@LandisWeaver I am! (Though I keep forgetting. . ). ebriesacher@bsky.social
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Dr. Erika L. Briesacher
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Dr. Erika L. Briesacher
@HistoryInShort
My own commentary & retweets, "tweets" from classes. Modern Germany, Europe, nationalism, material culture. Opinions all mine.
Central MA Beigetreten Haziran 2013
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@HistoryInShort Are you on BlueSky? Coming by here to unfollow folks. After watching John Oliver bit on X I decided I needed to do something. No offense
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It's been awhile since I've been here--cheers friends. Looking forward to the upcoming Boston Labor Conference and presenting with awesome colleagues!
umb.edu/lrc/the-boston…
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Took a break. Back now, and not certain I want to be. #NewYearNewMe?
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@DrHistoryBrad Seriously! My institution decided to just give students subscriptions . . . and they were so utterly confused. And really don't want it, because I think they COMPLETELY understand the perils.
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This is the element of AI that the industry doesn’t talk about enough; PEOPLE DON’T WANT IT.
Nicole Miller 🏛️ ⚖️@JOSourcing
Microsoft Scales Back "AI" Goals Because Almost NOBODY IS USING COPILOT extremetech.com/computing/micr…
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Dr. Erika L. Briesacher retweetet
Israel isn’t “testing” the ceasefire with strikes. It’s violating the ceasefire
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A few weeks left to apply!
Black Perspectives@BlkPerspectives
👉🏾The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is now accepting submissions for the 2026 C.L.R. James Research Fellowship to support research towards the completion of a dissertation or publication of a book. Deadline: November 1, 2025. aaihs.org/accepting-subm…
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@drphillips2001 Fully agree, especially because all things considered both Wessel and Kirk were/are low-level figures, ripe for mythologizing.
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The Nazis in the MAGA movement didn’t take long to reach this point. I think Charlie Kirk could easily be compared to Horst Wessel.
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@melnickjeffrey1 So happy to hear you're safe--we've been trying to figure out what the heck is going on
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Some scary stuff went down at UMass Boston today: I’ve been working at home but as far as I can tell it’s over and everyone is ok.
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Genocide is ongoing in Gaza. Excellent piece from an esteemed colleague.
Jeff Melnick@melnickjeffrey1
As the new semester starts, I want to keep the focus on the ongoing genocide in Gaza (and US complicity in it). Honored to have the chance to co-write this with another parent whose child was suspended from Barnard/Columbia for protest activity. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/s…
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Louder in the back: lots of expensive programs (ahem, nursing) would not be financially feasible or viable without the humanities and social sciences. Full stop.
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@aliciaandrz I got my job at WSU right out of the gate (as an ABD, defended a few weeks before I started). Barring anything wild or catastrophic happening, I don't really envision leaving.
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my dad worked for the same company his whole life. if I get tenure, I’ll do the same only the academic version—William & Mary prof for life.
Thrilla the Gorilla@ThrillaRilla369
Has anyone else ever stayed at a job for more than 5 years?
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I read them. FIVE.
good news, friends. very good news. 😭
dr. alicia andrzejewski (she/her)@aliciaandrz
I am getting some big tenure news today or tomorrow. it won’t be official until February & the review process hasn’t started yet but the external review letters are in & I get to see redacted versions. hopefully Shakespeare scholars across the country feel I deserve to stay.
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Dr. Erika L. Briesacher retweetet
Indigenous people were rounded up and sent to reservations, Black ppl were rounded up and sent to plantations, Japanese ppl were rounded up & sent to internment camps, Black ppl during Jim Crow were rounded up for crimes like loitering & sent to prison
Willie Ross Jr. Knee Deep@RossKneeDeep
Here's a question. Did you ever in your wildest dreams think that people in America could be rounded up and sent to concentration camps?
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Failing to properly punish the Confederacy
Fred Fella@FredFellaIMO
My American friends, how did America become such a political cesspool?
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