ATTN: advanced grad students, early career, and intl scholars

‘Tis the season for applications to the 2026 cohort of @columbiasipa.bsky.social Summer Workshop on Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy (SWAMOS). Ithaca truly is GORGES during the summer and presents a welcome reprieve to serious debates on the roles of military operations & strategy

I'm happy to announce the publication of my article about a curious early episode in the U.S.-Afghan relationship: the Inland oil concession. In 1936, the Afghan government offered the Inland Exploration Company – the local arm of a mid-sized domestic U.S. firm – an exclusive concession across 🇦🇫.

Had the great pleasure of collaboratively writing with recent OSU PhD Cameron Givens (now SMU CfPH postdoc) on the history of the US secrecy + surveillance regime, reviewing Sam Lebovic's superb State of Silence🗃️ @h-diplo.bsky.social @shafrhistorians.bsky.social networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

Congratulations to our postdoctoral fellow Robert O’Sullivan on his newest publication! 👏 @diplomatichistory.bsky.social @shafrhistorians.bsky.social

Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...

Congratulations to the 2026 CPH Book Prize finalists! @alkleintop.bsky.social "Counting the Cost of Freedom" @jrogg.bsky.social "The Spy and the State" @oscarwinberg.bsky.social "Archie Bunker for President" We'll announce the 2026 winner next week! @oxfordunipress.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social

Just out! Check out this great discussion of the origins, development, & application of the Monroe Doctrine on the BBC's great American History Hit podcast. I joined Don Wildman for a fascinating historical discussion with clear connections to the present. 🗃️ shows.acast.com/american-his...

Excited to head to Mexico next week to present The Fate of the Americas and talk connections between the Cold War and current events! ¡Estoy entusiasmada por viajar a la CDMX para presentar El destino de las Américas y hablar de las conexiones entra la Guerra Fría y los acontecimientos actuales!🗃️

Oh hey I’m quoted in this AP article! Olympians toe line between solidarity and sacrifice. Ukrainian banned over helmet the latest example #olympics #sporthistory #skystorians apnews.com/article/ukra...

This is really sad news. I switched to the history program after getting an M.A in American Studies at UT, but the broad training I got those first two years shaped my career significantly.

It was an honor to introduce Dr. Greg Grandin last night and be part of such an inspiring conversation. Thanks to @cenfad.bsky.social for making it possible!

Happy Douglass Day! It was a great time participating in the national transcribe-a-thon with a bunch of my students at the Trinity #Douglassday events. Loved the @douglassday.bsky.social playlist and seeing the amazing cake from a local baker!

So much joy here! Bringing hands-on history to children and their caregivers, supporting my UNH students, planning with @ksalex10.bsky.social, and working on this article with one of my first students @lmansley.bsky.social. Best of all, I got to do it with my son! The article is now online! 🗃️

I’m excited to officially join the Institute for Global Affairs at Eurasia Group @instglobalaffairs.bsky.social as a 2026 Nonresident Fellow!

Just Out: My @nytimes.com op ed on how AI companies are eating higher education. As educators, we have a duty to defend — and advance — human intelligence. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...

For scholars of US political economy, check out this article prize from the Treasury Historical Association. Articles published between 11/1/24 and 2/1/26 are eligible. $2500 article prize! Deadline is 2/20/26 treasuryhistory.org/the-1500-pen...

My super-smart brother just joined Bluesky! Check out his work and give him a follow! #history 🗃️ @shafrhistorians.bsky.social

It’s a real book now, folks. The United States and the Ends of Empire, out in UK print and global e-pub Feb 19th, US print April 30th. Exam copy requests available from Bloomsbury, pre-order available all over. @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/us/united-st...

Our first issue of 2026 is out now! Featuring Melani McAlister's presidential address "Trumped Again: 4.7 Propositions for a Time of Monsters" doi.org/10.1093/dh/d... @melanimca.bsky.social @shafrhistorians.bsky.social

Two Months and Counting to the 2026 LCpl. Benjamin W. Schmidt Symposium at TCU! 💜 We have an outstanding lineup and look forward to important conversations about America's Revolutionary War. RSVP here: addran.tcu.edu/history/stud...

How a 1960s film helped save a culture. 🇰🇭✨ After 90% of Cambodia’s artists perished under the Khmer Rouge, USIA archives helped revive the Royal Ballet. Beatrice Camp shares the story of preserving history. Link in Comments. #Cambodia #History #RoyalBallet #Diplomacy @usstatedept.bsky.social

Hi, folks. I’m looking for at least one more person to create a panel for AHA 2027. I have a working paper on the legacies of the Indian slave trade in the 20th and 21st centuries and I’m working with someone who is focusing on slave patrols and the Southern system. Anyone interested? #historians

"The clearest, most accessible account of the scandal ever written. . . . a strong case that Iran-Contra matters now more than ever." Check out this review of THE BREACH by Alan McPherson in @nacla-report.bsky.social nacla.org/the-breach-i...

Potentially important new @cfr.org digital archive. Of interest to @shafrhistorians.bsky.social and other scholars & students interested in the US & the world. Global Politics and US Foreign Policy: The Council on Foreign Relations, 1918–2000. review.gale.com/2025/12/02/c...

SAVE THE DATE 🇳🇱 #SHAFR2028 cc: @dariofazzi.bsky.social

A quick reminder to #skystorians that the deadline for proposals to the 9th Hermann Weber Conference on "Communist Regimes and the Global Economy Since the 1970s" (April 22–23, 2027) is coming up this February 24, 2026. 🔗 to CfP here: www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/sites/defaul...

Thrilled *Entangled Alliances* (@cornellupress.bsky.social) is alongside books from phenomenal @baylor.bsky.social authors as #BlackHistory Month picks. 📚

oh btw if you need the CIA World Factbook because they took it down with no warning because we can't have nice things, here's where you can get the PDF for the 2024-2025 edition: annas-archive.li/md5/92d7b783...

I'm honored to serve as one of the cochairs of the Program Committee for the 2026 American Society for Legal History Conference in Banff, Canada! The CFP is now available. Please consider submitting a proposal! aslh.net/2026-annual-... #ASLH #legalhistory

Thrilled to be back in @newrepublic.com with a review of Richard Bell's The American Revolution and the Fate of the World. Thanks as always to @lauramarsh.bsky.social for the superlative editing! newrepublic.com/article/2027...

One month from today, I will be discussing my book Canal Dreamers at @amantiquarian.bsky.social in Worcester, MA. It is a hybrid event so distant folks can join the fun! March 5, 7-8 PM. Here's the registration link: www.americanantiquarian.org/programs-eve... @uncpress.bsky.social #skystorians 🗃️

Just started! www.youtube.com/live/6AQDMKL...

Episode 5 of my audiodocumentary on the Cuban Missile Crisis is live! In this episode, Dustin Walcher and I *finally* get around to discussing the crisis itself, yay! Please share and give it a listen! #history 🗃️ @shafrhistorians.bsky.social soundcloud.com/historiaspod...

We have a SHAFR member looking to complete a roundtable proposal for #AHA27 on the INF: The 1987 INF Treaty Forty Years Later: What happened to Nuclear Arms Control? If interested, please reach out and we will connect you!

The Clinton Library offers research fellowships to grad students AND recent graduates. Application deadline is March 6. Read more here: forms.clinton-foundation.org/view.php?id=... #SHAFR #ClintonLibrary #research

Check out the new State of the Field essay on War and Society in January's Passport issue! www.shafr.org/assets/docs/...

The January issue of Passport is available! Including a roundtable on Alan McPherson's new book, a state of the field essay on War and Society by William Michael Schmidli, plus content on Wilson's 14 Points, AI, SHAFR's Graduate Committee, and more! www.shafr.org/passport-jan...

@carleton.edu students & faculty gave my new research an engaged, thoughtful hearing and deepened our discussion with insightful questions. Thank you @historleans.bsky.social for the invitation!

So excited/giddy to return to my hometown to share The Fate of the Americas at the Tucson Festival of Books! Can't believe I'll be at the same event as Salman Rushdie, TJ Klune, Yuyi Morales, @exlarson.bsky.social, @alixeharrow.bsky.social, + more! (1/2) tucsonfestivalofbooks.org?id=676&utm_s...

My new article with @risjnl.bsky.social explores the temporal politics of the last time that there was an international administration of the Gaza Strip in the aftermath of the Suez Crisis www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Which I highlighted in a brief review! academic.oup.com/dh/article-a...

Just wrapped an amazing weekend of conferring on New Perspectives on the Northwest Ordinance, exceptional scholars, teachers, public historians, @mershoncenter.bsky.social #OhioState -- opening remarks by Gov DeWine, closing keynote @agordonreed.bsky.social news.osu.edu/scholars-gat...

Had a great conversation about #ChasingBandits (@uncpress.bsky.social) with the guys at Crawlspace Podcast. We covered a lot of foreign policy ground - even beyond the book. Here's the YouTube link to watch. Podcast link in comments below. youtu.be/YPS1LA48R7E?...

We’re open to submissions at GeoPrism. GeoPrism is an independent platform focused on thoughtful, evidence-based analysis of geopolitics and international relations. We’re keen to work with new contributors who'd like to contribute articles to our growing platform. geoprism.co.uk/write-for-ge...

Today is the 178th anniversary of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, formally ending the Mexican-American War, which dramatically enlarged the US, propelled the nation toward Civil War, & was a conflict U.S. Grant described as "One of the most unjust (wars) ever waged"🗃️... www.cfr.org/articles/twe...

Wanna spend 5 minutes learning more about @bridgingthegap.bsky.social? I thought so! Please check out our new video on the BTG homepage www.bridgingthegapproject.org

The first journal review of my book is out! I'm honored to have one of the top historians of Cuba, @mjbusta.bsky.social, write such a thoughtful and generous review. He did an amazing job capturing the main arguments and thrust of the story. #History 🗃️

"Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait" by @brdemuth.bsky.social, Dean's Associate Professor at IBES and @brownhist.bsky.social, has been selected as the 2025-2026 Brown University Book Award 📕🏆 👏 Learn more: insite.browntextbook.com/BrownBookAward

Folks: This is important. SHEAR—the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (a GREAT organization)—is tracking examples of the regime erasing history. More at the link below.