Our 2025 ANCH journal prize goes to the exceptional @aishadjelid.bsky.social and her article on slavery and forced intimacy, which has now reached a simply staggering 82,000 VIEWS! Amazing work 🥳 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Excited to see my book, 'I Felt All This': Enslaved People's Emotional Lives in the Antebellum US South, is up on CUP's website - coming out in July 2026! www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...

Join us on Monday for the final seminar of term! Aisha Djelid @aishadjelid.bsky.social will be speaking on 'Enslaved Children, “Adultification,” and Resistance in the antebellum US South, 1812-1861'. 1 December at 11am, Magdalen College Sophia Sheppard Room & online. All are very welcome!

✅ Rare experience to study at the world-class Kinder Institute in Missouri ✅ Fully-funded, including health insurance and stipend ✅ Opportunity to develop skills, make friends, travel, & more! Time is running out to apply for the Kinder-BrANCh MA Fellowship in Atlantic History & Politics (12 Dec)

holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

I am heartbroken and horrified that the department where I received my PhD is under threat of closure. This is a dynamic and welcoming community that is at the forefront of American Studies in the UK. I encourage everyone to sign the below petition and rally behind our colleagues in Nottingham.

An unrivaled opportunity to study in the ‘show me’ state: Thanks to the generosity of the Kinder Institute at the University of Missouri, BrANCH is once again pleased to offer a fully-funded place on their MA program in Atlantic History and Politics for 2026-27! www.branch.org.uk/kinderbranch...

Only three weeks left (3 Nov.) to submit for the Peter Parish Dissertation Prize of 2025 If you are or know of any UK-based undergraduates and taught postgraduates writing up on Nineteenth Century American history, this is a real good opportunity for recognition! www.branch.org.uk/parishdisser...

We're delighted to share the programme for this term's History of Childhood seminar series. We can't wait to hear from all our fantastic speakers. Join us for our first session on Monday 20 October, at Magdalen College Oxford or online via Teams at 11am when we'll be thinking all about 'play'!

Two tenure-track positions in Nineteenth Century American history (in the US) have come across my radar if anyone is interested! www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta... www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...

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...

Another fantastic BrANCH conference for the ages (our first in Cymru/Wales!) A big thank you to organisers David and Gareth, Emily and the BrANCH Committee, the kind staff at the Leonardo Hotel, and all of you for making it such a success!

A fond farewell and ‘tip of the hat’ to Mia Edwards, Aisha Djelid, and Liz Barnes who are retiring from our committee — thank you so much for making BrANCH such a wonderful and welcoming community!

Announcing a PhD scholarship for a history project on imperialism and great power projection in the Pacific. Supervised by Prudence Flowers and I here at Flinders, Adelaide. It includes an international fee waiver and stipend. Start Jan 2026. www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships...

Teaching Fellowship in Queer and Gender History with a Specific Focus on the 20th Century United States www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC500/t...

My year as a departmental lecturer at Oxford is coming to an end, but I’m really pleased and thankful to be staying at the @raioxford.bsky.social for the next 3 years (!) as the new Broadbent Career Development Fellow in American history at St Edmund Hall!

Departmental Lecturer in 20th Century United States History www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNW732/d...

We’d be keen to host you as a British Academy post-doc in the School of History @qmul.bsky.social Do join our info session on Wednesday, 16 July, 1pm where we demystify what the process is, what to focus on, how to give yourself the best shot. Email [email protected] for link #SkyStorians

The Department of History at the University of Victoria invites apps for a TT position in the field of African Diaspora history, broadly conceived. www.myscience.org/jobs/id31168...

Today's highlighted title from the 2025 shortlisted RHS Early Career Article & First Book Prizes is: Aisha Djelid's 'Slavery, Forced Intimacy, and Enslavers’ Interference in Sexual Relationships in the Antebellum South, 1808–1861′, in American Nineteenth Century History bit.ly/4n3ArwF 1/2

Closes today!!

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

The @royalhistsoc.org sponsored @branchuk.bsky.social Harriet Tubman Essay closes soon on the 13th June! Please do get students to submit - details here: www.branch.org.uk/tubmanessayp...

Feels a bit absurd to be promoting this, but there's a 12 month 18/19th C American history post at Cardiff. Deadline 15.06.25. Feel free to msg or contact me via email - [email protected] - for further information: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

Excited to see my article published in @anchistjournal.bsky.social has been shortlisted alongside some amazing scholarship!

Diddy’s lawyers are banking on the ‘mutual abuse’ defence. Newsflash: it’s not a thing | Tayo Bero

"The lesson of 1933 is that you get out sooner rather than later." These professors are fleeing fascism in the US www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...

Wow! #Sinners www.aaihs.org/the-sinners-...

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...

Had the best time in Dublin for the Irish Association of American studies! 🇮🇪🇺🇸

Fascinating OPEN ACCESS article by @aishadjelid.bsky.social in ANCH on forced reproduction in the antebellum South, filling an important gap in the historiography of American slavery - read and share free of charge using this link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @branchuk.bsky.social

There's not much time left to submit a proposal for our BrANCH-BGEAH conference in Cardiff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🚨 Bonus points for those spanning the long 19th century - from Independence to imperialism, women's rights to worker's activism, Harriet Tubman to Ida B. Wells... Find more info & details of how to apply👇

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.

I'm incredibly excited to announce that I have signed a contract with CUP for my book, provisionally titled 'Testimonies of Emotion: Enslaved People's Emotional Lives in the Antebellum South', which will hopefully be out next year!

The UK university sector is on fire. This is happening virtually everywhere -- job cuts, hiring freezes, department closures, PhD funding programmes... full blown crisis

Tightening UK post-study work rights would jeopardise the beginnings of a recovery in international student numbers and further destabilise university finances, sector leaders have warned. @twilliamsthe.bsky.social reports #AcademicSky #EduSky

Researchers uncover stories of Black Londoners who escaped slavery

We're thrilled to open the call for papers for the 2025 BrANCH Conference, to be held jointly with the British Group in Early American History (BGEAH). This year’s conference will be hosted in Cardiff, Wales on September 12-14, 2025! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Find out more info & how to apply on our website 👇

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/

If you want to hear more about the relationship between the burgeoning US pharmaceutical sector of the nineteenth century and enslaved women’s poisoning practices, please sign up for my talk next week at the IHR! www.history.ac.uk/events/dange...

This is a rather telling statement. Nearly a third of women in Louisiana are Black. www.businessinsider.com/gop-senator-...

This is a national scandal. When will the government wake up and realise they are presiding over the rapid implosion of the UK's world-renowned university sector?

Applications for our 2025-27 ECR Fellowships @ihr.bsky.social close on 31 Jan 2025 For full details and how to apply see below: www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...

Are you a PGR/ECR looking for some committee experience? Our sister journal American Nineteenth Century History is hiring a (paid!!) Social Media Editor! Make sure to get your applications in before the deadline closes on Jan 6th ⏳ You can find more info & details of how to apply on our website 👇

“An article you say? The university must have paid you big bucks for this one I bet?”

The real reason I joined Oxford: the Great @raioxford.bsky.social Bake Off

It’s that time of the year again! Please do get your students to apply for our exciting (and fully funded 😱) Kinder-BrANCH MA in Atlantic History and Politics! 👇

Just under 2 weeks left to apply for the Kinder-BrANCH MA fellowship at Mizzou ⏰ The fellow will get a fully funded place on the Kinder Institute's MA in Atlantic History & Politics, plus a stipend and return flights! Please encourage any brilliant junior Americanists to apply - more info below👇

16 month US history job going at UCL, with a great selection of modules to boot: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...