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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D.

@justinfdjackson.bsky.social
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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 · 05/10/2026
What a timely book!
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
New Passport website!
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Praise the gourd.
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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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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Can’t wait!
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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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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Point taken. “Son of Saul” came pretty close, too.
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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
Dire straits.
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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
Atrocious - but how could anyone ever capture the reality of this in a film anyone would want to watch? Seems impossible
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.pennpress.org/978151282990...
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Troop Movements – Penn Press
The story of how the mass mobilization for World War II catalyzed the national and international political movements and conflicts of the postwar periodIn th...
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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
Matt Karp perhaps has something to say on the subject?
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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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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Stefan Aune, Richard Slotkin…
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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 · 04/09/2026
As colonial governor of the Philippines he also banned Black troops from serving there.
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Been there done that.
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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 · 01/09/2026
But then CLR James wouldn’t have ever written Beyond a Boundary!
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
But…cricket!
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Definitely! Vacation in the mind!
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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 · 24/08/2026
Well put - legal truth (and official truth) is not historical truth.
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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 · 02/08/2026
They otter know better.
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“Review of New York Reviews.”
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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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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
If you figure out how, please let me know! Trying to write two books simultaneously, wouldn’t recommend it
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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
What a great project - as in enormous!
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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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I support Somali-Americans @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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