“After all, if the AI boom has taught us anything it is this: Data is the new oil, and the most pressing questions are, who owns it, who has access to it, and what should it be used for?” Check out the next piece by @ktl10.bsky.social in our blog series on AI. www.nacbs.org/post/data-is...

CALL FOR PAPERS: Crossing Intellectual Boundaries in English Legal History (Oxford: Christ Church, 10-11 SEP 2026) [DEADLINE 26 MAR 2026] 📣 esclh.blogspot.com/2026/02/call...

“After all, if the AI boom has taught us anything it is this: Data is the new oil, and the most pressing questions are, who owns it, who has access to it, and what should it be used for?” Check out the next piece by @ktl10.bsky.social in our blog series on AI. www.nacbs.org/post/data-is...

📢New article in JBS! 📗"Rethinking the Legitimacy of British Botanizing in Late Qing China (1840–1912)" by Di Lu Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Norman L. Jones, an accomplished historian of Tudor history, has passed away. In this remembrance, Robert Tittler and @susancogan.bsky.social reflect on his scholarship, life, and legacy. www.nacbs.org/post/norman-...

Happening at noon today! You can RSVP to receive the zoom link.

Join us Thursday to hear more about how the global histories of oil and empire are inextricably interlinked. 📕Fueling Empire with Karl Ittmann ⏰February 19 at noon ET Free and open to the public. RSVP: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...

We invite 20-minute papers for our 2026 Summer Conference 'The Church and Race' #CfP #history Keynote speakers: ▪️Prof Miri Rubin, EHS President @qmul.bsky.social ▪️Prof Herman Bennett, @cuny.edu ▪️The Right Reverend Rowan Williams Deadline: 15 April ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26summer/

“The current anxiety around AI in English studies, however, cannot be understood in isolation from the longer institutional and colonial histories of the discipline, which parallel the institutional and colonial histories of AI itself.” Read the next piece in our AI series by Anushmita Mohanty.

A week full of One British Archive! Check out these two new additions to the series! 📗“Burning Archive”: The Barbados Department of Archives by Tara Inniss Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Also new in the One British Archive Series! 📗Stocked Stacks in the Great Plains: British and Irish Collections at the University of Kansas’s Kenneth Spencer Research Library by Elspeth Healey OA here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📢Another new piece out in the One British Archive Series! 📗"A Monumental Task: The Archival Potential of Graveyards" by James Johnson Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Important reading. Looking forward to the rest of the series

📢New in JBS! 📗“Imperial Politics, the Dominions, and the Irish Question, 1907–21” by John C. Mitcham Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Next up in the series! 📗"One British Archive: The Weather Extremes in England's Little Ice Age Database" by Madeline Bassnett Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New JBS article alert! 🚨 #slaveryarchive ““Unconscious Stipendiaries of This Wicked System”? Female Enslavers and Compensation in Nineteenth-century Britain” by Hannah Young. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Over the next few weeks, the NACBS blog will feature a series of pieces on artificial intelligence. Check out the opening essay by @amywb.bsky.social and stay tuned for more! www.nacbs.org/post/the-ai-...

📢Upcoming Book Event! 📕Fueling Empire with @kittmann.bsky.social ⏰February 19 at noon ET Join us to celebrate the publication of Karl Ittmann’s recent book Fueling Empire: The British Imperial Oil Complex, 1886-1945. This event is free & open to the public. RSVP: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...

I wrote a thing

CALL FOR PAPERS - Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn'. A two-day workshop organised by @maxlong.bsky.social and myself at Lincoln College, Oxford, 16-17 September. Deadline for abstracts is 15 May. Details in poster below, please share.

For anyone interested in our 18-month post in British Studies please follow the link below. @ihr.bsky.social www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

“Studying history, we know that nothing is inevitable.” In the first piece in a series on artificial intelligence, @amywb.bsky.social argues that now is the time to make the case for studying the humanities. Read the full piece at Broadsides: www.nacbs.org/post/the-ai-...

📢Upcoming Book Event! 📕Fueling Empire with @kittmann.bsky.social ⏰February 19 at noon ET Join us to celebrate the publication of Karl Ittmann’s recent book Fueling Empire: The British Imperial Oil Complex, 1886-1945. This event is free & open to the public. RSVP: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...

Great job opportunity, 18 month research fellowship in British Studies, linked to @thenacbs.bsky.social 2027 www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Job opportunity: 18 month fellowship in British Studies working @ihr.bsky.social to undertake own research and prep for NACBS2027 @thenacbs.bsky.social www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

📢New in JBS! 📗"Assembling Home in the Mission Field: Evangelical Periodical Culture in Britain and Tahiti, ca. 1790s–1830s" by Kate Tilson Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📢New in JBS! 📗"'Unconscious Stipendiaries of This Wicked System'? Female Enslavers and Compensation in Nineteenth-century Britain" by Hannah Young Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Yessssssss @thenacbs.bsky.social 's BROADSIDES blog & contributors doing a fabulous job getting politically-relevant info out there, as always

March 5th at 12pm EST! Join @thenacbs.bsky.social to celebrate the publication of Matthew Mason’s recent book "Seeking the High Ground: Slavery and Political Conflict in the British Atlantic World." Eliga Gould will join Dr. Mason in discussion. RSVP: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...

Did an MA student write a fantastic paper on British Studies this year? Consider nominating them for the NACBS MA Essay Prize! 📅Nominations due February 15 More info: www.nacbs.org/prize-databa...

I had great fun bringing together material from @virtualtreasury.bsky.social with the England's immigrants database to look at people immigrating to and between England and Ireland in the middle ages.

“Humans have been on the move to and among these islands for as long as we have records and as far back as we can see in the archaeology.” In the latest for Broadsides, @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social draws on the England's Immigrants Project to explore medieval migration to England & Ireland.

📢New in JBS! 📗"From Amputee to Author: Shadrack Byfield and the Making of a War of 1812 Veteran," by Eamonn O'Keefe @1812andallthat.bsky.social Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

There's a lot going on the world, but I was glad to see an article of mine published in the @jbritishstudies.bsky.social Read about Shadrack Byfield, an English War of 1812 veteran who buried his own arm, designed a custom prosthesis, and wrote multiple memoirs: doi.org/10.1017/jbr....

Surprised and delighted today to find a review (by Courtney Smith) in @jbritishstudies.bsky.social of my *Eliza Orme’s Ambitions*. @openbookpublish.bsky.social

Join us today at noon ET for a workshop with JBS editors for graduate students and ECRs on reviewing article manuscripts for journals and what to do when you receive these reviews. Free and open to all but registration required Rsvp here: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...

The Call for Papers for NACBS 2026 is now open! Join us in Pasadena! Read the full CFP here: www.nacbs.org/call-for-pap...

📢 JBS Event 📢 Jan 22 at 12pm ET/5pm GMT JBS is hosting a workshop for grad students and ECRs on reviewing article manuscripts for journals and what to do when you receive these reviews. Info and RSVP: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...

Join the panel discussion on Dr Averill Earls’ book: Love in the Lav on January 23rd at the Irish Georgian Society, 18:00-19:30pm More information here ⬇️ buff.ly/XMWp8cR 📚 Book available at @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social @templeunivpress.bsky.social @aearls.bsky.social

Happening tomorrow! Join us for a discussion of The Overseer State with Sascha Auerbach.

We’ve got a stellar lineup for this term’s Modern British History Seminar in Oxford. Do come along if you’re around! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/series...

📢 Call for Volunteers! NACBS is seeking to add two new members to the Broadsides editorial board! Information here: www.nacbs.org/news/volunte...

📢Upcoming event! 📕The Overseer State with Sascha Auerbach 📅January 15 ⏰12pm ET/ 5pm GMT NACBS book series events are free and open to the public. Info and RSVP at the link below! www.nacbs.org/event-detail...

A reminder that the call for papers for the Modern British Studies conference in June 2026 is still open - you've got until Jan 31st to submit panel or paper proposals. Exciting to see some already on our desk! #MBS26 www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

Join us today at 4pm GMT!

How do we know Shakespeare was Shakespeare? Historian Susan Amussen traces William Shakespeare’s life through early modern England to show how a glover’s son could have become the world’s greatest author. Publishing March 2026, available to pre-order now. #booksky #Shakespeare #history

We are delighted to be co-sponsoring this event alongside @ihr.bsky.social and @royalhistsoc.org. Details and sign-up information is below!

'Traffic', the NASSR/NAVSA 2026 conference at Pasadena, CA; alongside the NACBS down the road. Sounds like the place to be in mid-November!

@mbsbirmingham.bsky.social Modern British Studies Conference 2026 CfP is live. Deadline for proposals 31 January 2026. www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

The NACBS has joined @historians.org amicus brief in support of Harvard University's lawsuit against the federal government over the university's ability to host foreign scholars and students. Read the full brief at the link below.