Casey Schmitt

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Hey historians! What are some of your favorite books/articles on labor and working class history? Please and thank you! 🗃️

So, how's the semester going?

The French monarchy was renowned for its fiscal prudence, so I can't see how this could possibly go wrong

Can I just say that "radioactive cat vomit machine that capes for technofascism" is my new favorite descriptor for AI slop. Thank you @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social 😂

"Are my migraines hormonal, or am I thinking too hard about how Peter Thiel has more money than all nurses on Earth combined?" buff.ly/oLdL54C

Submissions are now invited for the Society's 2027 First Book and Early Career Article Prizes - covering monographs and articles published in 2026 bit.ly/4z45bD8 The closing date for submissions is 14 December 2026. Judging begins in early 2027 with winners announced next July #Skystorians 1/2

I am so grateful to @drjessecromwell.bsky.social for this really smart review of The Predatory Sea! I only wish he had written it when I was trying to write my introduction - his explanation of my argument is way clearer than my own! 🗃️ academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...

With all of the terribleness at my institution, I want to say how proud I am of my students, who are navigating it all with such courage, and dignity. They are seeing what's happening, asking hard questions, and organizing to demand change. All of it while meeting the demands of their courses.

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Hey historians! Check out this incredible CFP and please share!🗃️ atlanticexchanges.wm.edu/home-2/2027-...

Applications for 2027-2028 JCB long-term and short-term fellowships are now open! Check out our opportunities page here: jcblibrary.org/fellowships/...

🌎 En #Openaccess dans le dernier numéro des #Annales 'Des économies de la #rançon. Les multiples #captivités et rescates de Francisco García (vers 1655-1682)' par Casey Schmitt (@csschmitt.bsky.social @cornelluniversity.bsky.social) 👉 dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...

When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.

I am so happy to see The Predatory Sea among these amazing books written by scholars I respect and admire! 🗃️ @pennpress.bsky.social

before Gritty grew his hair out, he made ends meet as an Uber driver

This year's shortlist is made up of former Booker winners and debut authors, with tales spanning a wide range of genres, from historical fiction to campus novel to dystopian fiction. n.pr/4rpivPR

“Literally the dumbest thing ever said by an American President.” @justinwolfers.bsky.social offers an alternative headline. youtu.be/LxYKag4fD2o?...

Congratulations to the finalists! What a stellar list of books!

Do I call IT when Duo Mobile login is communicating with satan?

Talking about generational wealth, even at the risk of alienating wealthier friends and colleagues, is such an important act. People without generational wealth need to see the structures that explain how and why their futures look so different from their peers. www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...

It's out in the world! This is my first attempt to write through research for my second book project! 🗃️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

FEATURED JOB: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor - Raoul Wallenberg Institute RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS networks.h-net.org/jobs/70326/u... #job #education #academia #highered #history

Ugh, Cash Offer Karl struck again... House shopping is a terribly depressing process for something that should be so exciting.

Relatedly, how I wish this little post wasn't relevant / necessary. karinwulf.com/tidbits/cove...

It is such an incredible honor to have my book included as a finalist alongside the excellent scholarship of Kim Hall and Daniel Lord Smail. I haven't stopped smiling since they made the announcement! 🗃️ macmillan.yale.edu/glc/stories/...

the literal position of the trump administration is that any school that has any more than a smattering of black students is engaged in illegal racial discrimination against whites www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/b...

Consider joining me this year for a virtual OI Coffeehouse on the theme of "New Approaches to the Study of Peace, Violence, and War in Vast Early America!" Or, if I'm not your cup of tea, check out the other great options here: oieahc.wm.edu/events-overv... Due Sept. 11! 🗃️

Same.

Job alert! My department is hiring in comparative, specifically Latin American politics with a Mexico focus. I’m on the committee & will be at APSA next week if anyone interested in the position would like to chat there! Ad: utep.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta... #psjobs #psjminfo #poliscijobs

***Historians - Academic Job Opportunity*** Latin American History (Assistant Professor/tenure-track) Tufts University, Department of History careers.historians.org/jobs/2252748...

In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."

Excellent new book series announcement! 🗃️

Call for applications: FEEGI RESEARCH AWARDS - we will award two $1000 research grants to support travel to archival or other field sites. This award is open to all FEEGI members, but is intended especially for graduate students, independent scholars, and untenured faculty. feegi.org/awards.html

Hey historians! Do y'all think this paleography would be too difficult for 4000-level history honors students to read for a seminar? 🗃️

Do high school students read the Federalist Papers anymore? Asking for a friend who is me and is about the teach the early America survey for the first time in YEARS... 🗃️

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Hey historians! Does anyone know anyone working at the AGI right now? 🗃️

Pssst... www.draftingthepast.com

Axios writer: I melted my brain with AI. Not only can I no longer read, but I don't even understand the purpose of reading anymore. Here's how you can also do this. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...

Interested in teaching, researching, & studying at the University of Oslo? Apply for a student or scholar Fulbright with us. (We are hosting one American historian this year.) The 2027-28 deadlines: Sept for scholars, Oct for undergrad & grad students. fulbright.no/grants/grant...

Very exciting news! Congratulations @ramonanegron.bsky.social!

WHAT'S FEEGI? FEEGI is a special conference because it is unpretentious, affordable, and welcoming to scholars at all levels. The conferences are composed entirely of plenary sessions with short papers to maximize general discussion. Awards and travel grants are also available. Come to FEEGI!

No problem. I definitely don't need to be able to read those big chunks of missing text. I'm sure they don't say anything important. 🫣