Today, Filippo de Vivo, Martin Conway, @faridahzaman.bsky.social and I, along with 30 other members of the Faculty of History at the University of Oxford have written to the leadership of the University of Exeter to express our deep concern about the proposed cuts to Humanities and Social Sciences

⭐⭐ It's publication day for 'I Felt All This': Enslaved People's Emotional Lives in the Antebellum US South' published by @universitypress.cambridge.org! You can now buy it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/i... ⭐⭐

Next Monday, join us to hear Aisha Djelid talk about Enslaved Children, "Adultification", and Resistance in the Antebellum US South (1812-1861); 11-12.15 Sophia Sheppard Room, Magdalen College or online

@branchuk.bsky.social announces a search for new co-editors of its journal, American 19th C History @anchistjournal.bsky.social. Apps to include c.v. and a 1-2 page cover letter, sent to ANCH co-editor, and incoming BrANCH Chair, David Doddington (doddingtond@cardiff.ac.uk) by 01.05.26. Pls share!

Lots of fun giving a lecture on the Origins of the Civil Rights Movement for AIM High A Level students this morning alongside some cool historians @emilybrady.bsky.social @davidolusoga.bsky.social

'I Felt All This' has a cover, and CUP have done such a wonderful job! Keep an eye out - it's being published in June.

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Rhodes Professorship of American History at University of Oxford

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Had such a wonderful time at the University of Birmingham talking about Seth’s excellent book! Thank you all for including me!

John Munro@johnmunro.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Thank you @kateesthersmith.bsky.social, @apeikeumolu.bsky.social, @sallytuckett.bsky.social, @aishadjelid.bsky.social, and @sethrockman.bsky.social for such an excellent roundtable this afternoon on Plantation Goods!

Really looking forward to tomorrow’s roundtable on Plantation Goods with @sethrockman.bsky.social @aishadjelid.bsky.social @sallytuckett.bsky.social @apeikeumolu.bsky.social @johnmunro.bsky.social All welcome! www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/round...

Really looking forward to roundtable on Plantation Goods happening at UoB this Friday. All welcome! www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/round...

Now accepting applications for the John G Winant Visiting Professor role within the RAI at Oxford for 2027-28, 2028-29 and 2029-30- Details here: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

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@sethrockman.bsky.social @apeikeumolu.bsky.social @aishadjelid.bsky.social and @sallytuckett.bsky.social are coming to Birmingham next Friday to discuss Plantation Goods: A Material History of Slavery - everyone welcome! www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/round...

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....

“The master whished to reproduce”: slavery, forced intimacy, and enslavers’ interference in sexual relationships in the antebellum South, 1808–1861

This article examines the extent to which enslavers across the antebellum South forced enslaved men and women to reproduce. Using a spectrum of violence as a tool of coercion, enslavers coerced, ca...

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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...

‘I Felt All This’

Cambridge Core - American Studies - ‘I Felt All This’

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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)

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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...

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...

Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice

CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact

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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.

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SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM

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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...

Kinder-BrANCH MA Fellowship — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

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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...

Parish Dissertation Prize — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

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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...

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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...

Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920 at University of Cambridge

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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...

PhD Scholarship: Pacific Powers - Flinders University

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

Teaching Fellowship in Queer and Gender History with a Specific Focus on the 20th Century United States at University of Oxford

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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...

Departmental Lecturer in 20th Century United States History at University of Oxford

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