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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

In case you are interested, here is a thread of my @NewBooksAfroAm podcast episodes starting with.....

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

5 years

This tweet aged well... @Dame_Lillard

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5 years

Dame has 42. His team is down 8. 9 minutes left. If he comes back in and drops a 50-piece while leading them to a comeback W, they gotta build his statue in Portland overnight

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

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“The African American studies department at UF made nine offers while trying to fill three positions. None accepted.”

Are Florida laws chasing university faculty away? Some see a ‘brain drain.’

Tracking the reported exodus can be difficult, but evidence is starting to surface that it’s real.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

2 years

You cannot be serious…

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

3 years

At long last...I successfully defended my dissertation proposal, and your boy is officially a Ph.D. Candidate! Time to celebrate! (if you wanna contribute to the celebration fund, hit the CashApp, $AXM1992)!!!

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

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😂😂😂😂😂😂🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠😩😩

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

Hire Black historians.... Preciate ya.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

YYYYYYYOOOOOOO!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!!! JUST RECEIVED CONFIRMATION THAT I PASSED MY MAJOR FIELD EXAM IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY!!! YYYYEEEEESSSIIIIRR! #Blktwitterstorians #VastEarlyAmerica

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

2 years

Freedom is a Place Symposium An event celebrating the scholarship, writing, & organizing of Ruth Wilson Gilmore. While a capacity limit of 150 people will be enforced & tickets are required for entry, the event will also be streamed online.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

2 years

“Nothing is more dramatic than having the College Board launch an AP course in a field—that signifies ultimate acceptance and ultimate academic legitimacy,” says Henry Louis Gates Jr., one of America’s foremost experts on African-American history…”

African-American History Finally Gets Its Own AP Class

'Nothing is more dramatic than having the College Board launch an AP course in a field,' says Henry Louis Gates Jr., who helped develop the curriculum.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

A blessing to see 28. My 27th year was the hardest to date, but Lord knows I feel closer to Him, and more assured that God put me on this Earth to do this work as a Black historian. #Blktwitterstorians

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

10 months

Wayne State University receives $6 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to increase Black Studies faculty and establish the Detroit Center for Black Studies

Wayne State University receives $6 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to increase Black...

The Mellon Foundation awarded a $6 million grant to Wayne State University to launch a cluster hire program that will recruit and hire 30 new humanities faculty and create the Detroit Center for...

today.wayne.edu

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

5 years

I FINALLY GOT MY COPY!!! THANK YA BROTHA JESUS, AND THE AMAZING @nhannahjones !!!!! #1619Project

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

1 year

McNeil goes to the McNeil ( @mcneilcenter )!

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

Welp, guess I gotta change my bio and add that imma PhD Candidate now. 🙃LOL, I definitely thought that came post-proposal. I’m geeked.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

On #JUNETEENTH2020 I celebrate the freedom dreams of my 3x great-grandfather, teacher, and minister Professor John William Jacobs (seated in the nice three piece suit) who founded the first Black school in the Armour area of Columbus County, North Carolina. What a legacy!

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

UUUHHH OOOHHH! BIG BOOK BUSINESS Y'ALL! I ALMOST SCREAMED IN MY ZOOM SESSION WHEN I RECEIVED AN ADVANCED COPY OF @ProfJLMorgan 'S BRAND NEW JOINT! LOOK AT DA COVA!!! LAWDHAMERCY! PREORDER THAT THANG AT @DukePress RIGHT NOW! @NewBooksAfroAm FAMILY, Y'ALL ALREADY KNOW! @jmjafrx

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

Tyrone ready to disconnect the feed... #ErykahBaduvsJillScott

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

I am honored to announce that I am a recipient of @OIEAHC ’s 2021 Lapidus Predoctoral Short-term Fellowship!!! This is also the first academic fellowship in my young career!! #Blktwitterstorians #twitterstorians #VastEarlyAmerica #BlackinVastEarlyAmerica

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

7 months

Oh, my! Congrats, @AAIHS and @PennPress !!!

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

5 years

As a Black grad student, I think a lot about why I chose the historian profession. I chose it because I felt called by God to tell stories. To my other Black and POC grad students, do you feel called to your work? No matter the source from where the calling emanates.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

3 years

Yyyyyoooo! PRAISE JESUS!!! I was just selected to receive a 2021-2022 Howard H. Peckham Fellowship on Revolutionary America by the @ClementsLibrary !!!! WHATS GOOD ANN ARBOR?!!! See y’all soon! (COVID-please be nice) #Blktwitterstorians #twitterstorians #BlackinVastAmerica

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾😂😂😂😂😂🚨🚨🚨🚨

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

7 months

*Taps mic We still don’t have enough “slave” movies. Please, count 10 of them since the 1950…

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

Last comps essay submitted. See you in May ABD status! #Blktwitterstorians #twitterstorians #BlackinVastEarlyAmerica #VastEarlyAmerica

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

2 years

One of my proudest achievements. Certainly the most personal thing I’ve ever written. #Blktwitterstorians #twitterstorians Social Media and a Black Historian’s Journey

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

6 years

This is my Great-Great GrandDaddy’s Voter Registration Card from Sumter, SC in 1918. To my fellow historians of the subject and time area, y’all know how wild this was! @robgreeneII @ZinnEdProject @KeriLeighMerrit

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

1 year

Super duper excited. So many awesome essays to unpack for my dissertation. Definitely gonna assign some of them once I start teaching black women’s and Af am history courses. #Blktwitterstorians #twitterstorians @ABWHTruth

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

5 years

If academic conferences provided a walk up song like they do in baseball, what song would you choose to lead you into your conference panel?

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

2 months

2025-26 Stipend: $98K Research account: $6,000 per year Moving expenses and new equipment purchases: $9K (one-time) Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities Postdoctoral Opportunity at Stanford

Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities Postdoctoral Opportunity at Stanford - Stanford...

The Stanford Humanities Center invites applications for the Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities, a unique opportunity for recent PhD re...

jobs.chronicle.com

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

3 years

"On January 5, 1923, a mob of over 200 white men attacked the Black community in Rosewood, Florida, killing over 30 Black women, men, and children, burning the town to the ground, and forcing all survivors to permanently flee Rosewood."

January 5th, 1923 | A History of Racial Injustice

On this day, a white mob destroyed a Black community in Rosewood, Florida.

calendar.eji.org

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

3 years

Black Teacher Archive Project: An archival initiative to preserve the political and intellectual contributions of Black educators before 1970, by @imaniperry & @jarvisrgivens . #Blktwitterstorians #BlackStudies

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

2 years

Order Dr. Tara A. Bynum's new book, Reading Pleasures: Everyday Black Living in Early America! OUT NOW through @IllinoisPress ! #Blktwitterstorians #BlackinVastEarlyAmerica #twitterstorians #VastEarlyAmerica @HilaryGreen77 @KidadaEWilliams @jmjafrx

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

6 years

@MrEugeneGrant Hi Eugene! I am glad you found Benjamin Lay! Here is an episode I recorded with the author of the book, Marcus Rediker, about the book! I hope you enjoy it!

Marcus Rediker, "The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became The First Revolutionary...

newbooksnetwork.com

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

🗣🗣🗣GGGOOO TELL IT ON THE MMMMOOOOUUUNNTTTAAAIIINNNN #Blktwitterstorians #AcademicTwitter #twitterstorians

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

I learned yesterday that since its debut a few weeks ago, my @NewBooksAfroAm podcast interview with @ProfLMH has been downloaded nearly 25,000 times! Presently, the episode is downloaded nearly 300 times per day. As my producer told me “I’d call that a hit.” #Blktwitterstorians

Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

61.) @ProfLMH , "Slavery and the University: Histories and Legacies" ( @UGAPress , 2019)

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

6 years

Them: “What do you do for work?” Me: “I am a historian.” Them: “OMG, I am such a history buff too! What kind of history do you like?” Me: (Disgusted) “I write about slavery and Black politics.” Them: “Oh nice, I like reading about how the Irish were slaves too!” Me: “....”

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

The epistemic violence of passive voice. “Officer involved shooting” my tail.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

I screamed in the Subaru!!! Kelly Kean Sharp: Chicana?. I have watched the unmasking of CV… | by Producingwhiteness | Oct, 2020 | Medium

Kelly Kean Sharp: Chicana?

I have watched the unmasking of CV Vitolo and Jessica Krug from afar. But when an old friend pointed me to the twitter bio of Dr. Kelly…

producingwhiteness.medium.com

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

3 years

My yearly ritual continues of posting this fabulous piece! S/O to @Y__Barragan for writing "Christmas and Resistance to Slavery in the Americas" for @BlkPerspectives back in 2016! #Blktwitterstorians #SlaveryArchive #twitterstorians

Christmas and Resistance to Slavery in the Americas

It was a humid Christmas day in 1820 when twenty-five-year-old Santiago Martínez presented himself before the army commander stationed in the frontier Colombian town of Quibdó for service in the...

www.aaihs.org

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

I am happy to announce that I will be the @OIEAHC 's first OI-Audio Fellow. T/Y Jesus, Ma, @ProvAtlantic for encouraging me to reach out to the NBN about @NewBooksAfroAm , @kawulf , & the whole OI-Team. #BlackinVastEarlyAmerica #VastEarlyAmerica #Blktwitterstorians #twitterstorians

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

2 years

“The new Department of Africana Studies at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville invites applications for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor position in Afro-Caribbean Studies to begin Fall Semester 2023.”

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

3 years

Sending prayers up to the new graduate students that have to spend mad dough on their moves to new cities and towns without a lick of a financial assistance from their programs. Bruh, that ain’t easy or cheap. And s/o to the programs that assist you.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

*SCREAMS #Blktwitterstorians

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

20 days

The Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at the University of Virginia invites applications for an Open Rank search for a scholar working in the areas of gender & sexuality studies with specific expertise in Global Souths, Diasporas, Transnationalism, or Migration studies.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

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The Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the humanities and social sciences, invites applications for the 2025-2028 fellowship competition. Due August 6, 2024!

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

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The Department of African & African American Studies at Stanford University is conducting an open-rank search (Assistant-Full) for a faculty position in Afro-Caribbean Studies &/or Afro-Latin American Studies in the humanities, arts, or humanistic social sciences.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

3 years

I am so hyped to announce that I was selected as a 2021-2022 David Center for the American Revolution Short-Term Fellow at the American Philosophical Society Library & Museum ( @AmPhilSociety )! Special s/o to my bro @WhatAboutClass for the help!!! #Blktwitterstorians @ProvAtlantic

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

2 years

Damn. Ya boy is 30 now! CashApp the kid at $AXM1992 to help me celebrate!

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

Thank you Jesus!!! Got word that I passed my last comprehensive exams! PROPOSAL, IM ONYA HEAD!!!

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 months

The Department of African American and African Studies at Michigan State University invites apps for an assistant professor tenure-stream position AND an open rank faculty position in Black Feminisms, Genders, & Sexualities Studies (9-month appointment).

Ast/Asc/Full Professor Tenure System - AAAS - East Lansing, MI 48824 - Indeed.com

Michigan State University

www.indeed.com

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@CulturedModesty

6 months

As my professor told me recently, Blue Book exams are the way forward to counteract this devious AI.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

Quick question, what is errbody’s favorite academic article? I hear folk talmbout their fave books all the time, but what about academic articles though? Talk to me. #Blktwitterstorians #AcademicTwitter #twitterstorians #SlaveryArchive #VastEarlyAmerica

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

2 months

S/O to my guy, Dr. Frederick Knight, on becoming the new chair of Howard’s Department of History! Check out my interview with Prof. Knight about his new book, Black Elders: The Meaning of Age in American Slavery and Freedom, published by @PennPress .

History Department

@HowardUHistory

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The Department of History of Howard University has a new Chair: Professor Frederick Knight is a historian of the African diaspora. He is coming to Howard from Morehouse College where he was the Chair of the Department of History from 2011 to 2019. Join us in welcoming Dr. Knight!

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@CulturedModesty

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University of Rochester receives $3 million dollar Mellon Foundation grant to hire Black studies faculty

University of Rochester receives Mellon Foundation grant to hire Black studies faculty

The $3M in funding will help advance innovative and strategic faculty hiring in the Department of Black Studies.

www.rochester.edu

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

10 months

The newly established Department of Black Study (DBS) at the University of California, Riverside, invites applications for a tenured position at Associate or Full Professor in Black Study, beginning July 1, 2024.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

God is oh so dadgum good y’all! I am happy to announce that I was chosen to represent ⁦ @RutgersU ⁩ at the 2020 “Podcasting the Humanities: Creating Digital Stories for the Public,” hosted by the ⁦ @NatlHumanities ⁩ + ⁦ @DHatSDSU ⁩. #BlackDH

Podcasting the Humanities: Creating Digital Stories for the Public | National Humanities Center

in partnership with the Digital Humanities Center, San Diego State University

nationalhumanitiescenter.org

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

2 years

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

UB History

@UB_History

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🎉The Dept. of History is pleased to welcome 2022 VITAL Scholars: Elizabeth Barahona ( @elizabethbphd ), Adam McNeil ( @CulturedModesty ), Daniel Morales-Armstrong, Udodiri R. Okwandu ( @udodiriokwandu ), and Clifton E. Sorrell III ( @CliftonESorrell )! #ubuffalo

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@CulturedModesty

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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

Oh wow, so Rutgers has the top Graduate program in African American History?!?! (blushes and twirls locs) #Blktwitterstorians #twitterstorians

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

3 months

The Department of African American Studies at Princeton University invites apps from recent Ph.D. graduates in all disciplines for up to two postdoctoral research positions. These positions will be awarded for the academic year 2025-2026.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

2 months

I love reading Journal of Negro History articles from the formative years of the journal because you see scholarship from secondary school teachers.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

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Forthcoming on September 24, 2024 from @EmoryAASDept Professor Kali Gross! Preorder “Vengeance Feminism,” a history about “Black women who hit back—not always figuratively, and not necessarily nobly either,” in 19th century Philadelphia! @ABWHTruth

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

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The Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) at the University of Oregon invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Transgender Studies to start Fall 2025.

Assistant Professor of Transgender Studies - Eugene, OR - Indeed.com

University of Oregon

www.indeed.com

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

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Middlebury College’s Program in Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies invites apps for a T-T position to begin in Fall 2025. We are seeking advanced scholars who could be considered for tenure at Middlebury College within 1-3 years to help lead our vibrant and exciting program.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

5 years

Them: “Oh you are a historian?!? Cool, I’m a history buff too!!!” Me: *Congresswoman Maxine Waters.... #blktwitterstorians

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

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The Department of African American & African Studies (AA&AS) at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Black feminist literary and cultural studies to begin Fall 2024 (August 26, 2024).

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

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Dr. Deborah Gray White went through hell and high MF water throughout her career to get where she at now only for this to happen minutes after her plenary remarks. Ah hell naw man.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

3 years

Pray for my students y’all. Oh, nothing is wrong; they just readin Foucault’s Discipline and Punish.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

10 months

Holding space in prayer for those dealing with their first holiday season without particular loved ones.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

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Welp, December 1st is when I finally defend my dissertation proposal...LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!! Super stoked!!! #Blktwitterstorians #twitterstorians

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The Department of African American and Africana Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor. The department is seeking to strengthen its capacity in political economy, racial wealth gap, and economic history.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

3 years

The Dept of Women & Gender Studies at the UColorado Boulder invites apps for a TT assistant professor position in the field of Black trans &/or queer studies...teaching load per semester is 2-1...est. salary range is $80-$90K + moving and start-up funds.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

For those going beginning grad school in a few weeks/months, please, I BEG OF YOU, do your best to find a great note taking system that works well for YOU, and keep them in the same spot. It will save you a lot of headaches later.

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@CulturedModesty

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#NewProfilePic

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

Great news everyone! @Y__Barragan , @NJeremieBrink , and I were approved by the Rutgers Center for Cultural Analysis to found the Slavery + Freedom Studies Working Group! We are excited to convene an interdisciplinary group of scholars across the RU academic community + beyond!

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

6 years

In case you are interested, here is a thread of my @NewBooksAfroAm podcast episodes starting with.....

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

I am happy to announce that Dr. Jarvis Givens will be a guest this spring on @NewBooksAfroAm to discuss his forthcoming @Harvard_Press book: Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching. #Blktwitterstorians #twitterstorians #BlackStudies @BerkeleyAfroAm

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

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PLEASE CIRCULATE: We invite you to a symposium on March 21 and 22, 2024, celebrating the path-breaking work and career of Rutgers University's Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Deborah Gray White! RSVP HERE:

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5 years

Oh snap!!!!

Dr. Kelisha B. Graves

@KelishaGraves

5 years

Ophelia Settle Egypt of Fisk University conducted interviews with more than 100 formerly enslaved people in Tennessee and Kentucky. Her interviews are contained in Unwritten History of Slavery: Autobiographical Accounts of Negro Ex-Slaves. Her work predates the WPA study.

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@CulturedModesty

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😂😂😂😂

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

5 years

And with that, the first year of my PhD is over. Onwards to a drink break and a good night’s rest so I can get on the road to the Smokies and begin this @OIEAHC conference paper! #BlkTwitterstorians #AcademicTwitter

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

1 year

Happy to finally meet Vincent Brown in the flesh after interviewing him a few years ago! Super cool dude! Looking forward to interviewing him again soon on @NewBooksAfroAm about his new PBS series, “The Bigger Picture.” #Blktwitterstorians #twitterstorians

Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

60.) Vincent Brown, "Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War" ( @Harvard_Press , 2020)

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

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The Department of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in African American Studies with a specialization in African American History. Base salary range: 9-month basis ($85.5K-$121.5K)

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

2 years

“The Department of Africana Studies at the University of Pittsburgh seeks candidates with expertise in Race, Gender, & Sexuality Studies for an Assistant Professor position.” #Blktwitterstorians #twitterstorians

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

2 years

“The University of California, Los Angeles Department of African American Studies invites apps for a T-T appointment at the level of Assistant Professor researching within Black and/or Pan-African paradigms of political economy…” #Blktwitterstorians

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

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Salary Scale: Assistant Professor: $108,000 - $127,000 Associate Professor: $121,000 - $150,000 Professor: $140,000 - $240,000

Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

3 months

The Department of African & African American Studies at Stanford University is conducting an open-rank search (Assistant-Full) for a faculty position in Afro-Caribbean Studies &/or Afro-Latin American Studies in the humanities, arts, or humanistic social sciences.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

1 year

“The Department of African & African American Studies at Stanford University is searching for scholars who research and teach in the field of Black Studies in the Arts. This is an open-rank search;” #Blktwitterstorians #BlackStudies @ADBoyntonII

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

2 months

The Department of Black Studies at Occidental College invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship that will transition into a tenure‐track Assistant Professor in History and Culture of the 20th and 21st Century African Diaspora, with appointment to begin in Fall 2025.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

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Michigan State University's Department of African American and African Studies invites applications for an assistant professor tenure-stream faculty position (9-month appointment) and an open-rank faculty position in Black Feminisms, Genders, and Sexualities Studies.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 months

The @SchomburgCenter invites applications for their Assistant Curator of Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books position. #Blktwitterstorians #twitterstorians

Careers at The New York Public Library

The New York Public Library is a free provider of education and information for the people of New York and beyond. With 92 locations—including research and branch libraries—throughout the Bronx,...

nypl.pinpointhq.com

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

1 year

Tenure Track Af. Am jobs so far: UC-San Diego Wake Forest UMaryland-College Park Boston University

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@CulturedModesty

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👀👀👀👀👀👀🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Richards Center

@RichardsCenter

2 months

@CulturedModesty is a PhD candidate in Early African American Women’s History at @RUHistoryDept and is working on his dissertation "Contested Liberty: Fugitive Women & the Shadow of Re-Enslavement and Displacement in Revolutionary Virginia"

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

4 years

Thank you so much @KeishaBlain + @DrIbram for offering me the amazing opportunity to work as the research assistant for this fabulous project. I look forward to seeing #400Souls in print. #Blktwitterstorians #AcademicTwitter

Dr. Keisha N. Blain

@KeishaBlain

4 years

I’m so excited to share this wonderful new #book I edited with the National Book Award-winning historian & NYT bestselling author @DrIbram ! FOUR HUNDRED SOULS: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 will be published by @OneWorldLit / @RandomHouse on February 2, 2021!🙌🏾

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

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Oh, tomorrow’s August 1st tomorrow?! Welp, (cracks fingers), let my job market experience truly begin LOL. Anything in af am history you know is OTW, let me know. And I will also, obviously, circulate the posting through my own networks. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

6 years

Aight Russians, y’all can stop now...

Adam Schefter

@AdamSchefter

6 years

As the MVP of this year’s Super Bowl, Patriots’ WR Julian Edelman is playing himself into a spot in Canton in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

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“Spelman College’s Department of History invites apps to fill an entry-level tenure-track appointment, beginning August 2022, at the rank of Assistant Professor in Latin America and Caribbean History preferably with an African Diaspora focus.”

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

6 years

OMG!!! GOD IS SO DADGUM GOOD YALL!! My conference paper "Black Patriotic Masculinity: Black Military Performance as Citizenship in the Age of Revolution" was just accepted for the @OIEAHC 's annual conference in Pittsburgh next year!!! #VastEarlyAmerica

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

2 months

Providence College invites apps for the position of Assistant Professor of Black Studies…We anticipate completing on-campus interviews by mid-November, and announcing a final decision before December 15. The salary for this position is between $75-79K.

Assistant Professor of Black Studies

Providence College invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Black Studies. Applicants from any subfield of Black studies are welcome to apply, and we are particularly interes...

careers.providence.edu

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Adam X. McNeil (ABD) (aka Metaphors & Memes)

@CulturedModesty

3 years

Can only imagine what the convo was that induced this reaction from Dr. Deborah Gray White, Dr. Nell Irvin Painter, and Dr. Darlene Clark Hine!!!!!! #Blktwitterstorians #twitterstorians @citeblackwomen @blkwomenstudies @womnknowhistory @ASALH @JAAHistory

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