Kathleen McDermott

Edward Gray, who passed away unexpectedly, was an award-winning cultural historian.  In this excerpt from his book, Mason-Dixon, he shows how the Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary was significant as a dividing line well before Mason and Dixon mapped it. hup.harvard.edu/features/the-m…

It was such a pleasure chatting with @CindyXiaodanYu about my book for the Chinese Whispers podcast. I’ve been listening to the podcast for a while now and it was an honour to be on the other side. You can listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: spectator.co.uk/podcast/was-ch…

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One week from tonight in Chicago! I’ll be talking about my book with one of my favorite people (Mark Bradley) at one of my favorite bookstores (@SeminaryCoop)! (Note: promoting a book is weird and hard and self-alienating, but this kind of thing is a dream come true.)

Dear Chicago people: I’ll be talking about my book, THE NONCONFORMISTS, at @SeminaryCoop (one of my favorite places!) in two weeks. Come say hi! (Cc: @UChiHumanRights @Harvard_Press)

@FrankCogliano Gotta go with beloved on this one, Frank. But what about pb & banana?

"Alongside his influence as a scholar and in government, through poetry Gewirtz has found a voice and a medium to reach multiple audiences." Sabina Knight reviews the poetry and history of Julian Gewirtz. lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-po…

Check out this excerpt from THE NONCONFORMISTS: How Franz Kafka Achieved Cult Status in Cold War America lithub.com/how-franz-kafk… via @lithub @Harvard_Press @HarvardUPLondon

@jtdean67 501, Jeff.

Oh, hey, I’ve just hit 500 followers! This is a meaningless, measly number, but it’s my meaningless, measly number.

TOMORROW 4:30pm pt Sheila Miyoshi Jager will speak about The Other Great Game: The Opening of Korea and the Birth of Modern East Asia at @Stanford's @CEAS_Stanford. Details: events.stanford.edu/event/the_othe…

@StellaGhervas @UCLA What wonderful news! Congratulations, Stella.

I’m thrilled to have been appointed Eugen Weber Chair in Modern European History at @UCLA. So excited for this adventure! I look forward to welcoming friends to my new academic home in #California, starting later this summer.

Delighted to talk to @andrew_i_port about his new book Never Again: Germans and Genocide after the Holocaust (@Harvard_Press, May 2023) at @EuropeAtHarvard tomorrow at 4pm. If you're in the Boston area, please join us! ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2023/04…

If you're around Princeton on Monday please join us at 4:30pm to hear @KGinLum lecture on her brilliant and important Heathen: Religion and Race in American History. For registration details see: effroncenter.princeton.edu/events/2023/as… @PrincetonEFF @PrincetonCCSR

Join us for #BookBreaks on Sunday at 2 pm ET! Marc J. Selverstone will discuss his book "The Kennedy Withdrawal: Camelot and the American Commitment to Vietnam." This program is free for K–12 students, teachers, and college students. ➡️ gilderlehrman.org/bookbreaks @Harvard_Press

Seeing so much mockery of the suspect’s name alongside mockery of #StopAsianHate. Guess what: you’re perpetuating Asian hate if you make a mockery of this horrific and heartbreaking situation. Please stop. #MontereyPark

The Mongols have been either neglected by history or unfairly represented as mindlessly destructive barbarians. Marie Favereau talked to @FaisalAlYafai onThe Lede about her book, The Horde, and what the world was like under nomad rule. @newlinesmag newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-no…

Thrilled to announce the first lecture of 2023 on the award-winning "The Armenians of Aintab" by @Harvard_Press, @HarvardUPLondon organized by @MENAprogramNU.

A flattering review of my book, in Czech, from a Czech perspective, by @JakubRakosnik. I love it when a reviewer truly "gets" a book. Praise is always nice, too, of course. @HarvardUPLondon @Harvard_Press denikn.cz/1014783/kdyz-n…

Can China lead the world of universities? @BillKirbyHBS investigates, in an excerpt from his "Empire of Ideas" (@Harvard_Press) chronicle.com/article/the-ri…