To mark the Rothermere American Institute's 25th anniversary, members of the RAI community, past and present, reflect on what this unique research institute means to them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3B5...

Exciting news! Dr @uhackett.bsky.social has been appointed as the inaugural Churchill Associate Professor in US Politics. Read more about it here- www.rai.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-u...

A **new** and **permanent** job in US Politics at the RAI. An exciting opportunity to help design and launch a new one year Master’s program in US politics, and join our intellectually vibrant (and fun) multidisciplinary dept dedicated to the study of the US and its place in the wider world.

A **new** and **permanent** job in US Politics at the RAI. An exciting opportunity to help design and launch a new one year Master’s program in US politics, and join our intellectually vibrant (and fun) multidisciplinary dept dedicated to the study of the US and its place in the wider world.

Exciting news for the RAI! www.rai.ox.ac.uk/article/new-...

Call for Applications: HOTCUS Annual Conference, PG/ECR Work-in-Progress workshop.

Congratulations to Rhodes Professor Emeritus and RAI Distinguished Fellow Richard Carwardine for winning the prestigious Lincoln Prize for 2026! Read more here: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/article/rich...

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

The CfP is now open for the 2026 HOTCUS Annual Conference (University of Manchester, 1-3 July 2026). Please email all submissions to [email protected] by midnight, UK time on 25 March, 2026.

Applications for the 2026 HOTCUS Article Prize and Early Career Article Prize are now open. Both awards recognise outstanding research on twentieth-century US history published in peer-reviewed journals during the 2025 calendar year, and each comes with a £100 prize.

Applications open for the ‘27-28, 28-29, and 29-30 Winant Visiting Professorship of American Government. If you have any interest, please do apply; we’re a vibrant, intellectual community of Americanists and it’s visiting post that comes with lots of research time.

Come hear @danielpemberton.bsky.social and @tgreiving.bsky.social discuss Tim's new biography on John Williams. Tomorrow at 5 pm at the RAI. Books will be available for purchase. www.rai.ox.ac.uk/event/john-w...

In two weeks, Wed 26 Nov, we are hosting a talk with author @tgreiving.bsky.social and film composer Daniel Pemberton about Tim's new book, John Williams: A Composer's Life. Details on the website here: rai2.web.ox.ac.uk/event/john-w... @oupprimary.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

📣The Call for Papers for our 2026 Winter Symposium, The American Nation in the Twentieth Century: The Declaration of Independence at 250, is now open University of Liverpool, 27 February 2026

Want to know more about Ronald Reagan and tariffs/trade restrictions in light of the Canada news? Oh boy, do I have a nuanced “yes, but also no, and let me explain 12 layers of political nuance” historian’s answer for you. I guarantee that you’ll wish you never asked!

Want to know more about Ronald Reagan and tariffs/trade restrictions in light of the Canada news? Oh boy, do I have a nuanced “yes, but also no, and let me explain 12 layers of political nuance” historian’s answer for you. I guarantee that you’ll wish you never asked!

Tomorrow (Oct 22) at 5:00 pm BST, join @raioxford.bsky.social in welcoming Tom Arnold-Forster for a discussion of his book, Walter Lippmann, exploring the life and ideas of one of the twentieth century's leading political thinkers. Learn more about this in-person event here: buff.ly/5JVx5O9

A *permanent* US history job! Goes without saying that this will be highly competitive, but the US history faculty at Cambridge are some of the most supportive colleagues you can ask for. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT902/a...

Calling all early US legal historians! My new home at the Kinder Institute for Constitutional Democracy is hiring an Assistant Professor of of US Constitutional Law and Legal History. Can attest — a great community to work in! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69126/u...

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.)

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.)

Mike Glass and I argue for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social that we’ve tried the #abundance incentive-based approach to housing crises before. But lack of oversight + incentives produced fraud, profiteering, and inflated rents -- and the Trump family fortune. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/add...

We’re advertising for a 12 month teaching post in 20th Century US History. Deadline 28/7 (a short turn around because we need to interview in mid-August). We’re a great, collegial and fun US history community. Happy to answer any and all questions about the role, and the RAI Bake Off.

We’re advertising for a 12 month teaching post in 20th Century US History. Deadline 28/7 (a short turn around because we need to interview in mid-August). We’re a great, collegial and fun US history community. Happy to answer any and all questions about the role, and the RAI Bake Off.

Reminder re: 12 month post in American history at Cardiff University. For, erm well publicized reasons, we don't have budget for external advertising so you need access to the link below to apply. Please do think about applying/sharing with possible candidates. Happy to take queries

Lecturer (Education) in Modern US History Queen's University Belfast #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI397/l...

The Faculty of History and the RAI are delighted to announce that expressions of interest are now invited for the Harmsworth Visiting Professorship of American History for the academic years 2027-28, 2028-29, and 2029-30. Details: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/vacancies.

Archie Bunker for President is now available for pre-order on the UNC Press site!! Pre-ordering is the best way of support a book so please consider heading over to the @uncpress.bsky.social site and make sure to use the code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout to save 30%!!

A fan of Sinners and want to think more about American history and vampires? Have we got just the thing — our new episode on ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER is out now! Ben Willis joins to talk the other Lincoln movie from 2012 to kick off our new season. Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/4HEJ...

Interrupting my usual programming to share that my doctoral dissertation has won the Society of American Historians' Allan Nevins Prize! I'm so grateful to the friends and mentors who have taught me this beautiful profession, especially in dark times. sah.columbia.edu/content/priz...

This is the critical thing to recognize about the so-called "abundance" agenda and the entire branch of YIMBYism it represents: Its intellectual foundations are fundamentally antidemocratic. It seeks to use the state to impose cultural consensus - and whose culture? Corporate Silicon Valley's.

Senior Americanists! It is a great time to bring your talents to Oxford for 27-8, 28-9 or 29-30. (Yes, just think about that.) The Harmsworth Visiting Professorship is as lovely a gig as it gets, now with a more transparent process of appointment

An era of effortless industrial supremacy, as I usually put it. And, not coincidentally, the time of strongest US state commitment to free trade.

Three-year postdoc job in any aspect of American History since 1600. A great position for an early career historian to develop their publications and research within a fun, welcoming and intellectually vibrant community—Bake Off participation is not obligatory. Happy to answer any questions

The Journal of the Civil War Era will have a special issue on political economy edited by me, @maggor.bsky.social, Sofia Valeonti & Nicolas Barreyre. I'll post again when the link is up on the Muster, but wanted to get the word out now. See CFP. Submission deadline is April 25. 🗃️

Three-year postdoc job in any aspect of American History since 1600. A great position for an early career historian to develop their publications and research within a fun, welcoming and intellectually vibrant community—Bake Off participation is not obligatory. Happy to answer any questions

@lilygeismer.bsky.social and I are thrilled that our new project, Mastery and Drift: Professional Class Liberals since the 1960s, is published today. When we began this work a few years ago, we had no idea how sadly relevant exploring the evolution . . . (1/10) press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Recent PhD in 20th century US history, or planning to defend before Sept 2025? We are looking for the next *Mellon Research Fellow*, a three-year postdoc with our large and thriving American history group. Deadline 9 March so don't delay! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50345/

Join us online or in-person at 5pm GMT today for this exciting roundtable discussion.

On Wednesday February 12 at 5 pm GMT/ 12,noon ET the RAI is hosting an online and in-person roundtable, “Liberalism, Conservatism, and Reception History“, with Gloria Liu (Johns Hopkins), Claire Arcenas (Montana), and Emily Jones (Manchester). More details here:

On Wednesday February 12 at 5 pm GMT/ 12,noon ET the RAI is hosting an online and in-person roundtable, “Liberalism, Conservatism, and Reception History“, with Gloria Liu (Johns Hopkins), Claire Arcenas (Montana), and Emily Jones (Manchester). More details here:

I have a new book out on 6th February with Profile Books that tells the story of how Bertrand Russell, Jean-Paul Sartre and other intellectuals tried to hold the US government to account for war crimes in Vietnam. profilebooks.com/work/vietdam...

#RAIBakeoff 2024! An annual insight into America’s reputation

There is no more brutal peer review process, and fierce competition among academics than the RAI Bake Off.

On Wednesday 27 Nov at 12:30, we will have our last USA election focused lunchtime seminars with Richard Johnson (Queen Mary, University of London) who will focus the discussion on 'Shifting Voter Allegiances'- details here: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/event/presen...

A big congratulations to two of our postgraduate members who successfully recently completed their DPhils! Read about it here: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/article/cong...

Is political violence a growing problem in the US? Join us at 12.30 at the RAI today for our weekly US politics seminar, led today by Des King. www.rai.ox.ac.uk/event/presen...

i overcame my anxiety about making a good list and i made *a* list of business historians which i didn't realize until i made it includes me by default 🤨 go.bsky.app/TpYTwRe

Walter hopes that everyone takes some time bounce around in the snow in Oxford today. As the RAI Emotional Support Officer he says it is the only way to survive 6th week. Happy Tuesday!