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Connie Thomas

@conniethomas.bsky.social
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Historian of early US migration politics & American identity Lecturer in US History @UCL.ac.uk Comms @branchuk.bsky.social

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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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Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The @ihr.bsky.social Migration and Mobility Seminar has an open CFP for what will be a brilliant ECR roundtable: Historical and Theoretical Approaches to Mobility, Migration and Citizenship Deadline 10/09 - pls apply, share etc! le.ac.uk/law/news/law...
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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 👇
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Parish Travel Grants — British American Nineteenth Century Historians
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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
As we celebrate the 163rd anniversary of the Combahee River Raid, and its inspirational legacies, a reminder that BrANCH is inviting submissions for its Harriet Tubman Essay Prize, sponsored by @royalhistsoc.org For more details and a sample of the excellent essays from past recipients, see below:
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Harriet Tubman Essay Prize — British American Nineteenth Century Historians
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Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts @elliemackinroberts.net · 02/12/2025
Just to add my 2p onto the UCU ballot failure: I and so many other precarious colleagues feel let down by a decade of strike action in which we have not seen any real movement on issues of precarity. When I stood on picket lines for pensions I will likely never see I expected more solidarity.
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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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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Deadline to apply is December 12, 2025 So if you are a student who has recently completed, or is slated to complete, your undergraduate studies at a British University, do check it out 🎉 And if you are an academic who knows of any students who might be interested, do please share 😊
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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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Alejandro Alvarez @aletakesphotos.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Two weeks until the “Beyond Academia” online panel!!! Should be a good discussion, especially for PGRs and ECRs, whether you are thinking of alternative paths to a career beyond academia or not 😄
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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
A message from our friends @royalhistsoc.org about ECR prizes!
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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
At BrANCH this year in Cardiff, I was struck by so many rich presentations exploring migration and borders, both timely and timeless subjects! For those interested, the Immigration and Ethnic History Society offers a range of prestigious prizes, a few with deadlines coming up iehs.org/awards/
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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Speaking of, mark your calendars for a fantastic discussion with Dr. Catriona Byers and Dr. Laura Wilson about exploring alternative careers beyond academia, such as with libraries, archives, media and publishing! 🗓️ Wednesday, 15 October 🕐 17:30 - 18:30 (GMT) 📍 Online
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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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Connie Thomas @conniethomas.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Gutted to not be joining #SHEAR2025 in person this year, but very much looking forward to zooming in from across the pond! (And yes, isn't it deeply ironic that a British historian of US migration/borders can't make it this year because of - you guessed it - the US border!)
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 16/07/2025
Matt Walsh's imaginary professor: "good morning student-comrades. today we learn how to bayonet a white Christian capitalist while taking trans hormones" actual average professor: "folks, I am begging you, please do the reading for tomorrow this time. it is five pages"
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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Calling all PGRs/ECRs 📣 In collaboration with @hotcus.bsky.social we are hosting a workshop at the Rothermere Americation Institute this November! Participants can meet other junior scholars, get feedback on works-in-progress, and take part in academic publishing and ‘viva survivor’ sessions 💪📚
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2025 PGR/ECR Workshop — British American Nineteenth Century Historians
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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Registration is now open for our 2025 conference in Cardiff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Hosted in collaboration with BGEAH, this year's conference has an excellent programme of speakers, including keynotes from @timlockley.bsky.social (Warwick) and Catherine Kelly (William & Mary/OIEAHC)! Check it out 👇
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2025 Conference — British American Nineteenth Century Historians
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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Calling all UK-based PGRs/ECRs 📣 Are you planning your next conference visit or research trip stateside? Apply for one of our Peter Parish Travel Grants for up to £1000 towards your trip! Our next round closes in TWO WEEKS on July 1st - don't miss out!
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Parish Travel Grants — British American Nineteenth Century Historians
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
And here is the UCL SELCS-CMII PhD studentship. Please repost to maximise knowledge of this funding for both studentships. 2/2
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Two 4-year fully-funded PhD studentships available at UCL for Black British candidates. One in History of the legacy of Transatlantic slavery and reparations; the other on reparations and the media/culture focusing on reparations and the media/culture. Here's the History one. 1/2
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Aisha Djelid @aishadjelid.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Closes today!!
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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Our Harriet Tubman Essay Prize closes this Friday - 13th June! 🚨 The prize celebrates the best undergrad essay on 19thC US History written by a BAME student. There's lots of amazing work out there - make sure to encourage your students to submit! More details 👇
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Harriet Tubman Essay Prize — British American Nineteenth Century Historians
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Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org · 30/05/2025
Our award-winning Migrant Makers Market is back online! 🎉 Shop work by 30+ migrant makers sharing migration stories through craft. Enjoy 15% off with code MMSHOPAGAIN15 🛍️ Support the museum & independent makers 💛 #ShopWithPurpose #MigrantMakers
A vibrant retail space featuring the Migrant Makers Market, with blue walls and flooring. The shop is filled with colourful handmade goods, including woven baskets, printed t-shirts, tote bags, books, prints, and other crafts by migrant makers. Items are displayed on blue metal frames and tables, with art and posters lining the walls. A potted plant sits on the floor, adding a natural touch to the lively, creative setup.
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Jo Grady @drjogrady.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Workers Day of Action for Trans Rights ⏰ Today! 📍Your workplace! It is incumbent on trade unionists to resist the Supreme Court ruling and EHRC interim update. Trans rights are human rights. Trans rights are workers rights. A thread of inspiration, ideas, and action.
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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Today is the final day to submit a proposal for our upcoming conference in Cardiff! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 You can find more info and details of how to apply on our website 👇
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Cardiff 2025 — British American Nineteenth Century Historians
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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Fascinating OPEN ACCESS article by @aishadjelid.bsky.social in ANCH on forced reproduction in the antebellum South, filling an important gap in the historiography of American slavery - read and share free of charge using this link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @branchuk.bsky.social
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“The master whished to reproduce”: slavery, forced intimacy, and enslavers’ interference in sexual relationships in the antebellum South, 1808–1861
This article examines the extent to which enslavers across the antebellum South forced enslaved men and women to reproduce. Using a spectrum of violence as a tool of coercion, enslavers coerced, ca...
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Thomas Willett @thomaswillett.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Today’s Supreme Court ruling on the For Women Scotland case is a disgraceful attack on trans rights. In a process that excluded trans voices and centred anti-trans groups, this is not justice — it’s erasure. We will never stop fighting for our trans community 🏳️‍⚧️
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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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British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
#CFP: BrANCH Annual Conference 🗞️ 12-14 September 2025, Cardiff Papers/panels are invited on all aspects of North American history including the Caribbean and Canada through to the end of the ‘long nineteenth century’. Deadline for submissions: 25th April
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Call for Papers: 2025 BrANCH Annual Conference - British Association for American Studies
BrANCH (British American Nineteenth Century Historians) are pleased to invite paper and panel proposals for their 32nd annual conference, this year held jointly with BGEAH (British Group in Early…
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The JER Pano @thejerpano.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
At the #JERPano @conniethomas.bsky.social responds to the recent #JER conversation on the Revolution at 250, reflecting on the long running tension between celebratory rhetoric of the US as a nation of immigrants and the stark reality of exclusionary impulses. thepanorama.shear.org/2025/02/24/t...
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“The Premise of Our Founding”: Immigration and Popular Mythmaking
Connie Thomas responds to the recent JER conversation on the Revolution at 250 by reflecting on the long running tension between celebratory rhetoric of the United States as a nation of immigrants …
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Connie Thomas @conniethomas.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
As we approach the 250th, I've been thinking a lot about how helpful it is to use celebratory founding narratives to combat ongoing migration restrictions. I'm grateful to the @thejerpano.bsky.social for giving me a space to put these thoughts onto paper. You can read the piece here:
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“The Premise of Our Founding”: Immigration and Popular Mythmaking
Connie Thomas responds to the recent JER conversation on the Revolution at 250 by reflecting on the long running tension between celebratory rhetoric of the United States as a nation of immigrants …
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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
We're thrilled to open the call for papers for the 2025 BrANCH Conference, to be held jointly with the British Group in Early American History (BGEAH). This year’s conference will be hosted in Cardiff, Wales on September 12-14, 2025! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Find out more info & how to apply on our website 👇
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Cardiff 2025 — British American Nineteenth Century Historians
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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
This Friday (Feb 14th) at 1pm, Dr David Sim will be presenting his current book project "Seward & Co: Emancipation & Empire in the Civil War Era" with @shafrhistorians.bsky.social! 📖 Anyone is welcome to attend the online paper - to register, email i.scaglia@aston.ac.uk!
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
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a man in a suit and tie says " it sucks " with his arms crossed
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says " it sucks " with his arms crossed
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Erin Shearer @erinshearer.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
If you want to hear more about the relationship between the burgeoning US pharmaceutical sector of the nineteenth century and enslaved women’s poisoning practices, please sign up for my talk next week at the IHR! www.history.ac.uk/events/dange...
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Dangerous Drugs and Household Toxins: Enslaved Women, Homicide, and Poison in the Antebellum US South
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Benjamin Franklin House @benfranklinhouse.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Join us in person or online on March 20th for Ben's Bon Voyage, as leading historians of early America join us to reflect on Franklin's legacy 250 years after his departure from Craven Street 🚢 Get tickets via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bens-bon-v... #BenjaminFranklinHouse #America250UK
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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Are you a PGR/ECR looking for some committee experience? Our sister journal American Nineteenth Century History is hiring a (paid!!) Social Media Editor! Make sure to get your applications in before the deadline closes on Jan 6th ⏳ You can find more info & details of how to apply on our website 👇
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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Are you a British-based PGR/ECR planning a research trip in 2025? ✈️ Apply for one of our Parish Travel Grants for up to £1000 towards conference attendance or research on any aspect of 19th century US history Our next round closes on Jan 7th - don't miss out 👇
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Parish Travel Grants — British American Nineteenth Century Historians
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Clive Webb @clivewebb.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
New article co-written with Tom Davies in this month’s History Today. www.historytoday.com/archive/hist....
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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BrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
To help rebuild our community here on bluesky, we've put together a starter pack of UK-based American historians. Follow along to see what scholars across the pond have to say, and of course do get in touch if you'd like to be added!
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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
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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Connie Thomas @conniethomas.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
This is an excellent opportunity for final year undergrads at British/UK universities - please share far and wide!
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Documented @documented.org · 25/11/2024
We are hiring. Join us and help expose threats to our democracy. documented.net/work-with-us
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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Silver lining of these Trump appointments is that they should make Impostor Syndrome an obsolete condition! I never want to hear any of you brilliant people doubt your qualifications... for anything ever again!
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Connie Thomas @conniethomas.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Shocking but not at all surprising
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