My reading assistant enjoying @ronajohnson.bsky.social’s new book Entangled Alliances. He was struck by how intertwined events in Saint Domingue were with the American Revolution and vice versa.

Elizabeth Castelli & Hilary Callahan on behalf of Barnard A.A.U.P.:

Beleaguered academics: good news! Cambridge is hiring an assistant prof of US political history and/or the history of the US in the world (post-1920) Come work in beautiful Cambridge, close to the site of Trump's historic 2nd state visit! Deadline Oct 27 - apply, apply! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Today is Constitution Day in the United States, marking the anniversary of its signing in Philadelphia on this date in 1787. Take a few moments today to read the document all the way through, and find a way to contribute yourself to a "more perfect union." constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...

Everyone should have a friend like @econroykrutz.bsky.social! 🙏🏾📚

I'm excited to share that my new book ARCHIVAL IRRUPTIONS: Constructing Religion and Criminalizing Obeah in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica is coming out with @dukepress.bsky.social in October!

Honors thesis seminar is off to a great start with a first-day game of history jenga! These students are wonderful.

Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations @shafrhistorians.bsky.social Summer Institute at The Ohio State University @mershoncenter.bsky.social on "strategic cultures" June 2026, advanced PhD students & early career scholars all welcome, please apply -> CFP: www.shafr.org/index.php?op...

A friend reminded me this weekend that it’s been 10 years now since Christian Imperialism came out in August 2015. It’s been quite the decade! Happy birthday, book.

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.

📢 The OAH has issued a Statement on the White House Review of the Smithsonian. Read the statement: ow.ly/hgLR50WGhfQ

It would be helpful now if more Americans knew more about our history, and were ready for its myths to be punctured. Seems like the myths continue to do their work.

New version of the Slave Voyages website launched: www.slavevoyages.org/blog/slavevo... #History #EnslavedHistory 🗃️

Sad to report that this page was not nearly as juicy as the instruction "Don't print this page" suggests

Oh: Presbyterian Church (USA)'s Stated Clerk — #2 or #1 official in the denomination, depending on your view — issued a letter on Gaza last week that lists orgs that've "warned that the unfolding destruction in Gaza meets the criteria of genocide under international law." pcusa.org/news-storyte...

If you want to learn about married women’s dependent citizenship in the early 20th century & the birthright citizens who lost their citizenship by marrying an immigrant, check out “Forgotten America” on The Great Courses Plus or Audible. 🗃️ bit.ly/4omm0oi

Just got home from a few weeks away and I found the very best mail waiting for me. Congratulations again @jlepler.bsky.social

All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.

Official publication day!

Congratulations Meg! Check out Meg’s article in the Journal of the Early Republic. muse.jhu.edu/pub/12/artic...

#SHEAR2025 may be ending, but our virtual exhibit is still open! Browse our virtual exhibit and get 30% off and free domestic shipping using code EX58026: bit.ly/UCPEXSHEAR.

So thrilled to see Alison recognized by @shearites.bsky.social for her exceptional book, The Interbellum Constitution! 🗃️

So exciting to see this in the flesh at SHEAR! Congrats @jlepler.bsky.social!!

#OAH26 and #SHEAR26 are both in Philly next year?!

Are you in Providence for #SHEAR2025? Why not check out the Arcade, the nation’s first enclosed shopping mall. It also conveniently appears on this antebellum bank note from The Arcade Bank, Providence, RI, $1, 18–.🗃️

Happy Publication Day to Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social and congratulations on Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America! Wulf transforms “mostly-forgotten books into vibrant accounts of forgotten pasts,” says Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. Learn more: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

The PC(USA)'s Advocacy Committee for Women and Gender Justice has issued a statement of support for trans children. #PCUSA #LGBTQIA #PrideMonth #TransRightsAreHumanRights

If you're looking for a distraction from the world around us, check out my Great Courses/Audible series Early American Sex Scandals. From the Reynolds Affair to the Beecher-Tilton trial, this is basically early America's hottest gossip (backed up by scholarship) www.audible.com/pd/Early-Ame... 🗃️

Classification as Colonization: The Hidden Politics of Library Catalogs / Mike Olson in @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/03/25/g... #scholarlykitchen #librarycatalogues #cataloguing #classification

Are you a grad student or early career scholar attending #SHAFR2025? Check out our careers workshop featuring mentors working in tenure track jobs in the US and UK, PMEs, DOD and State roles, Brookings, PBS, and countless research centers. To register visit: forms.gle/ZwFa6hFsk2TR...

Article in the @washingtonpost.com on the Historical Advisory Committee dismissals, incl. interviews w @melanimca.bsky.social @rimmerma.bsky.social and Sarah Snyder www.washingtonpost.com/history/2025...

Do not listen to RFK Jr. on covid vaccines for pregnant people. Listen to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which STRONGLY recommends a covid vaccine during pregnancy, for the health of the pregnant person and the fetus. 🧪 www.acog.org/covid-19/cov...

Are there ways to depart a conference feeling happy rather than vaguely dissatisfied or alienated? Why yes there are! Join our webinar tomorrow (Wed., 5/28) at 4pm and find out! Free and open to all -- please tell your grad students and colleagues. This is not oriented to any particular conference.

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SHEAR invites all to attend this upcoming webinar: “Getting the Most Out of Conferences.” Conferences are daunting, so we welcome all to attend this webinar on some of the major issues around attending conferences. To register for this webinar, visit: vcu.zoom.us/webinar/regi....

This order stripping > 300,000 people of legal status (including work authorization) - unannounced in advance, just posted on the SCOTUS website, & unreasoned - is all the more cruel given the admin's desire to use the Alien Enemies Act and expel to El Salvador undocumented Venezuelan migrants.

🚨AMERICAN HISTORY JOB ALERT🚨 Cambridge is looking for a one-year assistant prof in 20th century social/cultural history. As fixed-term jobs go, this is a pretty good one - so whether you're in the UK, the US or wherever else, please consider applying. But get your skates on: deadline is *June 4*

Opening with Trump’s claim that the 14th Amendment was “about slavery,” is, while true, also somewhat misleading. It was about, as Eric Foner writes, “the profound, difficult questions arising from…the destruction of slavery,” about, in other words, what a just society would look like post-slavery.

I went on the American Campus Podcast hosted by @llassabe.bsky.social, a great new podcast about the social & political history of higher education, to talk about my book Karl Marx in America, specifically chapter 8: "Theorist: Academia in the Age of Reagan." www.buzzsprout.com/2396665/epis...

A huge shoutout to all of the presenters and attendees (in person and online) who made the Stolen Relations Launch Symposium on Saturday, May 10, such a meaningful day of sharing and connecting. Check out the new site at www.stolenrelations.org @stolenrelations.bsky.social

Nooooo. I have multiple students using this for their thesis projects. An amazing resource.