The David Hume Institute has investigated the the legacy of the philosopher who gave it its name. The results are well worth your time. www.thetimes.com/article/c4b0...

Join me on November 21st for a Revolutionary Watch Party at the Alexandria Historical Society for the series finale of Ken Burns' American Revolution documentary. I'll be on hand to answer your revolutionary questions. It's a free event. Book your seat today! sites.google.com/view/alexand...

PUBLICATION DAY! My new book, ‘Margaret Beaufort: Survivor, rebel, kingmaker’ is out today. “An epic journey”, “a powerful new biography”, “highly readable”, “vivid portrait”. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/margaret-... @headofzeus.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #History #WomensHistory

Finally! You can even separate the saucer section!

Planning on watching the Ken Burns American Revolution documentary premiere on Nov. 16th? Join @lizcovart.bsky.social, @herberthistory.bsky.social, and myself for a live watchalong. www.eventbrite.com/e/ken-burns-...

For the finale of our #GRWS series, President Carolyn Eastman will be hosting an Ask Me Anything livestream on Friday November 7 at 1:00pm EST on our YouTube channel. Join us and ask any questions you may have about the #SHEAR2026 Call for Papers. www.youtube.com/live/TjP2Y0R...

George Washington had strong opinions on this actually

CFP for Slavery North conference on "Rebellion, Resistance, and Refuge: Slavery and Border-Crossing during the American Revolution" @umassamherst.bsky.social 7/9-7/12/2026, abstracts due 12/19/2025 #vastearlyamerica slaverynorth.com/event/call-f... 🗃️

Remember, remember, the fifth of November... four historians consider the extraordinary longevity of the #BonfireNight celebration and the memory of Guy Fawkes. 🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days www.historytoday.com/archive/head...

thanks @gratefulbookprize.bsky.social for a fabulous night and an elegant silver medal, & congrats to @halseanderson.bsky.social ❤️

Team: Are you or one of your students interested in podcasting the past? Check out this great internship opportunity from my friends at Primary Source Media!

Start your day off with a little light treason by listening to Episode 20: The Rebellion on your favorite podcast app!

Thanks for including Episode 20 of Worlds Turned Upside Down, Ben!

Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student

I'm thrilled to share that I've joined More Perfect as Director of Digital History to work with Dr. Colleen Shogan on @inpursuitusa.bsky.social, a project that looks to the past to shape our future. We'll have something new for your pod app soon. In the meantime, subscribe to www.inpursuit.org.

ARCHIVAL FUNDING: Ann Ball Bodley Visiting Fellowship in Women’s History, to use Bodleian Libraries collections to advance scholarship in women’s history, of any geographical area and historical period. Deadline 28th Nov. www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh...

Everybody please take my seminar next semester!!! I can’t wait to teach this.

On October 29, the AHA will host a Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on artificial intelligence. With moderator Kathryn Cramer Brownell and panelists Sarah Igo (Vanderbilt Univ.), Aaron Mendon-Plasek (Purdue Univ.), and Rebecca Slayton (Cornell Univ.). 🗃️

Featuring Rick Atkinson, Fred Anderson, Wendy Bellion, Katherine Carté, @frankcogliano.bsky.social, Brad Jones, and Andrew O’Shaughnessy.

NOW PLAYING: Episode 20: The Rebellion With tensions mounting in British America over Parliament’s Coercive Acts, colonists begin losing faith in King George III, while British soldiers march out of Boston to seize arms and ammunition in Lexington and Concord. podcasts.rrchnm.org/show/worlds-...

Here's the line up! daic.virginia.edu/2025/meeting

Registration is now open for the 2025 Digital Archives in the Commonwealth Conference to be held at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture on November 12th. We've a great line up (which will be available shortly). Best of all, the conference is free! daic.virginia.edu/2025/registr...

Do you have a history podcast idea? We want to hear it for the #AHA2026 Sinclair Workshop on Historical Podcasting. Submit an application before November 15th!

Spent a terrific morning at Pratt Institute: Brooklyn yesterday for the Incite-Columbia U Oral Storytelling Symposium. I gave a talk about the production Worlds Turned Upside Down, and then led a short script development workshop based on Incite's Elder's Project incite.columbia.edu/projects/the...

The Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia invites applications for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professorship in History at the rank of Professor, with a preferred specialization in Indigenous and/or environmental history. www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk...

🗓️ As we near the end of 2025, I am preparing my calendar for the upcoming year. Do you need a guest speaker for your class or organization? Book me now before my 2026 schedule fills up! You can DM me, email me ([email protected]), or find more info on my website: jamiegoodall.com/speaking

The @oieahc.bsky.social "For 2026: Wartime Transformations" conference starts tomorrow at William & Mary! If you can't make it in person, check out our virtual exhibit and take advantage of the 40% conference discount! Enter <10WMBURG25> at checkout www.upress.virginia.edu/exhibits/wmb...

A centennial edition of the classic work that instilled a liberal spirit into the study of #AmericanHistory. The American Revolution Considered as a Social Movement: 100th anniversary edition by J. Franklin Jameson will be available November 4. Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

2025 Frank Watson Book Prize in Scottish History! Catriona M.M. Macdonald, The Caledoniad: The Making of Scottish History. Edinburgh: John Donald, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., 2024. ISBN: 9780859767200. Congratulations, Dr. Macdonald! 🏆🎉 Read the jury's citation: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/scottis...

Here is my first publication from my new project on the history of colonial Newfoundland and the Beothuk people, and I'm rather nervous to put it out in the world. Genuinely, all thoughts on this work are welcome as I head into writing a book about it...

Coming soon to British Online Archives — Witchcraft and Magic in England, c. 1400–1920. Featuring rare records from The National Archives, British Library, UCL, and The Folklore Society. Register your interest: buff.ly/YBeFCF1

Hello New York

Sure, but did Burns get @aipsmith.bsky.social to play George III, Lord North, Lord Dartmouth, or Thomas Gage? I think not.

Congratulations to friend and colleague @mikkibrock.bsky.social on being shortlisted for Scotland's National Book Awards in the research category for Plagues of the Heart: Crisis and Covenanting in a Seventeenth-Century Scottish Town (MUP, 2024)! www.thesaltires.org.uk

Coming next spring, in time for what will surely be a lively but respectful debate about the 250th anniversary of the Declaration

Your periodic reminder that this is a fantastic series you should be listening to.

In one week, The Rebellion begins. Check out this preview of Worlds Turned Upside Down: Episode 20: The Rebellion and be sure to catch up on previous episodes before British regulars make their way down the road to Lexington and Concord.

I blurbed Steve Tuck’s new book, so I am biased, but _Escape from Pompeii_ is out today and I love it! It’s tracking the survivors of Vesuvius. 🌋 global.oup.com/academic/pro... (please excuse my use of our family puzzle table as a metaphor—I am so deep lol)

Job Ad❗Editor-in-Chief of the William and Mary Quarterly williammary.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WM/det...

It's been a while, but I have exciting news! Our department is hiring a Digital Historian with a specialization in Early America. Help us spread the word by sharing this opportunity within your networks. #DigitalHistory #DH #HigherEdJobs jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinna...

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

Heading to the printers soon and out in both the US/UK in three months! #booksky 📚 Available for pre-order now wherever books are sold: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

This is good reporting on the disaster in Alaska if you're looking for a reliable summary. This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...

I'm delighted to be presenting at the Pratt & Columbia/Incite Oral Storytelling Symposium next week on narrative history audio storytelling. If you'll be in Brooklyn, come join us for a fascinating series of talks and workshops! www.eventbrite.com/e/pratt-colu...

How are the micro-wild, elections, old diaries and America’s founding fathers entwined with the history of apples? @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @islandpress.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social #BookSky #nonfiction podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Oh, I just pop in occasionally to interview authors in the Cornell US in the World series. It’s called Authors in Conversation. Always a lot of fun!

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Today is the official PUBLICATION DAY for *Entangled Alliances* from @cornellupress.bsky.social!!! Save on your copy of the book with the QR code and discount code. 📚