Jim Wald
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Jim Wald's Information
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Recent work: "Periodicals and Periodicity," Blackwell Companion to the History of the Book, ed. Simon Eliot and Jonathan Rose, 2nd ed. 2019 |
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Recent work: "'The Rot Must Be Stopped Even at the Cost of Some Public Discussion': Anti-Semitism in the Polish Forces as a Crisis of Policy and Public Information," in Allied Communication to the Public DUring the Second World War, ed. Simon Eliot |
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Fond of: old books, manuscripts, ex libris, engravings, maps, philately, numismatics, porcelain, pewter, silver, chairs |
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Fond of: dogs (Great Pyrenees, German Shepherd, Malinois); cats if they are decent |
Jim Wald's Bio
Cultural historian of modern Europe, Hampshire College, Amherst MA
Allied faculty, UMass Public History
Revolutionary era, World Wars, Nazism, antisemitism.
Book history, German literature, material culture, historic preservation.
Co-editor, Routledge History of Antisemitism
http://tiny.cc/iv43vz
• Past posts
-Chair of Board, Massachusetts Center for the Book
-Treasurer, Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, & Publishing
-Chair, Amherst Historical Commission
-Amherst Select Board
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Jim Wald
Greetings, #Histodons, friends, & sundry.
Reintroducing myself b/c #newhere
On Twitter for 15 years, joined Mastodon several weeks ago, but just had to move to this #instance where my #historian friends are congregating.
I am a cultural historian of modern Europe (C 18-20) at Hampshire College: #Revolutionary era, #BookHistory, #German #literature, World Wars, #Nazism, #antisemitism, material culture, US #historic #preservation. Also teach summer field courses in #Czech Republic & #Poland
Tags: #histodons #newhere #instance #historian #revolutionary #bookhistory #german #literature #nazism #antisemitism #historic #preservation #czech #poland
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Jim Wald
In response to this postAnd, closer to home, here in the Connecticut Valley of western Massachusetts, a different type of historical recognition:
https://www.gazettenet.com/WD-Cowls-Inc-in-Amherst-donates-500-acres-of-Sunderland-land-to-Nipmuc-tribe-58845118
#NativeAmerican #LandBack #Indigenous
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Jim Wald
A First Nation Creation:
The Mi’kmaq designed & manufactured the first commercial #hockey stick. For decades, the Mic-Mac hockey stick dominated the international hockey stick market
the question arises: Did the Mi’kmaq invent hockey itself?
https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-mic-mac-hockey-stick-a-first-nation-invention/ #Canada
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And, closer to home, here in the Connecticut Valley of western Massachusetts, a different type of historical recognition:
https://www.gazettenet.com/WD-Cowls-Inc-in-Amherst-donates-500-acres-of-Sunderland-land-to-Nipmuc-tribe-58845118
#NativeAmerican #LandBack #Indigenous
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Tags: #hockey #canada
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Jim Wald
Greetings, #Histodons, friends, & sundry.
Reintroducing myself b/c #newhere
On Twitter for 15 years, joined Mastodon several weeks ago, but just had to move to this #instance where my #historian friends are congregating.
I am a cultural historian of modern Europe (C 18-20) at Hampshire College: #Revolutionary era, #BookHistory, #German #literature, World Wars, #Nazism, #antisemitism, material culture, US #historic #preservation. Also teach summer field courses in #Czech Republic & #Poland
Tags: #histodons #newhere #instance #historian #revolutionary #bookhistory #german #literature #nazism #antisemitism #historic #preservation #czech #poland
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