In July 1864 the South Carolina rice planter Adele Petigru Allston wrote to Jesse Belflowers to note her distress at how frequently enslaved people were es

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Revisiting the Origins of the ‘Roundhead’ in 1641

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Volume 27, Issue 1 of American Nineteenth Century History

The Social History Society’s 2026 Annual Conference brought almost 200 historians to Lancaster University from 1-3 July, marking a particularly special occasion as the Society celebrated its …

The Social History Society Book Prize rewards the best original works of social and cultural history by established authors. The prize was launched in 2018 and has become a key part of the society’…

Dr David Stefan Doddington has won the Social History Society’s (SHS) Book Prize 2026.

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‘Witches aside, Pierre de Lancre saw many other strange things as he travelled down the Basque coast during the summer of 1609.’ This surreal opening line

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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Cardiff’s January announcement of plans to cut 400 academic jobs and close several departments prompted a media firestorm that heaped opprobrium on its vice-chancellor. But she also received lots of q...

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