Reposted by Emily BradyOnni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Shedding 608 academic posts but creating 75 new managerial posts. No clear answers as to what those posts are, who they will go to, and why we need them. 713592
Reposted by Emily BradyOnni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 14/05/2026And it just gets worse: it looks like there will be no modern language provision at all. No music, no languages. Can a silent university call itself a university at all? Help us resist! Please contribute to @uonucu.bsky.social hardship fund if you can: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... 03735
Reposted by Emily BradyMark Slater @markjslater.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Fantastic Targeted Research Panel today on US magazine culture at the Glasgow @officialbaas.bsky.social 2026 conference with Katie Burke @benoitmes.bsky.social! Huge thanks to @emilybrady.bsky.social for chairing too. 🙏 Excellent papers all around, it was a blast! See you next all BAAS 🫡 1107
Reposted by Emily BradyEmily Brady @emilybrady.bsky.social · 25/03/2026At the @officialbaas.bsky.social Conference in Glasgow, you can sign up to a one-on-one chat with top academic editors to discuss your ideas for articles and monographs! We've got editors from @edinburghup.bsky.social, @manchesterup.bsky.social and the Journal of American Studies! 062
Emily Brady @emilybrady.bsky.social · 25/03/2026At the @officialbaas.bsky.social Conference in Glasgow, you can sign up to a one-on-one chat with top academic editors to discuss your ideas for articles and monographs! We've got editors from @edinburghup.bsky.social, @manchesterup.bsky.social and the Journal of American Studies! 062
Reposted by Emily BradyJeanette Patrick @jeanettepatrick.bsky.social · 17/03/2026New Episode Alert! Today, we are Finding Jane Austen in her earliest writings and exploring her fascination with mystery, theft, and murder! We also listen along as Austen reads the popular, and not always age-appropriate, works of her day. Listen now on your favorite podcast app.revolutionaryhistories.comEpisode Four: The Prodigy — Revolutionary HistoriesJane Austen’s teenage writings reveal the stirrings of an early genius beginning to develop. Within them, we find thieves, murderers, and yet another intriguing mystery. On today’s episode, we are fol... 152
Emily Brady @emilybrady.bsky.social · 17/03/2026📚Call out for panellists for book talk at @officialbaas.bsky.social!📚 We are delighted to partner with @marenostrumgroup.bsky.social to gather Americanists from all areas to discuss how thinking about America's founding influences our research and teaching. We're looking for 3-5 contributors! 166
Reposted by Emily BradyBritish Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 10/03/2026‼️ BAAS and the Journal of American Studies are pleased to announce that they will be recruiting for the following roles at JAS in Summer 2026, for start dates of 2 January 2027. Learn more about the roles here:buff.lyPre-Announcement: Editorial Team Roles at Journal of American Studies, recruiting Summer 2026 - British Association for American StudiesThe Journal of American Studies, BAAS’s flagship publication, is one of the longest-running and most respected area studies journals in the world. Its purpose is to critique and interrogate the… 058
Reposted by Emily BradyAisha Djelid @aishadjelid.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Lots of fun giving a lecture on the Origins of the Civil Rights Movement for AIM High A Level students this morning alongside some cool historians @emilybrady.bsky.social @davidolusoga.bsky.social 051
Reposted by Emily BradyJeanette Patrick @jeanettepatrick.bsky.social · 17/02/2026New Episode Alert! There was almost a world in which there was no Jane Austen. Or at the very least, no Jane Austen novels. No Pride and Prejudice. No Sense and Sensibility. In today’s episode, we explore Jane’s brush with death and the unusual cast of women who shaped her literary interests.revolutionaryhistories.comEpisode Three: All the Masters Necessary — Revolutionary HistoriesYou might not realize it, but there was almost a world in which there was no Jane Austen. Or at the very least, no Jane Austen novels. No Pride and Prejudice. No Sense and Sensibility. In today’s epis... 255
Reposted by Emily BradyAisha Djelid @aishadjelid.bsky.social · 21/01/2026www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQF092/r...jobs.ac.ukRhodes Professorship of American History at University of OxfordLooking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Rhodes Professorship of American History on jobs.ac.uk! 011
Reposted by Emily BradyBrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Never hurts for BrANCH historians to peer over the borders of the long 19th Century… And it looks like the IHR North American History seminar has an interesting talk this Thursday, with @emilybrady.bsky.social discussing “Black Women's Photographic Portraiture in Independent Studios, 1920s-1960s”history.ac.uk“Boss Lady”: Black Women's Photographic Portraiture in Independent Studios, 1920s-1960s 021
Reposted by Emily BradySherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13/01/2026It is impossible to properly calculate the depth and breadth of the courage and sacrifice of those prepared to confront white supremacy and assert their right to full citizenship. We - and by that I mean ALL Americans - owe them a great debt. Rest in Peace & Power Claudette Colvin. 192015473
Reposted by Emily BradyBeth Wilson @bethrwilson.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Excited 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...cambridge.org‘I Felt All This’Cambridge Core - American Studies - ‘I Felt All This’ 1156
Reposted by Emily BradyBritish Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 20/11/2025🔔 We have extended the deadline for Targeted Research Panel funding until Friday 28th November. What's TRP funding? Each conference, we award up to £5000 funding for panels which aim to support & promote the production of research by people of colour, LGBTQ+ communities & disability communities. 133
Emily Brady @emilybrady.bsky.social · 12/11/2025I am heartbroken and horrified that the department where I received my PhD is under threat of closure. This is a dynamic and welcoming community that is at the forefront of American Studies in the UK. I encourage everyone to sign the below petition and rally behind our colleagues in Nottingham.change.orgSign the PetitionSAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM 13416
Reposted by Emily BradyBritish Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 21/10/2025📨 You are invited to our annual conference. BAAS 2026 will be held at the University of Glasgow in April 2026 🎉 Proposals are welcomed for papers, panels, & roundtables. Creative departures from the traditional panel format are encouraged. These should be shared by 28th November. buff.ly/xAdQJB8buff.lyBAAS Annual Conference - Glasgow 2026 - British Association for American StudiesThe College of Arts & Humanities and Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies at the University of Glasgow are delighted to invite submissions for the 71st annual British Association for American… 095
Emily Brady @emilybrady.bsky.social · 20/10/2025The CFP for the @officialbaas.bsky.social Annual Conference is now live! Join us at the @uofglasgow.bsky.social in April 2026 to mark the 250-year anniversary of 1776, with amazing keynote speakers already lined up! Deadline: Friday 28th November 2025 baas.ac.uk/conferences/...baas.ac.ukBAAS 2026 - University of Glasgow 9-11 April 2026 - British Association for American StudiesBAAS Annual Conference 2026 Call for Papers The College of Arts & Humanities and Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies at the University of Glasgow are delighted to invite submissions for the 71st a... 033
Reposted by Emily BradyDaniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · 12/09/2025We’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.)jobs.ac.ukWinant-Kinder Career Development Fellow in US Politics at University of OxfordRecruiting 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 11019
Reposted by Emily BradyEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Happy 71st Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past. 3238901608
Emily Brady @emilybrady.bsky.social · 03/09/2025This week I start a new job as a two-year Departmental Lecturer in American History! I'll continue to be based at @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social and be starting at @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social. Excited to get back into the classroom after three years of research! 060
Reposted by Emily BradyBritish Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 14/07/2025📣 Calling Am Studies postgrads Submissions are now being accepted for the BAAS Postgraduate Symposium, entitled The Unequal Struggle for Equality & Rights in America. The event will take place at Teesside University on 29 November 2025. Proposals are invited before 22 August.buff.lyCall for Papers: BAAS Postgraduate Symposium - Teesside University, 29th November 2025 - British Association for American StudiesBAAS Postgraduate Symposium – Teesside University, 29th November 2025 ‘The people favored and the people oppressed’: The Unequal Struggle for Equality and Rights in America The original copies of the… 0610
Reposted by Emily BradySarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · 15/07/2025WE ARE HIRING @edgehist.bsky.social!!! For a PERMANENT American historian (broadly defined). Quite a tight turnaround (institutional processes) but no internal candidate/nefarious intent. GORGEOUS campus, lovely team, amazing students. APPLY! #skystorians 🗃️ jobs.edgehill.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...jobs.edgehill.ac.ukJob Vacancy at Edge Hill University: Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in American HistoryWe’re here to create and harness knowledge, to deliver opportunity for everyone.About the RoleAs Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in American History, you will be required to make a significant contributio... 03237
Reposted by Emily BradySimon Hall @simonhallwriter.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Happy publication day! Out now with @faberbooks.bsky.social 7275
Reposted by Emily BradyElsa Devienne @elsadevienne.bsky.social · 23/06/2025SAND RUSH has won a prize 😃🏖️! Many thanks to all the colleagues at UEA+the Arthur Miller Institute for their hard work championing new research in American studies🇺🇸! This prize is a collective Northumbria AMS win: the book was made so much better just from hanging out with my smart colleagues 💜 54211
Reposted by Emily BradyBrANCH @branchuk.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Calling 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!branch.org.ukParish Travel Grants — British American Nineteenth Century Historians 068
Reposted by Emily BradyFlashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Watch out who you invite inside...our episode on SINNERS is out now! Dr Tammy Kernodle joins to unpack all the history — but especially the music! — behind the latest historical blockbuster to take cinemas by storm 🎵🧛♂️ Available wherever fine podcasts are found! open.spotify.com/episode/7pJ6... 0111
Reposted by Emily BradyBritish Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 06/06/2025The association of British American Nineteenth Century Historians (BrANCH) invites applications for PGR & ECR Travel Grants of up to £1000 to fund travel to the US for conferences, to conduct remote/archival research into 19thC US history, & more... Deadline: 1st July.buff.lyBrANCH Travel Awards - British Association for American StudiesThe association of British American Nineteenth Century Historians invites applications for PGR & ECR Travel Grants of up to £1000. Deadline: July 1. 034
Reposted by Emily BradyProf. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Lecturer (Education) in Modern US History Queen's University Belfast #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI397/l...jobs.ac.ukLecturer (Education) in Modern US History at Queen's University BelfastApply for the Lecturer (Education) in Modern US History role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now. 0412
Reposted by Emily Bradydaviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Reminder 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 1915
Reposted by Emily BradyNatacha @natacha.bsky.social · 02/06/2025The Not In Our Name letter for cis women opposed to transphobia has now exceeded 20,000change.orgSign the PetitionNot in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community 09742
Reposted by Emily BradyAttorney Ben Crump @attorneybencrump.bsky.social · 28/05/2025After 175 yrs, Harvard is releasing the images of Renty & Delia — Tamara Lanier’s enslaved ancestors. Their dignity will be honored at the Int’l African American Museum in Charleston (SC). This is a powerful step toward truth & reclaiming Black humanity! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...nytimes.comHarvard Relents After Protracted Fight Over Slave Photos 355863
Reposted by Emily BradyAisha Djelid @aishadjelid.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Excited to see my article published in @anchistjournal.bsky.social has been shortlisted alongside some amazing scholarship! 0132
Reposted by Emily Bradydaviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Feels a bit absurd to be promoting this, but there's a 12 month 18/19th C American history post at Cardiff. Deadline 15.06.25. Feel free to msg or contact me via email - doddingtond@cardiff.ac.uk - for further information: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...krb-sjobs.brassring.comLecturer in American History - Cardiff University - Job DetailsJob Details: Lecturer in American HistorySchool of History, Archaeology and ReligionAn exciting new opportunity has arisen 1813
Reposted by Emily BradyHOTCUS @hotcus.bsky.social · 06/05/2025🚨HOTCUS Committee Elections!🚨 It's that time of the year, when the HOTCUS Committee step down and we invite members to nominate themselves for one of the positions.The deadline for nominations is Friday May 23rd at 17:00 (BST), and all the information is on the website. hotcus.org.uk/about-hotcus...hotcus.org.ukCommittee Elections 143
Reposted by Emily BradyDr Dyi D. Huijg @drdyidhuijg.bsky.social · 30/04/2025STATEMENT: 'Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia' Read the statement online here: tinyurl.com/mud7va29 Co-sign the statement, fill in this form: forms.gle/oDYgnobrMiSc...forms.gleNot In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against TransphobiaWe call on all trans-inclusive feminist academics and educators to sign this statement: ‘Not In Our Name’ We are non-trans feminist academics and educators. We write in support of trans rights, tran... 5465236
Emily Brady @emilybrady.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Absolutely delighted to have signed a book contract for my first monograph with @uncpress.bsky.social! Let the World See What I See: Black Women Photographers from the Harlem Renaissance to Black Power will be out in 2026-2027! Many thanks to my amazing editor Andreina Fernandez! 5264
Reposted by Emily BradyKing's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 25/04/2025👏 Congratulations to Dr Michael Collins from @kingsenglish.bsky.social for being elected as the new Chair of @officialbaas.bsky.social. 'I will be using my tenure to ensure we make American Studies in Britain as joyous an undertaking as it can be,' said Dr Collins 🎉 🔗 Read more 👇buff.lyKing's academic elected as Chair of British Association for American StudiesDr Michael Collins, Reader in American Studies in the Department of English, has been elected as Chair of the British Association for American Studies (BAAS). 0247
Emily Brady @emilybrady.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Come along to the @officialbaas.bsky.social Book Raffle at 11:30am in the Forum Lecture Theatre, generously sponsored with donated books by @mngupbooks.bsky.social and @manchesterup.bsky.social! 063
Reposted by Emily BradyMNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 23/04/2025This compelling work of scholarship radically reshapes our understanding of one of the longest and most damaging conflicts in modern American history 📚 buff.ly/nWliJzo Browse our virtual exhibit: buff.ly/8qOHzYP @officialbaas.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social 042
Reposted by Emily BradyManchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Attending #BAAS2025 today? Don't forget to, ✅ Schedule a chat with @mlhouston.bsky.social about your book idea 📚 Enjoy 30% off selected #AmericanStudies titles 💻 Explore our digital collections 📖 Browse our online reading list: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/03...manchesteruniversitypress.co.ukAmerican Studies Reading list 2025 - Manchester University PressWe’re excited to present our new American Studies reading list, bringing the latest cutting-edge research to our readers. Our books in this area span Literary Studies, History, Film and Television Stu... 042
Emily Brady @emilybrady.bsky.social · 23/04/2025BAAS Conference is underway! Don't forget you can sign up to a ten-minute chat with editors from the University of Manchester and the Journal of American Studies! @officialbaas.bsky.social 041
Reposted by Emily BradyThomas Willett @thomaswillett.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Today’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 🏳️⚧️ 211031
Emily Brady @emilybrady.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I visited office hours with the Journal of American Studies at a BAAS conference *cough* some *cough* years ago and it was incredibly helpful at helping me develop my first article! Sign up to a 10-minute slot at @officialbaas.bsky.social next week with JAS and University of Manchester Press! 042
Reposted by Emily BradyBeth Wilson @bethrwilson.bsky.social · 07/04/2025I'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! 2212
Reposted by Emily BradyHOTCUS @hotcus.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Events 2026 Call for hosts!🚨 HOTCUS is seeking hosts for our 2026 events, including the Winter Symposium (February) and the Annual Conference (June). We can only run our events with member support and input, so please do consider if this is something that you can support at your institution! 164
Reposted by Emily BradyBritish Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 17/03/2025🚨 Today is the final day to receive Early Bird registration for our 2025 conference 🚨 If already know you are joining us in Hatfield in April, make sure to complete your registration today 🐣 buff.ly/s6NASzP 031
Emily Brady @emilybrady.bsky.social · 07/03/2025I was lucky enough to have this role at the @raioxford.bsky.social - a wonderful job and community! Cannot recommend enough! 040
Reposted by Emily BradyFlashback: American Historians on Movies @flashbackhistory.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Gatsby? What Gatsby? Why the GREAT Gatsby of course — this week @emilybrady.bsky.social joins to talk Baz Luhrmann's 2013 adaptation of the classic novel in all of its maximalist, blockbuster, and 2010s glory ✨🍾🟢 Available now wherever you listen to podcasts, or at the link here bit.ly/41vWZxzThe 031
Emily Brady @emilybrady.bsky.social · 10/02/2025My review of Injustice in Focus: The Civil Rights Photography of Cecil Williams by @uscpress.bsky.social is out now on @hisjournalha.bsky.social! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comInjustice in Focus: The Civil Rights Photography of Cecil Williams. By Cecil Williams and Claudia Smith Brinson. University of South Carolina Press, 2024. 256 pp. £ 33.95.Click on the article title to read more. 131