Casey Schmitt

@csschmitt.bsky.social

Historian @ Cornell. Author of THE PREDATORY SEA: HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND CAPTIVITY IN THE 17TH-C CARIBBEAN (Penn Press, 2025) https://www.pennpress.org/9781512828146/the-predatory-sea/

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Submissions are now invited for the Society's 2027 First Book and Early Career Article Prizes - covering monographs and articles published in 2026 bit.ly/4z45bD8

The closing date for submissions is 14 December 2026. Judging begins in early 2027 with winners announced next July #Skystorians 1/2

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With all of the terribleness at my institution, I want to say how proud I am of my students, who are navigating it all with such courage, and dignity. They are seeing what's happening, asking hard questions, and organizing to demand change. All of it while meeting the demands of their courses.

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When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.

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Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1

trib.alTrump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of DegreesUnder a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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This year's shortlist is made up of former Booker winners and debut authors, with tales spanning a wide range of genres, from historical fiction to campus novel to dystopian fiction. n.pr/4rpivPR

n.prThe 2026 Booker Prize shortlist is 'writing at its best'This year's shortlist is made up of former Booker winners and debut authors, with tales spanning a wide range of genres, from historical fiction to campus novel to dystopian fiction.
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PSA: you know what scholars love? Talking about their books! You know what you can do? Invite them to your class to do so. It’s great! You absolutely do not have to use AI or tell students to use AI to understand their books. You can get the actual real life person to help with that! For free!

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