Brett Rushforth

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Historian, writer, reader, westerner. brettrushforth.com

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Look what @brettrushforth.bsky.social graduate research seminar, “Historical Research and Writing,” did with my Journal of Western Society for French History ‘Notes on Sources.’ So incredible!

Come be my colleague at the Huntington! (Please share widely.) huntingtonlibrary.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Huntin...

Such an important position, and it would be a great place to live and work. Please share widely!

Dalhousie History & the University of King's College are hoping to fill the Centennial Carnegie Chair in the History of Slavery in Canada (Assoc/Full): dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/15300

Centennial Carnegie Chair in the History of Slavery in Canadadal.peopleadmin.ca The Department of History at Dalhousie University and the University of King’s College invite applications for a tenured professorship (Associate or Full Professor) in the history of slavery in Cana...

History nerds: share with your grad students or attend yourself! This will be good. www.colonialsociety.org/events

What university presses are here? Please share, and please send reviewers physical books. It's their only payment for a lot of work and expertise. @uncpress.bsky.social @cornellupress.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social

As a book review editor for a top academic journal I have been unimpressed with the publicity practices of this press. It stands in stark contrast to the quality of their books. It also contrasts with the excellent publicity departments at other presses.

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I'M A BITCH, I'M A LOVER I'M A CHILD, I'M A MOTHER I'M A SINNER, I'M A SAINT I DO NOT FEEL ASHAMED I'M YOUR HELL, I'M YOUR DREAM I'M NOTHING IN BETWEEN YOU KNOW YOU WOULDN'T WANT IT ANY OTHER WAY

Some clutch suggestions for writers with ADHD.

Last week in my Subst*ck, I wrote about what it's like to be a writer with ADHD. This week, I wrote about HOW to be a writer with ADHD.🧵

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The Historians At The Movies Podcast is on a two week break at the moment, but that doesn't mean we don't have something for you. This week we're bringing @brettrushforth.bsky.social back from the Vault to talk about Up in the Air, and his rules for flying podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

‎Historians At The Movies: Episode 50ish- Up in the Air with Brett Rushforth (from the Vault) on A...podcasts.apple.com ‎Show Historians At The Movies, Ep Episode 50ish- Up in the Air with Brett Rushforth (from the Vault) - Nov 15, 2023

Thanks for all the shares and tips! The post is now filled, in record time!

Looking for someone interested in a short-term copy editing job: fact checking notes, quotes, and translations, and ensuring conformity to our publisher's style guidelines. High level of French proficiency is required. Please share!

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Anyone working in American history or US law and legal studies needs to read Maggie's amazing article, which amounts to a wholesale reinterpretation of how to read and understand the Constitution itself.

It has been the greatest honor of my career to write a Foreword for the Harv Law Rev. I am grateful to be able to tell this story and tell it from the heart in such a prominent forum. As always, I dream of a day when words can change minds and hearts—and worlds: harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/u...

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It's such a joy to review great books! Check out my review of Joseph Clark's new book and then go check out this great book! read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article...

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“Americaine”’ and staying at a diamond merchants too! Totally amused by this 1778 envelope address from Saint Dominique to Paris @prizepapers.bsky.social

Who’s going to Ethnohistory? nais.fsu.edu/american-soc...

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I'm delighted to be giving a talk about a new project for a joint meeting of the IHR seminars in early modern & French history next Monday, Nov. 6. at 5 pm - in person or hybrid I learned. Hardly out of the starting gate stage, so I look forward to all suggestions! www.history.ac.uk/events/view-...

The view from the kitchen: enslaved and free women of color, an eighteenth-century French slave port...www.history.ac.uk

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Do you work on French colonial, decolonization, and/or postcolonial history? Consider publishing in the France Overseas series of U of Nebraska Press (feel free to reach out!), and check out our current list of published and upcoming books www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/series/franc...

Search Results - Nebraska Presswww.nebraskapress.unl.edu This series explores French colonial history and intends to both reflect and sponsor an increasing focus on France’s overs...

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Did You Know About the Haitian Revolutionary Who Changed the Course of the World When He Ended Slavery and Declared Haitian Independence?—by Marlene Daut, author of AWAKENING THE ASHES (Omohundro Institute-UNC Press)—via Essence

Did You Know About The Haitian Revolutionary Who Changed The Course Of The World When He Ended Slave...essence.com On this date we remember Haiti’s founder General Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who was killed after becoming the first world leader in the Americas to permanently abolish slavery.

New essay riffing on a much better essay by @paulecohen.bsky.social about Native Americans and the Atlantic world. doi.org/10.1080/1478...

Zillow voyeurism, creepy taxidermy, and elevated smartassery. 10/10 recommend. open.substack.com/pub/rebeccam...

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deeply saddened to announce that Natalie Zemon Davis has passed away her work on early modern European cultural history profoundly shaped the thinking of successive generations of scholars her warmth & generosity touched the lives of so many family, friends, students, colleagues, and comrades RIP

Cheer up, beautiful people. This is where you get to make it right.

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Surprised after three years to open my new AHR and very appreciative to see Jeff Merrick's very generous Featured Review of Sex in an Old Regime City. This is the loveliest compliment I could hope for. academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...

Heading home to Allison, home to SoCal, home to #EMSI.

Was just using dictation to write and I sneezed. The program transcribed my sneeze as "thank you" and I can't really argue.

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The history department at the Université de Montréal is hiring in Caribbean and Chinese history, tenure-track. Please spread the word. @brettrushforth.bsky.social histoire.umontreal.ca/departement/...

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One of the things I’ve missed most about The Hellsite Formerly Known as Twitter has been following Rebecca Makkai and other writers. Posts like this, for example.

I asked my newsletter readers for writing advice questions, and many of them were psychological in nature: What if I hate my own writing? How can I risk rejection? How do I make myself focus on one project? How do I keep going when my life is chaos? 🧵

One of the greats has left us, but left us with so much. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/b...

First…post? cloud? ray? blu? What do we call these things on here?

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This is not a drill! Brett Rushforth is here! Welcome @brettrushforth.bsky.social