samueljredman.bsky.social
Historian and author of Bone Rooms (Harvard, 2016), Prophets and Ghosts (Harvard, 2021), The Museum (NYU, 2022), and Tarnished Promises (Colorado, 2026)
👤 Joined on 21 September 2023
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@samueljredman.bsky.socialSpending so much time I DO NOT HAVE deciding if pitches are written by AI. I fucking hate this timeline.
Show PostMartin Creed, Work No. 227, The Lights Going On And Off, 2000 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137104
Show PostLooking forward to delivering a lecture later today at Sam Houston State University about my new biography of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. #CivilWarMemory #booksky events.shsu.edu/event/civil-...
Show PostMy book Ghosts Behind Glass : Encountering Extinction in Museums is now a year old. But it’s not too late for you to get a copy! It’s an affordable full-color journey through natural history museums. Available from anywhere worldwide that you buy your books. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Show PostMore positively I am really pleased that SNIFF: A HISTORY OF SMELLS is out today!! Published by @yalebooks.bsky.social and out in all good bookshops. It's a history of smell across time and space that takes in a panoply of pongs and perfume from paper and ink to stink bombs and whale oil.
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