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author's pitch: how Eleanor Bumpurs became "more than my neighbor" Today's author's pitch comes from Professor LaShawn Harris. She is an Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University. Her area of expertise includes twentieth century African American His...

new on @carceralhistory.bsky.social: distinguished historian @madameclair08.bsky.social pitches her new @beaconpress.bsky.social book, TELL HER STORY: Eleanor Bumpurs & the Police Killing That Galvanized New York City
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fresh picks from the newsletter!

author's pitch: arson and the carceral history of property insurance "We need to expand our understanding of state revanchism to include not only investments in security, but also in securitization. The rise of finance complemented and shored up mass incarceration"

new: @benchansfield.bsky.social .bsky.social pitches their new book BORN IN FLAMES "The rise of finance complemented and shored up mass incarceration"
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Author's Pitch: Indefensible Spaces by Rahim Kurwa "Indefensible Spaces offers a case study of the national crisis of the policing of housing, told through a history of Black organizing and resistance in one of Los Angeles’s most overlooked areas."

today we have an author's pitch from @rahimk.bsky.social on his important new @ucpress.bsky.social book on policing and housing in LA, INDEFENSIBLE SPACES carceral-history.ghost.io/authors-pitc...

summer reading wrap-up In true mid-career fashion, I took an inadvertent break from the newsletter to focus on teaching and administrative duties. But! There are so many great books coming out and I am excited to bring thos...

I'm back! I took a break but not for lack of books. Consider this a warm-up-- I have some great author pitches lined up. carceral-history.ghost.io/summer-readi...

Coloring Our Past on Instagram: "The history of incarceration is so rarely studied in schools that most people don’t even know America’s oldest prison is in Connecticut. Old Newgate Prison deserves m... 29 likes, 2 comments - coloringourpast on December 22, 2024: "The history of incarceration is so rarely studied in schools that most people don’t even know America’s oldest prison is in Connecticut. ...

Loved the doc. I learned about Old Newgate Prison & met Morgan Bengal this year at the 4th annual student led educational forum at Troutbeck organized by @rhomomoney.bsky.social. Crucial to understand who & what we deem to be criminal & how we rehabilitate ourselves www.instagram.com/coloringourp...

it's theme time: early America I am not feeling the Fourth of July at all– as my brother put it, "we're drugging the dog and doing nothing." But with the SHEAR meeting on the agenda for July, I am taking some time this month to spo...

a reminder that the founders of this country included the operators of an underground prison, and people incarcerated in an underground prison carceral-history.ghost.io/its-theme-ti...

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fresh picks: con men, anti-Indian policing, and more Here's what I'm reading this week: Hardeep Dhillon's new article in the Journal of American History shows how "anti-immigrant violence was a constitutive component of legal violence" in the American ...

today I’m featuring new work from @migrantherstory.bsky.social, @ejwestuk.bsky.social, @briannanofil.bsky.social, Anthony Grasso, and Anthony Gregory carceral-history.ghost.io/fresh-picks-...

thanks for sharing! looks like I need to add your book to my reading list!

author's pitch: why it’s time to read DEADLY FORCE Deadly Force provides "reasonable, reliable, and replicable answers regarding how many people police shoot"

Why it’s time to read DEADLY FORCE

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Wondering if any scholars know about SHADOWS, a journal "published monthly by and for the inmates of the Oregon State Penitentiary to permit self-expression, provide a medium of discussion for public problems and serve as an entertainment feature." I just read an article in vol 17:9 (Sep 1952).

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Its #AMA time once again #Skystorians! Brianna Nofil, author of "The Migrant’s Jail: An American History of Mass Incarceration" is here to answer all your questions about immigration detention, deportation, and how the U.S. has policed its borders.

The book my students were obsessed with I have been teaching carceral history since I was a grad student, and I have never had students respond to a book like this. The author Nikki Taylor and I share an extraordinary editor at Cambridge Un...

my first recommendation: the book my students were obsessed with! carceral-history.ghost.io/the-book-my-...

getting this thing up and running! building my list of authors with upcoming pub dates— if that’s you, don’t hesitate to reach out!

Yet again, In solidarity I am happy to share EFF’s surveillance self defense guide for attending a protest:

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there was a reason why folks demanded to abolish ICE and to defund the police.

#ScholarSunday Thread 228 Published on June 8, 2025

Here it is, my 228th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Please add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️

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