Beth Wilson
@bethrwilson.bsky.social
Historian of US slavery, gender and emotions. Lecturer in American History at Cardiff University.
Friends, following the success of our Teaching Antifascism event in London in May (ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...), we are going to start a v. basic newsletter. It will include the sections in this image, and you can sign up here: forms.office.com/e/txSSt6K5cY
⭐⭐ 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... ⭐⭐
'About 150 academic roles are set to go at the south-west institution, which said it was targeting areas that are “no longer sustainable” or have seen changes in student demand.' History and English are name-checked. 1/3
University of Exeter cuts an ‘existential threat to humanities’
Russell Group institution cites changing student demand as it puts 500 staff at risk of redundancy, with 150 jobs set to go
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Alongside being a historian, I work in youth participation, and last year worked alongside Trussell to develop a report exploring the hopes and experiences of young people experiencing financial hardship. You can take a look at the report here: www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-res...
Maybe, tomorrow | Trussell
This report amplifies the voices of young people aged 16-25 experiencing financial hardship in the UK.
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Permanent lectureship in Modern British History at the University of Manchester. FT, £42-58k, closing date 30 June 26, starting Sept 26 onwards. For international people, this is equivalent to a tenure-track Assistant Lectureship. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #SkyStorians
Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800):Oxford Road
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Excited to see 'I Felt All This' is now available to read online through Cambridge Core. Looking forward to seeing it published in print later this month! www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...
‘I Felt All This’
Cambridge Core - Colonial American History - ‘I Felt All This’
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This was such a brilliant conference. I learnt so much about histories of infertility, about how to locate these histories, and about how to communicate this work creatively. So many thoughts for my new project! Thanks so much for having me @niamhroisin.bsky.social
Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman@niamhroisin.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat a day at the Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces conference - still just taking it all in but just the most extraordinary research & work shared by scholars, curators, professionals. Such a profound experience - GRMA Ó chroí to all
Delighted that my latest article in @anchistjournal.bsky.social, 'Challenging the Overseer', has been shortlisted for the Royal Historical Society's 2026 Early Career Article Prize ⭐
Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 3mo agoThe Society is pleased to publish today the Shortlist of its 2026 Early Career Article Prize: bit.ly/4wEuVoW This year's list includes eight articles published in 2025 and follows an open call for submissions. Our two winners for this prize will be announced in July #Skystorians 1/2
Final spaces available for our ‘Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces’ conference next week @unioflimerick.bsky.social - 27 May. Free, all welcome (booking required) - we have a wonderful line-up of speakers on the day - www.irishhumanities.ie/news-events/...
Irish Humanities Alliance | Locating Loss
Locating Loss: Histories of Infertility in Landscapes and Spaces conference, University of Limerick on 27 May 2026.<br /> <br /> The aim of the Locating Loss project is to explore the spaces…
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Alongside being a historian, I work in youth participation, and last year worked alongside Trussell to develop a report exploring the hopes and experiences of young people experiencing financial hardship. You can take a look at the report here: www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-res...
Maybe, tomorrow | Trussell
This report amplifies the voices of young people aged 16-25 experiencing financial hardship in the UK.
trussell.org.uk
Every single member of the History Department at Uni of Nottingham is at risk of redundancy. Every single one of us.
Really looking forward to being part of this Locating Loss conference in May, speaking on a roundtable about my new project on slavery and infertility. @niamhroisin.bsky.social 's project is brilliant, bringing together historians, health professionals and others to consider spaces of loss.
Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman@niamhroisin.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt is National Infertility Awareness week - a week to acknowledge the impact of infertility on millions of people around the world. An appropriate time to share the programme for the Locating Loss conference, which will take place @unioflimerick.bsky.social on 27 May
The problem when I graduated was that there were 200 modern British history PhDs putting in applications for every job, you had to apply for like 50 jobs to get one, and a fair few people left academia before they did. That was unpleasant in its own way, but it wasn’t a death spiral like it is now.
Richard Carr@richardcarr.bsky.social · 4mo agoThere are currently 6 permanent full time history jobs in the whole UK. 500+ PhDs being produced a year - not all of whom will want to pursue an academic year but likely most, and of course years will stack up onto each other. What a sector.
Some really excellent work forthcoming from CUP. www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
‘I Felt All This’ | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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Still one more month to apply for our new grant for under-represented early career scholars. All details below. @universitypress.cambridge.org
Cecelia Cancellaro@ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · 8mo agoThrilled about this new grant we are offering for under-represented early career scholars. The first cycle is for scholars in history and area studies. Please spread the word widely. @universitypress.cambridge.org ********************************* Read more here: 🔗 cup.org/4pF5xvr
Claiming Land, Claiming Water: Borders and the People Who Crossed Them in the Early Modern Atlantic arrived at the houses of Pretzel and Paz Purrmann this week, and their humans (Jessica Roney, and me) were pretty jazzed @pennpress.bsky.social
Thrilled/nervous to be taking over as Chair of BrANCH (@branchuk.bsky.social) from October. Emily has left some enormous shoes to fill (figuratively...), but this is the first organization I joined back in the mists of PhD time, and it's an enormous honor to step up here. www.branch.org.uk
British American Nineteenth American Historians (BrANCH)
BrANCH, the association of British American Nineteen Century Historians, is a UK-based group of historians interested in US history across the long nineteenth-century.
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'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.
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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I was lucky enough to work in the Department of American Studies at Nottingham for a year, and as Emily says, it is a dynamic and welcoming community providing students with a really important alternative to a history degree. Please sign this!
Emily Brady@emilybrady.bsky.social · 9mo agoI 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.
Over the next few weeks, we're highlighting the 8 articles and 8 books shortlisted for this year's RHS Early Career Article and First Book Prizes. Today it's Katherine Burns, ‘‘She died from grief’: Trauma and Emotion in Information Wanted Advertisements’, Slavery & Abolition' bit.ly/3HDuOVZ 1/2
‘She Died from Grief’: Trauma and Emotion in Information Wanted Advertisements
This article examines formerly enslaved people’s use of Information Wanted advertisements to reconnect with lost family after the American Civil War. This article argues that physical reunification...
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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!
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! 👇
BrANCH@branchuk.bsky.social · 2y agoJust 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👇
I'm discussing my work tomorrow at the RAI. Please join us!
Rothermere American Institute@raioxford.bsky.social · 2y agoOur final AHRS of Michaelmas term will be tomorrow, Tuesday 3 December at 16:00 at the RAI with Beth Wilson (Oxford) discussing her work on 'Testimonies of Emotion: Enslaved People's Emotional Lives in the Antebellum US South.'
Excited that our edited collection 'Slavery and Emotions in the Atlantic World' has been published today in book form by Routledge! Thanks to my co-editor Emily West and all the amazing contributors. www.routledge.com/Slavery-and-...
Slavery and Emotions in the Atlantic World
This book explores the history of slavery in the Atlantic World through the lens of emotion. Combining methods from the history of emotions with those from slavery studies often for the first time, th...
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Come and join us at the AHRS tomorrow at 4pm!
Rothermere American Institute@raioxford.bsky.social · 2y agoThis week, AHRS will be running a discussion on Tuesday 26 Nov at the RAI with Simon Hall (Leeds) discussing his work on 'John Reed, Edgar Snow, Herbert Matthews, and the Question of Journalistic Truth'- details available here: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/event/john-r...
Join AHRS tonight to hear Harvey G Cohen (KCL) speak about his work titled: 'Roll Away The Stone: African American Gospel Music 1930-1965.' 4pm at the RAI. Details here: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/event/roll-a...
Roll Away The Stone: African American Gospel Music 1930-1965
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Looking forward to giving a paper at University of York next Wednesday - please join us!
Ana María Otero-Cleves@amoterocleves.bsky.social · 2y agoJoin us next week for the History Research Seminar at the University of York. @bethrwilson.bsky.social, will be sharing her research on ‘Slavery, Emotions and Gender in the US South’. 20 November 2024, 5:30 -7:00 PM. All welcome! 👉For more details: www.york.ac.uk/history/abou...
