@djmalcolm.bsky.social
PhD student at Teesside University, researching Founding Fathers, the American Constitution, and the ideas of Ancient Greece & Rome. Postgraduate Rep for BAAS. He/him.
Ah, that old chestnut popping up again, huh?
29.10.2025 16:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Don't engage. Just block. They want to push their rage bait on here. Don't give them the satisfaction.
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This Thursday, America Now! continues...
The session looks at various representations of Americans in other countries, & how those trips have defined America as much as they have international locales.
25 September, 6:30pm @ British Library
A billionaire could seed 50-70 local papers around the country, paying 8-10 journalists at each to cover mostly high school sports and the school board and then write op-eds with a firm liberal slant. Put it all online, don’t charge readers anything, there’s a huge audience for this everywhere
20.09.2025 18:36 — 👍 77 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 2Since this whole debate is still happening, and since we are still not listening I will summarize what I understand the argument to be in the Lingua Franca of white nerds: Lord of the Rings analogies.
19.09.2025 15:01 — 👍 1118 🔁 412 💬 19 📌 60
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🤔 Did you know.. the BAAS YouTube page includes resources for ECRs, educators, & aspiring American Studies scholars?
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I know I’m not telling anyone anything new here, but this is a massive “Show me who you really are” moment for America’s mainstream media institutions: Faced with a naked authoritarian power grab, the Washington Post has decided to look for ways to normalize rather than oppose the regime.
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A photo of the author holding up a copy of her book, which has a red cover.
Delighted that the print copies of my first book 'Birth, Death, and Domestic Religion in early modern London', just published with @universitypress.cambridge.org, have arrived! 📚📚📚
07.08.2025 07:23 — 👍 260 🔁 35 💬 27 📌 3Still looking for others wanting to present at @bsecs.bsky.social 2026 and form a panel. Message me if interested by end of August 2025 though it might be that others have got in touch and a panel is formed by then so don’t delay! #18c #comfort #discomfort #skystorians
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🔔 Reminder: The BAAS Postgraduate Symposium is still inviting proposals.
The symposium will take place at Teesside University on 29th November 2025.
Proposals with abstracts & short bios should be submitted before 22nd August 2025.
We are delighted to share the latest issue of the BAAS School newsletter. This summer edition features a “call to arms” for American Studies scholars from our new Chair Dr Michael Collins, news of prize winners, & more.
You read it here: buff.ly/6utLeHg
Apologies in advance - this is going to appear a LOT on people's timelines!
Send your submissions!
Give us your abstracts!
Meet other postgrads in American Studies!
Four weeks to go until the deadline!
Apologies in advance - this is going to appear a LOT on people's timelines!
Send your submissions!
Give us your abstracts!
Meet other postgrads in American Studies!
Four weeks to go until the deadline!
1/4 What an appalling article. Like arguing that rape occurs because there’s women around to invite it. Racist attacks on people seeking asylum, the overwhelming majority of whom have done no harm, are caused by the racists who feel entitled to attack them.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
ACADEMIC BOOK SALE
I am moving and want to move less books if at all possible...
Please get in touch if you are interested in the following titles (all prices include postage and I am open to offers)
One reason I'm so impatient with lefty pundits saying, "It's not our job to do messaging, it's Hakeem's job. Our job is to complain abt what Hakeem does wrong," is bc Tulsi can put out outright bullshit and have a mob of trolls turn it into the truth within hours.
19.07.2025 12:20 — 👍 1149 🔁 375 💬 42 📌 8I keep seeing people say things like, “Well we’re not going to HAVE elections,” and with all due respect, I think this is both wildly pessimistic and also wildly naive.
We are not going to have free and fair elections. We also have not had them in the past.
We are now on LinkedIn! You can find us & follow us here: buff.ly/iQSaq49
17.07.2025 12:50 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
📣 Calling Am Studies postgrads
Submissions are now being accepted for the BAAS Postgraduate Symposium, entitled The Unequal Struggle for Equality & Rights in America.
The event will take place at Teesside University on 29 November 2025.
Proposals are invited before 22 August.
Are you a UK-based educator teaching on the US? Do you engage with environmental issues? 🏔️
We want to hear from you! 🎤
Green BAAS invites responses to a new survey that will inform a report highlighting opportunities for development related to climate action.
Closes 30th July
Looking forward to tomorrow's conversations on the history of women in the Americas through the prism of emotions and activism @universityofleeds.bsky.social @leedsbeckett.bsky.social
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Now more than ever, the work of the Women in American Studies Network (WASN) is crucial. We are for a chair/co-chairs to lead the WASN at this critical time.
Expressions of interest & short bios are invited, by email, before 1st September.
More information here: buff.ly/2UetZk2
You can be the most powerful leader of the free world, running a prosperous and militarily capable country with a host of allies at your back...
...and you can still be made to look like a fool because of people/events outside your control.
In the abstract, this is also a very interesting (and for some, sobering) lesson about the limits of power and personality.
POTUS is often considered to be one of the most powerful people on the planet and yet, moments like this highlight just how little control even they have.
I can't wait to tell my future US History class that, yes, this is a direct quote from POTUS that was broadcast on national and global television.
(Btw, Israel knows exactly what they're doing - he's just annoyed that he's out of the loop)
Call for Applications: Oxford Centre for Life-Writing - Global Majority and Underrepresented Writers’ Programme
The call is now open! Oxford Centre for Life-Writing (OCLW) invites applications for its 2025-26 programme.
Deadline: 16th June
Never underestimate the power of the weather to change the course of history.
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