Blake Grindon

writing about the making of race in the 18th c Atlantic • Graduate student and worker• library hag• she/hers

[Blake Grindon @_Blake_writes]

@cacayne @RethinkingPlace @BardCollege Wish I could be there!

[Blake Grindon @_Blake_writes]

Excited to be presenting a dissertation chapter at the @AmPhilSociety Indigenous Studies Seminar 1/21/22!

https://t.co/Dfs6Y1hMMU

[Saratoga County History Center @SaratogaCoHist]

The History Center has launched a new blog! Our first entry is @_Blake_writes @PrincetonHist on the famous tale of #JaneMcrea
#AmericanRevolution #WomenAlsoKnowHistory #BrooksideMuseum #AmericanHistory

https://t.co/n6WTwRmAsq

[Blake Grindon @_Blake_writes]

If you’d like a taste of my Jane McCrea musings in advance of my talk at @SaratogaCoHist on Dec 14, then wish granted! https://t.co/4qtZxqMkUu

[Saratoga County History Center @SaratogaCoHist]

Please join us (virtually) for December's #ExpertNextDoor episode on #JaneMcCrea, ft @_Blake_writes @PrincetonHist

Register now: https://t.co/Lsg2f22uNt

[Blake Grindon @_Blake_writes]

The ever brilliant Tiya Miles

[Blake Grindon @_Blake_writes]

“These records give people written proof that our ancestors were there, fighting for Britain.”
Archival news that speaks to the legacies of colonialism and war and the people who get written out of imperial histories. https://t.co/vXgDIiQCoy

[Blake Grindon @_Blake_writes]

Writing these days about portraits as symbols of cross-cultural diplomacy and it’s good to be reminded of these, here in the city where I live.

[Philadelphia Museum of Art @philamuseumart]

In 1735 Lenape leaders Tishcohan and Lapowinsa met with William Penn’s sons to resolve a land dispute. Their portraits were painted at the time by the Swedish-born artist Gustavus Hesselius. 1/4

[Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle]

That’s why @MCIFB1866Treaty @ChoctawFreedmen & Descendants of the Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes Association are calling on @Deb4CongressNM to make a public statement that she supports the treaty rights of Freedmen Descendants.

https://t.co/nH2yuY3YbQ

[Blake Grindon @_Blake_writes]

Running out of highlighter colors.

[Blake Grindon @_Blake_writes]

“My hot take on this 1778 satirical print is really gonna show them!” I mutter to myself, alone in my studio.

[Blake Grindon @_Blake_writes]

It's 2019 and I'm reading about the legacy of Puritans' "thriftiness" on American culture for my generals, and let me you, this is not what I signed up for.

[Blake Grindon @_Blake_writes]

Reading C.L.R James on Melville in 2018:

[Blake Grindon @_Blake_writes]

Me and @ashleyrattner are putting together a panel about frontiers and you know you want in! (proposals due 2/10/19)

[Blake Grindon @_Blake_writes]

Reading for the train ride to VT.

[Blake Grindon @_Blake_writes]

@ashleyrattner Have you read Teresa Goddu’s essay about this? I really like it

[Blake Grindon @_Blake_writes]

This is a great and important project by my old colleagues @brooklynhistory

[Aymann Ismail @aymanndotcom]

For a community that’s always had others speak for them, this is historic. Right on @zaheerali

[NYU GSOC|UAW @GSOCUAW]

Solidarity with UNC grad workers who are leveraging their power as TA’s to combat the University’s plan to build a $5million dollar shrine to chattel slavery. And solidarity with everyone else protesting, in any way they deem necessary. #SilenceSam #ShutItDown

[#StrikeDownSam @strikedownsam]

ACTION UPDATE:

15+ departments
59 TAs/ instructors

*1725 final grades withheld*

#StrikeDownSam

[Blake Grindon @_Blake_writes]

Very excited to be presenting my paper on a French colonial novel about Jane McCrea at Princeton’s Colonial Americas Workshop next Tuesday (12/11)!