Happy to share the news that Catastrophic Diplomacy won the 2025 Tonous and Warda Johns Family Book Award (for the best monograph in the history of U.S. foreign relations, immigration history, or military history) from the PCB-AHA.

Fresh from the September Passport issue: We are honored to publish a roundtable on the Cold War International History Project and the many wonderful things it has done! www.shafr.org/assets/docs/...

I had an amazing time talking about "The Fate of the Americas" with Lillian Guerra--what an honor to discuss my book with one of the top Cuba experts in the world! 1/3 #History 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social cubanstudies.history.ufl.edu/conversatori...

🚨 Reminder: SHAFR January awards deadline is Oct 15! Apply now for the Bernath Lecture Prize, Williams Emerging Scholar Grant, Hogan Language Fellowship & grad dissertation grants. Details: tinyurl.com/5n6e6h8z #SHAFR #HistoryAwards #AcademicSky #skystorians

The Cologne Center for Advanced Studies in International History and Law (CHL) is hiring for two positions with the Synergy Research Project: Rethinking Global Governance and Human Security in the 1990s. Info on the PhD position: tinyurl.com/4azzjuxu Info on the Postdoc: tinyurl.com/5n73343s

Just got my author copy of The Fate of the Americas: The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Hemispheric Cold War!! It feels unreal to hold something in my hands that I've been working on for more than a decade 🗃️ #History

The LSU History Department is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in 20th Century European History (excluding Britain). Please spread the word! More details at the link below: lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0224...

The RIAS is that place where great people and great ideas always meet - and it will be so in 2026 too. Check this out 👇

Don't forget to vote and make your voice heard! #SHAFR

1 MONTH TO GO UNTIL THE "EXISTENTIAL RISK IN THE NETHERLANDS WORKSHOP" If you want to attend as an audience member get in touch with my ([email protected]) Funded "Pathways to Sustainability" Part of the Politics of Environmental Action Project.

⚡️ New website. Big sale. ⚡️ Snag 50% off (plus FREE SHIPPING on orders over $75) with code 01NEWSITE50 at checkout. Hurry, this deal’s disappearing faster than our old homepage! *US only. Excludes distributed titles.

Hey book lovers! UNC Press just redesigned their website and are offering 50% off ALL books to celebrate! This is the biggest sale I've ever seen them do (even better than my author discount, TBH), and I'm definitely going to stock up. This is your chance to get my new book for only $15!

My fellowship at the Leibniz Institute of European History was the BEST. If you or someone you know works on European history, you should apply!! Deadline is Friday 8/15 www.ieg-mainz.de/en/fellowshi... #history #fellowships #academic

The SHAFR 2025 election is now open! Check your inbox for the ballot.

📢 Call for Papers Now Open! We’re excited to announce that the SHAFR 2026 Annual Meeting will be held June 25–27, 2026, at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Read the full CFP, learn how to submit, and find information on travel awards here: www.shafr.org/shafr2026 #SHAFR2026

The 2026 SHAFR Summer Institute call for papers is out! What an awesome *fully funded* opportunity for grad students and early career scholars! www.shafr.org/index.php?op... 🗃️ @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @cmcknichols.bsky.social #historians

The CfP for the 2026 Summer Institute: Strategic Cultures is now live on our website! Deadline is 12/15/2025 tinyurl.com/md66j8eh cc: @cmcknichols.bsky.social @mershoncenter.bsky.social

The University at Albany, SUNY Center for Policy Research is seeking a one-year post doctoral research fellow for the Project on International Security, Commerce, & Economic Statecraft (PISCES). Position to start early September! www.cpr-pisces.org/postdoc-rese...

Check out this CFP from @oah.org on nuclear histories: Process: A Blog for American History invites proposals and submissions for an upcoming series on nuclear history. A wide variety of topics will be considered. Submissions are due August 15. www.oah.org/process/call...

Last day for the 40% off @shafrhistorians.bsky.social conference discount at @uncpress.bsky.social! You can still pre-order my book for cheeaaap 😉

Excited about this one. @historyandrew.bsky.social 's very soon to be published book about the PR industry and US foreign relations. @universitypress.cambridge.org @shafrhistorians.bsky.social

@shafrhistorians.bsky.social always feels like homecoming but working with these superstars on the #interconnections series made it go to 11. Check us out on the @uncpress.bsky.social webpage. @juliairwin.bsky.social @drjsarkar.bsky.social @cmcknichols.bsky.social @renatakeller.bsky.social

Right now in Studio B at @shafrhistorians.bsky.social - everything you need to know about book series on global history and America and the world. @cornellupress.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org @columbiaup.bsky.social @pennpress.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social

What a nice ad for our #InterConnections series in the @shafrhistorians.bsky.social program! ALSO, @uncpress.bsky.social is offering 40% off all their books (including mine 😊) if you order by July 15 and use the code 01DAH40 at checkout! 🗃️ @dgershenowitz.bsky.social @sonyabonczek.bsky.social

#InterConnections book series @uncpress.bsky.social editors @juliairwin.bsky.social @drjsarkar.bsky.social @renatakeller.bsky.social @dgershenowitz.bsky.social @cmcknichols.bsky.social plan to be have lots of meetings @shafrhistorians.bsky.social so please be in touch 🗃️ uncpress.org/series/inter...

Friends, my book is available for pre-order! It's really real! The official publication date is October 14, but if you order from the UNC Press website (uncpress.org/.../978146.....) you can get 30% off with the code 01SOCIAL30 and get your book 2-4 weeks early!

I love it when series editors publish their own work in their series! Learn more about @uncpress.bsky.social's InterConnections series at the @shafrhistorians.bsky.social conference from eds @renatakeller.bsky.social, @cmcknichols.bsky.social, @juliairwin.bsky.social, @drjsarkar.bsky.social, & me.

Cannot wait to see this in print!!! Congrats on this fabulous book, Renata!

Very much appreciate this detailed review of States-in-Waiting in Diplomatic History by @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social academic.oup.com/dh/advance-a...

Excited to dig into this one and host Gretchen Heefner on Wednesday for our last event of the semester! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social #milhist #envhist #GSYale

One topic, three keynotes, fourteen panels, and more than fifty speakers from all over the world. This conference has all it takes to rewrite US history through blue-tinted lenses. Everyone's welcome to join us at the RIAS, it's gonna be a watershed - pun intended! shorturl.at/3qGmd #RIAS2025

Mark your calendars! Virtual participation provided and open to the public!

I'm a member of 2026 OAH program committee. We're organizing Works in Progress sessions for the conference in Philadelphia. These sessions feature two pre-circulated papers and two commentators. Interested in sharing a work in progress? Fill out this Google Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/1NHS...

I greatly enjoyed reading Daniel Maul’s history of the American Friends Service Committee and its international humanitarian work. I highly recommend it!

Monday's statement of @saa-official.bsky.social will interest historians & archivists of aid: "The swift shuttering of USAID raises questions as to the proper disposition of that agency's records, including ensuring permanent records are transferred to...NARA" connect.archivists.org/discussion/s...

Many thanks to Passport's editors for featuring a roundtable on my book, _Catastrophic Diplomacy_. I'm grateful to @BrianDrohan, @MargotTudor, @jdhamblin, Fabian Klose, Jana Lipman, and Kenneth Osgood for their thoughtful and generous reviews! t.co/GN6wX4dUqD

Like @shafrhistorians.bsky.social, Passport is now on BlueSky! The January issue of Passport is still delayed due to a technical issue. We are working diligently to get it to you asap

We are delighted to announce the publication of volume 1, issue 2 of the Journal of Disaster Studies, published by @pennpress.bsky.social! This issue includes a wide array of articles and other scholarly content (see the TOC in the thread below), all in open access: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54211

I'm excited to announce a new 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins to advance research in historical & contemporary intersections of empire, migration, & racial hierarchy and help support our new major Critical Diaspora Studies. Pls share! apply.interfolio.com/162692

Our article on the rescue of humanitarian archives was published today: doi.org/10.4000/131lg

The starter pack of history journals/publications has finally reached 149!*🎉 🗃️ I am hopeful that as more academic societies migrate to Bluesky that we can create packs/lists/feeds that cater to specific sub-disciplines 😄 #skystorians #history #AcademicSky #academic

Yes, that's right! Drop me a note if you'd like to chat at the @historians.org meeting next month, and also keep an eye out for co-editor Jayita Sarkar, who'll be there on the 3rd and 4th.

20th c. international and global historians: If you will be at the AHA and have a book project to pitch for our series, our sponsoring editor @dgershenowitz.bsky.social will be there and is eager to set up meetings! Her email address is on our series webpage: uncpress.org/series/inter...

I am very pleased to share the @h-diplo.bsky.social Roundtable of _Catastrophic Diplomacy_. Thanks to Jana Lipman, @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social, Davide Rodogno, Ian Seavey, @laurenfturek.bsky.social, Shoon Murray, and Megan Black for their generous reviews! networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

The Journal of Disaster Studies is now on Bluesky! Please give us a follow here: bsky.app/profile/jds-...

I am so proud of this @isisjournal.bsky.social's focus section! From @aseh.bsky.social panels in 2020 (cancelled) then 2022 in Eugene (yay!) to this really terrific introduction to scholarship working on modern #Volcano knowledge. Please share! #histsci www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Today only, you can get 50% off *all* Columbia University Press books, including my history of U.S.-Afghan relations up to 1979 (a link follows in the next post). cup.columbia.edu/cyber-monday

check out the Isis focus section on volcanoes, including this by @theresaventura.bsky.social on the Taal eruption of 1911 and its aftermath in the context of US colonialism www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Applications for the SHAFR summer institute are due in 3 weeks! Alvita Akiboh and I are hosting the SI at Yale this year, which is open to advanced PhD students. We envision it to be a supportive space for new scholars working in a dismal academic job market. Please apply!

📢Roy Porter Student Essay Prize 📢 Winner = opportunity to present plenary @sshmedicine.bsky.social's conference. Winner/shortlisted = cash prizes and publication mentoring. Most promising entries = exclusive Masterclass with a journal editor. Deadline: 1 Feb 2025. Details 👇 #HistMed #HistSTM 🗃