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Author of No More Peace: Abolition War and Counterrevolution (U of California Press, 2025).

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Letter | Misunderstanding American Studies A recent report and the news coverage around it failed to reflect the field’s aims, writes Alex Lubin.

www.chronicle.com/blogs/letter...

21.02.2026 03:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We're thrilled for the 9th annual Douglass Day global transcribe-a-thon: a day of collective action for Black history! We'll transcribe records of the Colored Conventions movementβ€”3K docs on deck!
100+ groups are hosting events, including 10 Penn State campus libraries ▢️ douglassday.org/penn-state/

29.01.2026 17:42 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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No More Peace Note on class struggle, fascism, and primitive accumulation

Check out this excellent blog post review of my book No More Peace by @marshallpierce.bsky.social

marshallpierce.substack.com/p/no-more-pe...

27.01.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Morning, #AHA26 attendees! We're back in the exhibit hall for your Saturday History book needs! Drop by and say hello and check out our latest books.

Want to save 40% on our books on display? Visit our AHA website for details: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...

10.01.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
A Palestinian keffiyeh from Hirbawi made in Palestine is the background for an array of black white red yellow stickers with slogans about Canada not being for sale to the US

A Palestinian keffiyeh from Hirbawi made in Palestine is the background for an array of black white red yellow stickers with slogans about Canada not being for sale to the US

LLC 19th Century American Forum's Sponsored Sessions

RESOLUTION!!!!!!
Thursday, 8 January 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
MTCC - 606
Description: To protest the MLA’s suppression of Resolution 2025-1, participants discuss how to organize, teach, and research nineteenth-century American literary studies with a commitment to staying and fighting; a failed resolution is a lack of resolve.

Presider
Xine Yao University C London

Speaker
Oliver Baker Penn State U, University Park
Max Chapnick Saint Mary’s C, IN
Jess Goldberg New Mexico Highlands U
Alex Moskowitz Mount Holyoke C 
Martha E. Schoolman Florida International U

LLC 19th Century American Forum's Sponsored Sessions RESOLUTION!!!!!! Thursday, 8 January 2026 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM MTCC - 606 Description: To protest the MLA’s suppression of Resolution 2025-1, participants discuss how to organize, teach, and research nineteenth-century American literary studies with a commitment to staying and fighting; a failed resolution is a lack of resolve. Presider Xine Yao University C London Speaker Oliver Baker Penn State U, University Park Max Chapnick Saint Mary’s C, IN Jess Goldberg New Mexico Highlands U Alex Moskowitz Mount Holyoke C Martha E. Schoolman Florida International U

#MLA2026 #Toronto

LLC 19th Century American Forum's Sponsored Sessions

RESOLUTION!!!!!!
Thurs 8 Jan 2026
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
MTCC - 606
To protest the MLA’s suppression of Resolution 2025-1, discuss how to organize, teach, research c19 American lit committed to staying, fighting

Presider Xine Yao

06.01.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Β‘Buenos dΓ­as, #AMSTD2025 attendees! We're thrilled to be in San Juan for the annual American Studies Association conference!

Drop by our booth to see our wide selection of books on American Studies. And visit our website to save 40% on all books on display: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...

20.11.2025 13:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us Dec 5 at 6pm at the Print Factory in Bellefonte.

One topic we’ll discuss is the history of nineteenth-century militant abolitionists combatting slave-catchers in northern cities and how this relates to today’s struggles to stop mass deportations.

14.11.2025 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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11/141 2025 Official Submission #MAAHStoneAtoZ

04.06.2025 16:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Freedom Now Gerald Horne: Oliver Baker - Abolition War; David Eltis Rethinking Atlantic Slave Trade
Freedom Now Gerald Horne: Oliver Baker - Abolition War; David Eltis Rethinking Atlantic Slave Trade YouTube video by Activist News Network

Was interviewed by Gerald Horne on his weekly radio program Freedom Now. He asks some great questions about my book.

youtu.be/nx2M7dt7PcQ?...

05.05.2025 02:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our last day, but we’re here all day at #OAH25! Last chance to drop by, say hello to our editors, and check out our latest books.

Our OAH website will remain open for you to save 40% on our featured books: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/o...

05.04.2025 13:20 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0