Adina Popescu
History editor at Yale University Press
- Reposted by Adina PopescuWas driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist
- Is that a wildfire on her jacket?? Interesting choice.
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- Reposted by Adina PopescuThere is a case to be made that any board of a university that signed an agreement that required paying a fee has breached their fiduciary duty and I think somebody should explore it
- Reposted by Adina PopescuAbout activism, June Jordan said, “You do something, rather than nothing… You do whatever you can. You reach beyond yourself in your imagination, and in your wish for understanding, and for change. You admit the limitations of individual perspectives. You trust somebody else. You do not turn away.”
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- It's amazing how many people worked for Epstein in exchange for getting their own or their kids' tuition paid. Plus the number of academics embroiled in Epstein's schemes (if not by participating directly in abuse then by ignoring it in the hopes of snagging some $$$ or proximity to power).
- Those we are told are the greatest minds of our times are writing him obsequious emails/messages and meanwhile . . . www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
- Tax day coming up, everyone!
- Reposted by Adina PopescuTrump on his multiple suits against the federal government: "I'm supposed to work out a settlement with myself ... We could make it a substantial amount, nobody would care, because it's gonna go to numerous, very good charities."
- Reposted by Adina PopescuNice word for @profmsinha.bsky.social’s THE SLAVE’S CAUSE in another fine Bouie video, this one about the incredible odds abolitionists faced for generations, and eventually, overcame.
- Reposted by Adina PopescuOk y'all. Whats going on is making me cry on the regular. It feels weird to be here at the GRAMMYs - but I want to honor the music of my ancestors by playing it- we gonna do some busking tomorrow, come say hello if you’re in town for the shindig.
- Reposted by Adina PopescuI think it is OUTRAGEOUS that people are LEAPING to the conclusion that some our post prominent Americans are child rapists when it is EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE that they are simply indifferent to whether other people are child rapists so long as those other people can offer them access to power.
- One thing to admire about the super rich is their commitment to class solidarity.
- Something something a picture is worth a thousand words
- Reposted by Adina PopescuQuand Giorgia Meloni est arrivée au pouvoir, une des premiers choses qu’elle a fait est de s’attaquer aux programmes scolaires d’histoire, avec un retour au récit national, ce que le RN envisage aussi dans son programme sur l’école.
- Reposted by Adina Popescu"We've never been a 'show your papers' country." *stares in African American history* #Blackademics #EduSky
- Reposted by Adina PopescuAre you a creative and intellectually curious editor ready to grow lists in environmental history, history of medicine, urban history, and labor history? We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇 uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
- Reposted by Adina Popescu“People in MN had hand warmers!” you absolute fucking imbeciles
- Reposted by Adina PopescuLot of conservative dudes out there telling on themselves by being astounded by a level of ”logistics” that the average mom has to manage every fucking day
- Do these people not feel ANY shame? I mean aside from the rank gutter racism, Mamdani not only grew up in NYC and went to NYC public schools but he grew up ON THE COLUMBIA CAMPUS. Good lord.
- Would have been nice but this is not, unfortunately, what happened to ex-Nazis AT ALL.
- TOMORROW, the great Marlene Daut and Julia Gaffield at Monticello. www.monticello.org/events/pursu...
- Reposted by Adina PopescuSo pleased to see this hugely important position renamed for Theresa Salazar, who brilliantly served as curator of the Bancroft's massive Western Americana collection for so long. Please help us spread the word about the search for the next curator. Review of applications starts 1/31.
- Reposted by Adina Popescuonce again saying: our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse.
- Thank you, @larryglickman.bsky.social
- Hanging out in the L&B room at Sterling in an alcove on a leather armchair, the smell of leather and books. Oh the naps I took here as an undergrad!!! A top 10 sense memory. IYKYK.
- Reposted by Adina PopescuFrom an email to one of our faculty members.... Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
- Reposted by Adina PopescuHOLDING OUR GROUND: Voices and Strategies against Self-indigenization Mar 18-19, 2026 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities In person-registration limited to 200. Book event registration (with Dina Gilio-Whitaker and Audra Simpson) limited to 80. Online reg (for symposium only) also available
- Maybe a bit late for some but maybe not too late for others. Think of this as office hours with an editor.
- Hello historians 🗃️! Planning on attending #AHA26 and have book ideas in mind? Now is a good time to start thinking about contacting editors to meet with in Chicago. It's fun, it's easy, and you'll be chatting with people who love to chat about books! 👇
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Margot Minardi’s review of Emancipation: The Abolition and Aftermath of American Slavery and Russian Serfdom (@yalepress.bsky.social ) by Peter Kolchin - Reposted by Adina Popescu[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Adina Popescu"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!
- How long before they start teaching this "new math" in schools?
- Reposted by Adina PopescuAlors que la droite parisienne a voulu priver nos librairies indépendantes de subventions, Paris renouvelle son soutien aux librairies indépendantes qui participent à la grande richesse culturelle de notre capitale. Parmi elles, Violette and Co, librairie féministe, lesbienne et queer du 11e.
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- Still a good time to be thinking of those beginning-of-year conferences! #AHA26
- Hello historians 🗃️! Planning on attending #AHA26 and have book ideas in mind? Now is a good time to start thinking about contacting editors to meet with in Chicago. It's fun, it's easy, and you'll be chatting with people who love to chat about books! 👇
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- Time to get going on Hanukkah gifts and start thinking about filling those Christmas stockings and the good good news is we have a 30% off sale through December 5 with code GIFT30 Some ideas for the history buffs in your life:
- Marc Carpenter's WAR ON ILLAHEE gets an excellent writeup @yalepress.bsky.social is having a 30% off sale until December 5th use code GIFT30: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... 🗃️
- Excellent review of @calscherm.bsky.social's amazing The Plunder of Black America, available here yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...! @yalepress.bsky.social 🗃️ lareviewofbooks.org/article/raci...
- Happy Monday, everyone! Re-posting as everyone is starting the workweek so you can put this on your to-do list. 🗃️
- Hello historians 🗃️! Planning on attending #AHA26 and have book ideas in mind? Now is a good time to start thinking about contacting editors to meet with in Chicago. It's fun, it's easy, and you'll be chatting with people who love to chat about books! 👇
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- And check out @bencarp.bsky.social's The Great New York Fire of 1776. Who set the mysterious fire that burned down much of New York City shortly after the British took the city during the Revolutionary War? yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
- Hello historians 🗃️! Planning on attending #AHA26 and have book ideas in mind? Now is a good time to start thinking about contacting editors to meet with in Chicago. It's fun, it's easy, and you'll be chatting with people who love to chat about books! 👇
- The perfect Thanksgiving read now out in paperback! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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- Up and at 'em on Monday morning!
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- Some days I find it hard to go on.
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- Drop an old person that you're going to turn into in the future.
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- Reposted by Adina PopescuI was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
- New kitchen rug is a hit!
- Words to live by
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- Reposted by Adina Popescu"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality." - James Baldwin
- Reposted by Adina PopescuThe New York Times might want to read up on when it's appropriate to use anonymous sources, according to (checks notes) The New York Times, from an article dated 6/11/25.
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- Have been doing some research on my family and was just reading about my grandfather's court case fighting denaturalization as a Jew in Romania in 1938. Plus ça change?
- The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens. Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important". Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary. substack.com/redirect/169...
- Hello historians of early America! If you're attending #SHEAR2025 and want to chat about book ideas now would be a good time to get in touch and set up a time to meet. Don't be shy, I love to talk about books!
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