Reposted by Matt McAdamNatalie Porter @natalieporter.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Every librarian dreams of being published, and I'm so grateful to @ecwpress.bsky.social for supporting my research and book called 'Girl Gangs, Zines, and Powerslides: A History of Badass Women Skateboarders.' Pre-ordering is now available. tinyurl.com/Girlgangs #coverreveal #bookssky #newbook 1275
Matt McAdam @mxmcadam.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Oh, yeah? Well, do you have a first edition of The Iliad? 1240
Matt McAdam @mxmcadam.bsky.social · 26/07/2025This feels like trying to throw away a trash can (which is really hard, I’ve tried). 000
Reposted by Matt McAdamJustin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 24/07/2025Door #1: Lose at least $400 million in federal grants. Door #2: Lose at least $221 million and your institutional autonomy. Columbia picks Door #2. dailynous.com/2025/07/24/c...dailynous.comColumbia University Caves - Daily NousDoor #1: Lose at least $400 million in federal grants. Door #2: Lose at least $221 million and your institutional autonomy. Not an enviable choice for any university. Columbia University just chose Do... 023
Reposted by Matt McAdamCharm City Art Spice @rahnealexander.com · 23/07/2025Hey look! Tomorrow night (7 pm, Thursday the 24th) I'm talking with Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer about his new book about experts, data, and gay marriage at @redemmas.org Come early to get a good seat, maybe a falafel salad and a mazagran while you're at it! 1179
Reposted by Matt McAdamLaura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Attn nerds: I will be giving these books away FOR FREE tomorrow, 8:30-11. Note that the book exhibit is moving to the FIRST FLOOR of the Omni, so find us there. First come first served, one book per person, and again, FREE. #SHEAR2025 2144
Reposted by Matt McAdamJustin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 15/07/2025“I want to talk about the part of philosophy writing that comes after the argument… the very specific work involved in infusing your writing with energy and life” — C. Thi Nguyen (@add-hawk.bsky.social) at Daily Nous on the creative craft of writing philosophy.dailynous.comBeyond Argument: The Creative Craft of Philosophy Writing (guest post) - Daily Nous"I want to talk about the part about the part of philosophy writing that comes after the argument part: the bit where you work on expressing your idea clearly, delicately, even personally. I want to t... 18837
Reposted by Matt McAdamThe Oxford Publicity Partnership Ltd (OPP) @oxfordpublicity.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Congratulations to @hopkinspress.bsky.social author @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social who has won the Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org First Book Prize! You can buy the book anywhere in Europe from your local bookstore or @blackwells.bsky.social. royalhistsoc.org/prizes/royal... 044
Reposted by Matt McAdamOgechukwu Williams @ogewilliams.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Countdown to August 19, the official release date for my book, Birth Politics, with @hopkinspress.bsky.social. Happy to schedule zoom and in-person talks. If you adopt the book as a required text in your classroom, I definitely owe you a classroom visit. Please let me know. 094
Reposted by Matt McAdamAlicia Andrzejewski (she/her) @aliciaandrz.bsky.social · 06/07/2025all tenure-track assistant professors in the humanities: 639941
Reposted by Matt McAdamSiva @sivav.bsky.social · 27/06/2025I wrote: “Jefferson dreamed of forging a grand, vibrant Athens on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Instead, in its third century, the United States seems a lot more like Sparta.” newrepublic.com/article/1973...newrepublic.comUVA President James Ryan Caved to MAGA—and They Forced Him Out AnywayRyan had not fought Trump on DEI and other matters. His forced ouster proves that no capitulation is enough. 610438
Reposted by Matt McAdamPollyanna Rhee 이채영 @parhee.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Friends! We would be so excited to see you for our DOUBLE BOOK LAUNCH. I will be in the UK in spirit struggling through the Midwestern heat at 9 am (CDT), but invigorated by the brilliant @elsadevienne.bsky.social and @rebwright.bsky.social. @uchicagopress.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social 194
Matt McAdam @mxmcadam.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Also note that official law enforcement versions of SUVs the public can also buy usually don’t have roof rails installed. 000
Reposted by Matt McAdamKathryn Olesko @kathrynolesko.bsky.social · 20/06/2025I ask my new + old followers to circulate this open access roundtable onAmerican science. Please repost! We in the USA are losing our lead in scientific research due to totalitarian tendencies in the current administration. This loss will affect all of us. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comThe crisis in American science - Kathryn M. Olesko, Anthony Eames, Cyrus C. M. Mody, Ilana Löwy, Thomas Zeller, Mark Walker, Mitchell G. Ash, Donna Haraway, 2025The second regime of Donald J. Trump has decimated federal science and federally supported science to a greater degree than his first regime, unleashing an unpr... 46049
Reposted by Matt McAdamJustin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 19/06/2025Smartphones are not a good example of extended cognition. A social history of philosophy. Videos about causal inference. Enlightenment stand-up. Anti-trans arguments. The math of gas & the direction of time. Your brain on ChatGPT, and more...dailynous.comMini-Heap - Daily NousRecent links... “The usage of LLMs could actually harm learning, especially for younger users” -- a new study on brain activity and the use of LLMs like ChatGPT “At the microscopic scale, where partic... 012
Matt McAdam @mxmcadam.bsky.social · 19/06/2025A related project would study the phrase “dialed in” 000
Matt McAdam @mxmcadam.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Habermas is 96 today, and that is because Habermas is still alive. 4425
Matt McAdam @mxmcadam.bsky.social · 19/06/2025There is a good project in gender/masculinity studies just waiting to be written that looks at online aviation forums after a major place crash. 010
Reposted by Matt McAdamJason Weidemann @fiveoclockbot.bsky.social · 10/06/2025It should go without saying, but apparently it needs to be said: if you are peer reviewing a ms for a scholarly press, DO NOT feed that ms into an AI machine to write your reader report for you. DO NOT. 37027
Matt McAdam @mxmcadam.bsky.social · 04/06/2025I'm a little surprised at the level of credulity around this. 000
Reposted by Matt McAdamSam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Who wants free books? These are some of the titles that we at @urbanhistory.bsky.social are looking to review. Let me know if you or a friend want one, or if you have other suggestions. First, @rebwright.bsky.social's fabulous looking history of mid century US energy regimes: 22118
Reposted by Matt McAdamMike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 30/05/2025If you haven't been looking recently at the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (oecs.mit.edu), here's your reminder that we are a free, open access resource for learning about the science of mind. Today we are launching our new Thematic Collections to organize our growing set of articles! 10412182
Reposted by Matt McAdamKen Wissoker @kwissoker.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Here's a long thread on an issue dear to my heart. This Tuesday evening I’m doing an Intellectual Publics with Macarena Gomez-Barris on publishing. Like last year’s conversation with Denise Cruz, or the prior year’s with Racquel Gates, we will talk about how to find a publisher, turn a thesis... 1/ 919287
Reposted by Matt McAdamJason L. Schwartz @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Given this week’s events re: COVID vaccines, there’s lots of new interest in ‘shared clinical decision-making’ recommendations—what they are, what they mean, etc. Wrote about them in @jlme-journal.bsky.social several years back. (Message me if you can’t access it) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgShared Decision-Making and Prevention Recommendations: Evolution, Implications, and Challenges for Public Health | Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics | Cambridge CoreShared Decision-Making and Prevention Recommendations: Evolution, Implications, and Challenges for Public Health - Volume 49 Issue 3 054
Matt McAdam @mxmcadam.bsky.social · 28/05/2025No, this is not ok. None of this awful Baltimore weather is ok. Please make it stop. 010
Reposted by Matt McAdamMeidas_SocietysChild @societyschild.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Harvard is offering 558 free classes, including but not limited to "We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy", "American Government: Constitutional Foundations", and "U.S. Political Institutions: Congress, Presidency, Courts, and Bureaucracy." Thank you Harvard!! 👏👏👏pll.harvard.eduCatalog of CoursesBrowse the latest courses from Harvard University 552505979
Reposted by Matt McAdamJustin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 21/05/2025"Like my cat, Derek did simply what he wanted to do." A new collection of essays about philosopher Derek Parfit by people who were close to him.dailynous.comAn Affectionate but Clear-Eyed Close-Up of Parfit - Daily NousDerek Parfit: His Life and Thought, a collection of essays by people who knew him, edited by Jeff McMahan, was published a couple of days ago. There is an online (gated) version at Oxford Academic. (I... 051
Matt McAdam @mxmcadam.bsky.social · 24/05/2025As my dad used to say, you’re getting ready to get ready. 030
Reposted by Matt McAdamLaura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Good morning, this is my more-or-less annual reminder/plea to make sure your faculty page is reasonably up to date. Helps me find you AND helps me know not to bug you to peer review stuff if your interests have changed significantly. 286
Reposted by Matt McAdamGreg Britton @gmbritton.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Coming next week, the story of the Third Reich's efforts to influence hearts and minds at American universities with exchange students -- by Aaron Gillette @uh.edu @hopkinspress.bsky.social www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... 033
Reposted by Matt McAdamBrian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social · 22/05/2025leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/05...leiterreports.typepad.comIn Memoriam: Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025)Professor MacIntyre, who was emeritus at the University of Notre Dame, wrote widely and influentialy in ethics and the history of ethics over his long career, which also included teaching posts at Bos... 066
Matt McAdam @mxmcadam.bsky.social · 22/05/2025The death of Alastair MacIntyre prompts my semi-annual reminder of this incredible fact: Habermas is still alive. 290
Reposted by Matt McAdamKylie M. Smith wrote an angry book @drkyliesmith.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Came into the office to find our #dolessharm postcards have arrived just in time for #aahm2025! You can pre order from @hopkinspress.bsky.social now! 073
Reposted by Matt McAdamCyrus Mody @ccmmody.bsky.social · 13/03/2025many thanks to @patrickmccray.bsky.social & Michael Gordin for editing, & @mxmcadam.bsky.social @ JHUP for publishing Greedy Science, an edited volume on science in the go-go '80s 1/x www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...press.jhu.eduGreedy ScienceThis is a placeholder description. 2145
Matt McAdam @mxmcadam.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Shout out to archaeologists! I emailed 4 yesterday about reviewing a project and all responded within 24 hours! That never happens. 070
Reposted by Matt McAdamGregg D Caruso @greggdcaruso.bsky.social · 05/12/2024A lost essay by HLA Hart published for the first time the American Journal of Jurisprudence. “Policy, Principles, and Adjudication.” academic.oup.com/ajj/advance-...academic.oup.comPolicies, Principles, and Adjudication: (c. 1977-82)Abstract. A previously unpublished paper by H.L.A. Hart responding to some of the work of Ronald Dworkin and found among Dworkin’s papers. For commentary o 01913
Reposted by Matt McAdamNigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Another Philosophy Bites interviewee L.A. Paul gets the New Yorker treatment… www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comThe Philosopher L. A. Paul Wants Us to Think About Our SelvesTo whom should we have allegiance—the version of ourself making choices, or the version of ourself who will be affected by them? 2195
Reposted by Matt McAdamLaura Helton @lehelton.bsky.social · 03/12/202450% off my book and everything else @columbiaup.bsky.social for the rest of today, including all of the titles in the Black Lives in the Diaspora: Past/Present/Future series! 1146
