Brown History Department

OPPORTUNITY: Mellon Postdoctoral Research Associate in the History of Computational Technology — The position will be held jointly at @cogutinstitute.bsky.social and the Dept. of History, with additional affiliation with the Program in Science, Technology, and Society. apply.interfolio.com/177555

Germany in the Era of Industrial Revolution: A Conversation with Benjamin Hein (Brown), Alison Frank Johnson (Harvard), and Mark Blyth (Watson at B... When a process popularly known as the Industrial Revolution began in earnest in Germany during the middle of the nineteenth century, contemporaries...

Monday, 2/9 at 10:30AM — Join the Department of History and greater @brown.edu community for an event celebrating Professor Benjamin Hein’s new book, "The Migrant’s Spirit: How Industrial Modernity Came to the German Lands" (Oxford University Press, 2025). Learn more and view each speaker bio:

It’s the first day of the spring semester, and our Brown community is back together on campus. The path to repair and recovery following the tragic events of Dec. 13 looks different for everyone, but we are grateful for the resilience, caring and strength that defines Brown.

We are ever true. 🐻🤎

"This week we’re in Rhode Island" — In this video from
@photowalkstv.bsky.social, Professor of History and Director and Librarian of the @jcblibrary.bsky.social, @kawulf.bsky.social, was interviewed about Brown’s Revolutionary War-era history. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=72RbEbWzZJo

Resilient, strong, and Ever True.

See you soon, Brunonia ❤️

Friends, I hope you’ll share this widely. The @jcblibrary.bsky.social is hiring 2 3-yr research associates for collaborative work on religions and freedoms in the early Americas. Info is here and I’m happy to take questions offline: brown.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff-...

Rivers are messy: Beyond the water bias in research and management This article reviews current trends in interdisciplinary river research to argue that a “water bias” or tendency consider rivers as synonymous with water can hinder our understanding of rivers and con...

"Rivers are messy: Beyond the water bias in research and management" — A new article co-authored by @brdemuth.bsky.social combines historical and natural science ways of thinking about rivers to argue for the importance of understanding them as more than simply channels of water.

OPPORTUNITY: Mellon Postdoctoral Research Associate in the History of Computational Technology — The position will be held jointly at @cogutinstitute.bsky.social and the Dept. of History, with additional affiliation with the Program in Science, Technology, and Society. apply.interfolio.com/177555

This evening! 😃🤓

Postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social in the history of the “information age,” cybernetics, computing, digital technology, artificial intelligence, and/or the emergence of data-driven methods in the sciences and beyond. networks.h-net.org/jobs/69559/b...

Tomorrow, 12/3 at 12PM — Join the @brown.edu community for "Capitalism: A Global History" with author and Laird Bell Professor of History at @harvard.edu, @svenbeckert.bsky.social. Co-sponsored by the Department of History and the Rhodes Center. Learn more: bit.ly/4o8A6Il

IBES announces 2025 Catalyst Research Awardees IBES awarded grants to six core and affiliate faculty members, allowing them to conduct research that crosses boundaries and benefits communities, both at Brown and around the world.

Lukas Rieppel Named 2025 @brown-ibes.bsky.social Catalyst Research Awardee — The annual award supports Brown University faculty in pursuing research that aligns with IBES’s goals of accelerating exploratory research with the potential to impact communities and engage with non-academic partners.

Chanelle Dupuis: Finding sweet success in smell studies at Brown The doctoral candidate is leveraging Brown's culture of open inquiry to advance research on the sense of smell through French language and literature, neuroscience and history.

Doctoral candidate Chanelle Dupuis is leveraging Brown's culture of open inquiry to advance research on the sense of smell through French language and literature, neuroscience and history.

Opinion | Why America Is a ‘Creedal Nation’ The distinguished historian says the U.S. isn’t like other nations and never has been. There is no American ethnicity to back up the state.

Why America is a 'creedal nation' — Professor Emeritus of History Gordon Wood penned this column for @wsj.com.

Next week: 12/3 at 12PM — Join the @brown.edu community for "Capitalism: A Global History" with author and Laird Bell Professor of History at @harvard.edu, @svenbeckert.bsky.social. Co-sponsored by the Department of History and the Rhodes Center. Learn more: bit.ly/4o8A6Il

The hidden history of Indigenous slavery in New England and beyond It's a surprising and overlooked story, a blind spot in the narrative of early America: the hidden history of Indigenous slavery. As colonial powers took over Native land, white settlers were enslavin...

The hidden history of Indigenous slavery in New England and beyond — @linford.bsky.social appeared on this segment from @ctpublic.bsky.social to discuss the history of slavery in New England and his collaboration with tribal communities in the Northeast on @stolenrelations.bsky.social.

The hidden history of Indigenous slavery in New England and beyond It's a surprising and overlooked story, a blind spot in the narrative of early America: the hidden history of Indigenous slavery. As colonial powers took over Native land, white settlers were enslavin...

Grateful for the good work of @ctpublic.bsky.social in airing this segment, which features the voices of regional tribal members and also mentions the @stolenrelations.bsky.social project. www.ctpublic.org/2025-11-14/i...

Bright leaves, crisp air, and campus reflections — what a fall it’s been on College Hill🪞🍁🍂

WATCH | “Subjects of the Sun”: Rethinking solar justice with Myles Lennon During an October 18 book talk, Assistant Professor Myles Lennon challenged audiences to see solar energy as not only a climate solution, but a reflection of deeper social and economic inequities.

WATCH | “Subjects of the Sun”: Rethinking solar justice with Myles Lennon. During an October 18 book talk hosted by @brown-ibes.bsky.social, Assistant Prof Myles Lennon challenged audiences to see solar energy as not only a climate solution, but a reflection of deeper social and economic inequities.

Cloth and Complicity: Seth Rockman on Plantations, Textiles, and the Art of Weaving - Public Books “But I had found a set of instructions in the archives of one of New England's leading manufacturers of low-end woollen cloth for enslaved wearers.”

Cloth and Complicity: Seth Rockman on Plantations, Textiles, and the Art of Weaving — @sethrockman.bsky.social is interviewed by Stephanie Wong, Ph.D. '25 of @publicbooks.bsky.social about the research process for his new book, “Plantation Goods.”

A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social

Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor

Please apply!

Student Spotlight: Mary Clarke '26 In this spotlight, the department spoke to Mary Clarke about their involvement with the Stolen Relations project (led by Linford Fisher) and subsequent thesis research around the Mashantucket Pequot p...

Student Spotlight: Mary Clarke '26 — The department sat down with Clarke to learn more about their involvement with the Stolen Relations project (led by Linford Fisher) and subsequent thesis research around the Mashantucket Pequot people of Southeastern Connecticut.

Are Species Timeless?: Talking with Bathsheba Demuth About the Arctic - Public Books “There was an interdependence that was very clear in the animal relationships in the Arctic.”

Are Species Timeless?: Talking with Bathsheba Demuth About the Arctic — In this Q&A with @publicbooks.bsky.social, @brdemuth.bsky.social discusses her research, teaching and writing on environmental history.

Lots of folks not familiar w these histories are intrigued by Mercy Otis Warren - even those who know well the great MOW - @jcblibrary.bsky.social copy of her 1775 play The Group skewering the Mass. royal govt has helpfully annotated dramatis personae. “Court sycophants,” anyone?

IBES announces 2025 Catalyst Research Awardees IBES awarded grants to six core and affiliate faculty members, allowing them to conduct research that crosses boundaries and benefits communities, both at Brown and around the world.

Lukas Rieppel Named 2025 @brown-ibes.bsky.social Catalyst Research Awardee — The annual award supports Brown University faculty in pursuing research that aligns with IBES’s goals of accelerating exploratory research with the potential to impact communities and engage with non-academic partners.

Congratulations to the 2025-26 Pembroke Center graduate student research grant award recipients: Maria Arievitch, Sociology Elizabeth Berman, MCM and German Aidea Downie, Public Health Courtney Fitzpatrick, History Joyce Fu, Integrative Studies Zhujun Ma, Religious Studies Joaquín Marreros Núñez, History Luvuyo Nyawose, MCM Isabella Schultz, Anthropology Yilmaz Yeniler, Archaeology Amelle Zeroug, History

Congratulations to the graduate student recipients of the 2025-26 Pembroke Center student research grants! Read about their projects here: pembroke.brown.edu/news/2025-11... @brownpublichealth.bky.social

Uniquely Positioned to Combat Injustice | Los Angeles Review of Books Randy M. Browne considers Keisha N. Blain’s new book, which finds that Black women, historically, haven’t simply argued for racial justice at home; they have, in fact, fought for and won human rights ...

In a recent piece for the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, Randy M. Browne, professor of history at Xavier University, describes Keisha N. Blain's latest publication, Without Fear: Women and the Making of Human Rights, as "resonant and urgent."

Karin Wulf talking with Leslie Harris at a table with microphones

Wonderful conversation with @kawulf.bsky.social and Leslie Harris at @brownhist.bsky.social about Lineage, Karin’s wonderful new @oxfordunipress.bsky.social book!

The Politics of Family History: Karin Wulf in Conversation With Leslie Harris (Northwestern University) Join the Department of History for a conversation with Karin Wulf and Leslie M. Harris (Northwestern University) on Wulf’s latest publication, Li...

The Politics of Family/History. I've been so grateful for opportunities to talk abt the history of genealogy in early America & its implications. Tuesday lovely colleagues @brownhist.bsky.social are hosting my conversation w the great Leslie Harris. Join us! events.brown.edu/history/even...

The New Middle East? Gulf Foreign Policy and the Trump Administration The Center for Middle East Studies invites you to join the second discussion of the Vision 20XX webinar series. Gregory Gause, Texas A&M Bush S...

Wednesday, 11/12 at 12PM: "The New Middle East? Gulf Foreign Policy and the Trump Administration." Moderated by Elias Muhanna, Associate Prof. of History and Director of the Center for Middle East Studies (CMES) at Brown. Sponsored by CMES. Learn more and register to attend via Zoom!