Asheesh Kapur Siddique

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“The Archive of Empire” forthcoming Fall 2024; info & preorder - https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300267716/the-archive-of-empire/

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At least we know where JD Vance stands on the fascism debate.

JD Vance lied to the American people. He called his book an "elegy." It's not an elegy. If Dems were smart, they would harp on this point relentlessly in order to win over the all-important "pedantic English major" demographic.

How can we expect the American public to understand the claim that “Trump is a fascist” or “Trump is an authoritarian” when modern European history has basically been eliminated as a hiring field in the academy?

Historian, here. slate.com/news-and-pol...

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Higher Ed Cuts update: in 6 weeks since I shared the spreadsheet, 20 more colleges & universities have been added: a total of 126 institutions closing, laying off staff, eliminating programs in the last 10 months. Thanks to those who have written to me with updates. Let me know what I've missed.

Update on the grim US Higher Ed Cuts spreadsheet: it now lists 106 colleges & universities announcing closure, layoffs, hiring freezes, program eliminations, etc. since summer 2023. Thanks to many colleagues who sent information, sources, additions, edits. If you'd like a copy, send me an email.

US higher ed cuts 8/2023-docs.google.com Sheet1 Cuts at 2-year and 4-year US higher education institutions since August 2023. Please send additions, edits, updates, corrections to [email protected]. Some data has been incorporated from "<a ...

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Slides for my talk on "The Crisis in the Humanities 2024" at SSP 2024 are now available at bit.ly/456rPgd (on LinkedIn). So dark it broke the projector. @kawulf.bsky.social @asheeshksi.bsky.social

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Excited to be talking this am @ the @scholarlypub.bsky.social w @asheeshksi.bsky.social and @rbtownsend.bsky.social about - what else?! The Humanities Crisis, what to know (and maybe what to do).

Though not "field defining," if you'd like 20% off my forthcoming book on archives, human difference, and the early modern British empire, you can order it from Tertulia using the code EMPIRE from now through August 31. You don't have to have a membership. tertulia.com/book/the-arc...

The Archive of Empire: Knowledge, Conquest, and the Making of the Early Modern British World, by Asheesh Kapur Siddiquetertulia.com How modern data-driven government originated in the creation and use of administrative archives in the British Empire Over the span of two hundred years, Great Britain established, governed, lost, an...

The Hamilton Center hired a ton of TT historians but they don't have or offer any majors yet, and won't until August 2025. They clearly realize that you can and should hire talented historians on the basis of their research alone. A good lesson for the rest of us. news.ufl.edu/2024/05/hami...

Hamilton Center welcomes 21 new faculty membersnews.ufl.edu <p>The University of Florida’s Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education is proud to welcome 21 new faculty members for the coming academic year.</p>

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The good folks in Div of Public Programs at the NEH are seeking a Program Specialist. (starting at $82,764). Apps are due June 7. If you choose to use your own resume, ensure that it contains the required info so that you don't get eliminated at the first review pass. www.usajobs.gov/job/792762700

Program Specialistwww.usajobs.gov NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.The Division of Public Programs supports pr...

I have it on very good authority that very rich, very wealthy private SLACs that could certainly afford to hire a lot of TT faculty in the humanities are just choosing not to and shifting their lines to data science & other such profit-oriented STEM fields.

The Hamilton Center at the University of Florida has hired a bunch of phenomenal historians who absolutely deserved tenure track jobs. But it is depressing to imagine that the humanities will only survive in ideologically right-wing enclaves like Hamilton news.ufl.edu/2024/05/hami...

My colleagues are turning out some excellent articles in response to the suppression of democracy on campus; here is one from Chris Appy in relation to the political thought of Daniel Ellsberg, whose biography Chris is currently writing: www.laprogressive.com/foreign-poli...

An excellent article in @thenation.com by my colleague Kevin Young on the suppression of democracy @umassamherst.bsky.social: www.thenation.com/article/acti...

The Threat of Democracy on Campus at UMasswww.thenation.com The real danger posed by the Gaza solidarity encampments is their attack on unfettered autocratic governance by university administrations and wealthy benefactors.

UMass Arrests: What Would Daniel Ellsberg Do?www.laprogressive.com Outside a federal court in Boston, Ellsberg was asked if he was worried about going to jail. His response: “Wouldn’t you go to prison to help end this war?”

An excellent article in @thenation.com by my colleague Kevin Young on the suppression of democracy @umassamherst.bsky.social: www.thenation.com/article/acti...

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Gee is barfing up the rightwing/neoliberal line: the humanities are so mucked up by all that "theory" that they no longer are "liberal."

Gordon Gee, who has presided over the destruction of West Virginia University, calls humanities programs “sort of irrelevant.” www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...

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Gordon Gee, who has presided over the destruction of West Virginia University, calls humanities programs “sort of irrelevant.” www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...

A phenomenal article by Leif Weatherby in the @bostonglobe.bsky.social in defense of what Abraham Flexner famously called "useless knowledge": archive.ph/49G6k

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Horrifying treatment of peaceful protestors by police @umassamherst.bsky.social: “one of [the arrested parents] asked to change her tampon and was told to deal with it. She had the tampons in her bag, but they wouldn’t let her go.” dailycollegian.com/2024/05/stud...

Students allege brutal treatment by police following May 7 arrestsdailycollegian.com Many students are speaking out about their experience being arrested during the Gaza solidarity encampment on May 7, alleging injured limbs and being denied water and bathroom use.

NYU administrators goes full authoritarian, making arrested students do self-criticism by May 29. They've clearly heeded Chairman Mao's words that "as for criticism, do it in good time; don't get into the habit of criticizing only after the event." facultyforpalestine.education/2024/05/13/m...

May 13. Press Release: NYU Punishes Arrested Students By Requiring “Reflection Papers” and Completion of “Integrity” Modulesfacultyforpalestine.education Press Inquiries: [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NYU PUNISHES ARRESTED STUDENTS BY REQUIRING “REFLECTION PAPERS” AND COMPLETION OF “INTEGRITY” MODULES Punishment of student activists ha…

'and please donate to the annual fund!'

Hell of a message from yesterday's UNC commencement (via Daily Tar Heel)

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Teen Vogue, 2021

The Modern American University Is a Right-Wing Institutionwww.teenvogue.com Just look at who is really in control.

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At least 2 Columbia students and 1 Barnard student sued the university in housing court to gain access to their dorms and remove their belongings. The suits claim that Columbia violated NY law by disregarding standard eviction process. The university has since settled at least 2 of the 3 claims.

Columbia students arrested in protests sue university to regain access to dormsgothamist.com A lawyer for the students likened Columbia to a bad New York City landlord egregiously violating tenants’ rights.

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This sort of reporting has been badly needed. If you wonder why univ presidents behave in seemingly irrational ways, the answer may be that they are evaluated based on ability to attract donations and the pressures from that quarter are mostly not public. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/u...

For Columbia and a Powerful Donor, Months of Talks and Millions at Riskwww.nytimes.com Columbia University has faced enormous public pressure over protests. But emails and interviews also show some of the private demands on the Ivy League school.

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NEW: UT Austin fires a professor (lecturer for 18 years) after he's arrested at campus pro-Palestinian protest for swearing at police, grabbing the handle of a state trooper's bicycle while it was being used as a barricade, and breaking the trooper's "state-issued bike bell" (cost: $62)

UT-Austin professor arrested, fired after police confrontation at Pro-Palestinian protestwww.statesman.com The DPS arrested Richard Heyman on Wednesday after claiming he grabbed a trooper's bike while law enforcement began arresting protesters on April 29.

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And as usual, the stellar leadership of @aaup-penn.bsky.social has swiftly issued a powerful response

"This is an unfortunate but necessary step to prevent violence, restore operations, and return our campus to our community" — which requires that we ignore our own complicity in perpetuating the devastating violence, disrupted operations, and premature death in communities outside our own

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As the Penn administration sends in the riot police to arrest students and faculty, our wellness team is reminding us to practice mindfulness 🙏🧘‍♀️🌈

Hello @bsky.app, I hear that you’re planning to introduce DMs. Please give us the option to not be DM-able. I really hate DMs. Users should be able to not receive them. For some of us, they can be the source of a lot of harassment.

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I sent this message to the UMass administration yesterday: "I was looking forward to speaking next week at UMass Amherst. I visited two years ago and everyone was awesome. My nephew graduated from there and got a great education. But calling the cops on peaceful protesters is a shameful act...” 1/2

Wow - Colson Whitehead withdraws as UMass Amherst's commencement speaker in protest of the arrest of peaceful demonstrators this week. www.westernmassnews.com/2024/05/09/u...

UMass commencement speaker withdraws from event following campus arrestswww.westernmassnews.com This year’s commencement speaker for UMass undergraduate commencement has backed out just a little over a week before the event.