Did you miss our January 23rd webinar titled "Resumes for Historians," where panelists provided advice on how to translate academic skills into language employers will understand and maximize career opportunities? You can now view that conversation on our YouTube channel! youtu.be/IXkW9gmR8is?...

Tomorrow!

Announcement: The @shearites.bsky.social Robyn Lily Davis Dissertation Prize Starting with the July 2026 award, the winner will receive $1,000! For the 2026 competition, please submit a CV, the dissertation’s table of contents, the introduction, and a sample chapter by January 30, 2026.

👏 We are delighted to welcome Lindsay Schakenbach Regele as the second of our two new co-editors for the #JERPano! 👏 Lindsay will step into the position alongside Mark Boonshoft, beginning July 2026. Read about her perspective on the role and the journal's place in her career below.

The Journal of the Early Republic is currently accepting applications for a Book Reviews Co-Editor! Serve a three-year term beginning July 2026. Review of applications begins March 10, 2026. View the #JERPano CFA on The Panorama thepanorama.shear.org/2026/01/13/c...

This webinar is designed to help humanities Ph.D.s in their search for non-academic positions in a tough market. Dr. Brooke Lansing Mai will share strategies she learned the hard way -- lessons that few of our graduate programs teach us. Join us, and pose questions you have on the registration page!

Join us Friday 1/23 at 12:00pm EST on Zoom for a webinar on Resumes for Humanists. In this webinar, we will share tips on how to translate your academic skills into a resume that employers will understand. To register for this event, click here: vcu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

👏 Please Join us in welcoming Mark Boonshoft, one of the new co-editors of the #JERPano! 👏 Mark is set to take the helm alongside Lindsay Schakenbach Regele this July. Discover his perspective on the role and the JER's place in his career below.

Job Opportunity: The University of Northern Iowa's Department of History is seeking applications for a three-year term Assistant Professor of Instruction in US History, with a research specialty in either the Revolutionary or Civil War eras: careers.historians.org/jobs/2185640...

A Fund Raising Challenge from Immediate Past-President Manisha Sinha (@profmsinha.bsky.social): shear.org/membership/a...! Please consider giving to the SHEAR250 Capital Campaign (shear.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/sh...). Your donations will help us build our endowment and fund our initiatives.

Today:

Reminder: this is the last weekend to get your #SHEAR2026 CFP proposals submitted. The deadline is December 15.

The #JERPano is pleased to announce our newest team of Co-editors to begin this July. Please join us in congratulating Lindsay Schakenbach Regele and Mark Boonschoft in their new roles!

You might find this forum helpful. When @econroykrutz.bsky.social and I set up the second-book writers’ workshop for @shearites.bsky.social, this was a standing room only panel. Good luck with the good work! earlyamericanists.com/2017/08/21/r...

#SHEAR2026 CFP deadline extended! The proposal deadline for #SHEAR2026 has been extended and proposals are now due December 15. For more information, including a way to connect with other SHEARites looking for panelists, visit: shear.org/annual-meeti...

Join us on Thursday 12/18 at 1:00pm EST/10:00am PST on Zoom for our next SHEAR Tea Time. Connect with fellow SHEARites to discuss Ken Burns’ The American Revolution, which premieres tonight on PBS! Registration in graphic and below: butleru.zoom.us/meeting/regi....

Fellow @shearites.bsky.social historian @jmbeatty.bsky.social’s article “Rethinking the Gender of Politics” is out in the latest issue of @thejerpano.bsky.social

Did you miss our recent livestream: Ask Me Anything about the SHEAR CFP with SHEAR President Carolyn Eastman? It can now be viewed on our YouTube channel and at the link below. Reminder the #SHEAR2026 CFP deadline is December 1! www.youtube.com/live/TjP2Y0R...

Ask me questions! Get excited for next summer's SHEAR!

For the finale of our #GRWS series, President Carolyn Eastman will be hosting an Ask Me Anything livestream on Friday November 7 at 1:00pm EST on our YouTube channel. Join us and ask any questions you may have about the #SHEAR2026 Call for Papers. www.youtube.com/live/TjP2Y0R...

Are you wondering what you can do to make your #SHEAR2026 proposal stand out? For our last #GRWS video, Shayna Murphy packs her bag for #SHEAR2026 while offering some tips to make your proposal stand out to the Program Committee.

Anyone want to put together a @shearites.bsky.social panel on politics in the 1850s? Or religion, parties, and abolition more generally? I think I want to do a paper on Theodore Parker and the Know Nothings.

Are you struggling to find other people for your #SHEAR2026 panel proposal? Here is a teaser for Program Committee Co-Chair @noraslonimsky.bsky.social’s full video offering advice, which can be found on our Facebook/Instagram pages. #GRWS

Join us on Tuesday 10/28 at 3:30EDT/12:30PDT on Zoom for our first SHEAR Tea Time, organized by the SHEAR Community Building Committee. Connect with fellow SHEARites and discuss "what is an underrated book in our field that more people should know about?" Register via the QR code/link below.

The latest character in the SHEAR cinematic universe is program committee member Kevin Waite. Kevin, following up on Rachel Walker’s amazing advice, adds additional tips for getting the most out of presenting at #SHEAR2026. #GRWS

Program committee member Rachel Walker is outside of the American Philosophical Society to tease her full video on submitting a panel proposal for #SHEAR2026. Head over to our Instagram to get all the details. #GRWS

Are you feeling Eel at ease about what you should include in your CV and Diversity Statement for #SHEAR2026? Program Committee Co-Chair Mark Boonshoft is here to give you tips on luring in the Program Committee. Check this space weekly for more tips and tricks for a successful proposal. #GRWS

It is time to enter the “MANOSHEAR” with Program Committee Co-Chair @benwright.bsky.social to read and get jacked for the #SHEAR2026 Call for Papers. And don’t forget to join us every Wednesday for even more in-depth tips on best practices for putting together a successful proposal. #GRWS

Are you struggling with your proposals for #SHEAR2026 and looking for tips on how to make those proposals stand out? President @carolyneastman.bsky.social introduces our new weekly video series: Getting Ready with SHEAR - #GRWS. Join us weekly for a new video sharing tips for a successful proposal.

Reminder: The #SHEAR2026 CFP is open! During the semiquincentennial of American Independence the Program Committee invites proposals for sessions and papers considering this epochal event in the early American republic. Deadline: December 1. CFP details: shear.org/annual-meeti... 📸:Timothy Brown

@shearites.bsky.social Thanks to the generosity of @robynlilyphd.bsky.social, we have renamed this annual prize the SHEAR Robyn Lily Davis Dissertation Prize. Now it'll come with a $1000 prize as well as a book contract and ms. workshop. Thank you, Robyn & Bill! shear.org/shear-book-p...

The @thejerpano.bsky.social Conference Paper-to-Article Workshop is a favorite summer event. Thank you @shearites.bsky.social President @carolyneastman.bsky.social for joining us. The state of early US history scholarship is strong!

The #SHEAR2026 CFP is open! During the semiquincentennial of American Independence the Program Committee invites proposals for sessions and papers considering this epochal event in the early American republic. Deadline: December 1. CFP details: shear.org/annual-meeti...

SO thrilled, honoured and grateful to have received this prize for my JER article - especially from SHEAR, which has become my home conference over the last few years. If anyone wants to read the article, you can find it here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/12/artic...

Our “Clothes Make the Man” panel was standing room only at the SHEAR conference in Providence, RI this weekend! Plus, my attempt to cite the contemporary relevance of the sartorial legacy of George Washington got the biggest laugh of the conference 💅 #SHEAR2025

The #SHEAR2025 conference is over, but we wanted to highlight some of the great moments of this year’s conference: from the President’s Plenary and Address to the Book Exhibit and Early Career Mentorship Reception. SHEAR would like to thank everyone who attended and participated this year!

So #SHEAR2025 was memorable, being President a great honor. Shout out to our conference coordinator Erika Huckestein and @kawulf.bsky.social for making this conference such a success. Kabria and Peter put together a great program. 470 attendees, 10 ex and current students from UMass and UConn!

#SHEAR2025 presidential plenary kicks off! Slavery emancipation in the early American republic. @profmsinha.bsky.social introducing Mia Bay, Lin Fisher, @sethrockman.bsky.social ventriloquizing @adamrothman.bsky.social, Jim Oakes.

Big #SHEAR2025 audience for @profmsinha.bsky.social’s presidential address on an alternate genealogy of the first American republic. Super interesting in context of her work on rise and fall of the second, and global context of alternative visions and govts.

Many highlights of @shearites.bsky.social #SHEAR2025 but elated by the tremendous (3 minute!) talks at “10 Things to Know about the American Revolution” spotlight at the Providence Public Library! So grateful to have worked on this with the inimitable @kawulf.bsky.social & @jcblibrary.bsky.social

Thank you for attending the #SHEAR2025 Conference! We hope to see you all next year at #SHEAR2026 in Philadelphia.

Our final sessions of the #SHEAR2025 conference are about to begin!

We have a fantastic group of sessions to start our final day of the #SHEAR2025 Conference!

In the need for coffee? Stop by the Narragansett Ballroom A for coffee and snacks. Coffee will be served from 8:30-11:00am.

Paine and “Common Sense” make an appearance in @shearites.bsky.social President Manisha Sinha’s address⬇️

We’re running late but please make your way to the John Carter Brown Library for the Awards Reception to continue celebrating our winners and the #SHEAR2025 conference.

SHEAR is pleased to announce and congratulate the winners of the SHEAR prizes which will be announced here in this 🧵.

The Presidential Address and SHEAR Awards Ceremony will be taking place at 6:30pm at Brown University (same location as the Plenary). There will be a shuttle service taking conference attendees from the Omni to the destination.