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Erin Shearer

@erinshearer.bsky.social
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Historian of slavery, resistance, and gender. Junior Research Fellow, Linacre College, University of Oxford; Associate Tutor, Oxford Lifelong Learning; Teaching Fellow in US History, University of Warwick.

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Erin Shearer @erinshearer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Interested in learning about race and slavery in the US? There are still spaces available for this in-person 5 week course with @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk. Sign up now to learn more about the unsettling realities of slavery, resistance, and the enduring legacies of racial capitalism. Link below:
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Erin Shearer @erinshearer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Interested in learning about race and slavery in the US? I'm running a five-week course with @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk in November. If this is something you are interested in, you can sign up here: lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/race...
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Race and Slavery in the USA - Oxford Lifelong Learning
This course examines the institution of human slavery in the southern United States from its colonial beginnings, to its emergence as the most powerful slave system in the world, to its collapse durin...
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 30/06/2026
Today we finish our preview of the 8 articles shortlisted for the Society's 2026 Early Career Article Prize. Today: 'Challenging the overseer: enslaved women’s violent resistance in the US antebellum South', by Erin Shearer bit.ly/4aYCH3U in 'American Nineteenth Century History' #Skystorians 1/2
Image the journal 'American Nineteenth Century History' and text: 'Challenging the overseer: enslaved women’s violent resistance in the US antebellum South'.

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American Nineteenth Century History

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Royal Historical Society Early Career Article Prize, 2026
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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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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 19/05/2026
The Society is pleased to publish today the Shortlist of its 2026 Early Career Article Prize: bit.ly/4wEuVoW This year's list includes eight articles published in 2025 and follows an open call for submissions. Our two winners for this prize will be announced in July #Skystorians 1/2
Image of papers with text: Royal Historical Society Early Career Article Prize, 2026. Shortlisted Titles.
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daviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Thrilled that @erinshearer.bsky.social's article from ANCH @anchistjournal.bsky.social is shortlisted for this award. 2 years in a row ANCH authors have been listed here, and we're proud to support ECR colleagues getting their work published. Do think of us for your work! @branchuk.bsky.social
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Erin Shearer’s ( @erinshearer.bsky.social ) review of Brooding Over Bloody Revenge: Enslaved Women’s Lethal Resistance ( @cambridge.org ) by Nikki M. Taylor
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American Nineteenth Century History Journal @anchistjournal.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
The second new article is an OPEN ACCESS piece examining violent confrontations between enslaved women and white overseeing men by Dr @erinshearer.bsky.social of the @raioxford.bsky.social at the University of Oxford: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Challenging the overseer: enslaved women’s violent resistance in the US antebellum South
This article examines violent confrontations between enslaved women and white overseeing men, exploring how enslaved women opposed overseers through the weaponization of objects and fixtures on sit...
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Erin Shearer @erinshearer.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Thrilled to see my research published in @anchistjournal.bsky.social! 'Enslaved women were not only violent in their interactions with Southern overseers through avenues of assault, homicide, and attempted murder, they were also armed.' You can read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Challenging the overseer: enslaved women’s violent resistance in the US antebellum South
This article examines violent confrontations between enslaved women and white overseeing men, exploring how enslaved women opposed overseers through the weaponization of objects and fixtures on sit...
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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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Erin Shearer @erinshearer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Now live! I'm teaching a five week course on the Transatlantic Slave Trade (November-December 25). This is an exciting opportunity to engage with an array of primary materials and to consider slavery from the perspective of those forcibly enslaved. Please share! www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/the-...
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The Transatlantic Slave Trade
This course explores the history of the Transatlantic Slave Trade between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries from the perspective of those who were forcibly uprooted and enslaved on European ships...
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Aisha Djelid @aishadjelid.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
The @royalhistsoc.org sponsored @branchuk.bsky.social Harriet Tubman Essay closes soon on the 13th June! Please do get students to submit - details here: www.branch.org.uk/tubmanessayp...
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Harriet Tubman Essay Prize — British American Nineteenth Century Historians
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daviddoddington.bsky.social @daviddoddington.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
@branchuk.bsky.social @baasusso.bsky.social As part of an all too pertinent special edition of American Nineteenth Century History, see: The price of Knowledge: Universities and slavery in Anglo-American perspective: "www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.108…
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The price of knowledge: universities and slavery in Anglo-American perspective
This article centers on the different ways that English and American universities have uncovered, publicized, and responded to their historical connections to transatlantic slavery. It argues that ...
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Erin Shearer @erinshearer.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
A huge thank you to everyone who came to my talk at the IHR last week on enslaved women's poisoning practices in the antebellum South. It was followed by some great questions and discussions! @ihr.bsky.social
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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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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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Erin Shearer @erinshearer.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
An interesting study highlighting how modern gender standards influence our understanding of history. I'm reminded of Rebecca Hall's important work on how historical thought exists within an 'echo chamber' which perpetuates gendered understandings on the roles of women in the past.
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Women were at the centre of iron age Britain – new find reminds us how misogyny has shaped our view of the past
Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable. People today shouldn’t.
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Erin Shearer @erinshearer.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Serious work event - the annual RAI Bake Off. Fierce competition and delicious bakes. @raioxford.bsky.social (Special shout out to my own 'Yee-Haw Cupcakes')
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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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Erin Shearer @erinshearer.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Current work spot @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social 📚 Today I'm researching feminist theories of harm and violence for my next research project
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Edd Mair @edwardmair.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
16 month US history job going at UCL, with a great selection of modules to boot: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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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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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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