It’s time for our summer sale! Take advantage of 40% off of all in stock print and ebooks sitewide starting today, 7/1, through Wednesday, 7/15. www.sup.org/2026-summer-... #ReadUP

Come be my colleague! American University's History Department is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor of science, tech and society. I am chair of the search and pleased to answer any questions either on here or email (grao at american) american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...

SUP is having a big sale! From today, June 23, through Friday, June 26, we're honoring Sophie Germain—and offering 53% off all in stock print and ebooks sitewide. It's a meaningful number for a meaningful mission. For full details: https://ow.ly/4FRb50ZfZF0 #ReadUP

Any of you good people based in an NYC history faculty than I might talk to? 🗃️

No, the assumption that disabled people require our colleagues’ stolen words and illustrations chopped up and spewed out in order to participate in art is ableist. We have BEEN creating art. Many of the works you love? Made by someone marginalized out of traditional jobs.

It's real! Too many people to thank, but I'm feeling so very grateful for the years of conversation, learning, and generosity that made this book possible. More about the book below --

Applications are due June 5!!!! This program provides funding up to $1000 for precariously employed early career scholars to attend our in-person annual meeting!

A must-read!

Reminder that the deadline to submit a proposal for Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn' is 15th May - details below:

Which sadly, way too many people in disability studies or adjacent to it, or disabled faculty I know are falling for. As a disabled faculty member and teacher, I would hope for more. But I get accused of ableism (sigh)

Fully funded four year AHRC PhD project @swanseahistory.bsky.social on 'Rethinking Reparations: A Cultural and Social History of Post-First World War Compensation to Civilians in Britain and its Empire, 1918-25.' Closing date 22 May. Get in touch if you are interested!

It’s time to kick off our 20 year anniversary celebration with today’s online conference!! We can’t wait to see our #batw2026 online panels and participants from around the world. Don’t forget to join us for the plenary, writing workshop, and happy hour! 🥂

Of possible interest: a funded PhD project in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRB897/p...

📢Upcoming deadline! NACBS Pre-Dissertation Grants Applications due by April 15 These grants support preliminary research on potential dissertation-length studies! More info: www.nacbs.org/grants/pre-d...

Calling all gender and migration scholars, researchers and storytellers📣 This #WomensHistoryMonth, we're inviting proposals for Women on the Move, a series that foregrounds women’s experiences of mobility across time and space. Find out more on the blog: bit.ly/4dThMS6

My book has a cover! IN LATIN AMERICA YOU COULD BE FREE: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY tells the story of the place and promise of Latin America in the political imagination of African Americans and of their movements to the region in the antebellum period. Out on Basic Books, November 11, 2026! 🥳

We are delighted to announce that NACBS & @NAVSA.bsky.social have secured an @ACLS1919.bsky.social IF Microgrant to bring precariously employed ECRs together at our annual meetings this November!

I don’t know whether you know this but my book is Open Access and you can read it for free on your kindle via Amazon (where it is the number one health policy download!). Also totally open access with extra resources online at jimcrowintheasylum.com

Know a promising undergrad who wants more time before applying to grad school? Pitt has a funded postbac program for students from underrepresented groups. This year, my lab will consider applications for solo supervision or to be co-supervised by @mehrgol.bsky.social! App deadline is March 15!

SUP is having a Valentine's Day sale! It's easy to fall for a brilliant argument. In our annual sale, discover captivating titles you can truly commit to. Enjoy 30% off all in-stock print & ebooks site-wide* Browse books: www.sup.org *Some exceptions apply, for details: www.sup.org/valentines-d...

Our conference #cfp is now live! This year's conference, "Embodied Histories: Body, Mind and Experience" will take place on 17th July 2026 at University of Birmingham! Keep on reading to find out more...(1/9)

18 month postdoc at the lovely IHR in London, $41,740. Deadline 7 March. 'The Fellow will play a key role within the IHR team responsible for hosting the 2027 North American Conference in British Studies (NACBS)' in London 2027. Repost to spread the word. #Skystorians

PhD funding for early career historians completing a doctorate. Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT. Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians

It’s feeling very real!!! Publication date: June 16, 2026. @pennpress.bsky.social

"Bearing Witness, Challenging Myth: Imperial Pasts and Fascist Presents".The Forty-Eighth Annual Susman Conference, March 27, 2026, Rutgers University – New Brunswick Submission Deadline: January 15, 2026. Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

#OpenAccess! CAPTURING COMMEMORATION: Reflections on the First World War Centenary in Britain by Noakes, Pennell @teachlearnwar.bsky.social, Hanna, Hughes @lornamhughes.bsky.social, Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social & Wallis has now been published! Find out more : bit.ly/47FiHAL #WWIStudies

We are in the final stretch of our sale! Don't miss the chance to get 40% off of all in-stock print and ebooks sitewide* before it shuts down at 11:59 PM tonight (12/8). #ReadUP #BookSky

This month is UK Disability History Month. You can learn more about the history of disability in the UK and Ireland through the Bibliography of British and Irish History's (BBIH) free reading list, which includes more than 450 recent publications in the history of disability buff.ly/OK5HSbu

Both “Faithful Fighters” and “Losing Hearts and Minds” are just $12 each during SUP’s site-wide sale, ending December 8th! Punish your loved ones with reading this holiday season! 😉 www.sup.org/books/histor...

Spotted Losing Hearts and Minds at NACBS! 😺 @stanfordpress.bsky.social

Happy Halloween! Here's a thread of some of my monstery essays, and a link to register for my next book talk, hosted by the Linda Hall Library: Thurs Dec 4th, 7-8pm CST (8-9pm EST) 1/ 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH events.lindahall.org/humansamonst...

Interested in the history of Seven Dials or London or the 1920s and 1930s? I'm doing some walking tours of the Dials with @stanfordstravel.bsky.social on Sat 15 Nov. There's loads to see, but Seven Dials is so small you don't need to walk far. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/songs...

My book UP IN THE AIR: A HISTORY OF HIGH-RISE BRITAIN is out today!

30% off tons of great works (and Faithful Fighters)!

Great opportunity for graduate students working on South Asian Studies projects! Housing provided for out of state students: “Historicity, Futurity and Materiality in South Asia” at UT: liberalarts.utexas.edu/southasia/ev... @uclacisa.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @historians.org

📣 Call for participants 📣 Have you ever used any History Workshop Journal articles in your teaching practice? We’d love to hear from you for the 100th issue of HWJ! Please let us know by sending an email or feel free to DM.

We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies. www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe. I'm horrified. I'm angry. A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This call for applications for a First Book Workshop from @toynbeeprize.bsky.social looks like a terrific opportunity for early-career scholars working on "global, imperial, comparative, world, or transnational history": toynbeeprize.org/posts/call-f.... Deadline is November 2, 2025.

Just a reminder that the deadline of this Friday is fast approaching for two postdoc positions on the COLVET project, a 23 month position on veterans in British colonies in Southern and/or Eastern Africa and an 18 month positon on veterans among Indigenous/colonized populations in the USA.

Heads up for all and @womenknowhistory.bsky.social — great opportunity for a broadly defined naval/maritime historian of US/Asia-Pacific! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69130/u...

Video and audio recordings of last week's RHS Lecture by Prof. Yasmin Khan - 'Mars and Britannia: the British Imperial Way of Warfare' - are now available: bit.ly/4pw5B15 Yasmin's is one of many lectures available to watch or listen to again via our Events Archive bit.ly/3IaWtOG #Skystorians

We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Stansky Book Prize for best book in British Studies dealing with the period since 1800. www.nacbs.org/news/stansky... @uchicagopress.bsky.social @oxunipress.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social

We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 John Ben Snow Book Prize for best book in British Studies dealing with the period prior to 1800. www.nacbs.org/news/snow-bo... @yalepress.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social @melkatrey.bsky.social @asheeshksi.bsky.social

We at The WFA have launched our PhD Grant Scheme for 2025. The grant is open to doctoral students researching ANY aspect of the First World War. Where will our grant take you? See website for full details 👇🏻 www.westernfrontassociation.com/latest-news/... #Fwwhist #phdchat

@stanfordpress.bsky.social is running an end-of-summer sale— Huge discounts for Losing Hearts and Minds ($16) and Faithful Fighters ($15) until Sept 8. www.sup.org/books/histor...

If any film, documentary of video game types need a historical monster consultant, know that I am here. #sff

I’m recruiting a PhD student to work with me in Melbourne on the history of empire in Micronesia and the Pacific. We are offering a full scholarship, Australian and international students can apply. More info here, please reach out if you are interested www.acu.edu.au/research-and...

Londoners, my friend Jack's trans history walking tours have two more dates: events.humanitix.com/trans-histor... I don't shill for friends indiscriminately - if you're keen on accessible, entertaining, moving, locally rooted & politically engaged trans history, I would genuinely recommend this!