Hadassah St. Hubert
@hsaint.bsky.social
Historian of Haiti and the World’s Fairs | Digital Humanist | Fundraiser | Supporter of Arts, Culture & Humanities
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Just published! New co-authored article in the edited collection Libraries, Archives and Collective Grief.
Its title: "The Past(s) We Access Online: Ethical Challenges of Digital Archives."
Editors: @kpalex91.bsky.social & @librarianchef.bsky.social
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Its title: "The Past(s) We Access Online: Ethical Challenges of Digital Archives."
Editors: @kpalex91.bsky.social & @librarianchef.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/libraries-ar...
September 9, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Just published! New co-authored article in the edited collection Libraries, Archives and Collective Grief.
Its title: "The Past(s) We Access Online: Ethical Challenges of Digital Archives."
Editors: @kpalex91.bsky.social & @librarianchef.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/libraries-ar...
Its title: "The Past(s) We Access Online: Ethical Challenges of Digital Archives."
Editors: @kpalex91.bsky.social & @librarianchef.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/libraries-ar...
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Even if it were true that postdocs benefit from a bespoke mentor-mentee relationship, it wouldn't negate their rights to labor protections. But guess what! It's not.
We wrote about this in the Postdoctoral Laborers Bill of Rights (2019):
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We wrote about this in the Postdoctoral Laborers Bill of Rights (2019):
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August 28, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Even if it were true that postdocs benefit from a bespoke mentor-mentee relationship, it wouldn't negate their rights to labor protections. But guess what! It's not.
We wrote about this in the Postdoctoral Laborers Bill of Rights (2019):
halperta.com/white%20pape...
We wrote about this in the Postdoctoral Laborers Bill of Rights (2019):
halperta.com/white%20pape...
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A few years ago I published a resource: "Taking Action in Higher Ed." It's about assessing risk when making decisions to stand up for students & communities.
If you've used this resource, can I ask: is there an exercise or section that you found particularly useful?
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If you've used this resource, can I ask: is there an exercise or section that you found particularly useful?
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Taking Action in Higher Ed
Taking Action for Higher Education is a workbook to assist university workers in assessing personal risk and making decisions about how and when to take action to resist fascism.
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August 17, 2026 at 8:47 PM
A few years ago I published a resource: "Taking Action in Higher Ed." It's about assessing risk when making decisions to stand up for students & communities.
If you've used this resource, can I ask: is there an exercise or section that you found particularly useful?
halperta.com/shalperta%20...
If you've used this resource, can I ask: is there an exercise or section that you found particularly useful?
halperta.com/shalperta%20...
Join me, @perrycollins.bsky.social , Ashley Sands, and Dennis Nangle for our ThriveLib talk on August 12th!
When systems fail us, what does survival look like? Perry Collins, Hadassah St. Hubert, Ashley Sands, and Dennis Nangle bring multiple perspectives to one of the most important conversations at ThriveLib 2026.
August 12, 3:30 PM CT
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#ThriveLib
August 12, 3:30 PM CT
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#ThriveLib
July 27, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Join me, @perrycollins.bsky.social , Ashley Sands, and Dennis Nangle for our ThriveLib talk on August 12th!
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It's true! Working with brilliant thinkers and writers like @electrostani.bsky.social is the best part of my job. ✨
If you're on sabbatical this fall, consider partnering with a developmental editor (like me :)). I'd love to talk with you about how I can help you move your project forward.
If you're on sabbatical this fall, consider partnering with a developmental editor (like me :)). I'd love to talk with you about how I can help you move your project forward.
I do want to give a special shout-out to @halperta.bsky.social who worked with me as a developmental editor. Hannah's feedback and conversation were key in helping me figure out what this book should be *about*. If you're working on a book, consider working with Hannah!
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Work With Me
Towards a better future for the humanities.
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July 25, 2026 at 2:11 PM
It's true! Working with brilliant thinkers and writers like @electrostani.bsky.social is the best part of my job. ✨
If you're on sabbatical this fall, consider partnering with a developmental editor (like me :)). I'd love to talk with you about how I can help you move your project forward.
If you're on sabbatical this fall, consider partnering with a developmental editor (like me :)). I'd love to talk with you about how I can help you move your project forward.
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"Impact of Supreme Court TPS ruling on Haitians, Syrians and tens of thousands in the US"
With Francois Pierre-Louis
Listen to conversation in The World: buff.ly/qIHOXry
With Francois Pierre-Louis
Listen to conversation in The World: buff.ly/qIHOXry
July 2, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"Impact of Supreme Court TPS ruling on Haitians, Syrians and tens of thousands in the US"
With Francois Pierre-Louis
Listen to conversation in The World: buff.ly/qIHOXry
With Francois Pierre-Louis
Listen to conversation in The World: buff.ly/qIHOXry
The Creole Pig: Haiti's Great Loss documentary.
In the 1980s, a swine flu crossed the Haitian-Dominican border and started to affect the Creole pig, an important commodity in Haiti. The flu also threatened livestock in the United States.
www.pbs.org/show/the-cre...
In the 1980s, a swine flu crossed the Haitian-Dominican border and started to affect the Creole pig, an important commodity in Haiti. The flu also threatened livestock in the United States.
www.pbs.org/show/the-cre...
The Creole Pig: Haiti's Great Loss
How the eradication of a breed leads to the crushing economic blow of a country.
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June 30, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The Creole Pig: Haiti's Great Loss documentary.
In the 1980s, a swine flu crossed the Haitian-Dominican border and started to affect the Creole pig, an important commodity in Haiti. The flu also threatened livestock in the United States.
www.pbs.org/show/the-cre...
In the 1980s, a swine flu crossed the Haitian-Dominican border and started to affect the Creole pig, an important commodity in Haiti. The flu also threatened livestock in the United States.
www.pbs.org/show/the-cre...
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We have created a booklet with advertisements of self-emancipating enslaved people in Barbados in the 18th and 19th centuries.
It aims to make these ads more accessible and contains images of c. 20 ads, their transcriptions, and a short introduction contextualizing them.
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It aims to make these ads more accessible and contains images of c. 20 ads, their transcriptions, and a short introduction contextualizing them.
tinyurl.com/26zkuxf7
1/
June 28, 2026 at 7:08 PM
We have created a booklet with advertisements of self-emancipating enslaved people in Barbados in the 18th and 19th centuries.
It aims to make these ads more accessible and contains images of c. 20 ads, their transcriptions, and a short introduction contextualizing them.
tinyurl.com/26zkuxf7
1/
It aims to make these ads more accessible and contains images of c. 20 ads, their transcriptions, and a short introduction contextualizing them.
tinyurl.com/26zkuxf7
1/
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So glad to hear that #NEH awards canceled last year will be reinstated soon! For those of you dealing with this, I'm sure the process requires new forms, work plans, or budgets, which can be frustrating. Pls remember that your NEH colleagues are overworked and overwhelmed, too.
June 18, 2026 at 9:36 PM
So glad to hear that #NEH awards canceled last year will be reinstated soon! For those of you dealing with this, I'm sure the process requires new forms, work plans, or budgets, which can be frustrating. Pls remember that your NEH colleagues are overworked and overwhelmed, too.
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NEH grant recipients who received notification that a terminated award is eligible for reinstatement can find more information about initiating the restatement process here: shorturl.at/0GwBc
June 17, 2026 at 9:56 PM
NEH grant recipients who received notification that a terminated award is eligible for reinstatement can find more information about initiating the restatement process here: shorturl.at/0GwBc
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You do not "fill the gap" in archives.
You ask *why* the gap is there in the first place.
That is where the real information resides.
Also:
LLMs train on digitized materials.
Do you have any idea how little has been digitized?
LLMs train on a *sliver* of the human past and human knowledge.
You do not "fill the gap" in archives.
You ask *why* the gap is there in the first place.
That is where the real information resides.
Also:
LLMs train on digitized materials.
Do you have any idea how little has been digitized?
LLMs train on a *sliver* of the human past and human knowledge.
Rebranding a hallucination as a ‘critical confabulation’ that can fill archival gaps is a big no from me.
June 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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You do not "fill the gap" in archives.
You ask *why* the gap is there in the first place.
That is where the real information resides.
Also:
LLMs train on digitized materials.
Do you have any idea how little has been digitized?
LLMs train on a *sliver* of the human past and human knowledge.
You do not "fill the gap" in archives.
You ask *why* the gap is there in the first place.
That is where the real information resides.
Also:
LLMs train on digitized materials.
Do you have any idea how little has been digitized?
LLMs train on a *sliver* of the human past and human knowledge.
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Check out historypin by Shift Collective www.about.historypin.org
About Historypin
www.about.historypin.org
June 3, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Check out historypin by Shift Collective www.about.historypin.org
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Reminding myself for no reason that I do this work because I believe in it.
Yes, I believe people benefit from and deserve access to education after high school. And yes, I believe in teaching and researching arts, culture, and the humanities.
Yes, I believe people benefit from and deserve access to education after high school. And yes, I believe in teaching and researching arts, culture, and the humanities.
June 3, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Reminding myself for no reason that I do this work because I believe in it.
Yes, I believe people benefit from and deserve access to education after high school. And yes, I believe in teaching and researching arts, culture, and the humanities.
Yes, I believe people benefit from and deserve access to education after high school. And yes, I believe in teaching and researching arts, culture, and the humanities.
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giving an intro to digital preservation workshop for folks outside of LIS interested in/already developing a community archive & i *still* refer to @dorothyjberry.bsky.social's 'the house archives built,' esp when discussing the question 'should everything be digitized?' publisher / practitioner!
May 28, 2026 at 6:34 PM
giving an intro to digital preservation workshop for folks outside of LIS interested in/already developing a community archive & i *still* refer to @dorothyjberry.bsky.social's 'the house archives built,' esp when discussing the question 'should everything be digitized?' publisher / practitioner!
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Sak Pase, New York City!
I’m proud to once again join both Michaël Brun and Council Member Rita Joseph in wishing all the Haitians who call this city home a joyful Haitian Heritage Month.
And to Haiti’s national team: best of luck in the World Cup. Grenadye Alaso!
May 29, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Sak Pase, New York City!
I’m proud to once again join both Michaël Brun and Council Member Rita Joseph in wishing all the Haitians who call this city home a joyful Haitian Heritage Month.
And to Haiti’s national team: best of luck in the World Cup. Grenadye Alaso!
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One of the least surprising insights of our survey is that non-tenured faculty are more afraid overall. I am non-tenured myself. I helped produce the report, and I'm willing to boost & talk about it. Some of us have to, however prudently, while the risk is mid. #yalereport aaupyale.org/report/
May 27, 2026 at 12:32 PM
One of the least surprising insights of our survey is that non-tenured faculty are more afraid overall. I am non-tenured myself. I helped produce the report, and I'm willing to boost & talk about it. Some of us have to, however prudently, while the risk is mid. #yalereport aaupyale.org/report/
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Sharing one more time because there is no algorithm:
My reflections on leaving the federal workforce, recovering from burnout, and figuring out what comes next:
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My reflections on leaving the federal workforce, recovering from burnout, and figuring out what comes next:
halperta.com/public%20wri...
Sabbatical
In March of 2025, I left my job as a Senior Program Officer at the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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May 21, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Sharing one more time because there is no algorithm:
My reflections on leaving the federal workforce, recovering from burnout, and figuring out what comes next:
halperta.com/public%20wri...
My reflections on leaving the federal workforce, recovering from burnout, and figuring out what comes next:
halperta.com/public%20wri...
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I promised myself when I left my position at NEH that after a year had passed, I'd write something about my experience as an un/under/employed former fed.
Here it is:
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Here it is:
halperta.com/public%20wri...
Sabbatical
In March of 2025, I left my job as a Senior Program Officer at the National Endowment for the Humanities.
halperta.com
May 18, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I promised myself when I left my position at NEH that after a year had passed, I'd write something about my experience as an un/under/employed former fed.
Here it is:
halperta.com/public%20wri...
Here it is:
halperta.com/public%20wri...
Congrats @halperta.bsky.social!! 🎉🎉
Thank you to everyone who voted! It's an honor to be part of this amazing team.
ACH 2026 election results are in! Congratulations to Co-VPs/Presidents Elect Mandy Regan & Brandon Walsh, and new Executive Council members Hannah Alpert-Abrams, Samantha Blickhan, Rachel Starry, and Laura Braunstein. buff.ly/7dg8Ctb
May 15, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Congrats @halperta.bsky.social!! 🎉🎉
@sidracollaborative.bsky.social can help your organization plan to distribute emergency funding.
Hurricane season is coming, and disaster season is always already here.
Read our recommendations of three ways funders can prepare to step up when disasters occur:
sidracollaborative.com/2026/05/14/t...
Read our recommendations of three ways funders can prepare to step up when disasters occur:
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Three Things Funders Can Do Right Now To Prepare For Disasters
Hurricane season is coming, and disaster season is always already here. Whether it is hurricanes, floods, fires, pandemics, or federal funding cuts, cultural organizations will need emergency suppo…
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May 14, 2026 at 3:46 PM
@sidracollaborative.bsky.social can help your organization plan to distribute emergency funding.
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So, my colleague, @katielcoldiron.bsky.social, and I co-authored a handbook with simple, common sense tips for identifying and writing a grant. #6 in the @dlocaribbean.bsky.social Handbook series. See the book here: dloc.com/AA00115422/0....
May 6, 2026 at 9:50 PM
So, my colleague, @katielcoldiron.bsky.social, and I co-authored a handbook with simple, common sense tips for identifying and writing a grant. #6 in the @dlocaribbean.bsky.social Handbook series. See the book here: dloc.com/AA00115422/0....
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Fellowship Opp: Just Tech CFP is now live. Cohort will run from Jan to Dec 2027. The unrestricted award is for up to $60K, along with monthly virtual gatherings, individualized mentoring, one in-person workshop, and ongoing access to the Just Tech network. www.ssrc.org/programs/jus...
Just Tech Fellowship
The Just Tech Fellowship supports researchers and practitioners investigating the intersection of technology and social justice.
www.ssrc.org
April 30, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Fellowship Opp: Just Tech CFP is now live. Cohort will run from Jan to Dec 2027. The unrestricted award is for up to $60K, along with monthly virtual gatherings, individualized mentoring, one in-person workshop, and ongoing access to the Just Tech network. www.ssrc.org/programs/jus...
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After 10+ year building origin stories for others with bestie Glover, I can't believe I'd never heard her own! And a great one too! Good times. Check out this great interview with Ashley Newby for the Black Studies Podcast.
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Kaiama Glover - Department of Black Studies, Yale University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · April 29 · 49m
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April 29, 2026 at 6:53 PM
After 10+ year building origin stories for others with bestie Glover, I can't believe I'd never heard her own! And a great one too! Good times. Check out this great interview with Ashley Newby for the Black Studies Podcast.
🤩🤩 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...
🤩🤩 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...
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Hey academic friends, if you're planning some writing over the summer and could use some support, I offer coaching and editing services for non-fiction writers.
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Writing and Editing
Towards a better future for the humanities.
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April 28, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Hey academic friends, if you're planning some writing over the summer and could use some support, I offer coaching and editing services for non-fiction writers.
halperta.com/categories/e...
halperta.com/categories/e...
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I hava piece in today's @nytimes.com thinking through the intertwined histories of Haiti & the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/o...
Opinion | It’s Been Centuries Since Haiti’s Revolution. It’s Still Paying for It.
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April 28, 2026 at 10:55 AM
I hava piece in today's @nytimes.com thinking through the intertwined histories of Haiti & the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/o...