Exciting News! The 27th International Conference of the History of Concepts Group #HCG2026 will take place in Helsinki, 19–21 August 2026. The CfP is open: scholars at all career stages are welcome to submit proposals until 30 April 2026! Application and details: bit.ly/HCG_2026 Spread the word!🇫🇮

Happy Evacuation Day! While Boston celebrates the retreat of the British in 1776, let's also remember the Black Bostonians who found their freedom by leaving Massachusetts with the British. Pompey Fleet was a skilled printer enslaved by the Fleet family (printers/booksellers/auctioneers) in Boston

Confessions of an Early Career Researcher, a podcast by ECRs, for ECRs. Brought to you by @britishacademy.bsky.social and the Leverhulme Trust. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...

*DEADLINE EXTENDED* You now have until 8th March to submit your abstracts! Looking forward to an exciting two-day conference.

Event Sunday, 3/8 at 2pm EST: “Thomas Paine and the Feminists” that will feature a conversation about Paine’s connections with the leading feminists in England, America and France during the Age of Revolutions. The event will be led by TPHA Board Member Joy Masoff. thomaspaine.org/about/events/

DEADLINE EXTENDED! Reminder that there’s still time to apply for our graduate conference on America 250 @uclhistory.bsky.social See below for details

18TH CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY PHD LIGHTNING TALKS CFP Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event 29 April 2026. Please see the poster for further information!

The next IHR Early Career Seminar will be taking place this Wednesday! Sam Phoenix Clarke from Cambridge will be talking to us about 'Understanding the history of science as political thought: the case of Britain, 1931-1956'. Remember to sign up if you're coming! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

*DEADLINE EXTENDED* for both conferences, please apply by 28 February 2026.

Another conference I’m helping to organise - please consider applying if you’re an MA/PhD student working on HPT (broadly conceived)!

Born #otd in Boston, Massachusetts, 320 years ago, Benjamin Franklin, polymath, printer, scientist, diplomat, writer & US Founding Father. For those in central London wanting to celebrate, a visit to @benfranklinhouse.bsky.social, where he lived, wrote and experimented for years, is inspirational.

I’m organising a graduate conference in July on Early America! Please see the CfP and circulate wherever you can 🥳

Common Sense wasn't a hit with British audiences, but that didn't mean no-one here was down for revolution.

CFP: OXFORD GRADUATE CONFERENCE IN POLITICAL THEORY! Welcoming submissions in any area of political theory—including critical theory, analytic political philosophy, and the history of political thought. Submit by 31 January: forms.gle/v6Zv1cH7a6Da...

Looking for a New Year's resolution that is good for your mind and (relatively) easy to keep? Check out the Institute of Historical Research seminars for January 2026. Fourteen seminars in week 1 alone. Free, broad-ranging, open to the public and usually available both in person and online.

My colleague Lauren Duval has a new book coming out next month from @uncpress.bsky.social on military occupation and households in the Revolution. Lauren is real smart. Put it in your cart. #HATM

Thoroughly enjoyed dipping my toes into the waters of the body politic - looking forward to more research in the future! Thanks to everyone for such inspiring discussions.

📢 Call for Contributions 📢 The Journal of British Studies seeks submissions for a special series of short essays to be published over the course of 2026 on the topic of “1776: Views from the British World.”

📣 Calling all PGR students, ECRs, & heritage employees: two weeks left to submit your abstract! With a program of keynote speakers, paper presentations, & 10-minute ‘lightning talks’ to unpack works in progress, we welcome submissions from a range of research interests & disciplinary perspectives.

📢Call for papers! Benjamin Franklin House is hosting a conference, “Remember the ladies”: Women and Revolution, in London in May 2026! Details are available here: benjaminfranklinhouse.org/event/spring... If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected].

A wonderful workshop where I too contributed, this time on metaphors of the body politic in economic debates in colonial Virginia. Really enjoyed listening to the contributions of Tom, Rachel and others!

We’re advertising for a 30 month postdoc position in US Politics (very broadly construed). The role is mainly research, but allows the holder to gain experience teaching UK and US undergraduates. Happy to answer any and all questions. Application deadline 27/10. (Start date early 2026.)

What an amazing conference! Really enjoyed my first BrANCH/BGEAH conference and meeting so many wonderful researchers. Watch this space for more stuff on conspiracy!!

Will be at the BGEAH/BrANCH annual conference this weekend in Cardiff if anyone else is there and wants to get coffee! Will be presenting on conspiracy and local politics on Sunday 🥳

Always love seeing online options (even if it’s a little late in the UK) - looks fantastic!

Please do join my fellow committee members at this amazing conference! Whilst I’m away on research, I know it’ll be a fantastic event ✨

We're very pleased to announce the programme for this year's conference on States and Spaces! The conference will be held at LSE on 19 and 20 June. Please sign up here for your free ticket - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/16th-annua...

Had a great time @mhs1791.bsky.social yesterday examining the MA Baptist Church’s origins. Such an amazing archive that I’ve had to book another appointment! James Winchell’s 1820 history includes a familiar echo of the ongoing complex relationship with the founders at the top of the page…

Give Ben Franklin’s World a follow for all things early America. A fantastic podcast hosted expertly by @lizcovart.bsky.social.

What a fantastic conference! It was an honour to present among such distinguished speakers.

Last chance to apply!

Reading a newspaper from Boston in 1773, where a man is advertising his goods. He argues that people might be averse to him because he is a “Stranger” to the continent, but “if this be a Crime, the Blood of every American is yet tainted with Guilt.” Seems very fitting in these current times!

Consider applying to this great conference. MA, PhD & Early Career scholars - we’d love to hear from you!

What a fantastic conference! Really appreciated the chance to share my research with such a welcoming and informed group of people. Plus, I loved spending a few days visiting Edinburgh and seeing the sights! (Cue serious photo…)

Part 1 of 2 of The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought: 20th Anniversary Publication Celebration is now online on @standrewsiih.bsky.social‘s YouTube channel! Speakers in that part include: Quentin Skinner, James Hankins, @rhammersley99.bsky.social, & many more. 👇🏻✨ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh8V...

In the new issue of the JHI, Diego Pirillo considers the Atlantic Republic of Letters, with a particular focus on learned periodicals in early America: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

Really looking forward to presenting at this conference next week! Such a great opportunity to discuss everything #GreekTraditionTwenty

On the committee for this conference - should be a great two days of discussions!