Patricia Goldsworthy @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 2hAs a side note, I just now saw that Mia's the Executive Director! Wow! 120
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 2hIMPORTANT! The people who do teaching and research- and who provide care on campuses because universities ARE healthcare - MUST be the people who procure the technology contracts alleged to support teaching research and health! join AAUP’s session today to learn how to intervene in your campus 1185
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyLinda Andersson Burnett @lindaaburnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Instructing Colonial Natural History Seminar Series is back and we have a stellar line up: @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social, 6 Oct; @cberiksen.bsky.social, 28 Oct; Jim Endersby, 25 Nov; and Ma. Mercedes G. Planta, 9 Dec. All seminars are on Zoom, 15-16 CET 14427
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyThe Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things 471432196
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 27/09/2026The underlying assumption is that budget allocations in universities are ideologically neutral: that institutional investment just goes to wherever lots of students choose to spend their time. But this is not how it works. Admin decide what forms of knowledge they want to incentivize. 15611
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.nytimes.comF.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan CollinsThe inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials. 24982273351
Patricia Goldsworthy @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thanks, Max! It certainly doesn't make the beginning of the term easy! 020
Patricia Goldsworthy @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026For the very first time, faculty and staff at my institution are scheduled to strike simultaneously - next week, on the first day of classes. Here's hoping we're all successful! 2151
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyOrdinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...theguardian.comNearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable onlineExclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad 39078
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyAna Struillou @anastruillou.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Very happy to share my new article (in French!) in the Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine in a beautiful issue on the mobility of paper & maritime history 🦑 ⚓ On archives, mobility, and travelling notaries across the Mediterranean ⚓ Don't hesitate to email for a PDF lnkd.in/ef-kjw4elnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 12710
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...theatlantic.comWhat the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return RevealsA previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover. 15138501801
Patricia Goldsworthy @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I feel like this would be a good Wikipedia project for a class to take on 011
Patricia Goldsworthy @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026static.klipy.comBlink Wide EyeAlt: Blink Wide Eye with caption WTF 120
Patricia Goldsworthy @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Amazing! Have a great trip - keep us updated on what you find! 010
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 16/09/2026AI has exposed the austerity con game in higher ed. For years, we have been told there is no money for students, faculty, staff, capital improvements, libraries. But somehow universities have suddenly come up with the money to pay for AI services?? 223561
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyChristine Adams @profchrisadams.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My first piece with Made by History at its new location--the culture wars are not a new thing. Thanks to @kathrynbrownell.bsky.social and @carlygoodman.bsky.social for editing and encouragement! share.inquirer.com/6z46Xashare.inquirer.com‘Culture wars’ can matter deeplyDuring the French Revolution, women's progress became a potent culture war issue, leading to new constraints. 1179
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyAlyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#GiftArticle on university leaders still pushing for AI while studies show it agrees learning (also, no shit, Sherlock!) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...nytimes.comUniversities Sound Warnings About A.I. Even as They Embrace It (Gift Article)As A.I. upends education, university leaders have been all over the map about how to respond. It can be very confusing for students. 141
Patricia Goldsworthy @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Thanks. In theory I like in-person meetings, but after years of wasting time going to meetings that could have been an email, I've become a big fan of zoom 😂. We've been doing hybrid since the pandemic, but one person wants to change it to only in-person 100
Patricia Goldsworthy @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Thanks. This makes the most sense to me - we meet every other week (which feels like a lot), and about half of take advantage of zoom but the other half are trying to force in-person only 110
Patricia Goldsworthy @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026How I would love to see a faculty-centric university (heck, even one that gives just the slightest thought to faculty)! 051
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyRick Jobs @richardivanjobs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026unsurprisingly, ‘finding’ and filming ‘lost tribes’ remains a thing for anyone teaching our book, this could be a great supplement for identifying persistent themes but also noting important distinctionstheguardian.com‘This is colonialism for clicks’: the influencers attempting to meet and film the world’s most isolated tribesA new breed of adventurer is chasing internet fame by targeting uncontacted peoples. Critics say they are risking the wellbeing of these remote communities – and their own lives 142
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyMichael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 06/09/2026AI apologists to actual disciplinary experts & experienced teachers 1042878
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyAlyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 05/09/2026GFY! (from the @chronicle.com) 2433249
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyAlyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 03/09/2026New from Henry Holt - a kids' book on Toussaint Louverture, by Jay Leslie with illustrations from Rocky Cotard! #HaitianSky #BookSky 🗃️ bookshop.org/p/books/tous...bookshop.orgToussaint!: Hero of the Haitian RevolutionThis vibrant and compelling picture book biography tells the story of Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian hero who led his people to freedom.Ayiti, the Pearl of the Antilles, was once a pristine paradis... 36331
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyLindsay Sarah Krasnoff @lempika7.bsky.social · 04/09/2026🏀🇫🇷Les Bleues Key Idea 5️⃣ France starts its #FIBAWWC quest this Friday w/new captain Gabby Williams at the helm. I've spoken with Gabby about her transatlantic story. 👉 And it's stuck with me, for she articulated the real life impact of athletes' sports diplomacy practice. 163
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyFrenchHistTO @frenchhistto.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Please join us Sept. 25th, 4:30pm at @UofT to hear @christinawelsch.bsky.social present: "At the Crossroads of Defeat: Sepoys, the French Company, and Military Mobility in Eighteenth-Century South India" More info and to register: munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/crossr... #frhistory 🗃️ 032
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026school vandalism, you can ban it www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/n...nytimes.comA.I. Is to Be Banned in N.Y.C. Elementary and Middle Schools (Gift Article)A new policy to be announced by the Department of Education bars younger students from using A.I., but stops short of a moratorium. 212432
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyJudith DeGroat @jdegroat.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Excellent review essay, @aiross.bsky.social ! Great issue altogether, @eldrclaire.bsky.social et cie.! 162
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyBrett Rushforth @brettrushforth.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Congratulations to all the finalists for this well-deserved recognition, with a special shout out to @csschmitt.bsky.social for writing a truly transformational book. macmillan.yale.edu/glc/stories/...macmillan.yale.eduYale Announces 2026 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalists 2235
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyAge of Revolutions @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social · 02/09/2026In this fascinating new Age of Revolutions essay, explore how mouchoirs in colonial Haiti served as more than fashion, illuminating networks of identity, culture, and connection among women of color. @robtaber.bsky.social ageofrevolutions.com/2026/09/02/w...ageofrevolutions.comWhat’s in a Headwrap? Using Mouchoirs to Illuminate Connections Between Women of Color in Colonial HaitiBy Robert D. Taber Dress and grooming standards are often political. In the contemporary United States, this ranges from Sikhs in the US military advocating to wear turbans as part of their uniform… 1168
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyVenus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Interesting research on neo-colonialism in Africa. Turns out the Eurozone is a much worse offender (by an enormous margin) than China. @70sbachchan.bsky.social and @katemac.bsky.social might be interested. 15120
Patricia Goldsworthy @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I’m so glad I haven’t renewed my membership for many years 130
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 26/08/2026Kind of hard for a professional organization to argue that history is integral to democracy when it goes to lengths to quash democracy within its own membership. And this isn't what I want my members dues to be used for. I suspect many will feel the same. 🗃️ 412959
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyStacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The American Historical Association hired a lobbying firm to help silence member advocacy on Palestine. In this essay, Adam Rzepka covers @historians.org's relationship w/ Thorn Run Partners, its deep ethical conflicts, & the advocacy crisis AHA has thrust upon us. www.chronicle.com/article/a-sc...chronicle.comOpinion | A Scholarly Association’s Secret Washington PlaybookDid the American Historical Association ask a corporate lobbying firm for advice on how to silence its members? 11332196
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyPaul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The deadline for submissions to French Historical Studies' special issue on "European-Indigenous Relations in the French Americas" is only a week away! If you have a manuscript you are thinking about submitting and have questions, feel free to reach out by DM or email (CFP below) 052
Patricia Goldsworthy @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026UGH, that's so frustrating. I was considering a course pack as well 020
Patricia Goldsworthy @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026static.klipy.comDrew Scanlon Blinking Eyes Meme ReactionAlt: Drew Scanlon Blinking Eyes Meme Reaction 010
Reposted by Patricia Goldsworthyamulya.bsky.social @amulya.bsky.social · 20/08/2026My husband Drew wrote this at breakneck speed while moving cross-country and caring for an 8 month old, bc he felt it was necessary, ethically and politically, to correct the record. If you read Tyler Austin Harper's piece, I hope you'll read this. 10998313
Patricia Goldsworthy @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026"Policy over public appearance" is such propaganda for why she's never around 010
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyDeidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I got tired of waiting for the journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social to cover this (it IS summer), but this is to say that ALL the staff members in Women & Gender Studies here were laid off last week, on the top of the cutting of 5 lecturer positions in the program last year.+ 21920551
Patricia Goldsworthy @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Mine was during COVID and I got a $20 gift card to the campus bookstore with an expiration date about 3 months later. It was a paper gift card that had to be redeemed in person. The bookstore was closed for 6 months, and they wouldn't honor it afterwards 😂 110
Patricia Goldsworthy @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026That was a response to faculty complaining about our unsustainable workloads 110
Patricia Goldsworthy @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Our previous dean also encouraged faculty to use AI to write syllabi 100
Patricia Goldsworthy @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Regional public - we're still told that it's up to us how we want to use AI, but there's a big push to integrate it- for example, we're sending about 20 faculty to do some Google AI training to become "Generative AI Leaders" with the idea that they'll train other faculty and students 220
Reposted by Patricia GoldsworthyAnnia Ciezadlo @anniaciezadlo.com · 15/08/2026"Universities now have more adjuncts than tenured and tenure-track professors combined. Many adjuncts make around $4,000 a course, and a quarter of adjuncts make less than $25,000 a year. In no city in the United States is this enough money to live off comfortably." 211448
Patricia Goldsworthy @pgoldsworthy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026We go at least once a year to visit my FIL, and I've never seen it like this. We tried walking on the mall from one museum to another, which is normally very easy, and it was super convoluted this year. Fences and national guard everywhere 120