Never thought I’d live to see a winning candidate in a major election open their victory speech with a shout out to this guy.

1) At last! Having submitted last April, the gears of academic publishing have finally ground round and my article on Twilight: 2000 in the Journal of American Studies is now available! And it's open access, so anyone can engage with it! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Now with a cover!

“Their place in history is settled.” These dipshits have absolutely no idea how history works. (And the vast majority of ‘history’, as @karl-jacoby.bsky.social explains here, has been pretty clear-eyes that Wounded Knee was a massacre anyway.)

We have two jobs at KCL History! 16-month post in Modern Irish and/or British History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU178/l... And 5-year post in Early Modern Europe & The World: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU182/l... (both to start in January 2026)

A *permanent* US history job! Goes without saying that this will be highly competitive, but the US history faculty at Cambridge are some of the most supportive colleagues you can ask for. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT902/a...

Evergreen. theonion.com/left-wing-gr...

In 2014, I wrote an article about the Scourged Back photo for @anchistjournal.bsky.social which has generated more public interest than nearly anything I've written. The erasure of this image, which remains as powerful today and when it was taken, horrifies me. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Both happy and relieved to say I’ll be lecturing at @kingshistory.bsky.social for the next academic year!

We’re advertising for a 30 month postdoc position in US Politics (very broadly construed). The role is mainly research, but allows the holder to gain experience teaching UK and US undergraduates. Happy to answer any and all questions. Application deadline 27/10. (Start date early 2026.)

A Peter Mandelson humiliation is the exact thing this fractured and beleaguered nation needed.

Myself and the amazing @lauracforster.bsky.social are doing a joint event to launch our books in York. Come to learn about Liverpool, the aftershocks of the Paris Commune and the new kinds of histories our present crisis demands! www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

On my last few days in Cambridge. I’ll miss my college and faculty colleagues and all the great students I’ve taught. I will not miss the militant cyclists and the perpetual anxiety of wondering if I should be wearing a gown.

Palestinian statehood is not a bargaining chip. It is not a threat. It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people. Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.

Yet another example of the intellectual dearth that defines UK news media.

🔊 I'm as shocked as anyone that Rogue Agent is available from today in a convenient, hand-held form. I believe the kids call this a "paperback" #history #historybookchat #writing #writingcommunity 🗃️📝

Surreal to finally see our edited collection on US imperialism in the long nineteenth century up on Routledge’s website, with a list of the sources we’ve compiled. Out in December - nothing says Christmas like overpriced academic books! www.routledge.com/American-Imp...

I’m in The Times today defending Universities against bad faith narratives: www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/are-uk...

Now live! I'm teaching a five week course on the Transatlantic Slave Trade (November-December 25). This is an exciting opportunity to engage with an array of primary materials and to consider slavery from the perspective of those forcibly enslaved. Please share! www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/the-...

My latest article just published and is open access, for now at least. It’s about how Brown got reparations for property made by slaves after the American Revolution. 🗃️ direct.mit.edu/tneq/article...

“i asked chatgpt” “i asked grok” well i asked brian wilson and he showed me the sound of god

Brian Wilson was one of the best. I don’t think one artist has made more of an impact on me. youtu.be/EPSDiUL25JU?...

📢 #Academic #Job Klaxon 📢 - @ljmuhistory.bsky.social is hiring a #historian of modern #Africa. The application deadline is very tight on 15 June, though! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNH697/l...

Between this and Grover Cleveland losing his status as the only president who served non-consecutive terms, it's been a devastating year for inane facts I tell students in seminars. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

Feels a bit absurd to be promoting this, but there's a 12 month 18/19th C American history post at Cardiff. Deadline 15.06.25. Feel free to msg or contact me via email - [email protected] - for further information: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

Every time I open a dissertation to mark, Adobe Acrobat suggests 'This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary.' Very cool! And certainly not something we should be worried about!

Not a bad first Springsteen concert for me, all in all. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

If you're a historian of modern Ireland, we are currently welcoming applications for a temporary position in @ljmuhistory.bsky.social. This is to cover my esteemed colleague @gillianobrien.bsky.social, who will be on research leave in AY2025-26. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNB992/l...

A real joy to co-organise and host this event. We discussed shared struggles in teaching history, but also talked about solutions and positive strategies. Given the current atmosphere of hostility towards the Humanities, I think events like this will become more important.

OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now! Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn

Let trans people live their lives you ghouls!

I was lucky enough to visit Joshua Tree yesterday and thankfully no one mentioned U2.

My good (and social media shy) friend Hannah Jeans has had her book published today - which is also open access! An important intervention for anyone working on gender and the construction of identity in the early modern world. uolpress.co.uk/book/reading...

On 10 April we publish 'Reading, Gender and Identity in Seventeenth-Century England', by Hannah Jeans bit.ly/4c7Oufy Hannah's is the next (and 22nd) title in the RHS New Historical Perspectives book series for early career historians, with @ihr.bsky.social & @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians 1/2

First day of my Huntington Fellowship, doing research into abolitionist correspondence. If you’re in Pasadena, let’s meet up (particularly if you have a car)!

Maybe I'm old fashioned but I would have thought this was like Christmas morning for conspiracy dorks, you get to pore over all these old unredacted files and see stuff nobody's ever seen - isn't that why you get into this stuff? But no, they want a speak and spell to give them a third grade summary

The abandonment of Palestine and the abandonment of the disabled at home. These things should be theorised together as part of the slow redefinition of whose lives matter and whose are surplus in the long aftermath of welfare and empire.

Potentially big news for my French speaking fans: I spoke about the Trump administration's interest in the Polk presidency for this piece from France24. www.france24.com/fr/am%C3%A9r...

NEW from me in the FT today... The UK's university 'system' is now in freefall. How on Earth did the disaster unfold? Read all about it: www.ft.com/content/0ec7...

After 2.5 years of work, the 4 volumes of our collection "American Imperialism in the Long Nineteenth Century: A Documentary History, 1775–1919" has been sent to the publishers. Hopefully out soon-ish! Thanks to my co-editors Adam Burns, @alysbeverton.bsky.social & @alex-bryne.bsky.social.

Great to see former colleague and current friend @samwetherell.bsky.social launch his timely book on Liverpool in the city itself. Also looking forward to selling a recording of his statement that ‘Militant were not radical enough’ to the tabloids.

Better advertising to come, but I’m excited to announce that registration is now live for our very heavily subsidised Teaching Indigenous Histories & Perspectives Conference on 28 June! Bursaries for travel are available plus free follow-up support. Please do share with all your teacher networks!

Having a fun scroll through jobs.ac.uk.

We're thrilled to open the call for papers for the 2025 BrANCH Conference, to be held jointly with the British Group in Early American History (BGEAH). This year’s conference will be hosted in Cardiff, Wales on September 12-14, 2025! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Find out more info & how to apply on our website 👇

🚨 Calling all ECRs researching twentieth century US History! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLW329/m...

BAAS regrets to announce that the BAAS / US Embassy Small Grants Programme has been cancelled. 1/7

Astounding that US media refuses to directly label this as 'ethnic cleansing'. It's all so immeasurably horrific.

Very cool and progressive of Labour to gleefully repeat talking points from Pat Buchanan's 1992 culture war speech: "America’s great middle class has got to start standing up to these environmental extremists who put birds and rats and insects ahead of families, workers, and jobs."

Back to the book today. Beginning the big edit on the chapter that begins with an analysis of this image from the First Seminole War. The figure on the left is a Black Seminole and among the first visual depictions of one in American print culture.

Parish notice: am looking for a couple of people (ideally grad students with pol science or history background) to help me out with some research for a project I’m working on. Will pay for the time. DM if interested or send on to someone if you think would fit the bill.