Ben Wright

Historian @UT_Dallas | author Bonds of Salvation: How Christianity Inspired and Limited Am Abolitionism (2020) | editor American Yawp | Cheesehead | Spring-Nut

[Ben Wright @benjamingwright]

It's book release day!

Bonds of Salvation: How Christianity Inspired & Limited Am Abolitionism is officially out!

Drawing winners for a book & donation: @ChanceBonar, @AmazingSymetri, @KeriLeighMerrit, @BaltimireNoMore, & @cmMcConnaughy

Congrats, and thanks for the support!

[Ben Wright @benjamingwright]

@drjoemoore Solidarity from another pudgy humanities major.

And yeah, sounds like that guy should have been punched. I'm just very sensitive about the way people talk about my students

[Ben Wright @benjamingwright]

Attention digital humanists interested in the interdisciplinary study of early America - Check out this CFP for a workshop and eventual special issue of the journal Early American Studies.

https://t.co/bvaD9lJN02

[Ben Wright @benjamingwright]

@clint_larson1 @dallas_observer read the article

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I do not have the patience or endurance to handle scholar-washing of "benevolent" billionaires. If we truly value democracy and human dignity, robber barons vs oligarchs is a distinction without a difference.

[Susan Glasser @sbg1]

Biden’s farewell warning of an emerging American ‘oligarchy’ reminds me of Sean Wilentz’s comments to me about how Trump’s billionaires compare unfavorably with the last century’s robber barons:

[Joseph Locke @josephllocke]

For anyone still on this site, we're looking for any and all feedback you might have re:@AmericanYawp!

[Ben Wright @benjamingwright]

Also thanks in advance for your help in sharing the form. In another example of how this site is no longer operational, we have been locked out of @AmericanYawp and multiple appeals to the bots who run this cesspool have gone unanswered.

[Ben Wright @benjamingwright]

Attention historians of the United States! The American Yawp is a decade old, and it’s time for some updates! Our team is hard at work preparing a second edition, and we want your feedback! Please take a few minutes to fill out this brief form and RT! https://t.co/gyRfQzBlrl.

[Ben Wright @benjamingwright]

The most magical moment of every holiday is discovering which corporations have somehow received my email address.

Thank you for the Happy Thanksgiving wish Saran Wrap

[Black Perspectives @BlkPerspectives]

🚨The deadline for the Maria Stewart Journal Article Prize is fast approaching! The prize will be awarded to the author of the best article published in each volume of Global Black Thought.

Visit our website to learn more: https://t.co/jo7jxUSSW6

[Ben Wright @benjamingwright]

It's been a demoralizing few weeks for the UTD 21 w rising student suffering, intransigent uni admin, and declining ally support. But an inspiring Dallas Peace & Justice Center ceremony named the UTD 21 "Justice-Seekers of the Year," and we have hope more help is on the way.

[Ben Wright @benjamingwright]

@histofsex Thx for the reply. Not federal and I’ve gotten similar answers. But given the reality where I find grants, I apply for grants (including the part that says it’s from admin), I administer grants, I report on grants, I’m tempted to ask our university’s ever-bloating grant staff…

[Ben Wright @benjamingwright]

Help me twitterstorian remnant—I’m applying for a sizable grant that requires a supporting letter from uni adm. A grants officer told me to write the letter and they will sign it. This feels unethical and also like someone is asking me to do their job for them. Am I off-base?

[Ben Wright @benjamingwright]

Bluesky is actually kinda poppin now. Say hi

[Ben Wright @benjamingwright]

@econroykrutz When I read it, I heard every word read by Vin Diesel. Hope this won't let me down

[Ben Wright @benjamingwright]

Over-bureaucratization has been endemic in our culture since at least 1776. Just learned that the American Revolution's Committee of Five somehow had 3 subcommittees....

[Ben Wright @benjamingwright]

I know that journalism is down bad, but the academic humanities aren't exactly booming. It certainly doesn't help when every popular writer claims their book tells an "untold story" that actually has been told by historians-perhaps with less mellifluousness, but told nonetheless

[Ben Wright @benjamingwright]

We need skilled writers like Wright Thompson to democratize historical knowledge. And we need skilled broadcasters like Torre to promote their work. But can y'all stop Columbusing the work of academic historians?

[Ben Wright @benjamingwright]

The title of this episode states that Till has been "erased from textbooks." I'm right now studying the 10 most commonly assigned US history textbooks to help improve https://t.co/o8Eqq7Smln. All 10 of these textbooks discuss Till's brutal murder.

[Ben Wright @benjamingwright]

This is such a fun and smart podcast and I love reading Wright Thompson. And many important truths are told in this episode. But journalists must stop dismissing the work of professional historians when promoting their work.

[Pablo Torre Finds Out @pablofindsout]

"That whole story was written to erase the barn."

The murder of Emmett Till — a killing that sparked the Civil Rights Movement, that forever shaped America — has been criminally underreported.

Until Wright Thompson started mapping the history of intentionally constructed silence in his new book, The Barn.

More: https://t.co/bgXqlA0XU1