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Mattie Christine Webb

@mattiecwebb.bsky.social

Incoming Assistant Professor of History at VMI | Yale Postdoc | UCSB History PhD | Rhodes University Affiliate | US in the World, Global Anti-Apartheid, Labor | Marathon runner

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Looks like an excellent panel!

27.06.2025 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you find yourself this afternoon at Day 2 of #SHAFR2025, come on by Studio D from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm for an incredible lightning round of research from rising junior scholars @shafrhistorians.bsky.social

27.06.2025 12:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On the way to DC for the annual SHAFR conference. Iโ€™m looking forward to catching up with friends, attending some exciting panels, and suffering through the current DC heat wave. If youโ€™re free, come to our Sat morning roundtable on The Global Cold War at 20! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social

26.06.2025 13:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Long History of the U.S. Backing White South Africans The recent welcoming of Afrikaner refugees is the latest chapter in a history of U.S. support for white South Africans.

โ€œBy casting Afrikaners as victims, the U.S. continues to protect power disguised as persecution; it heeds the calls of the privileged, while ignoring those still living with apartheidโ€™s scars.โ€

time.com/7287684/hist...

23.05.2025 13:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s like none of these people understood Legally Blonde at all

23.05.2025 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Could not agree more! My book, Saving Apartheid: White Internationalism at the End of the Cold War, traces exactly this transatlantic connection between apartheid and the American right from 1980 to 1994. Out with Columbia University Press late 2025/early 2026!

10.05.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2451    ๐Ÿ” 471    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Agreed! So glad I opted to hold one

07.05.2025 11:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Off to Santa Barbara for the International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War, hosted by UCSBโ€™s Center for Cold War Studies and International History. Looking forward to being back in California! Iโ€™m very biased, but this is one of the best conferences out there, esp for grad students

07.05.2025 11:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was so helpfulโ€”I have a lot to think through/revise over the summer!

06.05.2025 02:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So glad you could be a part of it! I canโ€™t thank you enough for the thoughtful feedback!

27.04.2025 01:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thanks to @yale.edu, and especially @kaeteoc.bsky.social, for supporting my manuscript workshop. โ€œShopfloor Statecraftโ€ (@columbiaup.bsky.social) is still in the early stages, but I think this was a great time to get substantial feedback on the full draft. So much to process moving forward!

26.04.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Excited to dig into this one and host Gretchen Heefner on Wednesday for our last event of the semester! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social #milhist #envhist #GSYale

21.04.2025 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

historians who've taught grad readings courses: are there any writing assignments that worked particularly well, either throughout or at the end of the semester?

14.04.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
A National History Day display: "Alice Paul: How She Rocked the Vote," from the 2020 contest.

A National History Day display: "Alice Paul: How She Rocked the Vote," from the 2020 contest.

A National History Day display: "D-Day: How the Allies Broke Hitler's Atlantic Barrier, from March 2020, SW Michigan regional competition.

A National History Day display: "D-Day: How the Allies Broke Hitler's Atlantic Barrier, from March 2020, SW Michigan regional competition.

I just got confirmation that National History Day, a program that does more to ignite K-12 students' love of history, learning, and yes, even the United States than anything else I've ever seen, had all its funding cut yesterday by the DOGE-axe at the NEH - including for this year's ongoing contest.

03.04.2025 20:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1684    ๐Ÿ” 833    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 247
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Mexico's President Sheinbaum threatens to take legal action over the Gulf name change Earlier this month, Sheinbaum shared a letter addressed to Google with reporters, arguing that the U.S. had no authority to unilaterally rename the Gulf.

Earlier this month, Sheinbaum shared a letter addressed to Google with reporters, arguing that the U.S. had no authority to unilaterally rename the Gulf.

18.02.2025 13:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7705    ๐Ÿ” 1025    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 219    ๐Ÿ“Œ 80
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#ScholarSunday Thread 212 Shared on (Saturday) February 15, 2025

Traveling this weekend, so Iโ€™ve just shared a Special Saturday #ScholarSunday threadโ€”my 212th of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Share widely & enjoy, all! ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ

americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...

15.02.2025 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation Black History Month is not only a celebration of the rich history of Black life, politics, culture, and struggle. It is also a reminder to engage every day with that history as we ...

For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation

01.02.2025 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5964    ๐Ÿ” 2531    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 48    ๐Ÿ“Œ 121

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