Michael Rosenow

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:20:23 -0500

Not the result I was hoping for at Anfield today. Credit to Manchester City players, though, for delivering such a performance in the midst of the scandal swirling around the team. ⚽️

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:44:01 -0500

Our campus librarians always do a terrific job recognizing Banned Books week. I spotted this poster today. It was one of several different eye-catching designs from the American Library Association.

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:36:54 -0500

I’m looking forward to hearing a talk this afternoon by my colleague Roger Pauly. He’s discussing the research at the heart of his forthcoming article in the Journal of World History.

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:13:50 -0500

Started reading: HOW TO KILL A WITCH: the patriarchy’s guide to silencing women by ZOE VENDITOZZI 📚

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:56:25 -0500

Finished reading: Orwell by Jeffrey Meyers 📚

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:18:19 -0500

I’m still trying to wrap my head around the Manchester City scandal. It could shake up the Premier League and Champions League for several years if the consequences are commensurate with the cheating. ⚽️

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 08:48:37 -0500

Jill Lepore, responding to Harvard College Dean David J. Deming’s recommendation that students use AI in writing-intensive classes in the Harvard Crimson:

Putting speed and efficiency by way of automation above all other considerations, comes not from the priorities of intellectual inquiry or scientific experimentation but from the business models of corporations.⁠⁠

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:45:32 -0500

It’s great news that the Working History podcast is back with weekly episodes planned and the first one available now. Episodes from the back catalogue are worth a listen as well.

It’s official, “Working History” is back! In our first episode back, Beth English—the founder, host, and producer of “Working History” vol 1—interviews Sarah McNamara, president of the Southern Labor Studies Association (SLSA), Eileen Boris, president of the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA), Julie Greene, editor of LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History, and Mae Ngai, senior editor of International Labor and Working-Class History (ILWCH). Together they discuss their vision for the podcast, developments in labor history, global authoritarianism, and labor issues past and present.

Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:46:30 -0500

I’m pen curious today and trying out a Uniball Roller Micro 0.5mm to see if I like it better than my current favorite general-purpose pen, the Uniball Jetstream RT.