form, and fervor of the generations-old tradition rooted in their small community of coastal Georgi...

The Smithsonian Folkways site is a treasure trove of African American, African diaspora, and African religious music. For Juneteenth, Folkways recommends "Spirituals and Shout Songs from the Georgia Coast."

From Jonkonnu and Son de los diablos to Congo Square and Son Jarocho: Global Histories of the Jawbone/Quijada as a Black Musical Instrument In his left hand, Pompey held a jawbone by its chin, on an empty spot between the animal's front incisors and back molars. In his right hand, the 26-year-old Black mule-wagon driver held a “highly pol...

(Unfortunately, my article "From Jonkonnu and Son de los diablos to Congo Square and Son Jarocho: Global Histories of the Jawbone/Quijada as a Black Musical Instrument" is not free; email me if you need access.)

scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/am/artic...

Fiddling Is My Joy Companion: The Fiddle in African American Culture Author(s): DjeDje, Jacqueline Cogdell | Abstract: Fiddling Is My Joy Companion is an open access publishing platform to accompany the book, Fiddling Is My Joy: The Fiddle in African American Culture. ...

Also check out the free eBook companion, which includes photos, maps, etc:

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Fiddling Is My Joy: The Fiddle in African American Culture by Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje - Books on Google Play Fiddling Is My Joy: The Fiddle in African American Culture - Ebook written by Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offli...

🗃️ So excited it is finally out:

Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje's Fiddling Is My Joy: The Fiddle in African American Culture

FREE download:
play.google.com/store/books/...

Apparently it is open access via ‪@upmississippi.bsky.social‬ ‪and @uclalibrary.bsky.social!

Examples of AAA Triptiks, which American Automobile Association staffers would put together for members. A Triptik was a set of map detail pages that could be assembled by a AAA staffer for any trip you could plan. The AAA staffer would use a highlighter to mark your optimal route across the maps, taking into consideration your midpoint and final destinations for each day or segment of the trip. It even included restaurants, motels, and points of interest...

And the answer is yes!