Julie Greene

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Labor and immigration historian @UofMaryland. Editor, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History. Author of The Canal Builders.

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Happy to say you can now pre-order Box 25: Archival Secrets, Caribbean Workers, and the Panama Canal from UNC Press. Pre-orders are such a help. Use code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout to save 30%! @UNC_Press

Box 25 | Julie Greene | University of North Carolina Pressuncpress.org When acclaimed labor historian Julie Greene researched her book The Canal Builders, which went on to be nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2009, she explored ...

In this interview I share thoughts about the future of @labor_journal and answer questions about my own journey as a historian of labor. Thanks to Maia Silber for a fun convo. https://lawcha.org/2024/04/17/julie-greene-interview-labor/

Interview with Julie Greene, editor of Labor: Studies in Working-Class Historylawcha.org You received your PhD in 1990 from Yale University, where you studied under David Montgomery, one of the founders of the “New Labor History.” What brought you to the field? My roots were originally in...

My Distinguished Scholar-Teacher talk is this coming weds at 4. Come on by if you’re in the area!

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The term “free white person” in the foundational 1790 Naturalization Act discriminated by race, and among those classified as white—as @greeneland.bsky.social notes—it discriminated by class. 🧵2/3

Thanks, @kevinkenny.bsky.social !

@greeneland.bsky.social asks: Has anyone written about the meaning of the word “free” in the 1790 Naturalization Act? @unlawfulentries.bsky.social @earlymodjustice.bsky.social ...

Has anyone written about the meaning of the word “free” in the 1790 Naturalization [email protected], @earlymodjustice.bsky.social

Just sent my new book into production! Box 25: Archival Secrets, Caribbean Workers, and the Panama Canal, out from UNC in the fall— here’s a preview for you from Modern American History !

Labor Migrants Who Changed the World | Modern American History | Cambridge Corewww.cambridge.org Labor Migrants Who Changed the World

Could anyone suggest a historiographical essay that would be a good model for grad students? Big bonus points if it’s in the area of labor history, broadly speaking. Thanks! 🙏

Can anyone suggest a great summary of Robinson’s Black Marxism — esp his notion of racial capitalism— for grad students. I’ve looked at Robin Kelley’s pieces and they don’t quite do it. Other ideas?

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Run, don't walk, to read @tannerallread.bsky.social 's article on the theory of "state supremacy" that has its origins in the 1830s Native American Removal Era. That idea in the present, unmoored from its racist historical + political context, is still guiding SCOTUS decisions on Native sovereignty.

Ecstatic to finally have my article, “The Specter of Indian Removal,” in print! And if you haven’t read it yet, you can access it here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Suggestions for books to teach on the New Deal era for a grad course on US Labor History? I often teach Liz Cohen but wanting a change. TIA! 🗃️

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Don't miss this discussion of two great new books about Black workers by @profblmkelley.bsky.social and Crystal Marie Moten, Nov. 16, 2023 at 7PM EDT Co-sponsored by @lawcha.bsky.social & the Association for the Study of African American Life and History Register here: bit.ly/NovBookTalk

And this! Cfp Gutmann Prize. 🗃️

CFP Apply now for LAWCHA's Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation. Apply: www.lawcha.org/grants-prizes/ See details below.

Alert: labor history grad students, check this out!

CFP: Alice Kessler-Harris Dissertation Prospectus Award for best prospectus about working people...in any period and place. All PhD candidates are eligible to apply. Cash prize of $500 & up to $400 in travel expenses to attend the awards ceremony. lawcha.org/grants-prizes/

I’m choosing books now for a graduate US labor history course next term. Friends do you have any favorite books among those published in the last 10-15 years? 🗃️

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Impressive >> Here's What UAW Workers Won at Ford ⦿ A 25% raise over 4 1/2 years ⦿ An 11% raise at ratification ⦿ A 68% increase in starting pay ⦿ A 33% increase in the top wage ⦿ A 150% raise for temp workers ⦿ Increased retirement benefits ⦿ Restoration of COLA inthesetimes.com/article/uaw-...

An undergrad student of mine is researching the relationship between labor and urban planning post-WWII. Any suggestions on secondary sources? I've recommended Sugrue's Social Origins of the Urban Crisis and a few others. #skystorians thanks!

So folks what are we doing about AI in the classroom, eg for take home exams— ban it or allow it with citations? 🗃️

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Who's looking forward to our Book Forum on Friday with Margot Canaday?! I know we are. Mark your calendars for Sept 29 at 2pm and meet us on Zoom!

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Yes, UMD grad students deserve a union. "UMD revokes health insurance wavers for more than 100 international graduate students."

UMD grad students deserve a union. dbknews.com/2023/09/27/u...

Today— and if you can’t come in person, there’s still time to register and join us!

This Weds! Join us for a book launch of Global Labor Migration: New Directions! With Eileen Boris, Heidi Gottfried, Jorge Giovannetti, and more. In person at Taliaferro Hall 2110, University of Maryland campus, 4 pm 9/27. To register email [email protected]

Happy and humbled to receive UMD's Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award this semester! Presented to me by President Pines and Provost Rice.

Join Labor: Studies in Working Class History for its annual Book Forum! Sept. 29, 2-4 pm. Featuring Margot Canaday's new book, Queer Career, w/ commentaries by Julio Capo, Christina Hanhardt, Joshua Hollands, Lisa Levenstein & Christopher Phelps. Moderated by @sgarrettscott.bsky.social

Who would join me on a panel on labor migrants and empire in Duisburg July 18-20 2024? https://ipelm2024.info 🗃️#bluesky historians please let me know!

Deadline approaching for our 2nd global labor migration conference, July 18-20 2024 in Duisburg Germany. Please join us and share widely! ipelm2024.info

The must-read essay for the day—

Please read our open letter to the WVU Board of Governors published in the Boston Review today. @jessiew.bsky.social , @rosecasey.bsky.social and I wrote it together and we mean every word.

An Open Letter from Faculty at West Virginia University - Boston Reviewwww.bostonreview.net The crisis here spells disaster for the future of public education.

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UMD faculty: please sign the letter of support for the newly formed GRADUATE LABOR UNION! Pls. SHARE. Letter of support here linked below. Info about GLU: umdgradworkers.org #gradworkers #labor

GLU Faculty Support Letterdocs.google.com We write to express our support for the Graduate Labor Union (GLU). We recognize that graduate students are an integral part of our academic community, and we firmly believe they deserve fair treatmen...

This is cool. Reminds me of David Drake, the enslaved potter/poet who carved poems into the pots he made

I continue to write on #18thc graffiti, & the fun fact I feel I must share w/ all of you is that the poet Robert Burns wrote almost 30 poems/mottoes on windowpanes in Scottish inns, most lost now. Some were lost b/c emigrants took the glass panes to Australia & New Zealand and broke them in transit.

did somebody say national dog day??