Voracious reader. Liverpool is Red. Swiftie. New Englander. Assistant Professor of History & WGS, UMaine. Working on my book Suffrage Mediterranean Style (under contract with NYU Press). Profile pic: cover of Mujer (27 January 1926)https://bsky.app/profile/kara-p.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kara-p.bsky.social/post/3lovysv6gsc2yIn case @kenjennings.bsky.social was wondering, my parents paid the bar bill at my watch party on Friday! The tab was lower than my twin sister’s but not for lack of trying. Hope you all can tune in on Monday to watch my second game of @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social!11 May 2025 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:m7dn3k4dtumnhagpg736cmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lovysv6gsc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kara-p.bsky.social/post/3lnl5ngt7e22gFor some shameless self-promotion, I'm going to be on the @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social episode airing on Friday, May 9th! It was one of the best experiences of my life. My university was kind enough to write up a story! https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2025/04/24/umaine-faculty-member-competing-on-jeopardy/ #jeopardy #trivianerds24 Apr 2025 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:m7dn3k4dtumnhagpg736cmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnl5ngt7e22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/kara-p.bsky.social/post/3ll2vcmd33222I went to the Ripped Bodice in LA a few weeks ago and picked up a copy of Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins. WHAT A BOOK. Exceeded all hype #romancelandia #romancebooks23 Mar 2025 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:m7dn3k4dtumnhagpg736cmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll2vcmd33222https://bsky.app/profile/kara-p.bsky.social/post/3ll2v2lftxs22been off socials for a while but popping in to see if anyone is attending #NWSA2025? My panel on new & forthcoming books in Middle East women's history is looking for a chair. Please reach out if you're interested! #historians #MESA https://www.nwsa.org/annual-conference/2025-annual-conference23 Mar 2025 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:m7dn3k4dtumnhagpg736cmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll2v2lftxs22https://bsky.app/profile/kara-p.bsky.social/post/3ldbulkavhk2pShowed my Mediterranean history class "The Battle of Algiers" to finish the semester. One student already turned in their film review and said it's in their top 10 movies of all time now https://media.tenor.com/eG7ufBpEpXoAAAAC/yesonavax.gif?hh=498&ww=49814 Dec 2024 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:m7dn3k4dtumnhagpg736cmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldbulkavhk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kara-p.bsky.social/post/3lbcsya4by22wI lead the River Bend Bookshop Fantasy Book Club and we've been going strong since November 2019. We read some reallyyyyy great books in 2024 and I wanted to share in case you're looking for titles to add to holiday shopping lists or your library holds! #fantasybooks #booksky #bookclub (1/4)19 Nov 2024 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:m7dn3k4dtumnhagpg736cmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbcsya4by22whttps://bsky.app/profile/kara-p.bsky.social/post/3lbcrx5jjs22wFriendly reminder to pencil in the book cover launch of THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ by @isabelcanas.bsky.social for THIS Friday November 22nd! #booksky #horrorbooks19 Nov 2024 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:m7dn3k4dtumnhagpg736cmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbcrx5jjs22whttps://bsky.app/profile/kara-p.bsky.social/post/3lb3bohfsk22kI still think about Jana Goes Wild at least once a week. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Nov 2024 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:m7dn3k4dtumnhagpg736cmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb3bohfsk22khttps://bsky.app/profile/kara-p.bsky.social/post/3lb3bnha7bk2cI'm still thinking about how not a single historical romance novel was nominated in 2024 Goodreads Choice Awards for romance. Of the 144 books I've read this year, 33 were historicals that came out this year, and you better believe some of them should have been considered (1/8)16 Nov 2024 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:m7dn3k4dtumnhagpg736cmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb3bnha7bk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/kara-p.bsky.social/post/3lar26llj7k2zOne of the perks of teaching at UMaine is that the School of Food and Agriculture often looks for taste testers. Of course, I’ll try squid dumplings🦑 https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2024/11/12/seafood-consumers-needed-to-sample-squid-dumplings-for-research/12 Nov 2024 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:m7dn3k4dtumnhagpg736cmru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lar26llj7k2z