Look what's here! Just in time to order for your fall classes! It's the affordable paperback version of *Plantation Goods* from @uchicagopress.bsky.social

Apparently, I almost made it on to a syllabus in Texas... and then didn't!

It's not so much that we need to be afraid of AI itself, it's that we are afraid of what most *men* want to do with it -- to us.

Don't buy me a Claude subscription. Buy me a round seminar table around which 15 students can sit for a sustained conversation!

This is exactly right, Derek. Thanks for writing this!

I am going to guess, yes. So much of the "intellectual diversity" project hinges on monetizing participation of students and faculty alike-- another one of those "accusations = confession" element of the attack on a fictitious "academic left".

Curious if mentors and members of the advisory board are compensated.

Good work everyone here giving legitimacy to a bad-faith political project.

It will fit the overall conference theme “Just Asking Questions “

I didn't know this... even as I know his book on William Gregg (the antebellum southern manufacturer). Super interesting!

Exactly, Paul! In the spirit of "Could you imagine if Obama did this?" And all the things the academic left is accused of doing... and actually doesn't do... And then the right does it shamelessly and blatantly.

In case you want to apply...

Criteria I've not previously seen in an academic job ad: * "a robust commitment to the principles of free enterprise" * "Develop and sustain relationships with relevant scholarly, professional, and civic organizations (e.g., American Enterprise Institute, Heritage Foundation, or Cato Institute)."

I'm imagining the moment a teacher-- in this case one at my kid's high school-- simply cracks and decides to make the poster themselves. What pushes them over the edge?

I too have sometimes thought that a wall chart of this nature would be a useful addition to any History classroom.

This is a big one: Brown University is searching for the next director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. Please help us identify excellent candidates to lead this signature program into the future. Please write me with ideas; please share in your networks; please apply.

As we ring in 5787, I wondered if anyone else's Jewish-American identity formation ran through the endless re-reading of this 1981 book?

It is inspiring to meet Rhode Islanders who imagine that things could be different and better... and who are working toward that end in creative ways. Thanks @jdinri.bsky.social !