Lindsey Wieck
Historian of 20th and 21st cities, US West, race and culture. Associate Professor and Director of Public History at St. Mary's Univ. Lover of books, coffee, and flowers.
- Reposted by Lindsey Wieck@hollyguise.bsky.social's book, Alaska Native Resilience, by @amyjay401.bsky.social @toreolsson.bsky.social's book, Red Dead's History, by Sarah Sears @embsumek.bsky.social et al.'s ClioVis Software, by @lwieck.bsky.social Donald Yacovone's book, Teaching White Supremacy, by Richard Hughes
- Reposted by Lindsey Wieck🗃️ The most recent issue of Teaching History: A Journal of Methods is now live! openjournals.bsu.edu/teachinghist... Rd about food & the Byzantine Empire, public history, the Crusades & RTTP, & "A History of Your Day" activity (@thetattooedprof.bsky.social). Also: read teaching reviews on...
- A cool find from NW SA tonight! @mysanantonio.com @expressnews.com
- Panelists talk about how we have to be comfortable being uncomfortable in talking about hard histories. Balance self care and doing this hard work. We must use our anger and balance it with hope. We need to find value in what makes us feel anger and pain and discomfort.
- There is power in hearing in the Witte Museum's Dr. Michelle Cuellar Everidge assert unequivocally that Texas was built on the economy of slavery...especially in the current moment where the politicization of history does not guarantee us access to these fundamental truths.
- So grateful to all of the historians, artists, storytellers, and organizations for sharing their knowledge with us this week!
- Do we celebrate or commemorate Juneteenth? How and why? Do we discuss hard questions on that day or put them aside. AGR digs into these questions in Black Texas and beyond.
- So excited to hear @agr.bsky.social to cap off an incredible day of history and reflection.
- Reposted by Lindsey Wieckhiiiii @kcarterjackson.bsky.social is on bluesky give her all your follows!
- So excited to hear @agr.bsky.social to cap off an incredible day of history and reflection.
- @kcarterjackson.bsky.social citing Stephanie Camp is like a nesting doll filled with amazing historians doing such incredible work.
- "refusal is collective" Kellie Carter Jackson
- "poking fun at whiteness" undoes its potency. Joy and humor and anger are interlinked.
- Dr. Kimberlyn Montford sharing about spirituals as texts, and I love that she doesn't even need media, she just uses her own voice to sing her examples. She's talking about three kinds of spirituals - sorrowful songs, joyful songs, and coded songs to share info.
- Dr. Mekala Audain with an incredible presentation on freedom seekers and the difficulties of escape including distorted ideas about distance, getting lost, and environmental / landscape challenges (getting water, human and animal predators, harsh terrain)
- I will always love everything Cat writes.
- My top romance this year is Cat Sebastian’s You Should Be So Lucky. Sad bastard baseball boys, picking yourself up after the worst happens, and lines like this: “Sometimes you want to look at a guy and say, ‘Well, he’s fucked but he’s trying.’” www.harpercollins.com/products/you...
- A very cool panel on land, law, and slavery made up with my colleague Teresa Van Hoy and one of our alums Eddie Paniagua at the Witte Museum's Conference on Texas. They're joined by Ronald W. Davis II and Sandra Ogogor
- Ogogor reminds us that enslavers weren't just men, and the panelists all speak to this process of identifying enslavers and the power they held.
- So excited to be at the Witte Museum's conference on Texas today. First up this morning is Dr. Daina Ramey Berry, “Endurin’ de Freedom War:” Slavery and Emancipation in Texas—A Complex History
- It's really wonderful to hear a sort of state of the field talk targeted to a broader public audience.
- Really powerful is her discussion of her book and humanizing our understanding of enslaved people in the market - that they had the capacity to talk back and contradict, humanization of a human commodity.
- She's talking about bringing in sensory experiences to her classroom in teaching students - cooking recipes from old cookbooks, bringing scents and movement into class
- Bumping this back to the top of my feed! I've added quite a few people so if it's been awhile, check back in :)
- Hi friends! I've been trying really hard to keep this list diverse. Recommendations welcome, especially of BIPOC & queer (etc.) public historians whose voices you'd like to see elevated here! go.bsky.app/53FhZd1at://did:plc:habnh2klbrros4lvvz4wif44/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3l4j6p3monk2a
- Reposted by Lindsey WieckFinally made a #Blackademics starter pack! Let continue to build community here. This is part of #Blacksky so please show your appreciation to the architect, @rudyfraser.comat://did:plc:hqp33n2fqericzhtg6zprsog/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lazi54cevd26
- Yesterday I went to a preview event at the Witte Museum for an upcoming conference focused on the ongoing legacies of slavery in Texas on December 5 and 6. They have scholarships for students and teachers and notably includes a keynote by Annette Gordon-Reed! www.wittemuseum.org/conference/
- It was a treat to be able to learn about these artifacts from Witte curator Ronald Davis and archivist Leslie Ochoa -- they were showing off bills of sale and pottery from Hiram Wilson and Co., and more.
- Reposted by Lindsey Wieck@lwieck.bsky.social also has written multiple #AHAPerspectives articles. The most recent was on the history of BART in San Francisco.
- Reposted by Lindsey WieckMy department is running a tenure track search in Public History for someone who focuses on Latine or Indigenous History. PLEASE share widely; and reach out with questions. I'm more than happy to sell the benefits of joining our really vibrant program. www.careers.luc.edu/postings/29664
- Reposted by Lindsey WieckFeeling stuck coming up with good assignments that can't be completed with AI but don't require in-class work? I present: the book hunt. A simple but very useful exercise that went over well with my intro class this semester. cassandragoodhistorian.com/2024/11/12/t... 🗃️
- Looking for an NYT subscriber who could help me get a pdf of this article please? timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...
- Share something good that's happened to you this week! I had my favorite trio of breakfast tacos today: bean & cheese, egg & nopal, and potato, egg, & avocado...and they made me feel a little less angry.
- Reposted by Lindsey WieckUS Urban History starter pack. I know I probably missed a bunch of really talented people, so please add and suggest folks. @urbanrenewal.bsky.social @lizgreenspan.bsky.social go.bsky.app/ADP275mat://did:plc:3sldzqob73j5uqhp2jii36nc/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lamt2n2ari2q
- Reposted by Lindsey WieckNow that I understand starter packs better, I made one for the conversation I want to have. It's Digital Public History. A pack of public historians who work primarily in a digital medium or digital humanists who focus on public engagement. If that's you too, lemme know. bsky.app/starter-pack...at://did:plc:klmh6uu2cdmkj3r4q65nus3s/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lapzp5i5wx23
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- Reposted by Lindsey WieckOK academic Bluesky, remember: > Sharing publications is great, bragging about productivity is unnecessary > Teaching is really hard, shaming students is really bad > Won't live-skeeting conferences be fun?! > No one is an expert in generative AI anything, tech cant save higher ed > Alt text always
- Reposted by Lindsey WieckOk folks, resharing some key starter packs in the Venn Diagram of my fields: Two American studies packs from @americanstudier.bsky.social go.bsky.app/JrsmRyd go.bsky.app/3bDjpiA Two digital humanities packs from @literaturegeek.bsky.social go.bsky.app/8cjAx6v go.bsky.app/RMU7bAdat://did:plc:ieon4w5flxb7ibiyh4inkfmv/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lajj4ttxnd2q
- One of my favorite readings for museum day in intro to public history!
- Reminder, due Dec 1! Cover letter and CV only for first round!
- We are hiring for an Associate or Full Professor with expertise in Latino/Mexican American/Hispanic Texas and Southwest! stmarytx.applicantpro.com/jobs/3522164
- Reposted by Lindsey WieckHello! I began a starter pack with some folks working on Latina/o/x Studies, it's broadly defined and a work in progress for sure. Please share and also send more recommendations of folks to include! go.bsky.app/Rmi3sGWat://did:plc:v45ljvpr467nvy7zo5mjworv/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lap5e2y4qx2h
- Reposted by Lindsey Wieck"Nuyorican and Diasporican Visual Art," a new collection edited by Arlene Dávila and Yasmin Ramirez, provides a critical survey of Puerto Rican art production in the United States from the 1960s to the present. Read the intro for free now: ow.ly/byOu50U4ChM
- Hi friends! I've been trying really hard to keep this list diverse. Recommendations welcome, especially of BIPOC & queer (etc.) public historians whose voices you'd like to see elevated here! go.bsky.app/53FhZd1at://did:plc:habnh2klbrros4lvvz4wif44/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3l4j6p3monk2a
- Please feel free to DM your recs too!
