So I just recently was notified that after about a dozen years paying my student loans, working in higher ed, and being enrolled in the PSLF program, my (not small) debt has been forgiven. I’m still in shock. But I also want everyone to make sure they are enrolled if they can be.
I’m 33, vaccinated, athletic, overall healthy, and managed to avoid COVID for >2 years, but was hospitalized w/ severe COVID last week in Mexico City. Here are some things I learned 1/
Sitting on the tarmac, nearing the end of a long day of travel. Apparently we are waiting for “catering” from a one-hour flight from DFW to MSY. Like, when did soda and juice constitute catering? Just wondering.
Join us tomorrow! 6pm ET / 3pm PT
Learning as Rebellion, a conversation on resisting right-wing attacks on higher ed across the Americas with @lorgia_pena, Luciana Brito, Geo Maher, and @marisollebron, in partnership with @haymarketbooks. eventbrite.com/e/learning-as…
Editorial fellowship at History Workshop online--If you're a advanced PhD student or ECR interested in radical public history, apply! historyworkshop.org.uk/call-…
The National Humanities Center welcomes fellowship applications from scholars engaged in advanced humanities research at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Help us spread the word about this exciting opportunity. bit.ly/3nT9jmA
I just left the @NatlHumanities Center for the last time. A little sad, but eternally grateful for the incredible fellows I was able to commune with these last nine months, a fabulous staff that supported us at every turn, and an ethos that believes the humanities still matter.
Thrilled to have been presente for this inspiring book launch for @lorgia_pena’s fabulous Community as Rebellion. Go get yourself a copy - and one for someone you love.
Community as Rebellion
Join @lorgia_pena, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, and Angela Y. Davis for a conversation about freedom making in the academy for women scholars of color.
Wednesday, May 25th at 6:00 pm ET
RSVP to attend: haymarketbooks.org/events/43…
In the newest HAHR from @DukePress, Elizabeth S. Manley @profemanley analyzes the critical role of Air Jamaica and its flight attendants in tourism development in Jamaica and the Caribbean and the many contradictions of the tourism industry. read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/art…
PROUD to announce a much awaited, much needed NEW BOOK SERIES! Edited by yours truly, @BensonDevyn April Mayes & Solsirée Del Moral! now seeking manuscripts! @LatamUF @UF upf.com/seriesresult.asp?ser…
Holy shit. Louisiana Republicans have voted to advance a bill out of committee making abortion from the moment of fertilization a crime, in which the mother can be charged with homicide.
Join us on Zoom Friday April 22 @ 1pm CT for this talk by Melanie J. Newton, Associate Professor of History at the University of Toronto, who specializes in the history of the Caribbean & the Atlantic World
Register: bit.ly/displacement-indigene…
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