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

📍This year we launched a new digital archive putting significant collections from our archive at the hands of researchers worldwide For the past 8 months we have continued to add new collections to the site, now totalling 215,000 pages of crucial evidence from the Holocaust and the Nazi era...

I'll be joining the plenary on teaching presidential history at the @historians.org 2025 Texas Conference on Introductory History Courses, Oct 24-25 at UT Dallas. The conference is free to attend. Read more here: www.historians.org/event/2025-t...

Great essay by Daniel Chardell on R2P cc: @shafrhistorians.bsky.social

Profs with seminar research papers: advice needed. What are you doing to address the impact of AI on student papers? I can't have presentations after papers are turned in, unfortunately. I can grade preliminary assignments like research plans & 1st drafts, though I prefer not to. What are you doing?

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

On this day in 1961, the #BerlinWall began construction. We're spotlighting four relevant titles, all currently included in our paperback and ebook sale! 1 bit.ly/4ofe486 2 bit.ly/4m4yH5D 3 bit.ly/45BZobP 4 bit.ly/4fllUZO #History

Evidently my Research Affiliate status only lets me access the library’s journals and databases when on campus. In other words it’s useless. 😑 6 weeks post-employment and the uni still finds ways to disappoint me

In the home stretch for an article I’ve been dilly dallying with all summer! Today may be the day I see it all buttoned up 😬

Wrapping up my site visit at OSU for #SHAFR2026. Had a great time visiting the campus, hanging with our hosts, and catching a Columbus Crew game. Currently trying to find ways to incorporate cartoons, space, Goosebumps, and whiskey into the program!

"The volume provides a rich account of how trade flows and frameworks shape food insecurity across Africa." How Africa Eats ed. David Luke reviewed in @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social 📖🌍 Read in full here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb... @africaatlse.bsky.social @ethz.ch

Every time someone rationalizes a low paying job with low cost of living, I point out that food is expensive across the country. I don’t care if rent is “cheap” when eggs and produce are at record highs.

📢 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

Been on an involuntary sabbatical for a month now. Managed to complete a book review, an issue of Journal Watch, a journal article, and a revised introduction for my book 💅🏻

Excited to attend my first ever Age of Reagan conference! Even if it means my alarm was chiming at 2:30am 😑

Thrilled to see this announcement on the Food Security Leadership Council and even more excited by the names associated with it! www.prnewswire.com/news-release... #foodsecurity #foodpolicy #fooddiplomacy

Hershey is raising prices on its candy, a company official said, in response to continued high cocoa costs.

It's #NationalIceCreamDay so here's a letter on the Army's FY 1945-46 requirements courtesy of the #TrumanLibrary Clinton Anderson Papers. It's A LOT of ice cream.

“Nearly 500 metric tons of emergency food—enough to feed about 1.5 million children for a week—are set to expire tomorrow…Within weeks, two of those sources told me, the food, meant for children in Afghanistan and Pakistan, will be ash.” The imagery is grotesque

According to the groundbreaking work of Dutch researcher Dr. Tessa Roseboom, the impacts of near starvation are also likely being experienced by generations not yet born. (From 2024)

The @datarescueproject.org has a #SaveOurSigns project to preserve National Park Service signs that are being removed because of the anti-DEI policy and the erasure of American history. You can help. 👇🏼 www.datarescueproject.org/save-our-sig...

And just like that, #SHAFR2025 is over. This may be the best one I ever organized! So many fabulous sessions, killer catering, and the best grad student social in history. Looking forward to Columbus 2026 🙂

@rlifset.bsky.social @sarahthestan.bsky.social and I are excited to announce the CFP for the Energy History working group at the CHSTM. Priority deadline for working paper submissions is August 15th! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Excited to reunite with friends from last summer’s @ushmm.bsky.social workshop on the U.S. Military and the Holocaust. If you’re free today at 3:45, stop by Studio A for a roundtable on civil-mil relations, reconstruction, trauma, humanitarianism, war crimes, state & non-state actors #SHAFR2025

The relaunch of the SHAFR Summer Institute in t-minus 20 minutes!! #SHAFRSummerInstitute #SHAFR2025

Peep it!

My dark and brooding program cover 🖤 #SHAFR2025

Excited to attend my first #AHS meeting and explore St Paul!

I just donated to @shafrhistorians.bsky.social As conference coordinator, I know the number of intl attendees who have withdrawn from attending irl but I also know the outrageous fees associated w AV.

Are you a grad student or early career scholar attending #SHAFR2025? Check out our careers workshop featuring mentors working in tenure track jobs in the US and UK, PMEs, DOD and State roles, Brookings, PBS, and countless research centers. To register visit: forms.gle/ZwFa6hFsk2TR...

Going through Signal Corps images at #NARA and am convinced this cat knew exactly what he was doing.

I remember reading a draft of this in the ISS (rip) colloquium and being blown away. So nice to see @aqayyum.bsky.social in DH!

Does anyone recommend a researcher for hire at the Hoover Institution? It would be a quick job, only two boxes to review.

Found some amazing photos from the Eisenhower parcel program in ‘53 on eBay!

@npr.org EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over personal data of food assistance recipients — including Social Security numbers, addresses and, in at least one state, citizenship status, according to emails shared with NPR.

Evidently HICOG launched an early Got Milk campaign in 1950 West Germany. It's taking every ounce of self-control not to fall down this rabbit hole...

Calling all @shafrhistorians.bsky.social I’m in need of replacement chair/comment for a few #SHAFR2025 sessions. I also have 3 spots open on lightning ⚡️ rounds. If you know someone eager to share their research, msg me!

We are looking for volunteer chairs and commenters for several #SHAFR2025 panels. If interested, send us a message!