Gene Zubovich

Sarah Lawrence hiring an assistant prof in US religion.

Thrilled to announce that I’ve inked a two-book deal with @liveright.bsky.social, a division of @wwnorton.com. The first book, THOSE FEARFUL DAYS, is a work of historical true-crime focused on the 1979–81 Atlanta youth murders. The second, THE PASSION OF MATTHEW SHEPARD, situates Shepard’s life 1/ 🗃️

NEH, AmeriCorps and Others Face Financial Freezes, Layoffs As groups like the Institute of Museum and Library Services lose staff and grant funding, the consequences trickle down to colleges and universities.

“It could take decades to recover from the proposed cut if it were to pass, Hill said. 'It’s just less to go around in a field that’s already feeling the lack of support.'” bit.ly/4m3sV3s

Sunday - Church of England Stalking Case; Global Religion Study; Faith at Glastonbury - BBC Sounds A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week

I spoke with the BBC’s Edward Stourton this morning about Johnnie Moore and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Our conversation is about 17 minutes in.

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If you’re in the UK, I’ll be speaking about Johnnie Moore and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on BBC 4 radio at 7:10am GMT

Chandler in blue jacket with light blue dress shirt at podium presenting with a slide on the screen to his right showing the video game set up an describing the war simulation in the games.

Master's student Clayton Chandler considered US memory of the Soviet war effort through the study of video games and player responses to their tasks and roles in the games. Advised by @genezubovich.bsky.social

Fingers crossed, Canada!

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Just received word that my National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship was being terminated immediately. I'll be fine, but what a tragedy for museums, universities, literary centers, and the American public.

Immanuel Wallerstein at Columbia University: C. Wright Mills, Karl Polanyi, and the Frankfurt School in Postwar America by Sam Chian

In today's think piece, Sam Chian provides an original and intellectually rich portrait of the early years of famed American sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein.

Their jobs vanished. These historians want to ensure their stories don’t. An oral history project aims to document the stories of the federal workforce cuts. The project is open to all feds and contractors — even DOGE and Musk.

We are honored that @washingtonpost.com has highlighted the OAH's new oral history initiative documenting the experiences of federal employees. This project aims to preserve the invaluable stories of those who have dedicated their careers to public service. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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Delighted to convene a new series at Resonance: The Journal of Sound and Culture (UC Press), where I’m founding associate editor. Articles written by the giant national team who collaborates to research sound history through the Library of Congress RPTF. online.ucpress.edu/res/article/...

In the Shadow of the Law: The Hanigan Case and the Genesis of the Immigrant Rights Movement One August afternoon in 1976, a group of men building a fence on a family ranch in Agua Prieta, Mexico, looked up to see a young man limping toward them. N

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My JAH article on how anti-immigrant violence in the borderlands contributed to the human rights movement: the Hanigan case shows us the ways undocumented people and their advocates have defended migrants’ human and civil rights in the face of unspeakable violence

A black and white photo of African American women standing behind a fence, in front a white wooden building. The women all wear white dresses and dark sweaters. The photo is framed by a stark tree on one side and a wooden telegraph pile makes a cross shape against the white building. The title of the book: Jim Crow in the Asylum is printed in burnt orange in the upper left corner with the subtitle “Psychiatry and Civil Rights in the American South” in black underneath. In the foreground, printed in white, is my name Kylie M. Smith.

Some good news: I think I have a winning cover design.

YouTube video by Benjamen Walker C. Wright Mills speaking at Columbia University in 1959 about DISSENT!

Recently unearthed video of sociologist C. Wright Mills (author of The Power Elite), thought to be the only video recording of this towering mid-20th C intellectual. h/t Dan Geary

New history center at Wadham College, Oxford, offering 12 fellowships on theme of Religion and the State. 9 positions for junior scholars (10 years or fewer since PhD). Applications due next week: history.web.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/ko...

Thanks Mike! Hope we can reconnect soon.

I’m pleased to share that I have received an NEH fellowship to write a global history of the American culture wars

Anita Bryant, Whose Anti-Gay Politics Undid a Singing Career, Is Dead at 84 The former beauty queen and spokeswoman for Florida orange juice was an all-American entertainer before she began crusading against L.G.B.T.Q. rights.

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Toronto one of the better ones in North America

If you want to bankrupt Amazon, start enforcing local traffic and parking rules

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Death Riding a Horse

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: S-USIH 2025 PRIZES | Society for US Intellectual History Hello, scholars! We are proud to sponsor several prizes honoring your scholarship in U.S. intellectual history. Please see below for the 2025 awards and note that all submissions are due by 1 March 20...

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