Reposted by Kathleen ContiAlexander Luckmann @aluckmann.bsky.social · 29/07/2026OK since people seem interested in the Southern California Modernism class I'm finishing up teaching: I'll post four images from each lecture, one lecture per day (there are 18 lectures). Lecture 1 916335
Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 10/08/2026After a family member’s suicide attempt, United Healthcare called to ask me if they had tried yoga, as UC didn’t want to pay for the inpatient treatment that was saving their life. 061
Reposted by Kathleen ContiEmily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Currently reading the diary of a French 11 year old in 1793 & loving it Summary: Hate having my portrait done, so boring Went to the palace and saw a really mangy rabbit, YUCK My tutor tells me I've got to stop picking my nose Also Marat has been murdered 31891151
Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Join me in donating to your local bail fund and @nationalbailout.bsky.social — let’s bring home all the moms for Mother’s Day. 132
Reposted by Kathleen ContiAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Apparently, journals, universities and publishers cannot do it but the Oscars can 243575926
Reposted by Kathleen ContiAndrea Joy Campbell @ajcampbellma.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Black women shouldn't have to fear for their lives when they're bringing life into the world. But we're 3x more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications. Black Maternal Health Week is a reminder: this crisis is preventable. Black moms deserve quality care, respect & the chance to thrive. 211318
Reposted by Kathleen ContiSarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Me: I spoke to the New York Times about the Trump triumphal arch plans today. Husband: What did you tell them? Me: That I am the structure’s Arch Nemesis. Husband: Puns? To the NYT? Me: It’s a good pun. 10/10 Cicero would support this. Husband: *exasperated sigh* 1026928
Reposted by Kathleen ContiDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Woohoo, here's my essay with my fav co-author on 30,000 fellowship wins across the Guggenheim, Stanford CASBS, NAEd, National Humanities Center, RSF visiting scholar, and Harvard Radcliffe. Spoiler: it's the people working at prestigious universities www.publicbooks.org/who-gets-gug...publicbooks.orgWho Gets Guggenheims? - Public BooksUnfortunately, 100 years of data show that those whom such fellowships might represent the greatest departure from their everyday experience—that is, those not at elite institutions—are least likely t... 24767325
Reposted by Kathleen ContiLinda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I’m offering a lightly used set of regalia in UC Berkeley colors to a junior faculty member, preference for a mom and 1st gen scholar. DM me your details— I’ll ship for free. 10241105
Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 25/03/2026I had the privilege of guest editing the spring issue of Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly. Entitled "The Architecture of Continuance: The Act of Understanding, Preserving, and Conserving," this issue includes phenomenal pieces by Magdalena Novoa and Daisy Ocampo Diaz, among others. 181
Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Are you a public historian? Join us next week to learn how to set up your pricing structure when you consult! This event is open to anyone, from grad students to experience professionals. Sponsored by @ncph.bsky.social ‘s Consultants Committee and Labor Task Force. 1157
Reposted by Kathleen ContiAmy Probably @socklessinseattle.bsky.social · 19/02/2026I chat with people who think they’re so far removed from what’s going on today with ICE and I always hit them with the “my grandma was 6 when they put her in an incarceration camp.” 28935
Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Our workshop "Consulting in a Changing Landscape" was accepted into the 2026 conference for @ncph.bsky.social and the @aaslh.org! This workshop focuses on consulting in public history, archives, museums, and historic preservation for those currently in the field, or looking to make a career change. 1101
Reposted by Kathleen ContiErin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Is the Chronicle still bothering to collect salary information on adjuncts or do we need to do another Google spreadsheet? 16711
Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 04/02/2026🎉 FSU is hiring a 2-year postdoc in Public History!! 🎉 Apps (cover letter + cv) due March 11, finalists will submit additional materials (letters + writing sample) More info available here: careers.historians.org/jobs/2201954... 054
Reposted by Kathleen ContiTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/01/2026So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened. 9188162771
Reposted by Kathleen ContiJohn Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 22/01/2026***DEEP SIGH*** This is just the latest in our centuries-long fight over how to commemorate George Washington's involvement in slavery. It began while he was still alive, and continued immediately after his death, in the lead-up to Civil War, through Jim Crow, Civil Rights, and Black Lives Matter. 825893
Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Americans will use anything except the metric system 1130
Reposted by Kathleen Contistarch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 13/01/2026challenge for chicago architecture bsky that i've come up completely blank one: who was the lighting designer/illumination engineer for the merchandise mart? the illumination scheme is so key to the building's appearance, but as far as i can tell, the lighting designer is unknown 53810
Reposted by Kathleen ContiContingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 12/01/2026“This all had me wondering: what’s Indian food without the heat? The historian in me has an answer: spiciness is historically contingent.”contingentmagazine.orgCurry Before ColumbusWell before there was heat, there was hing. 511348
Reposted by Kathleen ContiNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 20/12/2025I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals. 16568231795
Reposted by Kathleen ContiErin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 19/12/2025The losses to my field have been tremendous. Every brilliant scholar-teacher I know who didn’t get a chance to grow our knowledge about the past and help young people learn historical thinking skills is a loss. But it should never be “me instead of you,” but always “both of us, together.” 08913
Reposted by Kathleen ContiPrison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 15/12/2025"I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive."prisonjournalismproject.orgWhen Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 YearsI had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass. 3554168
Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 17/12/2025My premature son was brought to the NICU. I cannot convey the depths of my despair when they told me wouldn’t be allowed to see him for at least 24 hrs because I was still on an IV. The hospital could have had a setup to enable me and other patients with IVs to visit the NICU, but chose not to. 031
Reposted by Kathleen ContiKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/12/2025This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong. I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result. 3705814757
Reposted by Kathleen ContiPaul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Last week the @historians.org Council decided to deny its members the opportunity to vote on two resolutions—one in solidarity with Gaza and one condemning the sustained assault on “core principles of education” in the US and abroad—at the organization’s conference next month. 1/ 🗃️ 24410
Reposted by Kathleen ContiJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 04/12/2025My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing. 872821906
Reposted by Kathleen ContiAmerican Association for State and Local History @aaslh.org · 03/12/2025The deadline to submit session proposals for next year's conference is at the end of this week. Share your knowledge with the field at the first-ever joint conference with the National Council on Public History. Learn more and submit a proposal at tinyurl.com/AASLH2026. 046
Reposted by Kathleen ContiAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 17/11/2025The vast body of research that Ken Burns relied upon to make his new documentary on the American Revolution would be practically impossible to be produced today, what with the defunding of humanistic scholarship, the collapse of stable academic jobs, the attack on public history & academic freedom.🗃️ 9497146
Reposted by Kathleen ContiCritters on the Loose! @crittersontheloose.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Doggo on the Loose! Ate all the Pecan Pie! 082
Reposted by Kathleen ContiSK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics" guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation 159104702828
Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Today is the 9th anniversary of the day Maggie stole an entire pecan pie and got drunk from all the sugar. Happy Purloined Pecan Pie Day from our family to yours! 462576479
Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Aurora borealis in….. Florida! Can’t believe you can see the northern lights this far south. 1112
Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Applications for these TT history positions in US post 1865 and sub-Saharan Africa are due today! 000
Reposted by Kathleen ContiAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 01/11/2025Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500. Insane 1043150575382
Reposted by Kathleen ContiJulia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 27/10/2025I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is jmetraux@motherjones.com and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated. 517161231
Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Do you have a great public history or historic preservation project that you wish more people knew about? Are you looking to find more clients and professional connections? The NCPH Consultants' Committee is sponsoring a session at the 2026 @ncph.bsky.social conference 271
Reposted by Kathleen Contikelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 11/09/2025In Florida, the Northwest Regional Library System, which covers libraries in Bay, Gulf and Liberty counties, has ended its interlibrary loan program because of a loss of federal funding. ***There's no more interlibrary loans in these counties, y'all.*** www.newsherald.com/story/news/l...newsherald.comInterlibrary loan program for Bay, Gulf, Liberty counties ends because of federal funding lossThe program allowed libraries in Bay, Gulf and Liberty counties to share material. Similar problems have arisen at other library systems in Florida. 23012
Reposted by Kathleen ContiKathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 29/09/2025We're hiring 2 tenure-track positions this year at FSU's History dept, one in US post 1865 and the other in sub-Saharan Africa -- just CV, letter, and online app to apply by Nov 3. I'm not on either search committee (I'm on research leave in the spring) but am happy to answer any questions! 244
Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 29/09/2025We're hiring 2 tenure-track positions this year at FSU's History dept, one in US post 1865 and the other in sub-Saharan Africa -- just CV, letter, and online app to apply by Nov 3. I'm not on either search committee (I'm on research leave in the spring) but am happy to answer any questions! 244
Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 19/09/2025I just deleted my academia.edu account because their new terms force you to agree to let them use "your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest in any manner." 2130
Reposted by Kathleen ContiMoms Demand Action @momsdemandaction.org · 09/09/2025“... the school security industry is now worth as much as $4 billion, and it's projected to keep growing.” Hardening schools won’t stop gun violence—it just turns classrooms into fortresses. Real safety comes from common-sense gun laws that prevent violence before it enters our schools.npr.orgThe school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growingThe effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion-dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products. 76936
Reposted by Kathleen ContiAnnalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 03/09/2025We have forgotten all the ways people used to get toxins out of their food before federal regulation. It's not that food and water used to be cleaner -- it's that domestic work used to include detoxing everything we put in our mouths! 12601149
Reposted by Kathleen ContiMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Here we go. <Elimination> of all IFLE funding. No FLAS fellowships or NRC area studies centers nationwide. Might be nice of even a single university president was willing to speak up about this disaster for R1 universities & their students. democrats-appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su... 112053
Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Another Public History Grumpy Hour is coming! Join the National Council on Public History and the Consultants Committee for a virtual night of connection and support. Register: community.ncph.org/event/Spooky... @ncph.bsky.social 140
Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Do you work in historic preservation? Sign up to chat with one of my students on zoom for an hour in September-- we pair them with people in their prospective career field so they can ask questions and learn more all the great paths and opportunities working in HP: forms.gle/fT5tPhzxAaaJ...forms.gleChat with Preservationist Fall 2025Do you want to connect with current undergrad and grad students interested in historic preservation? This spring students in my intro to HP class at Florida State University will meet over zoom with a... 031
Kathleen Conti @kathleenconti.bsky.social · 22/07/2025I'm honored to share that I received a statewide teaching award! Last week, I received the Roy E. Graham Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation Education at the Secretary of State awards dinner on Amelia Island. artsandsciences.fsu.edu/article/fsu-...artsandsciences.fsu.eduFSU public historian earns prestigious Florida Trust for Historic Preservation education award | College of Arts and SciencesA Florida State University faculty member has received a statewide teaching award for her impact as an educator in the field of historic preservation from a nonprofit that promotes the protection of F... 1121