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Aisha Djelid @aishadjelid.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

SO excited to share the cover of my forthcoming book, Fruits of Their Labor, out with @ugapress.bsky.social next July!

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Christina de Bellaigue @cadebellaigue.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Today, Filippo de Vivo, Martin Conway, @faridahzaman.bsky.social and I, along with 30 other members of the Faculty of History at the University of Oxford have written to the leadership of the University of Exeter to express our deep concern about the proposed cuts to Humanities and Social Sciences

We write to express our profound concern at the proposed redundancies at the University of Exeter...History at Exeter has built a global reputation in recent years through its outstanding scholarship, major international research projects, and research-led teaching./We in Oxford have benefitted enormously from collaborations and exchanges with colleagues at Exeter, including on the Socialism Goes Global project, and on a developing programme of research focusing on Downward Social Mobility, and we frequently draw on the excellent work that your department members publish. The Exeter Centre for Global History in particular, has been world-leading in the field and stimulated our work in Oxford, as has the department’s long-established excellence in European, Imperial and Military history, Economic and Social History and the History of Science. We note too, the recent election to Fellowship of the British Academy of Professor Jane Whittle and Professor Mark Jackson, whose work has also inspired and guided ours. We have seen our undergraduates go on to prosper as graduate students in Exeter’s School of Archaeology and History, and recruit Exeter students to our own graduate programmes with enthusiasm, knowing they will have had excellent preparation for their studies. These strengths have taken decades to establish but could be undermined in a matter of months. Such losses would diminish the University’s academic standing, weaken its ability to attract outstanding staff and students, and jeopardise the reputation on which the University’s long-term institutional success depends./The case for cuts of this scale is difficult to reconcile with the University’s own recent financial position or with the continued strength of the disciplines most heavily affected. Rather than protecting Exeter’s future, these proposals, and the consequent restructuring and generalising of the curriculum, risk causing lasting reputational and financial harm while reducing the quality and bread…

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Beth Wilson @bethrwilson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

⭐⭐ 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... ⭐⭐

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Oxford Centre for the History of Childhood @histchildoxford.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Next Monday, join us to hear Aisha Djelid talk about Enslaved Children, "Adultification", and Resistance in the Antebellum US South (1812-1861); 11-12.15 Sophia Sheppard Room, Magdalen College or online

Seminar programme for the term: Monday 18 May (Week 4): Aisha Djelid (Oxford)
Enslaved Children, “Adultification,” and Resistance in the antebellum US South,
1812-1861
Monday 1 June (Week 6): Susanne Schmidt (Basel)
“One Marshmallow Now or Two If You Wait”: Experimental Psychology, Colonial
Childhoods, and the Origins of the Marshmallow Test
Monday 15 June (Week 8): End of term social event
12:15pm - Join us for lunch at Magdalen College’s café (Old Kitchen Bar)
To find out more, join the email list web.maillist.ox.ac.uk/ox/info/history-of-childhood or follow us
on Bluesky @HistChildOxford or Instagram @histchildoxford. For online access, Microsoft Teams
links will be sent to the mailing list in advance or email sian.pooley@magd.ox.ac.uk for a link.
Convenors: Christina de Bellaigue, Siân Pooley, and Helen Sunderland

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daviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

@branchuk.bsky.social announces a search for new co-editors of its journal, American 19th C History @anchistjournal.bsky.social. Apps to include c.v. and a 1-2 page cover letter, sent to ANCH co-editor, and incoming BrANCH Chair, David Doddington (doddingtond@cardiff.ac.uk) by 01.05.26. Pls share!

Job advert including details on how to apply and duties of the editor

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Aisha Djelid @aishadjelid.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Lots of fun giving a lecture on the Origins of the Civil Rights Movement for AIM High A Level students this morning alongside some cool historians @emilybrady.bsky.social @davidolusoga.bsky.social

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Beth Wilson @bethrwilson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

'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.

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Aisha Djelid @aishadjelid.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Had such a wonderful time at the University of Birmingham talking about Seth’s excellent book! Thank you all for including me!

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Rothermere American Institute @raioxford.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Now accepting applications for the John G Winant Visiting Professor role within the RAI at Oxford for 2027-28, 2028-29 and 2029-30- Details here: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

rai.ox.ac.uk

Jobs and Vacancies

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Beth Wilson @bethrwilson.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

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...

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‘I Felt All This’

Cambridge Core - American Studies - ‘I Felt All This’

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Oxford Centre for the History of Childhood @histchildoxford.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Join us on Monday for the final seminar of term! Aisha Djelid @aishadjelid.bsky.social will be speaking on 'Enslaved Children, “Adultification,” and Resistance in the antebellum US South, 1812-1861'. 1 December at 11am, Magdalen College Sophia Sheppard Room & online. All are very welcome!

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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

✅ Rare experience to study at the world-class Kinder Institute in Missouri ✅ Fully-funded, including health insurance and stipend ✅ Opportunity to develop skills, make friends, travel, & more! Time is running out to apply for the Kinder-BrANCh MA Fellowship in Atlantic History & Politics (12 Dec)

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Joanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

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Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice

CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact

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Emily Brady @emilybrady.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I 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.

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Sign the Petition

SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM

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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

An unrivaled opportunity to study in the ‘show me’ state: Thanks to the generosity of the Kinder Institute at the University of Missouri, BrANCH is once again pleased to offer a fully-funded place on their MA program in Atlantic History and Politics for 2026-27! www.branch.org.uk/kinderbranch...

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Kinder-BrANCH MA Fellowship — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Only three weeks left (3 Nov.) to submit for the Peter Parish Dissertation Prize of 2025 If you are or know of any UK-based undergraduates and taught postgraduates writing up on Nineteenth Century American history, this is a real good opportunity for recognition! www.branch.org.uk/parishdisser...

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Parish Dissertation Prize — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

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Oxford Centre for the History of Childhood @histchildoxford.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

We're delighted to share the programme for this term's History of Childhood seminar series. We can't wait to hear from all our fantastic speakers. Join us for our first session on Monday 20 October, at Magdalen College Oxford or online via Teams at 11am when we'll be thinking all about 'play'!

Programme for the History of Childhood seminar series Michaelmas 2025. Seminars are on Mondays 11:00-12:15 at Magdalen College Oxford (Sophia Sheppard Room) and online via Microsoft Teams. All welcome and to join us for lunch afterwards.
On Monday 20 October there is a welcome seminar and discussion of approaches to ‘play’ within histories of childhood and youth. Meet with other researchers working on histories of childhood and youth, with papers exploring ‘play’ from: Fiona Maxwell (University of Chicago) on drama and performativity; Holly Nielsen (historian and narrative designer) on board games; and Caitlin Hendrie (Macquarie University) on archaeological approaches. On Monday 3 November Joey Rauschenberger will speak on ‘Children on the streets. Conceptual thoughts on a history of modernity and empirical explorations on the example of the late German Empire.’ On Monday 17 November, Charlotte Canizo will give a paper on ‘Crossing Borders, Reshaping Lives: Jewish Orphan Migrations and Humanitarian Relief Before the Holocaust (late nineteenth - early twentieth century)’. Our final seminar is on Monday 1 December when Aisha Djelid will present on 'Enslaved Children, “Adultification,” and Resistance in the antebellum US South, 1812-1861'.
To find out more, join the email list web.maillist.ox.ac.uk/ox/info/history-of-childhood or follow us on Bluesky @histchildoxford.bsky.social or Instagram @histchildoxford. For online access, Microsoft Teams links will be sent to the email list in advance or email sian.pooley@magd.ox.ac.uk for a link.

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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Two tenure-track positions in Nineteenth Century American history (in the US) have come across my radar if anyone is interested! www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta... www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...

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Assistant Professor of History - HigherEdJobs

Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.

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Edd Mair @edwardmair.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

A *permanent* US history job! Goes without saying that this will be highly competitive, but the US history faculty at Cambridge are some of the most supportive colleagues you can ask for. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT902/a...

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Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920 at University of Cambridge

Explore an exciting academic career as a Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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Katie Fapp @katiefapp.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Calling all early US legal historians! My new home at the Kinder Institute for Constitutional Democracy is hiring an Assistant Professor of of US Constitutional Law and Legal History. Can attest — a great community to work in! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69126/u...

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University of Missouri - Columbia - Assistant Professor (tenure-track) of U.S. Constitutional Law and Legal History | H-Net

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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Another fantastic BrANCH conference for the ages (our first in Cymru/Wales!) A big thank you to organisers David and Gareth, Emily and the BrANCH Committee, the kind staff at the Leonardo Hotel, and all of you for making it such a success!

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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

A fond farewell and ‘tip of the hat’ to Mia Edwards, Aisha Djelid, and Liz Barnes who are retiring from our committee — thank you so much for making BrANCH such a wonderful and welcoming community!

A picture of Mia, Aisha, and Liz together

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Matt Fitzpatrick @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Announcing a PhD scholarship for a history project on imperialism and great power projection in the Pacific. Supervised by Prudence Flowers and I here at Flinders, Adelaide. It includes an international fee waiver and stipend. Start Jan 2026. www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships...

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PhD Scholarship: Pacific Powers - Flinders University

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Aisha Djelid @aishadjelid.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

My year as a departmental lecturer at Oxford is coming to an end, but I’m really pleased and thankful to be staying at the @raioxford.bsky.social for the next 3 years (!) as the new Broadbent Career Development Fellow in American history at St Edmund Hall!

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

We’d be keen to host you as a British Academy post-doc in the School of History @qmul.bsky.social Do join our info session on Wednesday, 16 July, 1pm where we demystify what the process is, what to focus on, how to give yourself the best shot. Email history-research@qmul.ac.uk for link #SkyStorians

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adamxmcneil.bsky.social @adamxmcneil.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

The Department of History at the University of Victoria invites apps for a TT position in the field of African Diaspora history, broadly conceived. www.myscience.org/jobs/id31168...

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Faculty of Humanities (History) Assistant Professor - University of Victoria - job portal | jobs.myScience

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 19/06/2025

Today's highlighted title from the 2025 shortlisted RHS Early Career Article & First Book Prizes is: Aisha Djelid's 'Slavery, Forced Intimacy, and Enslavers’ Interference in Sexual Relationships in the Antebellum South, 1808–1861′, in American Nineteenth Century History bit.ly/4n3ArwF 1/2

Opening page of “Aisha Djelid, “The master whished to reproduce”: Slavery, Forced Intimacy, and Enslavers’ Interference in Sexual Relationships in the Antebellum South, 1808–1861′, American Nineteenth Century History.

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daviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Reminder re: 12 month post in American history at Cardiff University. For, erm well publicized reasons, we don't have budget for external advertising so you need access to the link below to apply. Please do think about applying/sharing with possible candidates. Happy to take queries

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Aisha Djelid @aishadjelid.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The @royalhistsoc.org sponsored @branchuk.bsky.social Harriet Tubman Essay closes soon on the 13th June! Please do get students to submit - details here: www.branch.org.uk/tubmanessayp...

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Harriet Tubman Essay Prize — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

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daviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Feels a bit absurd to be promoting this, but there's a 12 month 18/19th C American history post at Cardiff. Deadline 15.06.25. Feel free to msg or contact me via email - doddingtond@cardiff.ac.uk - for further information: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

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Lecturer in American History - Cardiff University - Job Details

Job Details: Lecturer in American HistorySchool of History, Archaeology and ReligionAn exciting new opportunity has arisen

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Aisha Djelid @aishadjelid.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Excited to see my article published in @anchistjournal.bsky.social has been shortlisted alongside some amazing scholarship!

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

"The lesson of 1933 is that you get out sooner rather than later." These professors are fleeing fascism in the US www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...

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Opinion | We Study Fascism, and We’re Leaving the U.S.

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Flashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

A fan of Sinners and want to think more about American history and vampires? Have we got just the thing — our new episode on ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER is out now! Ben Willis joins to talk the other Lincoln movie from 2012 to kick off our new season. Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/4HEJ...

Actor Benjamin Walker, dressed as a young Abraham Lincoln in a nineteenth century suit, holds an axe while standing in front of a lit candelabra and blue and yellow damask curtains.

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Aisha Djelid @aishadjelid.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Had the best time in Dublin for the Irish Association of American studies! 🇮🇪🇺🇸

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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

There's not much time left to submit a proposal for our BrANCH-BGEAH conference in Cardiff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🚨 Bonus points for those spanning the long 19th century - from Independence to imperialism, women's rights to worker's activism, Harriet Tubman to Ida B. Wells... Find more info & details of how to apply👇

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Cardiff 2025 — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

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Rothermere American Institute @raioxford.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

The Faculty of History and the RAI are delighted to announce that expressions of interest are now invited for the Harmsworth Visiting Professorship of American History for the academic years 2027-28, 2028-29, and 2029-30. Details: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/vacancies.

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Jobs and Vacancies

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Beth Wilson @bethrwilson.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

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!

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The UK university sector is on fire. This is happening virtually everywhere -- job cuts, hiring freezes, department closures, PhD funding programmes... full blown crisis

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Tightening UK post-study work rights would jeopardise the beginnings of a recovery in international student numbers and further destabilise university finances, sector leaders have warned. @twilliamsthe.bsky.social reports #AcademicSky #EduSky

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Graduate visa changes ‘would make university closures likelier’

Proposal to restrict post-study work rights to those in ‘graduate jobs’ alarms vice-chancellors

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