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Beth Wilson

@bethrwilson.bsky.social
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Historian of US slavery, gender and emotions. Teaching Fellow in the History of the US, University of Warwick. Author of 'I Felt All This', out now with Cambridge University Press.

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David Silkenat @davidsilkenat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Happy to announce the launch of Elements in the History of the American South, new book series that I'm editing with @daviddoddington.bsky.social at @universitypress.cambridge.org.
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Dr Amy King @amycking.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Friends, following the success of our Teaching Antifascism event in London in May (ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...), we are going to start a v. basic newsletter. It will include the sections in this image, and you can sign up here: forms.office.com/e/txSSt6K5cY
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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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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
'About 150 academic roles are set to go at the south-west institution, which said it was targeting areas that are “no longer sustainable” or have seen changes in student demand.' History and English are name-checked. 1/3
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University of Exeter cuts an ‘existential threat to humanities’
Russell Group institution cites changing student demand as it puts 500 staff at risk of redundancy, with 150 jobs set to go
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Beth Wilson @bethrwilson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Alongside being a historian, I work in youth participation, and last year worked alongside Trussell to develop a report exploring the hopes and experiences of young people experiencing financial hardship. You can take a look at the report here: www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-res...
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Maybe, tomorrow | Trussell
This report amplifies the voices of young people aged 16-25 experiencing financial hardship in the UK.
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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Permanent lectureship in Modern British History at the University of Manchester. FT, £42-58k, closing date 30 June 26, starting Sept 26 onwards. For international people, this is equivalent to a tenure-track Assistant Lectureship. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #SkyStorians
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Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800):Oxford Road
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Beth Wilson @bethrwilson.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Excited to see 'I Felt All This' is now available to read online through Cambridge Core. Looking forward to seeing it published in print later this month! www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...
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‘I Felt All This’
Cambridge Core - Colonial American History - ‘I Felt All This’
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Beth Wilson @bethrwilson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This was such a brilliant conference. I learnt so much about histories of infertility, about how to locate these histories, and about how to communicate this work creatively. So many thoughts for my new project! Thanks so much for having me @niamhroisin.bsky.social
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Erin Shearer @erinshearer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Delighted that my latest article in @anchistjournal.bsky.social, 'Challenging the Overseer', has been shortlisted for the Royal Historical Society's 2026 Early Career Article Prize ⭐
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Final spaces available for our ‘Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces’ conference next week @unioflimerick.bsky.social - 27 May. Free, all welcome (booking required) - we have a wonderful line-up of speakers on the day - www.irishhumanities.ie/news-events/...
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Irish Humanities Alliance | Locating Loss
Locating Loss: Histories of Infertility in Landscapes and Spaces conference, University of Limerick on 27 May 2026.<br /> <br /> The aim of the Locating Loss project is to explore the spaces…
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Beth Wilson @bethrwilson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Alongside being a historian, I work in youth participation, and last year worked alongside Trussell to develop a report exploring the hopes and experiences of young people experiencing financial hardship. You can take a look at the report here: www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-res...
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Maybe, tomorrow | Trussell
This report amplifies the voices of young people aged 16-25 experiencing financial hardship in the UK.
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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Every single member of the History Department at Uni of Nottingham is at risk of redundancy. Every single one of us.
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Beth Wilson @bethrwilson.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Really looking forward to being part of this Locating Loss conference in May, speaking on a roundtable about my new project on slavery and infertility. @niamhroisin.bsky.social 's project is brilliant, bringing together historians, health professionals and others to consider spaces of loss.
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The problem when I graduated was that there were 200 modern British history PhDs putting in applications for every job, you had to apply for like 50 jobs to get one, and a fair few people left academia before they did. That was unpleasant in its own way, but it wasn’t a death spiral like it is now.
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daviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Some really excellent work forthcoming from CUP. www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
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‘I Felt All This’ | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Still one more month to apply for our new grant for under-represented early career scholars. All details below. @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Rachel Herrmann @raherrmann.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Claiming Land, Claiming Water: Borders and the People Who Crossed Them in the Early Modern Atlantic arrived at the houses of Pretzel and Paz Purrmann this week, and their humans (Jessica Roney, and me) were pretty jazzed @pennpress.bsky.social
Photo of Jessica Roney in a blue sweater holding a copy of our book. Pretzel, the cat, is in background right, with his white-gloved paw extended in an elegant pose.Photo of Rachel Herrmann in a blue shell holding a copy of our book. Paz Purrmann stands at left, looking at Rachel/the book/his bag of food. Paz is white with seal pointing and his fluffy gray tail is elevated with interestTable of contents featuring Rachel Herrmann and Jessica Choppin Roney, Edward Gray, Christian Koot, Alex Zukas, John Morton, and Paul MusselwhiteSecond page of the table of contents featuring Kim Gruenwald, Karen Rann, Charles Prior, Chad McCutchen and Jennifer Monroe McCutchen, Rachel Herrmann, Harvey Amani Whitfield and Sarah Chute, and Samuel Truett
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daviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Thrilled/nervous to be taking over as Chair of BrANCH (@branchuk.bsky.social) from October. Emily has left some enormous shoes to fill (figuratively...), but this is the first organization I joined back in the mists of PhD time, and it's an enormous honor to step up here. www.branch.org.uk
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British American Nineteenth American Historians (BrANCH)
BrANCH, the association of British American Nineteen Century Historians, is a UK-based group of historians interested in US history across the long nineteenth-century.
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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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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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Beth Wilson @bethrwilson.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I was lucky enough to work in the Department of American Studies at Nottingham for a year, and as Emily says, it is a dynamic and welcoming community providing students with a really important alternative to a history degree. Please sign this!
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 17/06/2025
Over the next few weeks, we're highlighting the 8 articles and 8 books shortlisted for this year's RHS Early Career Article and First Book Prizes. Today it's Katherine Burns, ‘‘She died from grief’: Trauma and Emotion in Information Wanted Advertisements’, Slavery & Abolition' bit.ly/3HDuOVZ 1/2
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‘She Died from Grief’: Trauma and Emotion in Information Wanted Advertisements
This article examines formerly enslaved people’s use of Information Wanted advertisements to reconnect with lost family after the American Civil War. This article argues that physical reunification...
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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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Beth Wilson @bethrwilson.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
An exciting book delivery today!
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Aisha Djelid @aishadjelid.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
It’s that time of the year again! Please do get your students to apply for our exciting (and fully funded 😱) Kinder-BrANCH MA in Atlantic History and Politics! 👇
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Beth Wilson @bethrwilson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I'm discussing my work tomorrow at the RAI. Please join us!
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Beth Wilson @bethrwilson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Excited that our edited collection 'Slavery and Emotions in the Atlantic World' has been published today in book form by Routledge! Thanks to my co-editor Emily West and all the amazing contributors. www.routledge.com/Slavery-and-...
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Slavery and Emotions in the Atlantic World
This book explores the history of slavery in the Atlantic World through the lens of emotion. Combining methods from the history of emotions with those from slavery studies often for the first time, th...
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Beth Wilson @bethrwilson.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Come and join us at the AHRS tomorrow at 4pm!
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Rothermere American Institute @raioxford.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Join AHRS tonight to hear Harvey G Cohen (KCL) speak about his work titled: 'Roll Away The Stone: African American Gospel Music 1930-1965.' 4pm at the RAI. Details here: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/event/roll-a...
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Roll Away The Stone: African American Gospel Music 1930-1965
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Beth Wilson @bethrwilson.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Looking forward to giving a paper at University of York next Wednesday - please join us!
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