Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Not good! www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/n...bizjournals.comFitch Ratings downgrades key borrowing score for Xavier University - Cincinnati Business CourierUniversity enrollment remains a major concern, Fitch said in its report. 210
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A higher ed email truism: the more innocuous the subject line (e.g., "Message to the campus community"), the more devastating the content. 2116
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I'm looking forward to this online lecture and conversation on Sept. 30 at The Open University. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-driver...eventbrite.co.ukThe Driver's Story: Labour and Power in the World of Atlantic SlaveryFree online lecture by award-winning author and historian Professor Randy M. Browne (Xaiver University) 094
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"The worries that artificial intelligence is degrading education have been building for months. Students are using it for everything, including cheating...Many university leaders are embracing A.I. with enthusiasm anyway."nytimes.comUniversities Sound Warnings About A.I. Even as They Embrace ItAs A.I. upends education, university leaders have been all over the map about how to respond. It can be very confusing for students. 120
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Surely they're interested in historians, too? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/w...nytimes.comCanada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top UniversitiesA crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north. 041
Reposted by Randy BrowneNitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 25/08/2026I think the universal grieving comes in no small part from the fact she represented the best of what America could be, and that she never stopped chasing that ideal, artistically and socially 53158563
Reposted by Randy Browne🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared. 158393138500
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 17/08/2026What are the chances THE Terry Gross uses a Gmail account to invite guests to come on @nprfreshair.bsky.social? 010
Reposted by Randy BrowneMolly Warsh @mwarsh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I mean, I know I'm biased as I am all in on @feegiconference.bsky.social, but it truly is a wonderful space to present work, meet new colleagues, and learn about wide-ranging scholarship on the early modern world. Next meeting is in Pittsburgh in April 2027! #earlymodern feegi.org/index.htmlfeegi.orgFEEGIThe Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) aims to encourage scholarship and collaboration across the boundaries of national histories and disciplinary frameworks. 1135
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This entire story is amazing in every way www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...nytimes.comHiker Trekked 10 Miles to Safety After Impaling Himself on PoleDavid Cifaldi was hiking up Granite Peak, Montana’s tallest mountain, last week when he slipped and fell on one of his trekking poles. A wound nurse, he went into survival mode. 020
Reposted by Randy BrowneBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Happening right in front of us. The world's richest man. 721448309
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Anyone with access to the International Journal of Maritime History able to do me a favor and send a copy of this review? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 210
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 02/07/2026This is a very thorough, generous review of THE DRIVER’S STORY from Matt Childs for H-Early-America. networks.h-net.org/group/review...networks.h-net.orgChilds on Browne, 'The Driver's Story: Labor and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery' | H-NetBrowne, Randy M.. The Driver's Story: Labor and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024. 224 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 9781512825862. Reviewed by Matt D. Childs... 011
Reposted by Randy Brownescarylawyerguy.bsky.social @scarylawyerguy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Haitian migrants in Ohio fled a dangerous country to carve out a life in the U.S. doing shit work (factories, home health care, etc) that actual "Americans" refuse to do. it's the story of our nation's immigration patterns dating back 150 years and yet b/c of their skin color, they are vilified 1132196
Reposted by Randy BrowneAnnika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 26/06/2026“Watergate pales in comparison to what we’re doing” is quite the thing to imply 401596329
Reposted by Randy BrownePast and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Our 2026 Supplement (#18) "Medicine, Race, and Slavery in the Transatlantic World, 1600–1850" Edited by @hsmurphy.bsky.social (@kingshistory.bsky.social @cemskcl.bsky.social) Has now been published by @academic.oup.com academic.oup.com/past/issue/2... 215391
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Very cool piece in the NYT by my Xavier colleague, Karim Tiro. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comThe Native Leader Who Tied His People’s Fate to the Patriot CauseFor the 250th anniversary, the Times Magazine asked leading historians to profile founding-era Americans whose roles in the drama have been often overlooked. 031
Reposted by Randy BrowneTuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Man, Iran really took Trump to the cleaners. Eh? 252824391
Reposted by Randy BrownePhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Just a friendly reminder. If the US had taken only a small fraction of the money and military equipment it has squandered fighting and losing to Iran, and instead helped Ukraine, the Middle East would be more stable and Russia would be facing defeat. 6946631150
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 15/06/2026London people, please join us and/or help spread the word about this Voices in Slavery's Archive workshop on July 1 in Brixton. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-v...eventbrite.co.ukWorkshop: Voices in Slavery's Archive ProjectThe 'Voices' project works closely with descendant communities to understand potential uses of the reports of the 'Protector of Slaves'. 011
Reposted by Randy Browne#Slaveryarchive Digital Initiative @slaveryarchive.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Stories of enslaved Africans return to Guyana through ‘Voices’ archive, check these news about this new amazing project by historian Diana Paton, Randy Browne and other dear historians newsroom.gy/2026/06/10/s... #slaveryarchivenewsroom.gyStories of enslaved Africans return to Guyana through ‘Voices’ archive project“These individual stories, we think, are very precious,” Professor Diana Paton said, as a project seeks to make slavery-era testimonies accessible in Guyana. 195
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Glad to see this, @caseyjohnston.bsky.social! Congrats! 150
Reposted by Randy BrownePenn Press @pennpress.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Congratulations to author Casey Schmitt, whose book THE PREDATORY SEA has won the John Lyman Book Award in World Maritime History from the North American Society for Oceanic History! bit.ly/3QIXP7n 0113
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Good article about our Voices in Slavery’s Archive project, focused on our work this week in Guyana. newsroom.gy/2026/06/10/s...newsroom.gyStories of enslaved Africans return to Guyana through ‘Voices’ archive project“These individual stories, we think, are very precious,” Professor Diana Paton said, as a project seeks to make slavery-era testimonies accessible in Guyana. 131
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Nice to see this review of THE DRIVER'S STORY in @thejerpano.bsky.social. Linda Noel praises "its clear prose, informed observations, and brevity," & its "in-depth analysis of the workings of the system of slavery and the lives of individuals caught up within it." muse.jhu.edu/pub/12/artic...muse.jhu.eduProject MUSE -- Verification required! 031
Reposted by Randy BrowneAnne E @anita5446.bsky.social · 03/06/2026WILD shot in the electronic dark: does anyone know the population of Fort-de-France and Saint-Pierre (Martinique) in 1860? Preferably urban vs. whole municipality? 🗃️ I WILL THANK YOU FORMALLY! 297
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 29/05/2026As an impatient person, having a manuscript under review for nearly six month is...character building? 140
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 18/05/2026My university is going all in on an initiative to make sure all students learn how to "ethically" and "responsibly" use AI. 020
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Nice to see this very positive review of THE DRIVER'S STORY in the German journal, sehepunkte, by Stephan Conermann. www.sehepunkte.de/2026/05/4126...sehepunkte.deSEHEPUNKTE - Rezension von: The Driver's Story - Ausgabe 26 (2026), Nr. 5Rezension über Randy M. Browne: The Driver's Story. Labor and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery (= Early American Studies), Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press 2024, 213 S., ISBN 9... 040
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Favorite Early America/Atlantic/Caribbean history books in Spanish? I have a (non-academic) friend who asked for suggestions but most of what I'd recommend to him I can't find in Spanish. Thanks for any suggestions. 010
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Tired: suspecting a student work was done w/ ChatGPT Wired: suspecting an admin email was done w/ ChatGPT 170
Reposted by Randy BrowneEric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 16/04/2026NPR announces it has secured philanthropic gifts totaling more than $110 million -- including the largest by a living donor in NPR's history -- as a strategic investment in its future. This comes after Congress chose to eliminate federal funding for all public media. loom.ly/B71nWB8editorandpublisher.comHistoric $113M investment catalyzes NPR's strategic push for digital growth and network sustainability - Editor and PublisherNPR has received philanthropic gifts totaling more than $110 million — including the largest by a living donor in NPR's history — as a strategic investment in its future. These gifts will be used to expand audience connection, accelerate digital transformation and increase the sustainability of the national NPR Network. 9369104
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 15/04/2026"Hampshire, in Amherst, Mass., joins an epidemic of college closures over the past two decades. More than 300 U.S. colleges and universities closed from 2008 to 2024, according to an analysis by The Hechinger Report."nytimes.comHampshire College Will Close Amid Student Enrollment Declines 086
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Choice selected THE DRIVER'S STORY as one of five Outstanding Academic Titles in History, Geography & Area Studies. www.choice360.org/choice-pick/... 082
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Could someone with access to Past & Present send me a PDF of this article, please? academic.oup.com/past/article...academic.oup.comConceptualizing ‘Liberated Africans’ and Slave Trade Abolition: Government Schemes to Indenture Enslaved People Captured from Slavery, 1800–1920*Abstract. A new survey of ‘Liberated Africans’ exposes how global calculations of involuntary African indentured labour after 1800 have been significantly 202
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Excellent news for the field www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...ucl.ac.ukUCL History Secures $575k Grant for Caribbean Enslaved People DatabaseA $575,000 grant from a North American funder will support the development of a database of enslaved people at the UCL Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery (CSLBS). 016158
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Literally life-changing news www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...nytimes.comJudge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies 050
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 16/03/2026This reviewer really understood what I aimed to do with THE DRIVER'S STORY. 041
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Didn’t write a single word but spring break sure was productive. 030
Reposted by Randy BrowneBen Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 05/03/2026“Unfortunately, there’s no money for that” 0129
Reposted by Randy BrowneMythic 🦊 @mythicalredfox.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again. 47204878708
Reposted by Randy BrowneDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 03/03/2026Truly the Fyre Festival of strategic campaigns. 272187303
Reposted by Randy BrownePrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 03/03/2026NEW YouGov poll: Abolishing ICE is now at a *record high* level of support in the United States 50% support 39% oppose Independents are now +17 on abolishing ICE Moderates +6 23% of Republicans now support abolishing ICE 241681489
Randy Browne @randybrowne.bsky.social · 03/03/2026"Voices in Slavery’s Archive: New project to map enslaved people’s testimony across Guyana." I could not be more grateful for the opportunity to do this project w/ colleagues I deeply respect in Guyana and the UK. www.stabroeknews.com/2026/03/03/f...stabroeknews.comVoices in Slavery’s Archive: New project to map enslaved people’s testimony across Guyana - Stabroek NewsBy Estherine Adams, Randy Browne, Juanita Cox, Philippa Hellawell, Linsey McMillan, Diana Paton and Kimberley Thomas. The authors are members of the 076
Reposted by Randy BrowneElise A. Mitchell @bydreamphd.bsky.social · 24/02/2026It’s officially pub day for this incredible work! Thank you to Oscar de la Torre for making this possible!! And thank you to CUNY DSI for research consults and permission to use your images in my work!! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978088...hup.harvard.eduBlack Atlantic Worlds — Harvard University PressLandscapes are key to the Black Atlantic. The history of how Africans and their descendants populated and transformed nations, regions, and ecosystems has always been attentive to the multiple meaning... 29638