Reposted by Julia Ornelas-Higdon, PhDWaitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 26/07/2025 1444047
Reposted by Julia Ornelas-Higdon, PhDCalifornia Faculty Association @cfaunited.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Yesterday, one of our union leaders was arrested during an ICE raid in Camarillo, CA, while he was lawfully observing immigration enforcement activities. www.calfac.org/statement-condemning-the-abduction-and-disappearance-of-cfa-members-in-camarillo/calfac.org- California Faculty AssociationWe strongly condemn the abduction of California Faculty Association professor, member and activist Jonathan A. Caravello, Ph.D. and other community 8786331
Reposted by Julia Ornelas-Higdon, PhDElliott Young @elliottyoung.bsky.social · 12/03/2025The way ICE whisked Mahmoud Kahlil out of the North and into the Deep South reminds me of 19th-century slave catchers prowling the streets of northern cities to bring free Black people to the Slave South. The boundary between the 2nd and 5th District Courts is a modern-day Mason-Dixon line. 2265
Reposted by Julia Ornelas-Higdon, PhDUniversity of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 27/02/2025News & Reviews feat. @karnicky.bsky.social @ornelashigdon.bsky.social @sherrieflick.bsky.social and more!unpblog.comNews & ReviewsReviews All Roads Lead to Rome Review in Lincoln Journal Star: "Author Thorness’s descriptions of the long-forgotten battles involved are vivid and his depictions of the Italian landscape 70 years later serve as reminders of the war which changed so many families and lives. Readers who had relatives affected by the conflict will find this tale of a son seeking to understand his father a compelling journey into the past." 022
Reposted by Julia Ornelas-Higdon, PhDUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Marcos is a farm worker in WA. The rows of grapevines are as long or longer than a football field. He works for an hourly wage. #WeFeedYou Marcos es un campesino en WA. Las hileras de vides son tan largas o más que un campo de fútbol. Trabaja por un salario por hora. #SoyEsencial 13727111
Reposted by Julia Ornelas-Higdon, PhDUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Guillermina is pruining in a Northern CA vineyard. She uses special shears to trim the grapevines. With carefully pruning, the wine grapes will be used to make some of the region’s best wines next summer. #WeFeedYou 1673398
Reposted by Julia Ornelas-Higdon, PhDUniversity of Nebraska Press @univnebpress.bsky.social · 28/01/2025"If you have been looking for a labor and political history of winemaking in California, the meticulously researched GRAPES OF CONQUEST [by @ornelashigdon.bsky.social] is a must-read," writes California History (@ucpress.bsky.social). bit.ly/3PNDslq 084
Julia Ornelas-Higdon, PhD @ornelashigdon.bsky.social · 05/12/2024The universe sent me the best students during the fall 2024 term. So grateful for them. 180