Steve Sarson
Historian. Latest book--The Course of Human Events: The Declaration of Independence and the Historical Origins of the United States--published by @uvapress.bsky.social. Cat gentleman. Occasional blogger: https://sonofsar.blogspot.com
- Beautiful weird sky over Lyon tonight.
- Off to Oxford tomorrow for UK book launch at the Rothermere American Institute. Long train rides but well worth it.... www.rai.ox.ac.uk/event/the-co...
- Reposted by Steve SarsonThe BBC coverage is absolutely terrible. It leads on "sharply contested narratives" It has a dramatic skew to the US government It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
- Well, that's toold me. I am noow convoonced that I was wroong.
- I am being admonished by Billy for having a bath on #Caturday
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- I'm doing a course this semester about Thomas Paine and tomorrow I'll be talking about his statue in his birthplace of Thetford. So, obviously, I have meticulously prepared an improvisation about the same town's Captain Mainwaring statue and Dad's Army Museum.
- Pope Catholic, study finds.
- no shit, sherlock www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
- Snub?
- Donald Trump tied his claims on Greenland to not being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, in a letter to Norway's prime minister obtained by Bloomberg News. Full story: bloom.bg/3LPd10i 📷: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
- I am declaring that the war on sandwiches is over.
- Well, the Christmas tree is down & the decorations are stowed away for another year I always find this moment slightly melancholy as I do really love Christmas. I'd probably be one of those crazy people who eats a Christmas dinner every day if it wasn't for all the cooking & washing-up & whatnot.
- Asking for an environmental history friend, does anyone have access to the following? Thomas Oatley, "Energy and the Complexity of International Order, Global Environmental Politics (2021) 21 (4): 20–41. And...
- Thomas Oatley, "The dual economy, climate change, and the polarization of American politics," Socio-Economic Review, Volume 22, Issue 3, July 2024, Pages 1355–1380, Steven Bernstein, "Liberal Environmentalism and Global Environmental Governance," Global Environmental Politics (2002) 2 (3): 1–16.
- Reposted by Steve SarsonRest in peace, Daniel Walker Howe. A legendary historian of the early republic. newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/in-m...
- One of the great things about living in France is the New Year tradition and month-long ubiquity of the galette des rois #PieJanuary
- #Caturday Banjo
- #Caturday Billy.
- Reposted by Steve SarsonI did indeed make these stickers. Because when one is casting about for first principles, #footnotes (accountability, transparency, collaborative knowledge production acknowledged!) are right up there for me.
- Unspeakable.
- Reposted by Steve SarsonAnother exodus from the other site, from the sounds of it? If you're looking for the #EarlyModern gang, we've got three starter packs that compile a bunch of them. I can keep adding to the third, just poke. Here's the OG: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF 1/3at://did:plc:2xh3ekkjbuyi3e5pbfnakuyt/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3l2ilk674e52f
- If you’re teaching university-level US history next semester or any after in courses that include the Declaration of Independence, American Revolution, and early republic, this thread is so you can see if my new book is, or if certain chapters in it are, useful to you and your students.
- Argues that the DoI is defined by its 1st paragraph more than by its 2nd one—by “the Course of human events” & “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God” more than by its self-evident truths. And looking at history and natural as its framing concepts changes our interpretation of the rest of the DoI.
- The natural law basis of political/historical thought from Cicero to Locke, the DoI’s preamble as a general history of humankind from Creation & state of nature to origins of govt & occasional revolutions, & not abstract theory. Explores meanings of “equality” in state of nature & civil society.
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View full threadHere's a link to UVA Press Author's Corner page with a few more words about the book. www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...
- A short thread but very thought-provoking in many ways.
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- I will take that, yes.
- Happy New Year everybody.
- Reposted by Steve SarsonDavid Attenborough [whispering]: “Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
- Reposted by Steve SarsonR.I.P Brigitte Bardot 1934 - 2025 #HumourDouteux
- "... actrice française légendaire, icône féminine des années 1960 et fervente protectrice des animaux..." et.... ?
- Make a Bond movie academic Dr No: Reviewer II
- Reposted by Steve Sarsonstacking up the nonfiction TBR pile for 2026 - featuring some new releases by @stevesarson.bsky.social , @rickbell.bsky.social , and more!
