The William and Mary Quarterly forum on the recently discovered John Dickinson documents, revealing his previously unknown secret attempt to prevent the American Revolution, is now available online! The WMQ has generously made the issue open access for the next month. muse.jhu.edu/issue/57168

I know Friday nights are precious, but if you're at loose ends I'm giving a talk @benfranklinhouse.bsky.social on Friday titled 'Franklin, Print, and Polemical Politics'. Open to the public & will be a relaxed discussion of newspapers & Franklin! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/franklin-p...

Franklin, Print, and Polemical Politics

How did newspapers help shape the American Revolution?

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#OnThisDay in 1776, the Pennsylvania Evening Post printed by Benjamin Towne in Philadelphia presented the first newspaper printing of the newly adopted Declaration of Independence. See it on view in "The Declaration's Journey." From our collection: https://bit.ly/46PMm9x

@samuel-bagg.bsky.social is aiming to hire a postdoc to work on an anti-corruption project we've collaborated on. The position is through Yale but would involve relocating to South Carolina. It's for two years & includes no teaching. There's a soft deadline July 10th: apply.interfolio.com/188955

A wonderful roundup of this year’s London Graduate Conference in HPT by one of our excellent roundtable speakers!

Not topical at all! July's blogpost explores the theme of vice, corruption, and decay. www.rachelhammersley.com/new-blog/2026/6/30/vice-corruption-and-decay @beccapalmer99.bsky.social

And also time to sign up for our graduate conference before! Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/america-at...

America at 250: A Graduate Conference

Join us in person for America at 250: A Graduate Conference. We have 12 excellent speakers and would love for you to join us.

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BrANCH@branchuk.bsky.social · last mo.

Still time to sign up for the Commonwealth Fund Lecture being hosted by @ucl.ac.uk this Thursday at 17:30! Professor Eliga Gould (University of New Hampshire) will be speaking on the American Revolution’s origins as an act of armed resistance and its continuing legacies!!

Such a shame that women rarely drive main plotlines in histories; it doesn't mean they didn't in their own time. If we saw the past the way we see a street scene today it would be populated w 50%+ women. A useful reminder that history isn't what happened, but what we say about what happened.

TODAY: the first day of our exhibition, ‘REVOLUTION 250’. It tells the story of the American Revolution through the British archive. We also look beyond the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration to encompass further stories, including Indigenous nations and Black Loyalists.

VENUE CHANGE: We will now be in an air-conditioned room! Becca's talk will now be held in LG10, Bentham House, UCL.

History of Political Thought Graduate Conference@history-thought.bsky.social · last mo.

Our final seminar of this academic year will be on Wednesday. Our own Becca Palmer will be giving a talk titled: "Words will lose their meaning”: Corruption, self-interest, and the politics of truth in the American Revolution. Book via the link below: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Another wonderful event - would love for you all to join us!

British Association for American Studies@officialbaas.bsky.social · last mo.

UCL is hosting its first Graduate Workshop on ‘Early America at 250’. The free (!) event will take place 2nd July 2026. See the programme & book tickets here:

Join us for 4th of July! We're extending our hours and offering self-guided tours all week 🎆 Adult tickets from £12.50, Kids from £8 -- Link in bio. #London #Tour #4thOfJuly

London (& beyond) friends! I know it'll be melting on Wednesday, but if anyone fancies hearing me talk about my research then we'd love to have you! Discussing newspapers, provincial politics, and allegations of deceit & what this meant for the American Revolution.

History of Political Thought Graduate Conference@history-thought.bsky.social · last mo.

Our final seminar of this academic year will be on Wednesday. Our own Becca Palmer will be giving a talk titled: "Words will lose their meaning”: Corruption, self-interest, and the politics of truth in the American Revolution. Book via the link below: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

What do you get when you add 33 & 250? BrANCH 2026 at Warwick, 9-11 October!!! Registration now open — come celebrate our 33rd annual conference as we reflect on the USA at 250! Speakers include the incomparable Mia Bay and sagacious @profmsinha.bsky.social. Plus, many more (check out the card)

Warwick 2026 — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

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We have a fantastic lineup of graduate papers and academic commentators - please do come along!

History of Political Thought Graduate Conference@history-thought.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Reminder about our Annual Graduate Conference, happening this Thursday and Friday! We have an amazing selection of graduate papers on the theme of 'Vice, Corruption, and Decay'. See the programme and sign up via the link below. historyofpoliticalthoughtblog.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Such tragic news. Have been engaging with his work a lot this week. Such an inspiration.

The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com · 2mo ago

Gordon Wood, a professor emeritus at Brown University who was an influential scholar of the American Revolution, has died after being hit by a car in East Providence.

And before this, we have an exciting graduate conference on Early America. Programme to follow soon!

British Association for American Studies@officialbaas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Professor Eliga Gould will be delivering the 2026 Commonwealth Fund Lecture, "From 1775 to 1776: The American Revolution and the Embarrassing Right of Resistance", on 2nd July at University College London.

Our next seminar will be this Wednesday 10th June, and we will be joined by Angus Brown from Chicago. He will be giving a talk on 'The Paradox of Perpetual Peace'. Sign up via the link below! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The Paradox of Perpetual Peace

History of Political Ideas/Early Career Seminar

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📣 Are you a PGR or ECR planning a visit to the United States for a conference or archive trip on nineteenth century American history??? Applications for the BrANCH Parish Travel Awards (up to £1000 of funding!) are now open!!! Deadline to apply for this cycle: July 1st See more details below 👇

Parish Travel Grants — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

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✔️usable draft of conference paper ✔️accompanying powerpoint ✔️NINE DOLLAR amtrak to tomorrow’s boston flight anyone can sign up to tune into the @benfranklinhouse.bsky.social America 250 conference, where I’ll be presenting on Felicity www.eventbrite.com/e/remember-t...

"Remember the Ladies": Women & Revolution

Join us either in person or online for our First Annual Spring Conference!

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📢 Just over two weeks left to nominate your work or work you love for the 2026 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2021/12/the-richard-deswarte-prize-in-digital-history/ #dhist

The 2026 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History - Digital History Seminar

SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION HERE BEFORE 31 MAY Richard Deswarte (1965-2021) was one of the founding convenors of the Digital History seminar at the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), University of Lon...

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🗣️🗣️🗣️ There's a job at York! 1-year 0.5 FTE postdoctoral fellowship funded by MHRA, working with me on the Collected Works of Mary Wollstonecraft OUP edition. You have to be within 3 years of your PhD - unjust I know but a requirement of the MHRA. jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

Come join us tomorrow to hear Charlotte's talk! It promises to be a wonderful evening.

Charlotte Cull@charlottecull.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm going to be talking about the 'revolutionary rural' and anarchist environmental ideas at the @ihr.bsky.social on Wednesday. Please come along if you're in London!

Happening tonight!

Becca Palmer@beccapalmer99.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Participating in this online panel in a few weeks - should be a good evening of discussions!

Come along this Wednesday for the first @ihr.bsky.social Early Careers Seminar with Thomas Nichol on Alexis de Tocqueville’s historical thought www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The genesis of Tocqueville's historical thought

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Our programme for term 3 is now live! You might also recognise some familiar names...👀

History of Political Thought Graduate Conference@history-thought.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Our summer programme begins next week! You can view the full list of seminars & sign up via the link below. We start with a talk on 'The Genesis of Toqueville's Historical Thought'. Hope to see you there!

I'm pleased to announce I'm a founding co-editor of the new @manchesterup.bsky.social book series, Radical Histories. Do let me know if you have a proposal for a book that fits our inclusive remit on radical histories. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/radic...

Radical Histories - Manchester University Press

The Radical Histories series encourages innovative and field-defining research in the history of individuals, groups, movements and ideas which challenged the political, social and cultural status quo...

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Participating in this online panel in a few weeks - should be a good evening of discussions!

The third set of postdocs in our ERC project on popular government have just been advertised. These 3 will be based across the road from LSE at KCL with @uditbhatia.bsky.social and focus on popular government in the global south my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

Bruno Leipold@brunoleipold.com · 4mo ago

Really pleased to advertise these 4 LSE postdocs in the history of popular government as part of our ERC Synergy Project "Popular Government in Global Perspective (POPGOV)"

Exciting News! The 27th International Conference of the History of Concepts Group #HCG2026 will take place in Helsinki, 19–21 August 2026. The CfP is open: scholars at all career stages are welcome to submit proposals until 30 April 2026! Application and details: bit.ly/HCG_2026 Spread the word!🇫🇮

CFP: Conference of the History of Concepts Group | Centre for Intellectual History | University of Helsinki

The annual conference of the History of Concepts Group is held at the University of Helsinki, 19-21 August 2026.

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Happy Evacuation Day! While Boston celebrates the retreat of the British in 1776, let's also remember the Black Bostonians who found their freedom by leaving Massachusetts with the British. Pompey Fleet was a skilled printer enslaved by the Fleet family (printers/booksellers/auctioneers) in Boston