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Rothermere American Institute @raioxford.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

To mark the Rothermere American Institute's 25th anniversary, members of the RAI community, past and present, reflect on what this unique research institute means to them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3B5...

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25 years of the RAI

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Rothermere American Institute @raioxford.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Exciting news! Dr @uhackett.bsky.social has been appointed as the inaugural Churchill Associate Professor in US Politics. Read more about it here- www.rai.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-u...

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Dr Ursula Hackett appointed as inaugural Churchill Associate Professor in US Politics

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Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

A **new** and **permanent** job in US Politics at the RAI. An exciting opportunity to help design and launch a new one year Master’s program in US politics, and join our intellectually vibrant (and fun) multidisciplinary dept dedicated to the study of the US and its place in the wider world.

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Churchill Associate Professor of United States Politics at University of Oxford

Searching for an academic job? Explore this Churchill Associate Professor of United States Politics opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

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Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

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Churchill Associate Professor of United States Politics at University of Oxford

Searching for an academic job? Explore this Churchill Associate Professor of United States Politics opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

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HOTCUS @hotcus.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Call for Applications: HOTCUS Annual Conference, PG/ECR Work-in-Progress workshop.

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Rothermere American Institute @raioxford.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Congratulations to Rhodes Professor Emeritus and RAI Distinguished Fellow Richard Carwardine for winning the prestigious Lincoln Prize for 2026! Read more here: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/article/rich...

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Richard Carwardine wins the 2026 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize

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HOTCUS @hotcus.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The CfP is now open for the 2026 HOTCUS Annual Conference (University of Manchester, 1-3 July 2026). Please email all submissions to events.hotcus@gmail.com by midnight, UK time on 25 March, 2026.

Delegates from the HOTCUS, 2024 Annual Conference at Southampton University

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HOTCUS @hotcus.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Applications for the 2026 HOTCUS Article Prize and Early Career Article Prize are now open. Both awards recognise outstanding research on twentieth-century US history published in peer-reviewed journals during the 2025 calendar year, and each comes with a £100 prize.

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Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Applications open for the ‘27-28, 28-29, and 29-30 Winant Visiting Professorship of American Government. If you have any interest, please do apply; we’re a vibrant, intellectual community of Americanists and it’s visiting post that comes with lots of research time.

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Rothermere American Institute @raioxford.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Come hear @danielpemberton.bsky.social and @tgreiving.bsky.social discuss Tim's new biography on John Williams. Tomorrow at 5 pm at the RAI. Books will be available for purchase. www.rai.ox.ac.uk/event/john-w...

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Rothermere American Institute @raioxford.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

In two weeks, Wed 26 Nov, we are hosting a talk with author @tgreiving.bsky.social and film composer Daniel Pemberton about Tim's new book, John Williams: A Composer's Life. Details on the website here: rai2.web.ox.ac.uk/event/john-w... @oupprimary.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

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John Williams: A Composer's Life

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HOTCUS @hotcus.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

📣The Call for Papers for our 2026 Winter Symposium, The American Nation in the Twentieth Century: The Declaration of Independence at 250, is now open University of Liverpool, 27 February 2026

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Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Want to know more about Ronald Reagan and tariffs/trade restrictions in light of the Canada news? Oh boy, do I have a nuanced “yes, but also no, and let me explain 12 layers of political nuance” historian’s answer for you. I guarantee that you’ll wish you never asked!

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Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Tomorrow (Oct 22) at 5:00 pm BST, join @raioxford.bsky.social in welcoming Tom Arnold-Forster for a discussion of his book, Walter Lippmann, exploring the life and ideas of one of the twentieth century's leading political thinkers. Learn more about this in-person event here: buff.ly/5JVx5O9

Walter Lippmann: An Intellectual Biography by Tom Arnold-Forster

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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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Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

We’re advertising for a 30 month postdoc position in US Politics (very broadly construed). The role is mainly research, but allows the holder to gain experience teaching UK and US undergraduates. Happy to answer any and all questions. Application deadline 27/10. (Start date early 2026.)

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Winant-Kinder Career Development Fellow in US Politics at University of Oxford

Recruiting now: Winant-Kinder Career Development Fellow in US Politics on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

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Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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Winant-Kinder Career Development Fellow in US Politics at University of Oxford

Recruiting now: Winant-Kinder Career Development Fellow in US Politics on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

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Brent Cebul @brentcebul.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Mike Glass and I argue for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social that we’ve tried the #abundance incentive-based approach to housing crises before. But lack of oversight + incentives produced fraud, profiteering, and inflated rents -- and the Trump family fortune. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/add...

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Adding Value | Phenomenal World

Mortgage insurance has traditionally been the method the federal government has used to induce investment in owner-occupied housing. But for multifamily rentals, the history of mortgage-insurance prog...

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Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

We’re advertising for a 12 month teaching post in 20th Century US History. Deadline 28/7 (a short turn around because we need to interview in mid-August). We’re a great, collegial and fun US history community. Happy to answer any and all questions about the role, and the RAI Bake Off.

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Departmental Lecturer in 20th Century United States History at University of Oxford

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Departmental Lecturer in 20th Century United States History on jobs.ac.uk!

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Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

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Departmental Lecturer in 20th Century United States History at University of Oxford

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Departmental Lecturer in 20th Century United States History on jobs.ac.uk!

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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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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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Oscar Winberg @oscarwinberg.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Archie Bunker for President is now available for pre-order on the UNC Press site!! Pre-ordering is the best way of support a book so please consider heading over to the @uncpress.bsky.social site and make sure to use the code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout to save 30%!!

Book cover of Archie Bunker for President: How One Television Show Remade American Politics by Oscar Winberg.

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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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Josh Lappen @jlappen1.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Interrupting my usual programming to share that my doctoral dissertation has won the Society of American Historians' Allan Nevins Prize! I'm so grateful to the friends and mentors who have taught me this beautiful profession, especially in dark times. sah.columbia.edu/content/priz...

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Allan Nevins Prize | Society of American Historians

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Josh Lappen @jlappen1.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

This is the critical thing to recognize about the so-called "abundance" agenda and the entire branch of YIMBYism it represents: Its intellectual foundations are fundamentally antidemocratic. It seeks to use the state to impose cultural consensus - and whose culture? Corporate Silicon Valley's.

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Sarah Knott @sarahknott.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Senior Americanists! It is a great time to bring your talents to Oxford for 27-8, 28-9 or 29-30. (Yes, just think about that.) The Harmsworth Visiting Professorship is as lovely a gig as it gets, now with a more transparent process of appointment

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Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

An era of effortless industrial supremacy, as I usually put it. And, not coincidentally, the time of strongest US state commitment to free trade.

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Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Three-year postdoc job in any aspect of American History since 1600. A great position for an early career historian to develop their publications and research within a fun, welcoming and intellectually vibrant community—Bake Off participation is not obligatory. Happy to answer any questions

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Ariel Ron @arielron.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The Journal of the Civil War Era will have a special issue on political economy edited by me, @maggor.bsky.social, Sofia Valeonti & Nicolas Barreyre. I'll post again when the link is up on the Muster, but wanted to get the word out now. See CFP. Submission deadline is April 25. 🗃️

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Brent Cebul @brentcebul.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

@lilygeismer.bsky.social and I are thrilled that our new project, Mastery and Drift: Professional Class Liberals since the 1960s, is published today. When we began this work a few years ago, we had no idea how sadly relevant exploring the evolution . . . (1/10) press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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Mastery and Drift

A revelatory look at modern liberalism’s historical evolution and enduring impact on contemporary politics and society. Since the 1960s, American liberalism and the Democratic Party have been rema...

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Nicholas Guyatt @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Recent PhD in 20th century US history, or planning to defend before Sept 2025? We are looking for the next *Mellon Research Fellow*, a three-year postdoc with our large and thriving American history group. Deadline 9 March so don't delay! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50345/

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Rothermere American Institute @raioxford.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Join us online or in-person at 5pm GMT today for this exciting roundtable discussion.

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Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

On Wednesday February 12 at 5 pm GMT/ 12,noon ET the RAI is hosting an online and in-person roundtable, “Liberalism, Conservatism, and Reception History“, with Gloria Liu (Johns Hopkins), Claire Arcenas (Montana), and Emily Jones (Manchester). More details here:

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Roundtable: 'Liberalism, Conservatism, and Reception History'

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Roundtable: 'Liberalism, Conservatism, and Reception History'

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Clive Webb @clivewebb.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

I have a new book out on 6th February with Profile Books that tells the story of how Bertrand Russell, Jean-Paul Sartre and other intellectuals tried to hold the US government to account for war crimes in Vietnam. profilebooks.com/work/vietdam...

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Vietdamned - Profile Books

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Adam Smith @aipsmith.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

#RAIBakeoff 2024! An annual insight into America’s reputation

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Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

There is no more brutal peer review process, and fierce competition among academics than the RAI Bake Off.

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Rothermere American Institute @raioxford.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

On Wednesday 27 Nov at 12:30, we will have our last USA election focused lunchtime seminars with Richard Johnson (Queen Mary, University of London) who will focus the discussion on 'Shifting Voter Allegiances'- details here: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/event/presen...

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The Present and Future of US Politics: Shifting Voter Allegiances

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Rothermere American Institute @raioxford.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

A big congratulations to two of our postgraduate members who successfully recently completed their DPhils! Read about it here: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/article/cong...

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Congratulations to Katie Fapp and Sarena Martinez on passing their DPhil vivas

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Rothermere American Institute @raioxford.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Is political violence a growing problem in the US? Join us at 12.30 at the RAI today for our weekly US politics seminar, led today by Des King. www.rai.ox.ac.uk/event/presen...

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The Present and Future of US Politics: Political Violence

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awmerck @awmerck.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

i overcame my anxiety about making a good list and i made *a* list of business historians which i didn't realize until i made it includes me by default 🤨 go.bsky.app/TpYTwRe

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Rothermere American Institute @raioxford.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Walter hopes that everyone takes some time bounce around in the snow in Oxford today. As the RAI Emotional Support Officer he says it is the only way to survive 6th week. Happy Tuesday!

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