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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D.

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justinfjackson.com Historian, author of The Work of Empire: War, Occupation, and the Making of American Colonialism in Cuba and the Philippines (UNC Press, 2025)

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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 23h
Assigned! (And mostly purchased?)
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So privileged to be a Miller scholar with the Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - and excited to deliver this lecture!
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Should be required reading in every college humanities course. The Id, the Ego and the Superintelligence www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/o...
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Opinion | The Id, the Ego and the Superintelligence
Artificial intelligence isn’t coming for philosophers’ jobs — it needs philosophers, and always will.
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Perhaps more relevant than ever?
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Feeling incredibly grateful this morning. Thank you to everyone at the John L. Nau Center for Civil War History at UVA for making my visit this week so enjoyable. I can't think of a better way to kick off the book tour for my new bio of Robert Gould Shaw. #booksky 🗃️ uncpress.org/978146969717...
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A Glorious Fate
Robert Gould Shaw (1837–1863) is best known as the heroic colonel who led the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment—one of the first regiments of Black so...
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Miriam Matthiessen @miriammthsn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Really excited to be part of this @rethinkecon.bsky.social book discussion with @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on her wonderful book The Corporeal Life of Seafaring. It will take place next Wednesday, September 30th, 4.30pm CET. You can register here: rethinkeconomics.org/events/book-...
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Check out this new labor history podcast: “Working History”! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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Working History
History Podcast · Working History is a podcast brought to you by labor history organizations and journals, where we discuss labor issues past and present.
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Pleased to be conferencing in Dublin when this news dropped. Eric Foner’s essay on the Irish Land League is still a classic! www.nli.ie/news-stories...
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A May Day Celebration for Eric Foner
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Pleased to be conferencing in Dublin when this news dropped. Eric Foner’s essay on the Irish Land League is still a classic! www.nli.ie/news-stories...
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A May Day Celebration for Eric Foner
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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hitting shelves October 27th!
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Gautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Very grateful for this positive review of my book in Emerging Civil War!!! emergingcivilwar.com/2026/09/15/b...
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Book Review: White Power: Policing American Slavery - Emerging Civil War
White Power: Policing American Slavery. By Gautham Rao. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2026. Hardcover, 320 pp., $30.00. Reviewed by Tim Talbott Stripped to its bare essence slav...
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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is a big one: Brown University is searching for the next director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. Please help us identify excellent candidates to lead this signature program into the future. Please write me with ideas; please share in your networks; please apply.
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Brown University - Professor and Director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice | H-Net
1. Academic Accomplishment. We seek a scholar with a strong scholarly record, including excellence in both research and teaching, appropriate for appointment at the level of full professor in a social science, humanities, or arts department at Brown.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/09/2026
‘Somewhere to be themselves, and be kind’: the Filipino folk-popper creating a hand-drawn world for gen Z to escape to
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‘Somewhere to be themselves, and be kind’: the Filipino folk-popper creating a hand-drawn world for gen Z to escape to
What started as a school project about plucky fictional kids in animal masks sparked an obsessive fanbase and a major label deal. Now the Icelandic-Filipino artist behind it all is ready to reveal themself
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Government censorship, of any one for any reason, is anti-American. If you hate freedom that much, please move to Russia, China, Iran or North Korea - you’ll fit right in there.
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Apparently a shop called “Red Emma’s” is selling my book alongside this brilliant new history, in their “War and Imperialism” section. Can I just run a victory lap and retire now?
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Biking, gender, empire? I can roll with that.
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Worth meditation, this week especially.
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Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I woke up to September 11 in Los Angeles. The day itself, and the unfolding era, was terrifying and confusing. What did it mean, e.g., when everyone said it "changed everything"? So grateful to the luminaries who came together to ponder this question with me. www.dukeupress.edu/september-11...
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September 11 in History: A Watershed Moment?
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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We love to see it! 👏
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A crucial read. A New World Order Is Coming. We Aren’t Ready. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/o...
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Opinion | A New World Order Is Coming. We Aren’t Ready.
We must be honest about the seriousness of the situation we’re in.
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Still true.
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Elizabeth Freeman! theberkshireedge.com/great-barrin...
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Great Barrington unveils Elizabeth Freeman informational kiosk in front of Town Hall - The Berkshire Edge
“Nearly 245 years ago, on this very site, Elizabeth Freeman stood before the courts and challenged the institution of slavery, armed not with wealth or political influence, but with courage and an unw...
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Finally - Elizabeth Freeman is getting the public recognition in Great Barrington she deserves. Join us to celebrate her - and liberty and justice for all! Sat, Aug 22, GB! www.duboisfreedomcenter.org/elizabeth-fr...
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Elizabeth Freeman Kiosk Celebration — The Du Bois Freedom Center
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
theberkshireedge.com/w-e-b-du-boi... Visiting the Berkshires? Check out WEB Du Bois’s hometown! (& the Du Bois Freedom Center!)
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W.E.B. Du Bois: Hometown genius - The Berkshire Edge
"A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country." Matthew 13:57
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The most recent Journal of American History issue’s mailing may be delayed…but the truth about the Philippine-American War’s largest atrocity is delayed no longer. Find it online! academic.oup.com/jah/article-...
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The Empire of Military Necessity: General Orders No. 100, Atrocity, and the Law of Occupation between the Civil and Philippine Wars
Lt. Edgar F. Koehler, U.S. Army provost marshal for the Province of Tarlac in the central Luzon region of the Philippines in early 1900, knew that a Civil
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
So thrilled Jeongmin Kim’s book is finally out! Get it! www.sup.org/books/asian-...
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Kim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This is a fantastic book - in case my blurb wasn't clear... 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Kim Phillips-Fein's new book has something to say about this. 🗃 wwnorton.com/books/978132...
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Country of Lords
A Pulitzer-finalist historian charts a 250-year-old intellectual and political tradition—the conviction that all Americans are NOT created equal., Country of Lords, Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwi...
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Jack Rakove @jrakove.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I'll just note that my own contribution really is about two contingencies: a brief debate in the 2nd Continental Congress in April 1775 over modifying the positions the 1st Congress had adopted in Oct. 1774; and a counterfactual speculation over what would have happened had the North ministry /1/
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Patrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Remembering Silas Soule, born OTD in 1838. American abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, military officer, and hero for disobeying orders to participate in Sand Creek Massacre and then giving evidence against his commander. Murdered 1865. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas_S...
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Right on!
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
On the "shadow tradition" of anti-egalitarian thought in American history - gift link to @jenszalai.bsky.social review of Kim Phillips-Fein's new book. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/b...
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The Men Who Believed Some Men Are More Equal Than Others
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Elizabeth Freeman was a very revolutionary American! Come to Great Barrington, Mass., and check out the new Du Bois Freedom Center exhibit on Freeman at 309 Main St.! The Enslaved Woman Who Sued for Freedom and Emancipated Herself www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Enslaved Woman Who Sued for Freedom and Emancipated Herself
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Great fun! Study occupation? Attend the next talk by Dr. Tammy Proctor on her timely book!: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"The Hobo achieves the very best of history, providing not only new information about an old story, but new concepts to understand it.”—Todd DePastino, author of Citizen Hobo The Hobo by @robertsuits.bsky.social is out now (11 Aug UK pub)! Read a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The Hobo: A History of America's First Climate Migrants by Robert Suits. A panoramic history of America’s first climate migrants.
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A thoughtful reflection on the value of studying history, written by an excellent historian meditating here on one of the greats. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/o...
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Opinion | “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” Isn’t Saying What You Think It Is (Gift Article)
In the same year as America’s founding, Edward Gibbon wrote “Decline and Fall.” 250 years later, it still holds lessons for us.
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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Scholarly folks who have ever received federal funding: today is the deadline for public comment on proposed revisions that will decimate our national research capacity and replace expertise with political whim. Please consider throwing in your 2¢. See below for some useful links and encouragement.
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Read it!
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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Congratulations to Julia Irwin! 🗃️ @juliairwin.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social
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The Organization of American Historians @oah.org · 13/07/2026
Our Statement on the White House Report was in the USA Today article "Controversial White House report targets Smithsonian. What's going on?" Read the article: ow.ly/H1fq50ZmRjY Read the statement: ow.ly/m38S50ZmRjX
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The $17.76 sale!
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
July 2, indeed! Don't forget the boys from Maine.
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Rick Herrera @herreramilhist.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
@smh-historians.bsky.social www.pghcitypaper.com/news-2/histo...
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Historians say “loser” Braddock helped pave the way for America — in some cases, literally
Braddock’s Road was a forerunner of some contemporary highways.
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The NY Times searches Paris for traces of Benjamin Franklin, revolutionary diplomat... ...but Israel Potter, a Rhode Island patriot turned spy (for England!) found Franklin there, in 1777. Herman Melville dramatized their encounter in his eponymous novel: www.berkshireeagle.com/history/melv...
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Herman Melville’s ‘Israel Potter’: The American Revolution’s greatest novel begins and ends in the Berkshires
Herman Melville’s 1855 novel “Israel Potter” used a Revolutionary War veteran’s dubious memoir to mock heroic myths about Bunker Hill, Benjamin Franklin, Ethan Allen and other founders.
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
So excited to talk to the Occupation Studies Research Network folks about the book! Join us - and if you’re a student of occupation, join!
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Happy to have contributed the entry on US law of war! Congrats Gautham Rao!
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
At SHAFR? Can’t make it? Check out this new research on US expansionism and the Wars of 1898, from junior historians and doctoral candidates!
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Great conference! Apply!
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Reading this alongside Julian Go’s Policing Empires could make a useful survey of the deep origins of modern law enforcement…which then goes global (see Stuart Schrader, Badges without Borders).
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