History & political economy of culture; Associate Professor of History, UMass-Amherst. Opinions my own. Prefer email to DMs. https://asheeshksi.substack.com/ asheeshks.org/https://bsky.app/profile/asheeshks.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/asheeshks.org/post/3mvr2iyh2p222Yet another right-wing humanities job: https://careers.historians.org/jobs/22588426/endowed-bartlett-chair-professor-associate-professor-free-speech18 Sep 2026 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:giqs272oddlfxvauwah2apo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvr2iyh2p222https://bsky.app/profile/asheeshks.org/post/3mvqw2iwmcs25I think what is saddest about the accelerated destruction of public higher education in the 2020s is seeing the right-wing out-organize and out-strategize the left even as we on the left have thought so deeply about organization and strategy for decades. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:giqs272oddlfxvauwah2apo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqw2iwmcs25https://bsky.app/profile/asheeshks.org/post/3mvqozl54ek2vIf by “bullshit,” we mean “capitalism,” then, yes. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:giqs272oddlfxvauwah2apo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqozl54ek2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/asheeshks.org/post/3mvqazoremk23I think people on the Left can generally agree that that public higher ed should be broadly accessible and free but are generally vague or indifferent about what the content of that education should be. This is why progressive activism on higher ed is more about access than anything programmatic. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:giqs272oddlfxvauwah2apo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqazoremk23https://bsky.app/profile/asheeshks.org/post/3mvq2ujzs522aThe reason that the future of the humanities in higher ed is right-wing is, simply, that the right is investing a colossal amount of money in hiring in civics initiatives and the "peer-reviewed" humanities community is not doing the same.17 Sep 2026 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:giqs272oddlfxvauwah2apo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvq2ujzs522ahttps://bsky.app/profile/asheeshks.org/post/3mvpzv4fgnk2aA perfect description of the "civic center" / right-wing vision of the humanities: [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:giqs272oddlfxvauwah2apo3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpzv4fgnk2a