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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.

Today, the AHA & CREW filed an amicus brief in support of Harvard University’s lawsuit against the federal government over the university’s ability to host foreign scholars and students. The brief conveys the importance of international scholars and students to American higher education. 🗃️

CALL FOR PAPERS: TRAFFIC Proposal Deadline: 15 February 2026 〰 NASSR/NAVSA Pasadena, California November 11-15, 2026 〰 For more information, visit: traffic2026.ucr.edu 〰 #19C #Traffic @navsa.bsky.social

A nice surprise this morning: my article on prison reform from below is out! I believe it’s open access but let me know if you can’t get a copy and would like one. academic.oup.com/histres/adva...

The Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society has a new website that is well-worth checking out for details of the annual conference, journal, and news of the inaugural ECR bursary, which was awarded to @mzukovs.bsky.social. The next bursary will be announced shortly. www.ecis.ie/news-events/

If you teach histories of British slavery, don't miss this Thursday's book launch and talk: Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain's Colonial Past, IHR, London 11 December & on Zoom. 5:30pm. Registration details are below and a link to the open access book in post 2/2. This post is 1/2.

📢Upcoming Event! 💻JBS Listening Session for UK-based Scholars 📅January 8 ⏰4pm GMT/ 11am EST/ 9am MST/ 8am PST Info and RSVP here: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...

📢New in JBS! 📗"Rethinking the Language of Chartism," by Peter Gurney Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Nominations are open for the newly-founded Scottish Literary Studies Book Prize, administered by the Universities Committee for Scottish Literature and awarded biennially to an outstanding work of scholarship in the field of Scottish literary studies. £300 prize. ucsl-scotland.com/scottish-lit...

Launch event for the Modern British City at @c20society.bsky.social on 26th of January: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx... Do come! The book is out with @lhartbooks.bsky.social next week.

📢Call For Papers📢 Sociability & Political life Marc Jaffré & I are organising a conference! We're asking: can there be politics without sociability? How have friendship, intimacy, socialising & informal attachments been central to political projects & movements? Get your abstracts in by Feb 14th!

One of the many great things I got out of last week’s trip to Montréal for the NACBS was a copy of @sarahcrook.bsky.social’s new book. I can’t wait to get stuck into this!

We are pleased to launch today a new funding scheme, jointly with @ihr.bsky.social & DC Thomson. Applied History Fellowships bit.ly/4ijiuII offer financial / practical support to develop the wider impact and application of academic work. £12,000 for 6 months. Closing date: 31 Jan 2026 #Skystorians

It was a joy to meet with researchers from across the world. I also loved my panel’s intervention at NACBS: an ethical discussion of #BlackBritishHistory by eight Black/ mixed-race early career researchers. A visual reminder that Black people are the makers of history, and not simply its subjects.

Another recent-ish wycinanki (cut-paper folk art) piece that some of you may have seen already...... the program cover for this year's @thenacbs.bsky.social big annual conference in Montreal ♥️✂️

Just back from @thenacbs.bsky.social Conference in Montreal. Wonderful city and group of scholars. I was struck by the diverse group of younger scholars who attended and presented papers.

#NACBS at Montreal has been wonderful. I presented here for the first time. Really useful feedback and stimulating panels across the entire program. The presidential address on J.S. Mill's 'family life' was a real treat. Looking forward to coming back to it again.

Bonne journée Montréal et @thenacbs.bsky.social! C’était ma deuxième fois mais toujours une conférence super! J’ai passé une bonne expérience et je souhaite retourner encore, très bientôt j’espère.

Just back from a very successful meeting of @thenacbs.bsky.social in Montreal (the biggest yet, I think) -- a huge thanks to Brian Lewis, Katherine Grenier, and all the organizers and presenters. Loads of good work and camaraderie - and many notes to think over in coming days. #nacbs2025

Don’t miss “Out of Crisis: Advocating for British Studies” sponsored by the @royalhistsoc today at noon! #nacbs2025

Reflections on history pedagogies in this panel have made me think about the bounds of play/re-acting and historical accuracy and perspectives - very interesting #nacbs2025

Have heard so many great papers so far at #nacbs2025 & esp by ECR researchers, future of historical research is robust. But danger lies in structural impositions risking future of humanities & social sciences courses in UK HE & elsewhere. Be part of the conversation tomorrow with @royalhistsoc.org.

1/3 Just wrapped #nacbs2025 in Montréal and, while I have to head home early, I had a fantastic time presenting with @melissa-glass.bsky.social and @ma-jones.bsky.social. Big thanks to @brodiewaddell.bsky.social and everyone who attended for such a smart, generous session.

Missing the last day of “Queer British History” panels today but leaving #NACBS2025 with lots to think about and weird pictures after spending a day doing Montreal the @tomhulme.bsky.social way. Au revoir, montreal!

This was a great panel at #nacbs2025, with all papers informative & thought provoking. Hoping to recruit its members @saimanasar.bsky.social @shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social Rob Waters & @hannahelias.bsky.social to give papers for our @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar at @ihr.bsky.social next year 🤞.

Fascinating panel this morning at #nacbs2025 on @massobsarchive.bsky.social & ways that @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @lucydelap.bsky.social Paul Deslandes Lucy Curzon & Jen Purcell use the archive & how it has informed & shaped their work as well as some of the ethical tensions that arise.

📣 #NACBS2025 📣 Don’t forget to pick up your Manchester UP book if you reserved one. And there’s still a few unclaimed ones up for grabs. @thenacbs.bsky.social

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

@ghm-mhg.bsky.social GHM-MHG representing at the #NACBS 2025!

Brilliant morning at #NACBS thinking about singleness in 19th-century England and Ireland. I spoke on unmarried sisters, the spinster aunt, and finding space in the family for renegotiating relationships.

Next up at #nacbs2025 is a fab lineup of rising history stars in field of histories of activism in late 20th century Britain incl: @racheljcollett.bsky.social @alfiesteer.bsky.social Dan Frost & Jess White.

Looking forward to kick off for our roundtable here at #nacbs2025 this morning at 10.15am & seeing how our separate projects interconnect to draw out new ideas & questions re 1970s women’s activism @ruthdav.bsky.social @teadevotee.bsky.social @fieryparticle.bsky.social

Lovely to see Exhibiting Irishness at the @manchesterup.bsky.social table at #NACBS2025

About to hear a real powerhouse roundtable about women's activism in the 1970s here at #nacbs2025 Montreal. I'm thinking and hearing about... actual History all the time? It's a real treat after the emergencies and alarums of UK HE. 👍

Thank you to all my panelists for making Public History and its Relevance to British Studies a huge success! Looking forward to doing it again next year! #nacbs2025 #10c

Don’t miss tonight’s Presidential Address “What Liberalism Requires: The Very Victorian Marriage of JS Mill and Harriet Hardy Taylor” with Michelle Tusan at 5:15pm. The bar will open at 4:45 so, if you like, grab a drink beforehand. #nacbs2025

Attention #NACBS2025: we have conference displays copies looking for a good home! If you're an #ECR stop by our stand anytime tomorrow morning to claim yours. @thenacbs.bsky.social #BritishStudies If you do miss out, you can still grab a bargain with conference code BB154: buff.ly/U9twdID

Join the NACBS DEI committee for a conversation on “Survival Strategies” at 12pm noon. #nacbs2025

Thanks to all who came to our panel (the papers worked so well!) I have lots of thoughts for my book! Can’t wait to get home + reflect further on the fab questions and ideas #nacbs2025 @thenacbs.bsky.social Watch this space for updates on the book and a call for contributions to a fab project…

What do you call a cluster of #SWW historians @thenacbs.bsky.social?

If you are interested in communication, letters, anxiety, Empire or even just the long #19c our panel is at 8:30am EST today for @thenacbs.bsky.social #NACBS2025

Come on down at 4:45pm for our combined poster session & happy hour! Meet the @JBritishStudies book review editors, check out this year’s posters, and grab a drink before the plenary talk! #nacbs2025

Don’t miss today’s lightning round on “The Politics of ‘Black British History’” at 3:35pm.

Presenting today @thenacbs.bsky.social on Indigenous South American travel to England and the role of their diplomacy in preserving sovereignty during the 16th and 17th c. You may not have heard much about the Yao and Arromaia polities but their agency shaped much of early colonial history.

We're set up and enjoying breakfast at the @thenacbs.bsky.social conference in Montreal! #nacbs2025