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.
Call for Applications: HOTCUS Annual Conference, PG/ECR Work-in-Progress workshop.
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...
I’ll be with you again in the late spring — May 11-14. Various commitments in that time, but be pleased to meet up, and very happy be more helpful if timings work and if I can (happy to get involved in a class, eg). But no pressure on your part.
A great selection. Sounds like a fab class.
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#SHAFR2028
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Delegates from the HOTCUS, 2024 Annual Conference at Southampton University
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.
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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.
Plus, you’ll get to be on the judging panel for one of the most storied prizes available in academia: The (Great, and Annual) RAI Bake Off.
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.
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...
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
📣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
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!
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!
Walter Lippmann: An Intellectual Biography by Tom Arnold-Forster
Tom Arnold-Forster
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
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...
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...
Yes, sorry Ben. 2.5 years in the first instance — January 2026 (or soon thereafter) until 31 August 2028.
It’s in the full JD, but seemingly fell victim to the brutal character limit of these things.
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.)
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.)
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...
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.
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.
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
Lecturer (Education) in Modern US History
Queen's University Belfast #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI397/l...
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.
Book cover of Archie Bunker for President: How One Television Show Remade American Politics by Oscar Winberg.
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%!!
