Emily Conroy-Krutz

My reading assistant enjoying @ronajohnson.bsky.social’s new book Entangled Alliances. He was struck by how intertwined events in Saint Domingue were with the American Revolution and vice versa.

Last spring, the faculty overwhelmingly voted to ratify freedom-of-expression principles that truly support real differences of opinion and perspective. The administration and the board of trustees have thus far blocked their adoption. All this comes at a time when higher education’s crucial role in cultivating critical thought and inquiry and producing knowledge is under political attack. Ours is a cautionary tale about what happens when rhetoric substitutes for material protections of free speech. Rather than unilateral decisions by administrators about what constitutes acceptable conversation, colleges and universities must have policies that involve the faculty, students and the staff in the robust protection of debate and inquiry. Elizabeth Castelli Hilary Callahan New York Dr. Castelli is the president of Barnard’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors; Dr. Callahan is the vice president. This letter was submitted on behalf of Barnard A.A.U.P.

Elizabeth Castelli & Hilary Callahan
on behalf of Barnard A.A.U.P.:

Beleaguered academics: good news!
Cambridge is hiring an assistant prof of US political history and/or the history of the US in the world (post-1920)
Come work in beautiful Cambridge, close to the site of Trump's historic 2nd state visit!
Deadline Oct 27 - apply, apply! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

The U.S. Constitution Learn about the text, history, and meaning of the U.S. Constitution from leading scholars of diverse legal and philosophical perspectives.

Today is Constitution Day in the United States, marking the anniversary of its signing in Philadelphia on this date in 1787. Take a few moments today to read the document all the way through, and find a way to contribute yourself to a "more perfect union."

constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...

Everyone should have a friend like @econroykrutz.bsky.social! 🙏🏾📚

Book cover of Archival Irruptions: Constructing Religion and Criminalizing Obeah in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica

I'm excited to share that my new book ARCHIVAL IRRUPTIONS: Constructing Religion and Criminalizing Obeah in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica is coming out with
@dukepress.bsky.social in October!

Honors thesis seminar is off to a great start with a first-day game of history jenga! These students are wonderful.

Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations @shafrhistorians.bsky.social Summer Institute at The Ohio State University @mershoncenter.bsky.social on "strategic cultures" June 2026, advanced PhD students & early career scholars all welcome, please apply -> CFP: www.shafr.org/index.php?op...

A friend reminded me this weekend that it’s been 10 years now since Christian Imperialism came out in August 2015. It’s been quite the decade! Happy birthday, book.

Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.

National Museum of American History

📢 The OAH has issued a Statement on the White House Review of the Smithsonian. Read the statement: ow.ly/hgLR50WGhfQ

It would be helpful now if more Americans knew more about our history, and were ready for its myths to be punctured. Seems like the myths continue to do their work.

New version of the Slave Voyages website launched:

www.slavevoyages.org/blog/slavevo...

#History #EnslavedHistory 🗃️

Sad to report that this page was not nearly as juicy as the instruction "Don't print this page" suggests

Oh: Presbyterian Church (USA)'s Stated Clerk — #2 or #1 official in the denomination, depending on your view — issued a letter on Gaza last week that lists orgs that've "warned that the unfolding destruction in Gaza meets the criteria of genocide under international law." pcusa.org/news-storyte...

If you want to learn about married women’s dependent citizenship in the early 20th century & the birthright citizens who lost their citizenship by marrying an immigrant, check out “Forgotten America” on The Great Courses Plus or Audible. 🗃️

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To be truly on-theme, though, there would need to be a shark somewhere in the picture. (I'm so glad the rest of the world gets to read about the shark now!)

I hope you appreciate that I got the photo in front of the map wall! (None of Central America, alas)

Just got home from a few weeks away and I found the very best mail waiting for me. Congratulations again @jlepler.bsky.social

I heard such wonderful things about this panel--so sorry to have missed it in person, and very excited that your remarks will be available online!

All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.

That sounds amazing

Official publication day!

Meanwhile I was very smug about pre-ordering 😁

Congratulations Meg! Check out Meg’s article in the Journal of the Early Republic.

muse.jhu.edu/pub/12/artic...

Six book covers rotating clockwise: Plantation Goods; Promise to Pay; Freeman's Challenge; Banking on Slavery; The United States Governed by Six Hundred Thousand Despots; Insatiable City.

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