Last night I watched The Best Years of Our Lives on @tcmtv.bsky.social. It still hits. There's a reason it was one of the first films selected for preservation by @librarycongress.bsky.social youtu.be/X9lufYAOxes?...

When you don't receive the email you want, but Google Scholar slides in twice in one week to validate you

What’s the Navy equivalent of an army marches on its stomach?

Popping into #OAH26 tomorrow for some meetings and looking forward to the #SHAFR meet-up!

The George C. Marshall Foundation has put together an outstanding new multimedia guide to the Marshall Plan--rich with primary sources, photographs, posters, and audio. A terrific resource for anyone working on postwar reconstruction or US foreign relations www.marshallfoundation.org/articles-and...

Fell down a very cool rabbit hole exploring 'Mapping Victory,' a collection of WWII souvenir maps made by US Army units, showing the war through soldiers’ eyes, from combat to liberation to the aftermath: mappingvictory.org/index.html cc: @smh-historians.bsky.social @tamu.bsky.social

Are you headed to Philadelphia for the @oah.org annual meeting later this month? Join #SHAFR members for an informal meet-up. Friday, April 17, 2026 5–7:30 PM Loews Philadelphia Hotel Bar 1200 Market St

Looks like #foodhist is having a moment! 🤩 Check out the finalists for @businesshistoryc.bsky.social Kroos Dissertation Prize.

Flying to the UK this week for my first @businesshistoryc.bsky.social and trying to calculate just how much extra time I need for TSA at EWR...

Hey #SHAFR friends, I'm working to improve our ugly website. Anyone have a photo of a cart from NARA filled with boxes that happens to be aesthetically pleasing and screams 'research' that they would be willing to share?

Throughout the Holocaust, letters were sent in their millions. A new book, Holocaust Letters: Methodologies, Cases and Reflections marks the first volume of its kind to examine collectively letter writing during this period and draws on evidence from our archive. Find out more:

Calling all K-12 History educators! Applications are DUE MARCH 6 for our Summer 2026 Seminar on the Declaration of Independence! Join us & 100 teachers at SMU in Dallas, all expenses paid. You can find all application info at www.smu.edu/cph/A250

Myrna F. Bernath Book Award deadline extended to March 15! SHAFR members apply/nominate books published in 2024/2025 and written by a woman, non-binary, and/or trans scholar in the field. Instructions for submission can be found here: www.shafr.org/myrna-f--ber...

Still time to join us tonight for this event with @renfro.bsky.social! SMU, Dallas Hall, 6pm.

Congratulations @oscarwinberg.bsky.social 🎉👏

Applications are now open for our American History & Civics Summer Seminar for K-12 educators. Topic: The Declaration of Independence: Info: Summer 2026, SMU, Dallas, TX! We welcome applications from educators across the country! Deadline: March 6 Details & application: smu.edu/cph/A250

SAVE THE DATE 🇳🇱 #SHAFR2028 cc: @dariofazzi.bsky.social

No. 1 Best? The Marshall Plan. Just sit with that for a moment. www.cfr.org/ten-best-ten...

Don't forget, the deadline for several #SHAFR prizes is February 1! Click here for more info: www.shafr.org/prizes

SHAFR is pleased to announce the launch of the William Burr Prize in Nuclear History with @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social Deadline is April 1 More info: www.shafr.org/burr-prize

Food power is real and it’s essential to understanding our current moment

CFR expert James Lindsay asked hundreds of historians what they considered to be the 10 best and worst foreign policy decisions in U.S. history. Here is what they said:

Working hard to create a forum where we can celebrate our members, share opportunities, and advance forward-thinking scholarship without sacrificing the past. If you have feedback or ideas, please reach out!

Come on out tomorrow morning for a great panel on food, power, and policy #AHA26

85 years ago, #FDR introduced the Four Freedoms in his 1941 State of the Union: freedom of speech, of worship, from fear, and from want. It was a vision that defined national security in terms everyday Americans could understand and aspire to. www.fdrlibrary.org/four-freedoms

Really enjoyed the opportunity to read and think about a different sort of American intervention abroad. Highly recommend Tammy Proctor's Saving Europe. #wwi #foodaid #skystorians

Thinking about what to put on your reading list to kick off the new year? My book, Saving Apartheid: White Internationalism at the End of the Cold War is officially available for preorder (for release March 2026) wherever books are sold. Beyond excited! cup.columbia.edu/book/saving-...

Join me Friday for a morning chat on hot dogs! Yes, I'm a scholar of US foreign relations. #iykyk #AHA26 #AHS #SHAFR #aghistory #WWII

REMINDER: The deadline for #SHAFR2026 travel awards is January 1! The Kinder Institute is offering a special travel award in connection with the nation's semiquincentennial for intl participants. To learn more and apply visit www.shafr.org/shafr2026

Looking for #skystorians rec’s on the Battle of the Bulge. What book offers the best & most accessible overview? Also looking for candid memoirs/diaries #history #WWII @smh-historians.bsky.social

Finally booked my flights for #AHA26, which means I will now publicly advertise that I'll be in Chicago, eating my way through the city, and enjoying all aspects of academic conferencing that I no longer indulge in at #SHAFR cause it's my job.

This year’s #SHAFR conference is in Columbus and, given the John Glenn connection, I’ll be sorely disappointed if there’s no panel on Space, esp since RL Stine’s work doesn’t translate to foreign relations and we can’t have a Goosebumps panel #SHAFR2026

🎉 Diplomatic History turns 50 in 2027! RIAS is hosting a workshop for a special anniversary issue on European perspectives on the U.S.’s global interactions. Read the CFP here: tinyurl.com/mry26zx2 cc: @diplomatichistory.bsky.social

Dad was recognized at the Devils game 🙂 youtube.com/shorts/8wCnV...

Proposals for #SHAFR2026 are due December 1! www.shafr.org/shafr2026

Today and tomorrow at UT Dallas!

Thrilled to have an opportunity to revisit Wheat and Strategic Competition for @warontherocks.bsky.social w/ Justin Gilpin CEO Kansas Wheat Commission. We talk a lot about Russia and China and their most recent attempts to use wheat as a tool of statecraft. warontherocks.com/2025/10/how-...

This was an excellent episode 🗃️

Historian friends, I’m looking for a chair and/or comment to join a panel at the Business History Conference in London in March. The panel examines alcohol marketing in the U.S. mid-20th century. If you know someone, please reach out!

Applications for the fall cycle of our short-term doctoral and postdoctoral research fellowships are due October 1. Learn more about the criteria here: www.ghi-dc.org/programs/doc...

SHAFR Election results are here! Congratulations to the newest members of our leadership team. #SHAFR

I care deeply about this organization (obvi) but you should too! Participation is currently at 29.89%, can we get to 33%?? #SHAFR

The September Passport issue is available! Including video games, the US in the Middle East, the Cold War International History Project, French resistance fighter, and 7 Questions about the United Nations: www.shafr.org/passport-sep...

I was honored to be invited to contribute a piece to the newly published @shafrhistorians.bsky.social Passport Roundtable paying tribute to the Cold War International History Project, formerly at @wilsoncenter.org. CWIHP will thrive elsewhere. www.shafr.org/assets/docs/...

DEADLINE UPDATE: The Bernath Lecture Prize will now be announced with SHAFR's June prizes. The deadline for the 2026 award (delivering the lecture at #SHAFR2027) is February 1, 2026. #SHAFR #skystorians #diplohistory

We'd love to have you. Please consider, apply, & come join us @mershoncenter.bsky.social at The Ohio State University as the next new Mershon Chair in Peace Studies, tenured associate or full professor.🗃️ osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...

📢 Reminder: Apps due Oct 1! SHAFR-in-Asia Pacific Workshop → Mar 3–4, 2026 @ Singapore Management Univ. For early/mid-career scholars of U.S. foreign relations in the Asia-Pacific. Details + CFP: cis.smu.edu.sg/events/call-... #SHAFR #skystorians #intlhistory #academicworkshop #PhDLife

My favorite packages to receive in the mail are those with new books written by friends 🙂

CFP: Spring Emerging Scholars Workshop, “New Directions in WWII History.” @smh-historians.bsky.social www.nationalww2museum.org/war/jenny-cr...

🚨 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