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Becca Palmer

@beccapalmer99.bsky.social
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Research Officer @LSE | History of ideas, print culture, & early America | Seminar convenor at the IHR

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Becca Palmer @beccapalmer99.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Will be a great talk - do come along!
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Thiago Krause @thiagokrause.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Call for proposals for a workshop, my people! Slavery and transimperial trade next March at William & Mary. Please spread it far and wide: I want to read your many great proposals!
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2027 Workshop Call for Proposals - Atlantic Exchanges Workshop
Atlantic Exchanges 2027 Slavery and the Commercial Machinery of Empires The Atlantic Exchanges Workshop invites proposals for its second edition, […]
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The CFP is up! I've been helping to organize a conference called Constitutions, Everywhere! with others interested in constitutions and the many ways early Americans used them. Please check it out, #Skystorians, as we would love to have you join us and participate.
librarycompany.org
Constitutions, Everywhere! Practicing Constitutionalism in Unexpected Times and Places in early modern North America and the British Empire – The Library Company of Philadelphia
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Elizabeth (Liz) Lehfeldt (she/her/hers) @lizlehfeldt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
There's still time! The deadline is October 1. #earlymodern
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Benjamin Franklin House @benfranklinhouse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We're hosting a range of events this September - from Chess, to Open House and a talk on Georgian hair! Visit the link in our bio or check out our website for more details!
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Benjamin Franklin House @benfranklinhouse.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
We're hosting an atmospheric candlelit evening of spooky storytelling in the historic Benjamin Franklin House! We're looking for artists to share an original spooky or atmospheric piece in front of a live audience. Link in bio for the open call!
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Nicola Parsons @nicolaparsons.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
📣 GALE-ANZSECS FELLOWSHIP 2026-27 📣 ANZSECS is excited to announce three non-residential Digital Humanities fellowships for postgrads and ECRs to support research or teaching projects that rely on Eighteenth-Century Collections Online (ECCO) and use digital humanities methodologies.
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Scarlett Stevens @scarlettstevens.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
CALL FOR PAPERS  📣   Experiencing Relief in Early Modern Britain: 1500-1800   We welcome papers from ECRs, PGRs, and established scholars. For more info (e.g., how to submit a paper) please see our website: earlymodernreliefconference2027.wordpress.com #earlymodern #earlymodernists #AcademicSky
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Olivia Mitchell @livsmitch.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Excited to announce our edited volume! We’re looking to bring together global, visual depictions of monarchies/royalty. Please share widely!
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Jonathan Gienapp @jgienapp.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The William and Mary Quarterly forum on the recently discovered John Dickinson documents, revealing his previously unknown secret attempt to prevent the American Revolution, is now available online! The WMQ has generously made the issue open access for the next month. muse.jhu.edu/issue/57168
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Becca Palmer @beccapalmer99.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I know Friday nights are precious, but if you're at loose ends I'm giving a talk @benfranklinhouse.bsky.social on Friday titled 'Franklin, Print, and Polemical Politics'. Open to the public & will be a relaxed discussion of newspapers & Franklin! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/franklin-p...
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Franklin, Print, and Polemical Politics
How did newspapers help shape the American Revolution?
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Museum of the American Revolution @amrevmuseum.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
#OnThisDay in 1776, the Pennsylvania Evening Post printed by Benjamin Towne in Philadelphia presented the first newspaper printing of the newly adopted Declaration of Independence. See it on view in "The Declaration's Journey." From our collection: bit.ly/46PMm9x
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
@samuel-bagg.bsky.social is aiming to hire a postdoc to work on an anti-corruption project we've collaborated on. The position is through Yale but would involve relocating to South Carolina. It's for two years & includes no teaching. There's a soft deadline July 10th: apply.interfolio.com/188955
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Becca Palmer @beccapalmer99.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
A wonderful roundup of this year’s London Graduate Conference in HPT by one of our excellent roundtable speakers!
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Becca Palmer @beccapalmer99.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
And also time to sign up for our graduate conference before! Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/america-at...
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America at 250: A Graduate Conference
Join us in person for America at 250: A Graduate Conference. We have 12 excellent speakers and would love for you to join us.
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Such a shame that women rarely drive main plotlines in histories; it doesn't mean they didn't in their own time. If we saw the past the way we see a street scene today it would be populated w 50%+ women. A useful reminder that history isn't what happened, but what we say about what happened.
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Graham Moore @mooregraham.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
TODAY: the first day of our exhibition, ‘REVOLUTION 250’. It tells the story of the American Revolution through the British archive. We also look beyond the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration to encompass further stories, including Indigenous nations and Black Loyalists.
Display cases at Revolution 250 exhibition and vertical design incorporating elements of UK and US flags in red white and blue. 1784 map of North America on display in Revolution 250, alongside projected interview with experts and members of Indigenous nations. US Declaration of Independence on display at Revolution 250.
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History of Political Thought Graduate Conference @history-thought.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
VENUE CHANGE: We will now be in an air-conditioned room! Becca's talk will now be held in LG10, Bentham House, UCL.
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Becca Palmer @beccapalmer99.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Another wonderful event - would love for you all to join us!
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Benjamin Franklin House @benfranklinhouse.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Join us for 4th of July! We're extending our hours and offering self-guided tours all week 🎆 Adult tickets from £12.50, Kids from £8 -- Link in bio. #London #Tour #4thOfJuly
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Becca Palmer @beccapalmer99.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
London (& beyond) friends! I know it'll be melting on Wednesday, but if anyone fancies hearing me talk about my research then we'd love to have you! Discussing newspapers, provincial politics, and allegations of deceit & what this meant for the American Revolution.
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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
What do you get when you add 33 & 250? BrANCH 2026 at Warwick, 9-11 October!!! Registration now open — come celebrate our 33rd annual conference as we reflect on the USA at 250! Speakers include the incomparable Mia Bay and sagacious @profmsinha.bsky.social. Plus, many more (check out the card)
branch.org.uk
Warwick 2026 — British American Nineteenth Century Historians
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Becca Palmer @beccapalmer99.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We have a fantastic lineup of graduate papers and academic commentators - please do come along!
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Becca Palmer @beccapalmer99.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Such tragic news. Have been engaging with his work a lot this week. Such an inspiration.
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Becca Palmer @beccapalmer99.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
And before this, we have an exciting graduate conference on Early America. Programme to follow soon!
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History of Political Thought Graduate Conference @history-thought.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Our next seminar will be this Wednesday 10th June, and we will be joined by Angus Brown from Chicago. He will be giving a talk on 'The Paradox of Perpetual Peace'. Sign up via the link below! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
history.ac.uk
The Paradox of Perpetual Peace
History of Political Ideas/Early Career Seminar
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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
📣 Are you a PGR or ECR planning a visit to the United States for a conference or archive trip on nineteenth century American history??? Applications for the BrANCH Parish Travel Awards (up to £1000 of funding!) are now open!!! Deadline to apply for this cycle: July 1st See more details below 👇
branch.org.uk
Parish Travel Grants — British American Nineteenth Century Historians
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Rebecca Brenner Graham @theotherrbg.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
✔️usable draft of conference paper ✔️accompanying powerpoint ✔️NINE DOLLAR amtrak to tomorrow’s boston flight anyone can sign up to tune into the @benfranklinhouse.bsky.social America 250 conference, where I’ll be presenting on Felicity www.eventbrite.com/e/remember-t...
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"Remember the Ladies": Women & Revolution
Join us either in person or online for our First Annual Spring Conference!
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James Baker @jwbaker.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
📢 Just over two weeks left to nominate your work or work you love for the 2026 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2021/12/the-richard-deswarte-prize-in-digital-history/ #dhist
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The 2026 Richard Deswarte Prize in Digital History - Digital History Seminar
SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION HERE BEFORE 31 MAY Richard Deswarte (1965-2021) was one of the founding convenors of the Digital History seminar at the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), University of Lon...
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Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
🗣️🗣️🗣️ There's a job at York! 1-year 0.5 FTE postdoctoral fellowship funded by MHRA, working with me on the Collected Works of Mary Wollstonecraft OUP edition. You have to be within 3 years of your PhD - unjust I know but a requirement of the MHRA. jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
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Jobs - The University of York
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History of Political Thought Graduate Conference @history-thought.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Come join us tomorrow to hear Charlotte's talk! It promises to be a wonderful evening.
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Becca Palmer @beccapalmer99.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Happening tonight!
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History of Political Thought Graduate Conference @history-thought.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Come along this Wednesday for the first @ihr.bsky.social Early Careers Seminar with Thomas Nichol on Alexis de Tocqueville’s historical thought www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
history.ac.uk
The genesis of Tocqueville's historical thought
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Becca Palmer @beccapalmer99.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Our programme for term 3 is now live! You might also recognise some familiar names...👀
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Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I'm pleased to announce I'm a founding co-editor of the new @manchesterup.bsky.social book series, Radical Histories. Do let me know if you have a proposal for a book that fits our inclusive remit on radical histories. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/radic...
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Radical Histories - Manchester University Press
The Radical Histories series encourages innovative and field-defining research in the history of individuals, groups, movements and ideas which challenged the political, social and cultural status quo...
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Becca Palmer @beccapalmer99.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Participating in this online panel in a few weeks - should be a good evening of discussions!
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Bruno Leipold @brunoleipold.com · 02/04/2026
The third set of postdocs in our ERC project on popular government have just been advertised. These 3 will be based across the road from LSE at KCL with @uditbhatia.bsky.social and focus on popular government in the global south my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...
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Contributions to the History of Concepts @conhistcon.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Exciting News! The 27th International Conference of the History of Concepts Group #HCG2026 will take place in Helsinki, 19–21 August 2026. The CfP is open: scholars at all career stages are welcome to submit proposals until 30 April 2026! Application and details: bit.ly/HCG_2026 Spread the word!🇫🇮
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CFP: Conference of the History of Concepts Group | Centre for Intellectual History | University of Helsinki
The annual conference of the History of Concepts Group is held at the University of Helsinki, 19-21 August 2026.
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Happy Evacuation Day! While Boston celebrates the retreat of the British in 1776, let's also remember the Black Bostonians who found their freedom by leaving Massachusetts with the British. Pompey Fleet was a skilled printer enslaved by the Fleet family (printers/booksellers/auctioneers) in Boston
handwritten ledger showing
Pompey Fleet, 26, short & stout
Suky Coleman, 21, slight make
Sam Fleet, 5, small boy
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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 17/03/2026
Confessions of an Early Career Researcher, a podcast by ECRs, for ECRs. Brought to you by @britishacademy.bsky.social and the Leverhulme Trust. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...
Confessions of an Early Career Researcher, Logos: The British Academy, the Leverhulme Trust.
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History of Political Thought Graduate Conference @history-thought.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
*DEADLINE EXTENDED* You now have until 8th March to submit your abstracts! Looking forward to an exciting two-day conference.
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Thomas Paine Historical Association @thomaspaine.org · 26/02/2026
Event Sunday, 3/8 at 2pm EST: “Thomas Paine and the Feminists” that will feature a conversation about Paine’s connections with the leading feminists in England, America and France during the Age of Revolutions. The event will be led by TPHA Board Member Joy Masoff. thomaspaine.org/about/events/
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Becca Palmer @beccapalmer99.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
DEADLINE EXTENDED! Reminder that there’s still time to apply for our graduate conference on America 250 @uclhistory.bsky.social See below for details
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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
18TH CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY PHD LIGHTNING TALKS CFP Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event 29 April 2026. Please see the poster for further information!
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History of Political Thought Graduate Conference @history-thought.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The next IHR Early Career Seminar will be taking place this Wednesday! Sam Phoenix Clarke from Cambridge will be talking to us about 'Understanding the history of science as political thought: the case of Britain, 1931-1956'. Remember to sign up if you're coming! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
history.ac.uk
Understanding the history of science as political thought: the case of Britain, 1931-1956
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Becca Palmer @beccapalmer99.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
*DEADLINE EXTENDED* for both conferences, please apply by 28 February 2026.
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Becca Palmer @beccapalmer99.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Another conference I’m helping to organise - please consider applying if you’re an MA/PhD student working on HPT (broadly conceived)!
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Tudorfp @tudorfp.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Born #otd in Boston, Massachusetts, 320 years ago, Benjamin Franklin, polymath, printer, scientist, diplomat, writer & US Founding Father. For those in central London wanting to celebrate, a visit to @benfranklinhouse.bsky.social, where he lived, wrote and experimented for years, is inspirational.
The room in London where Benjamin Franklin lived, walls painted green, a bust of Franklin in the marble fireplace, small table and single writing chair and two large full length windows which he used to take his early morning “air baths”.
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Becca Palmer @beccapalmer99.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I’m organising a graduate conference in July on Early America! Please see the CfP and circulate wherever you can 🥳
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Tom Cutterham @tomcutterham.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Common Sense wasn't a hit with British audiences, but that didn't mean no-one here was down for revolution.
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Thomas Paine, Englishman
The American Revolution was an event in British history. Remembering the English roots of revolutionaries like Paine helps put the story in its transatlantic frame.
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