I'm pleased to announce I'm a founding co-editor of the new @manchesterup.bsky.social book series, Radical Histories.
Do let me know if you have a proposal for a book that fits our inclusive remit on radical histories.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/radic...
Participating in this online panel in a few weeks - should be a good evening of discussions!
The third set of postdocs in our ERC project on popular government have just been advertised. These 3 will be based across the road from LSE at KCL with @uditbhatia.bsky.social and focus on popular government in the global south
my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...
Exciting News!
The 27th International Conference of the History of Concepts Group #HCG2026 will take place in Helsinki, 19–21 August 2026.
The CfP is open: scholars at all career stages are welcome to submit proposals until 30 April 2026!
Application and details: bit.ly/HCG_2026
Spread the word!🇫🇮
handwritten ledger showing Pompey Fleet, 26, short & stout Suky Coleman, 21, slight make Sam Fleet, 5, small boy
Happy Evacuation Day!
While Boston celebrates the retreat of the British in 1776, let's also remember the Black Bostonians who found their freedom by leaving Massachusetts with the British.
Pompey Fleet was a skilled printer enslaved by the Fleet family (printers/booksellers/auctioneers) in Boston
Confessions of an Early Career Researcher, Logos: The British Academy, the Leverhulme Trust.
Confessions of an Early Career Researcher, a podcast by ECRs, for ECRs. Brought to you by @britishacademy.bsky.social and the Leverhulme Trust. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/audio-video/...
*DEADLINE EXTENDED* You now have until 8th March to submit your abstracts! Looking forward to an exciting two-day conference.
Event Sunday, 3/8 at 2pm EST: “Thomas Paine and the Feminists” that will feature a conversation about Paine’s connections with the leading feminists in England, America and France during the Age of Revolutions. The event will be led by TPHA Board Member Joy Masoff. thomaspaine.org/about/events/
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DEADLINE EXTENDED! Reminder that there’s still time to apply for our graduate conference on America 250 @uclhistory.bsky.social See below for details
18TH CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY PHD LIGHTNING TALKS CFP
Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event 29 April 2026.
Please see the poster for further information!
Huge congrats, well done!
The next IHR Early Career Seminar will be taking place this Wednesday! Sam Phoenix Clarke from Cambridge will be talking to us about 'Understanding the history of science as political thought: the case of Britain, 1931-1956'. Remember to sign up if you're coming!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
*DEADLINE EXTENDED* for both conferences, please apply by 28 February 2026.
Another conference I’m helping to organise - please consider applying if you’re an MA/PhD student working on HPT (broadly conceived)!
And the following day, a conference on 1776 and its legacies.
The room in London where Benjamin Franklin lived, walls painted green, a bust of Franklin in the marble fireplace, small table and single writing chair and two large full length windows which he used to take his early morning “air baths”.
Born #otd in Boston, Massachusetts, 320 years ago, Benjamin Franklin, polymath, printer, scientist, diplomat, writer & US Founding Father. For those in central London wanting to celebrate, a visit to @benfranklinhouse.bsky.social, where he lived, wrote and experimented for years, is inspirational.
I’m organising a graduate conference in July on Early America! Please see the CfP and circulate wherever you can 🥳
Common Sense wasn't a hit with British audiences, but that didn't mean no-one here was down for revolution.
CFP: OXFORD GRADUATE CONFERENCE IN POLITICAL THEORY!
Welcoming submissions in any area of political theory—including critical theory, analytic political philosophy, and the history of political thought.
Submit by 31 January: forms.gle/v6Zv1cH7a6Da...
Looking for a New Year's resolution that is good for your mind and (relatively) easy to keep? Check out the Institute of Historical Research seminars for January 2026. Fourteen seminars in week 1 alone. Free, broad-ranging, open to the public and usually available both in person and online.
My colleague Lauren Duval has a new book coming out next month from @uncpress.bsky.social on military occupation and households in the Revolution. Lauren is real smart. Put it in your cart. #HATM
Thoroughly enjoyed dipping my toes into the waters of the body politic - looking forward to more research in the future! Thanks to everyone for such inspiring discussions.
📢 Call for Contributions 📢
The Journal of British Studies seeks submissions for a special series of short essays to be published over the course of 2026 on the topic of “1776: Views from the British World.”
📣 Calling all PGR students, ECRs, & heritage employees: two weeks left to submit your abstract!
With a program of keynote speakers, paper presentations, & 10-minute ‘lightning talks’ to unpack works in progress, we welcome submissions from a range of research interests & disciplinary perspectives.
📢Call for papers!
Benjamin Franklin House is hosting a conference, “Remember the ladies”: Women and Revolution, in London in May 2026!
Details are available here: benjaminfranklinhouse.org/event/spring...
If you have any questions, please email me at supervisor@benjaminfranklinhouse.org.
A wonderful workshop where I too contributed, this time on metaphors of the body politic in economic debates in colonial Virginia. Really enjoyed listening to the contributions of Tom, Rachel and others!
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.)
What an amazing conference! Really enjoyed my first BrANCH/BGEAH conference and meeting so many wonderful researchers. Watch this space for more stuff on conspiracy!!
So nice to meet you Laura!!