CONFERENCE - 'Sociability & Political Life', University of York, 3rd/4th July 2026 Get your abstracts in by 14th Feb!

Any UK secondary school History teachers who may follow me on here: I will be organising the annual KCL History Teachers' Network conference that will take place this Summer. Get in touch if you want to be looped in! #EduSky

This. This is what it means to close ‘regional’ universities.

When we already knew about Mandelson's links to Epstein, he was given: a cushy Times Radio show, influence over Starmer's Labour Party, the ambassadorship to the US - to name a few things. People who pointed out his links to Epsten were labelled as 'cranks', until it became inconvenient.

Hello and welcome to the Sky News Shit-Hot Political Accountability Hour with me, literally Peter Mandelson’s best friend. Sadly there was nobody less obviously compromised who could host a current affairs show

Our department seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Early Medieval History. You will be expected to undertake teaching and research in early medieval history (600–1150 CE) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH751/l...

I’m organising a graduate conference in July on Early America! Please see the CfP and circulate wherever you can 🥳

Perhaps the only thing that can save UK universities: protect jobs or risk more weirdo academics running in by-elections.

The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

Sounds like a wonderful four-volume collection of documents and commentary that will be of great interest to the BrANCH community and beyond! Cheers to @alysbeverton.bsky.social, @edwardmair.bsky.social, @Adam Burns & @alex-bryne.bsky.social

Three years of work is all worth it for the excitement of getting your book in the post.

I can say with absolute certainty* that this was the best play on American history I’ve ever seen. *I’ve still not seen Hamilton.

I remember seeing some self-described progressives amplifying this MP as an important voice. You'll be surprised to hear that all of them are silent on this.

My review of Kathleen Brown's 'Undoing Slavery' is available in the latest issue of Early American Literature (Spoiler: it's good)! muse.jhu.edu/pub/12/artic...

Excited to see my book, 'I Felt All This': Enslaved People's Emotional Lives in the Antebellum US South, is up on CUP's website - coming out in July 2026! www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...

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...

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)!