Very happy to see this positive review of my Spinning the World in @diplomatichistory.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...
Andrew Johnstone
@historyandrew.bsky.social
Now available on bluesky. Mostly history. Occasional Yacht Rock and sport. Author of Spinning the World: The Public Relations Industry and American Foreign Relations (Cambridge University Press, 2025) and more
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.
Congratulations to all of our graduates this week who endured the warmth of DeMontfort Hall for their degree ceremonies. Always nice to get a picture afterwards with some of my FDR special subject students, even if it is interrupted by a rogue sunbeam.
#SHAFR2026 at Ohio State University. Stop by and see us. Many fantastic new books! @universitypress.cambridge.org
Very pleased to see this @h-diplo.bsky.social roundtable on my book Spinning the World: The Public Relations Industry and American Foreign Relations hdiplo.org/to/RT27-9
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I did a Q&A with Andrew Dubbins at USC’s Center on Public Diplomacy about my book Spinning the World: the Public Relations Industry and American Foreign Relations
Meet the Author: Andrew Johnstone on the Public Relations Industry and American Foreign Relations
Andrew Johnstone is the author of Spinning the World: The Public Relations Industry and American Foreign Relations.
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🎉 Congratulations to SHAFR's June 2026 award winners! We're thrilled to recognize this year's recipients and can't wait to celebrate them alongside our January award winners at the SHAFR Annual Meeting in Columbus next week. tinyurl.com/39a2kzsk
June 2026 Awards
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Come work with us! We've got a 5 year fixed-term teaching fellow position in International Relations. Deadline next Thursday. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRO007/t...
Teaching Fellow in International Relations at University of Leicester
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Noted by the "Wall Street Journal" as providing "new insights into the mind of a critical figure in the history of the Cold War," Bevan Sewell's "John Foster Dulles" is a compelling biography of one of the most complex and under-examined architects of US foreign policy. https://tr.ee/sKx9iJ
SHAFR is now accepting nominations for the 2026 election! Click here for more information: tinyurl.com/3ewsc89u
In Leicester next Wednesday between 4.30 and 6pm? Come to a joint three-book launch for my Spinning the World, James Campbell's Reluctant Abolitionists: Britain and the End of the Colonial Death Penalty, and George Lewis's Un-Americanism: A History of the Battle to Control an Idea
So happy to see this out and to celebrate its publication tonight! (PS thanks for not writing in my copy)
Dr. Heather Dichter@hdichter.bsky.social · 7mo agoHad a wonderful time at @carolinesharples.bsky.social book launch (published by @yalebooks.bsky.social) held at The Wiener Library in London. Congrats Caroline! 🎉 I can’t wait to read it #skystorians 🗃️
My co-editor Jennifer Keene and I are very excited for our volume to come out this summer! Click through the link to see the amazing roster of contributors.
The Cambridge History of War and Society in America | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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I look like I'm arguing with Sean Fear, when I'm actually telling him how much I liked his paper and how I can't wait for his book.
SHAFR@shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 9mo agoThe 1st SHAFR UK-Ireland network in-person workshop, held earlier this month at @raioxford.bsky.social, was a resounding success! If you want to learn more & take part in the regular online seminar, visit the www.shafr.org/uk-ireland-n... PhD students & early career academics particularly welcome!
Less than 2 weeks to apply for these awesome @shafrhistorians.bsky.social awards - including the Hogan Language Fellowship. I’m a previous Hogan winner & I have the honor of chairing the Hogan committee this year so apply or tell your PhD students to apply! #SHAFR #skystorians 🗃️
SHAFR@shafrhistorians.bsky.social · last yr.🚨 Reminder: SHAFR January awards deadline is Oct 15! Apply now for the Bernath Lecture Prize, Williams Emerging Scholar Grant, Hogan Language Fellowship & grad dissertation grants. Details: tinyurl.com/5n6e6h8z #SHAFR #HistoryAwards #AcademicSky #skystorians
SHAFR Election results are here! Congratulations to the newest members of our leadership team. #SHAFR
Hardcover publication day in the US (after the books enoyed what I like to imagine was a leisurely transatlantic cruise)
Andrew Johnstone@historyandrew.bsky.social · last yr.Official publication day!
Available in at least one good bricks-and-mortar bookshop.
@cambridgebookshop.bsky.social · last yr.We've got some brand-new books from @universitypress.cambridge.org on our shelves! 🙌📚 Including 'Spinning the World' by @historyandrew.bsky.social which has been released today, examining the public relations industry's hidden hand of influence on American foreign relations. 🌎
Thank you @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social so much again for creating the paperback proof prototype! Can't wait to hold the real thing when it's out next month.
Cecelia Cancellaro@ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · last yr.From a SHAFR conversation to a soon to be published book, Andrew Johnstone’s Spinning the World is an insightful examination of the PR industry and US foreign relations. @shafrhistorians.bsky.social #SHAFR2025 @universitypress.cambridge.org
Always nice to see a copy of my last book out in the wild, especially in Strand Bookstore, possibly my favourite book store in the world
Publishers can get rid of blurbs if they want, but for now I'm very happy to have these for my forthcoming book 🗃
BAAS regrets to announce that the BAAS / US Embassy Small Grants Programme has been cancelled. 1/7