The deadline for William Appleman Williams Emerging Scholar Research Grant; Hogan Foreign Language Fellowship; and Graduate Dissertation Research Grants is October 15. Visit www.shafr.org/awards for more details.
Julia Irwin
@juliairwin.bsky.social
Historian of US foreign aid, disasters, and international humanitarianism. Author of *Making the World Safe* (OUP ’13) and *Catastrophic Diplomacy* (UNC ’24). Co-editor of *InterConnections: The Global 20th Century* (UNC) and *Journal of Disaster Studies*.
Wooot! You can get all our awesome InterConnections books (including The Fate of the Americas 😘) for 35% off all month!
UNC Press@uncpress.bsky.social · 3w agoThe only thing better than a book is a book you didn't pay full price for 🤭 You can use code 01HISTORY250 for 35% off + free US shipping on orders over $75 on all history books (distributed books not included) on our site all month long 🙌
For #historians - Call for Papers for a conference on women's mobilization in the Americas during WWI in Buenos Aires on 13-14 May 2027 This conference invites scholars from related disciplines to submit their research examining the roles played by women across the Americas during the Great War.
I know this is, as a colleague said, niche Yael content at the intersection of refugees and archives, but my goodness: we need a campaign to save the UNHCR archive on the 75th anniversary of the Refugee Convention! Who is with me!? rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/06/29/u...
UNHCR’s future is at risk – and so is its past - Refugee Law Initiative Blog
By Jane McAdam and Maja Janmyr Budget cuts are forcing the UN Refugee Agency to cull its archives, threatening the world’s memory of displacement and undermining future protection. When people think o...
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It’s a real honor to be awarded this recognition from SHAFR for _Catastrophic Diplomacy_, but it’s all the more sweet to be in such incredible company with the brilliant @lizingleson.bsky.social! Congratulations Lizzie, and congrats to all of this year’s SHAFR award winners!
Nathan Ellstrand@nellstra.bsky.social · 2mo agoCongratulations to @juliairwin.bsky.social and Elizabeth O'Brien Ingleson on receiving the Myrna F. Bernath Book Award from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations ( @shafrhistorians.bsky.social )!!
If you're a historian working on global, international, or transregional topics in the (long) twentieth century, the series editors for INTERCONNECTIONS: THE GLOBAL 20TH CENTURY would be delighted to chat with you about your book project. uncpress.org/series/inter...
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InterConnections: The Global 20th Century is home to innovative global, international, and transregional histories of the long twentieth century. We also publish cutting-edge histories of the US and t...
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This one means a lot. @rmclas-conference.bsky.social was the first academic conference I ever attended and I have always considered it an intellectual home. Feeling very grateful and honored. @uncpress.bsky.social
BREAKING NEWS - We have an additional 1-2 spots available for the Book Proposal Workshop. Email Amy Sayward ASAP if interested.
SHAFR@shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 6mo agoATTN: advanced grad students, early career, and intl scholars
So happy to see your book getting the attention it deserves, Renata!!
Renata Keller@renatakeller.bsky.social · 3mo agoSo excited to see this review of The Fate of the Americas in Foreign Affairs that praises my "engaging prose" and "extensive research in Latin American archives"!! www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/fate... @foreignaffairs.com @uncpress.bsky.social @shafrhistorians.bsky.social #History 🗃️
Both of these books showcase the kind of path-breaking, transnational yet locally-grounded histories that my co-editors and I love to produce with InterConnections! Check them out! uncpress.org/search-grid/... @juliairwin.bsky.social @cmcknichols.bsky.social @drjsarkar.bsky.social
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So proud to share our two latest #InterConnections @uncpress.bsky.social books!! These are both important, exciting new looks at international and global history. Grounds for Exclusion, by Benjamin Bryce, sheds light on the timely topic of immigration policy... (1/x) #History🗃️
Two of my fabulous co-editors and our brilliant new UNC editor Andrew Kinney are at the conference, however, if anyone wants to chat about InterConnections! @juliairwin.bsky.social @cmcknichols.bsky.social uncpress.org/series/inter... (2/2)
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InterConnections: The Global 20th Century is home to innovative global, international, and transregional histories of the long twentieth century. We also publish cutting-edge histories of the US and t...
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I'm (sadly) not at #OAH2026... but my book is! Big thanks to @uncpress.bsky.social for featuring The Fate of the Americas... and the latest book in our InterConnections series, A Proxy Africa: Guyana, African Americans, and the Radical 1970s! .... (1/2) #History🗃️
The idea was simple: what does US history look like from the perspective of water? The brilliant editors at @modamhist.bsky.social gave us the ideal platform for that conversation, and the result is an issue to be proud of, one that crosses disciplinary boundaries and sparks new research. Enjoy!
Modern American History@modamhist.bsky.social · 4mo agoA special issue of Modern American History, A Water's History of the United States, with Roosevelt Institute for American Studies guest editors Gaetano Di Tommaso and @dariofazzi.bsky.social, is now live!
SHAFR is now accepting nominations for the 2026 election! Click here for more information: tinyurl.com/3ewsc89u
Congratulations to former #SHAFR President Andrew Preston (UVA) whose book, Total Defense, won the @smh-historians.bsky.social 2026 Distinguished Book Award!! www.smh-hq.org/awards/books... cc: @harvardpress.bsky.social
Your humble servant has a written a book about the social science of poverty in Cold War Latin America and the contexts that shaped its creation, from international sources like the Ford Foundation to dictatorships across the region. The book is in production and will be ready at the end of 2026
** Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction ** is officially published today! Happy to have this new little book out in the world. For more info: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
If you are working on a book manuscript in international history during any part or the long 20th century, consider the Interconnections book series🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social - we're here for you! @juliairwin.bsky.social @renatakeller.bsky.social @drjsarkar.bsky.social uncpress.org/series/inter...
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InterConnections: The Global 20th Century is home to innovative global, international, and transregional histories of the long twentieth century. We also publish cutting-edge histories of the US and t...
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We are very pleased to announce the publication of the newest issue of Journal of Disaster Studies! As always, of the articles from Volume 2, Issue 2 are available in open-access. You can read them here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56527
The Graduate Student Writing Group is soliciting submissions for its next workshop on April 19!
This is a terrific article -- highly recommended for historians of humanitarianism, development, disasters, and the global Cold War. We are so pleased to feature Grazia Sciacchitano's excellent research in the Journal of Disaster Studies!
Grazia Sciacchitano@graziasciacchitano.bsky.social · 5mo agoExcited that my work "Turning Disaster into a Path for Development: Francoist Spain's Humanitarian Response to the 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake" has been published published in the @jds-disasters.bsky.social ✌️ Open access for all 👇 muse.jhu.edu/article/984818
The final episode of our SECOLAS audiodocumentary on the Cuban Missile Crisis is out!! 🎉 In Episode VI: Resolution, Dustin Walcher and I discuss how the crisis came to an end and examine its consequences. We speak with scholars including... (1/2) soundcloud.com/historiaspod
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Happy to see the cover for this terrific edited volume — congratulations Margot and Brian (and thanks for all of the work you’ve put in!!)
Margot Tudor@drmargottudor.bsky.social · 5mo agoAfter years of calls, events, and track changes, Brian Drohan and I are excited to announce the publication of our edited volume, Military Humanitarianism: Aid Operations and Armed Forces, with @cornellupress.bsky.social in July 2026! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Episode 5 of my audiodocumentary on the Cuban Missile Crisis is live! In this episode, Dustin Walcher and I *finally* get around to discussing the crisis itself, yay! Please share and give it a listen! #history 🗃️ @shafrhistorians.bsky.social soundcloud.com/historiaspod...
Episode V - Crisis
In this episode, Renata and Dustin examine the Cuban Missile Crisis and its moments of greatest danger. They speak with scholars including Carlos Alzugaray Treto, Michelle Chase, James Hershberg, Pete
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Penn Press@pennpress.bsky.social · 6mo agoWe are so thrilled that @jds-disasters.bsky.social has received an honorable mention for Best New Journal from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals! Congratulations to the editors. Learn more about this innovative open-access journal on our website: bit.ly/3Z62bpN
