Updated about me #histodons @histodons @histodon:
I’m a historian of #CentralEurope on #sport during the #ColdWar focusing on #Hungary. My book #ChangingtheGlobalGame studies how Hungarian sportspeople navigated #statesocialism + #IOC #culturalimperialism
As an ex- #NCAA #D1 #athlete + cohost of #EndofSport podcast, I critique how people use sport structures to harm others #racism #abuse #transphobia to help sport as healthy, equitable! (97k+ downloads! https://theendofsport.podbean.com/)
I teach courses on #nationalism and #memory in Europe, modern #worldhistory broadly, world histories of sport as well as #WWI #FWW, #oralhistory #ColdWar Europe focusing on #gender #labor #immigration, #globalmigrations, and next semester on #authoritarianism in #postcolonial states!
Believe strongly in #publicscholarship to break down academic gatekeeping of knowledge & expand communities!
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After being harassed by an ESPN-Indiana radio show host in spring 2021 + receiving threats of sexual violence, I advocate for protective measures institutions should provide for scholars doing #publicscholarship (#journalists need this too!)
I fully oppose AHA president Sweet’s right wing-supporting “anti-presentism” words - #history is always political, “neutrality” is an oppressive tool, past-present connex matters!
@JohannaMellis @histodon @histodons did you see the bit that came out later, that AHA has had a committee working on broadening disciplinary norms on Scholarship and public engagement for the last year?
Puts Sweet's remarks in a whole new light. He was literally trying to preempt and kneecap the work of one of AHA's emerging project reports!
Dr. Johanna Mellis
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