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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but your TA is most likely a grad student with thoughts, feelings, and even quite possibly, a name

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E. Hochman @erhochman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The History Department at SMU is hiring a full professor who will also serve as department chair. Field is open. apply.interfolio.com/193610

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Rusty, how’s it going with the slides for tomorrow’s lecture?

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@jaygeller.bsky.social helpfully contextualizes the opposition to Stolpersteine 👇👇

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Historian here: this argument is not working the way you think it is

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Very excited to be part of this conference Vienna/NY: Urban Centers and the Rise of Democracy since 1848 🗃️ as.nyu.edu/research-cen.... If you're in NYC & interested in attending, please rsvp here: nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Only Oliver Mayer pull something like this off: setting a 1942 antifascist Brecht/Feuchtwanger play in an oil field in LA -- under attack by the feds for being a sanctuary city. Powerful & stirring work plus discussion w/ @profmpastor.bsky.social & Béatrice Mousli. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmBg...

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The Visions of Simone Machard 2.0

YouTube video by USC Visions and Voices

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A Dutch grad student recommended I watch "The Boys" which I of course understood as him suggesting I read W.E.B. Du Bois (which actually made sense in the context.)

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Professors are the Enemy. At USC, October 1, 12 PM. #academicsky #skystorians

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Professors are the Enemy. At USC, October 1, 12 PM. #academicsky #skystorians

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

How are those letters of rec going

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is a VERY significant decision, given the impact of the rule change, which was set to upend the student visa process which has been in place for the last half-century. Colleges and universities said the rule would impose millions in costs and cause a big drop in enrollment.

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just a perfect day to be reading about the anthropocene, climate change, and the fossil economy with the grad students

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'm excited to share my conversation with @danielagerson.bsky.social about her wonderful book, The Wanderers! @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/the-wanderer...

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Gorden Isler @gordenisler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Ich würde heute gern in einem Paralleluniversum leben, in dem Robert Habeck unser Bundeskanzler wurde.

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Clarifying and somewhat calming observations on the Sachsen-Anhalt election from @historyned.bsky.social

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Looking for the origins of a line by Vormärz liberal and I broke down and asked ChatGPT who insists that it was Hitler. Or when I asked for a 2nd opinion, Churchill. Maybe we're not obsolete yet? #skystorians

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

that communist is destroying our way of life!

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Especially poignant in these frightening times

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Reopening of Villa Aurora/Feuchtwanger Villa a year and a half after the Palisades Fire. Marta returns home!

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Everything sucks right now but this tree in the backyard

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I think Darline Graham must have hired Joni Ernst’s campaign manager

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Once again they’re lining up for German history

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

someone must have put a sticker on my back with the words: Ask me for a letter of recommendation!

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

At least everyone knows what a tariff is now

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It’s like bread and circuses but without the bread

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

That thing where you start washing the cat boxes before checking the litter supply & then have to dash to the nearest pet store hoping they have your brand in stock, hoping the cats’ can hold it, cursing at the traffic how’s your Sunday going

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

In case you were wondering how my syllabi are coming along today

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Paul Lerner @plerner.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

After a dazzling performance of Katz’s Sonata for four Four Paws, Rusty denies requests for an encore

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