Fiona Vernal

A good way to spend a rainy Friday: Photography, South African Legacies, Yale Art Gallery. Revisiting David Goldblatt’s photography. Horrified compromises , complicity, militant resistance and willful blindness ; deep impotent rage — from D.G’s daughter.

Finally , $3:49 per dozen eggs at Trader Joe’s . Limit one . So this will be finished in my house on Wednesday.

UConn historians Andy Horowitz , Fiona Vernal and Chris Newell are currently on NPR -from our CT Forum appearance . I woke up to the sound of my own voice on the radio .

@arielmaelambe Ariel, here are the folx who presented on such at AHA 2025: David Levering Lewis, Kendra Field , Martha Jones, Philip Deloris, Stephanie Gerson, Tobie Meyer Fong, Maboula Soumahoro, Kerri Greenidge, Brandon Terry, Vince Brown, Leslie Harris, Ada Ferrer and Martha Hodes .

Who is blending memoir and/or their genealogy with “traditional”historical scholarship in exciting ways right now? (Saw an amazing talk by Tomiko Brown-Nagin recently…)

@cjceglio Indeed! Deep in a maritime collection. Lots of rum, horses, beef , pork, shad, herring corn, onions, and cattle .

@FionaVernal Is that the Auerbach Art Library and Museum Archives at the Atheneum, I spy?

Last archival hurrah before vacation. Good distraction from politics and news, I hope

Just found out I’m too low status for Hilton to leave any water in my hotel room. Is this the best way to welcome a guest who’s struggling with luggage, out of breath, and has a hand injury?

Fiona Vernal and Andy Horowitz of UConn’s history department at The Connecticut Forum

Just arriving for my oral history talk at Trinity College Center for Urban and Global Studies.

This is kind of how I did in pictionary last night.

Joys of the day, my 16yo said , Oooh Mom, The Crucible is getting juicy.” Finally, something she likes. Holden Caudfield did not go over very well.

My students usually have a “concept of a plan” to attend class and I need a concept of a plan for my writing.

Is this the revolution being televised? Is this the moment? How would we know?

Is your pet safe ?

Run spot run? What ?

My narrator turns 102!

Installation day at Enfield Historical Society. Thank you ⁦@CTHumanities⁩, ⁦@hfpg⁩, Enfield historical society and UJima. It’s my privilege as a historian to make the past come to life.

@BeschlossDC I am excited, inspired ,and engaged

For anyone who just saw Kamala Harris speak in Atlanta, do you have any reaction?

Direct flights to Jamaica are back on with Avelo establishing a route & 2 routes to NC, Daytona, Cancun and more in Nov . Thanks Avelo!

Thank you Claudia Owusu for your beautiful love letter to black girlhood, black joy, and the importance of play; and for having UConn screen your film, Ampe.