CFP: Aid, Alliance, and Eighty Years: Reassessing the Marshall Plan, a conference marking the 80th anniversary of Marshall's speech at Harvard Yard. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX April 14–15, 2027 Proposal deadline: October 15, 2026 See the full CFP for details: tinyurl.com/yu2ys5xm

CPH has launched Civics in the Classroom, a new podcast series tied to our Dept of Ed Summer Seminar, America’s First Principles: The Declaration of Independence. Our first ep features Shilo Brooks & Jeffrey Engel discussing civic education. Listen here: tinyurl.com/ypb7hxdd

A hat trick for former SHAFR president Andrew Preston. ⚽🏆🏆🏆 His award-winning book Total Defense: The New Deal and the Invention of National Security has now picked up a third major honor: the 2026 Book Prize from the Society for History in the Federal Government. Congratulations Andrew!

Former #CPH postdoc Blake Earle with a new essay in Modern American History. Give it a read!

Modern American History@modamhist.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Inside MAH's special issue: "War for the Water: The Environmental Origins of Conflict Between Shrimp Fishers and Vietnamese Refugees on the Texas Coast" by Thomas Blake Earle shows the role of marine ecology in conflicts between Texan white & Vietnamese fishers in the 1970s & 80s. Link below!

Join us next week for a conversation with award-winning journalist Susan Page on her new book, The Queen and Her Presidents: The Hidden Hand That Shaped History (Harper, 2026). Click here to register: tinyurl.com/yc468nky

Congrats to #CPH Postdoc Alexander Stephens, who received the @oah.org Presidents' Travel Fund for Emerging Historians award! Alexander will join a roundtable on The Urgency of Recent Immigration History in the Trump Era, at #OAH26 Saturday, April 18, 8:45 AM–10:15 AM.

The University of North Carolina Wilmington invites junior scholars to apply for the 2026 Sherman Emerging Scholar Lecture. This year's theme: “The Global American Revolution” Deadline April 13 uncw.edu/academics/co...

Here's my review of @historianheather.bsky.social's excellent new book FEAR AND FURY in @jacobinmag.bsky.social. Many thanks to Meagan Day for the edits, and many thanks to Heather for writing yet another monumentally important book.🗃️ jacobin.com/2026/03/goet...

Long Before MAGA’s White Grievance, There Was Bernie Goetz

In 1984, a white man named Bernie Goetz shot four unarmed black youths on a New York City subway train. The tabloids hailed him as a fed-up everyman — rhetoric that permeated the culture and intensifi...

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Join us tomorrow for a conversation with Kate Epstein on her new book "Analog Superpowers: How Twentieth-Century Technology Theft Built the National Security State." @uchicagopress.bsky.social Info & free registration here: blog.smu.edu/cph/event/an...

TONIGHT! Join us at SMU to welcome @ronajohnson.bsky.social on his new book "Entangled Alliances: Racialized Freedom and Atlantic Diplomacy During the American Revolution." @cornellupress.bsky.social Info & free registration here: blog.smu.edu/cph/event/en...

Tomorrow! 📚🎙️

SMU Center for Presidential History@cphatsmu.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Monday, 3/9, @ronajohnson.bsky.social joins the CPH to discuss his new book, Entangled Alliances @cornellupress.bsky.social

What an honor it was speaking to Chris Jansing @msnowreports.bsky.social about Reverend Jesse Jackson's presidential runs, and his impact on the Civil Rights Movement! Lots of resonance with my forthcoming book's themes on how African Americans value the presidency.

SMU Center for Presidential History@cphatsmu.bsky.social · 6mo ago

CPH Senior Fellow Sharron Conrad appeared on @ms.now to reflect on the life and work of Rev. Jesse Jackson, and on the significance of three presidents being in attendance at his memorial service. www.ms.now/chris-jansin...

CPH Senior Fellow Sharron Conrad appeared on @ms.now to reflect on the life and work of Rev. Jesse Jackson, and on the significance of three presidents being in attendance at his memorial service. www.ms.now/chris-jansin...

Former presidents among thousands at Rev. Jesse Jackson's funeral

Former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton are among thousands honoring civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson at his memorial service in Chicago. Senior Fellow at SMU's Center for Presi...

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So glad my talk on *Entangled Alliances* got rescheduled after the January ice storm. 📚

SMU Center for Presidential History@cphatsmu.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Monday, 3/9, @ronajohnson.bsky.social joins the CPH to discuss his new book, Entangled Alliances @cornellupress.bsky.social

Monday, 3/9, @ronajohnson.bsky.social joins the CPH to discuss his new book, Entangled Alliances @cornellupress.bsky.social

Calling all K-12 History educators! Applications are DUE MARCH 6 for our Summer 2026 Seminar on the Declaration of Independence! Join us & 100 teachers at SMU in Dallas, all expenses paid. You can find all application info at www.smu.edu/cph/A250

CPH Director Jeffrey Engel quoted in this piece on Trump memorializing his own name, while still in office, from @christianitytoday.com www.christianitytoday.com/2026/03/trum...

Trump Memorializes Trump on Buildings, Bibles, and More - Christianity Today

The president’s penchant for renaming things after himself is unprecedented in American politics.

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Applications are now open for our American History & Civics Summer Seminar for K-12 educators. Topic: The Declaration of Independence: Info: Summer 2026, SMU, Dallas, TX! We welcome applications from educators across the country! Deadline: March 6 Details & application: smu.edu/cph/A250

This went really well. Solid turnout and great questions from the audience. Many thanks to the good folks @cphatsmu.bsky.social for inviting me back.

SMU Center for Presidential History@cphatsmu.bsky.social · 7mo ago

If you're in the Dallas-area, join us Thursday (2/19) night at SMU for our event *The Life and Death of Ryan White4: AIDS and Inequality in America.* Featuring @renfro.bsky.social. Register for this free event here: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/a9jgesk @uncpress.bsky.social

Still time to join us tonight for this event with @renfro.bsky.social! SMU, Dallas Hall, 6pm.

SMU Center for Presidential History@cphatsmu.bsky.social · 7mo ago

If you're in the Dallas-area, join us Thursday (2/19) night at SMU for our event *The Life and Death of Ryan White4: AIDS and Inequality in America.* Featuring @renfro.bsky.social. Register for this free event here: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/a9jgesk @uncpress.bsky.social

Had the great pleasure of collaboratively writing with recent OSU PhD Cameron Givens (now SMU CfPH postdoc) on the history of the US secrecy + surveillance regime, reviewing Sam Lebovic's superb State of Silence🗃️ @h-diplo.bsky.social @shafrhistorians.bsky.social networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

If you're in the Dallas-area, join us Thursday (2/19) night at SMU for our event *The Life and Death of Ryan White4: AIDS and Inequality in America.* Featuring @renfro.bsky.social. Register for this free event here: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/a9jgesk @uncpress.bsky.social

Such an honor to receive this recognition for my book! Archie Bunker for President was my dream project and I enjoyed every step of the process. I'm particularly glad to see the award committee describe it as an "insightful and thoroughly entertaining book."

SMU Center for Presidential History@cphatsmu.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Join us in offering congratulations to @oscarwinberg.bsky.social, winner of the 2026 CPH Book Prize(!) for his book *Archie Bunker for President* @uncpress.bsky.social We look forward to welcoming Dr. Winberg to SMU next academic year to share his work with our campus and Dallas community!

Join us in offering congratulations to @oscarwinberg.bsky.social, winner of the 2026 CPH Book Prize(!) for his book *Archie Bunker for President* @uncpress.bsky.social We look forward to welcoming Dr. Winberg to SMU next academic year to share his work with our campus and Dallas community!

Really looking forward to this! See y'all later this week.

SMU Center for Presidential History@cphatsmu.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Join us Thursday night for a conversation with @renfro.bsky.social, historian at Florida State and former CPH postdoc! He'll be discussing his new book, The Life and Death of Ryan White: AIDS and Inequality in America @uncpress.bsky.social

Join us Thursday night for a conversation with @renfro.bsky.social, historian at Florida State and former CPH postdoc! He'll be discussing his new book, The Life and Death of Ryan White: AIDS and Inequality in America @uncpress.bsky.social

Congratulations to former CPH postdoc @lizingleson.bsky.social on her new position, Assistant Professor in US History since 1920 @camhistory.bsky.social!!

Elizabeth O’Brien Ingleson@lizingleson.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I’m delighted to be joining the Cambridge History Faculty, starting next academic year! It couldn't be a more important time to be working to understand the US, China and the history of capitalism. I’m looking forward to engaging with scholars across the Cambridge community on these important topics

Congratulations to the 2026 CPH Book Prize finalists! @alkleintop.bsky.social "Counting the Cost of Freedom" @jrogg.bsky.social "The Spy and the State" @oscarwinberg.bsky.social "Archie Bunker for President" We'll announce the 2026 winner next week! @oxfordunipress.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social

Intelligence history is American history! Honored to be a finalist for such a prestigious prize and on America’s 250th, too! @cphatsmu.bsky.social @socintelhist.bsky.social

Applications are now open for our American History & Civics Summer Seminar for K-12 educators. Topic: The Declaration of Independence: Info: Summer 2026, SMU, Dallas, TX! We welcome applications from educators across the country! Deadline: March 6 Details & application: smu.edu/cph/A250