Rob Montoya

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Just.

Mmmm. Imagine that.

We believe these data “demonstrate that UC Merced has actively divested from instruction, showing a pattern of deprivation of the instructional budget relative to ourselves and other campuses.”

Chef’s kiss.

I left it until the last minute and even tried to restart my computer while it was installing to mess it up. I’m done.

I’ve done this before. It was great. If a student ended up finding a citation manager that worked better for them, I just approved it. Same-same in the end. Just organize your journey and make your life easier and, dare I say, efficient! I just cautioned them against things they have to pay for.

I am seated for this.

Judge blocks Trump administration push to fine UCLA $1.2 billion for alleged antisemitism A federal judge late Friday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from imposing a $1.2-billion fine on UCLA for alleged civil rights violations over antisemitism, its recog...

We WILL keep going!

“UCLA faculty are honored to stand with this coalition, which continues to show that when faced with an administration targeting the very heart of higher education, fighting back is the only option,” Markowitz said.
www.latimes.com/california/s...

Here at UCLA you can and should join @uclafa.bsky.social, which is an AAUP affiliate and one of the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA). If you want to fight, this is how you do it and who you do it with.

Your book is so excellent pedagogically! Use it every year!

Apply for CalRBS 2025: Priority Deadine Extended to 4/15/2025! You have 2 weeks to submit your application! After 4/15, the scholarship deadline will close, though we will continue accepting applications on a rolling basis. We are offering in-person courses in Oaxaca (Mexico), Los Angeles, & online!

The class is filling up, but there are still a couple of spaces open for @calrbs.bsky.social copyright this summer! The priority application window is closing, so get em in: bit.ly/3E1nG40

Feel free to shoot me a message if you have questions

Sounds great!

Hi there! Let’s talk! Excited to hear what course you’re thinking about. Thanks for connecting us, @jdsargan.bsky.social!

Hi!

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California Historical Society to Dissolve and Transfer Collections to Stanford (Gift Article) The society faced financial challenges that were exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Its nearly 600,000 items stretch back before the Gold Rush.

California Historical Society to Dissolve and Transfer Collections to Stanford
(NY Times coverage) (Gift link) 📜
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/a...

I’m really looking forward to teaching an introduction to European manuscripts at Cal RBS this summer. Please apply, circulate, encourage others to apply! www.calrbs.org/introduction...

This June at the American Antiquarian Society: “Sex, Gender, and Print”: The 2025 Summer Seminar in the History of the Book, taught by Greta LaFleur and Jordan Alexander Stein.

Apply by April 4, 2025. Scholarships available for grad students and other early career scholars.

Link in comments.

Check out @calrbs.bsky.social courses, which just went live! Come spend a week (or more) with me on the UCLA campus talking books, bibliography, libraries, and so many other things!

A hand-coloured version of a woodcut map from Erhard Etzlaub "Rome Weg" from c. 1500.

A non hand-coloured version of a woodcut map from Erhard Etzlaub "Rome Weg" from c. 1500.

All roads lead to Rome.

Meet the earliest known European map with a scale: This woodcut "south up" map by Erhard Etzlaub offers a route to Rome - located on the top of the map - through #earlymodern German speaking Europe.

A 🧵 for #skystorians with an interest in hand-coloured maps.

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Deadline extended 'til Tuesday 15th Feb: weekend writing goals!

Our job posting for TT position in cultural heritage informatics is back up!! We're reviewing apps now but will continue to review those rcvd by Mar 1. Happy to chat about this position/the iSchool/UA.

arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Queer Bibliography conference, hosted this year by UCLA CalRBS, has extended its deadline to February 15, 2024! Submit!

A summer class at UCLa where I condense 10+ years of archival research and bibliographical training. Rolling applications and scholarships available. Link to description in comments.

Submissions for the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) annual Essay Prize are now open for 2024.

Submit your work! Our committee this year spans disciplines (East Asia, Latin Am, EM Europe), and so there should be good fights.

rarebookschool.org/sofcb-essay-...

We all accidentally fill out forms by mistake, after all!

Raise a huge fuss, indeed. This is categorically incorrect. It’s actually not too late, I don’t think. While you have to deal with the repurcussions now, you can correct it as a credit, I believe. (Or so I’ve been told, for what it’s worth.)

Angling to be more attentive to movies/cinema this coming year. Do I have colleagues on here in Letterboxd? If so, message me your username! Help me find the good stuff!

Administrative disgrace. Solidarity!