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The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
est. 1967

#SHAFR2026 - The Ohio State University - June 25-27, 2026
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kaeteoc.bsky.social
This year’s #SHAFR conference is in Columbus and, given the John Glenn connection, I’ll be sorely disappointed if there’s no panel on Space, esp since RL Stine’s work doesn’t translate to foreign relations and we can’t have a Goosebumps panel #SHAFR2026
November 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
shafrhistorians.bsky.social
Due Monday at 11:59pm EST!!
#SHAFR2026
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
shafrhistorians.bsky.social
Proposals due tomorrow!
officialbaas.bsky.social British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · Oct 21
📨 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.

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BAAS Annual Conference - Glasgow 2026 - British Association for American Studies
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 annual British Association for American…
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November 27, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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mwpalen.bsky.social
I joined the IMF podcast to discuss trade’s complex historical relationship to globalization, economic crisis, imperialism, and war. www.imf.org/en/news/podc...

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Marc Palen on Peace Economics and Trade
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November 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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humanrights-fau.bsky.social
💼 Call for Applications: Up to 5 Postdoc Positions for Cluster of Excellence „Transforming Human Rights“
↗️Apply now: www.humanrights.fau.eu/2025/11/17/s...

@fau.de @dfg.de #exc #fau #humanrights #HumanRightsFAU
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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ghiwashington.bsky.social
Excited to share that we’re hiring! We are now accepting applications for two full-time Research Fellow positions in modern/contemporary history in Washington, to begin in June 2026. More details available here: www.ghi-dc.org/news-show/tw...
Two Research Fellow Positions in Modern and Contemporary History – GHI Washington
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November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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princetonupress.bsky.social
How a system of colonial trusteeship converted Native wealth into settler capital.

Vested Interests by Emilie Connolly is now available (20 Jan UK pub).

Learn more and order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#History #AmericanHistory #USHistory #ReadUP
Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United States by Emilie Connolly
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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mwpalen.bsky.social
Thank you to @carloscorrochano.xyz for the great questions in this interview for @eldiario.es about Pax Economica

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November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
shafrhistorians.bsky.social
Reminder: Proposals to host SHAFR 2028 are due December 15!
November 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
shafrhistorians.bsky.social
Attn: grad students
The Journal of American-East Asia Relations invites graduate students to submit an essay for the Frank Gibney Award.

The winning essay will be published in the journal in 2026. Deadline is January 6.

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#skystorians #diplomatichistory #JAEAR
JAEAR Graduate Student Essay Frank Gibney Award | H-Net
The Journal of American-East Asia Relations invites graduate students to submit an  essay in any field of the Journal‘s interest written in 2024 or 2025. Brill publishers will present US$1,000 for the...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
shafrhistorians.bsky.social
🎉 Diplomatic History turns 50 in 2027!
RIAS is hosting a workshop for a special anniversary issue on European perspectives on the U.S.’s global interactions. Read the CFP here: tinyurl.com/mry26zx2
cc: @diplomatichistory.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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cmcknichols.bsky.social
Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations won’t be out officially until 2026 but is shipping now🗃️ edited by Frank Costigliola and Barbara Keys, exceptional contributors and graat chapters, also mine on #ideology @shafrhistorians.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/highereducat...
Cover of Cambridge UP Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
shafrhistorians.bsky.social
SHAFR has written to the leadership of the University of Nottingham to express our strong concern over the university’s decision to close all degree programs in the Department of American and Canadian Studies.

You can read the full letter here: tinyurl.com/bdz43e62
SHAFR Letter of Support for American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham
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November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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gauthamrao.bsky.social
The publication date for my book on the history of policing American slavery has been moved up a month! Now available May 12, 2026! Thanks so much to those who have preordered! The Press is offering 30% off with the code, 01UNCP30

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White Power
Beginning in the colonial era and growing through the American Revolution and the Southern plantation system, slaveholders’ violent police regime continued...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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shgape.bsky.social
Please take a few minutes to read this beautiful tribute to our friend and scholar Dr. Lloyd Ambrosius. Dr. Jeanette Eileen Jones, who authored the tribute, is hosting a panel on his legacy at the OAH in Philadelphia. More information can be found at the link.
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Tribute to Lloyd Ambrosius - SHGAPE Blog
The following is a tribute to Lloyd Ambrosius (1941-2024) by Dr. Jeannette Eileen Jones, who will be chairing the panel "Lloyd Ambrosius and His Historical Legacies" at the 2026 meeting of the Organiz...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Want to help shape the future of OAH conferences? We’re looking for volunteers to join our Three-Year Program Committee—the team that keeps our annual meetings fresh, engaging, and forward-thinking.

Serve, collaborate, and make history with us! ✨
📅 Apply by November 30.
https://ow.ly/AG8L50XpEXY
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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cmcknichols.bsky.social
@shgape.bsky.social is looking for a blog content editor, accepting applicants now, grad students & early career scholars, public historians, give it a look and do consider this great organization and opportunity🗃️
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
shafrhistorians.bsky.social
SHAFR Executive Director @rimmerma.bsky.social quoted in this piece about the recent disappearance of FRUS records.
November 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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gauthamrao.bsky.social
Extraordinarily honored to receive the American Society for Legal History’s Craig Joyce Medal for service to the Society for my work as editor of @lawandhistrev.bsky.social.

Also this replica premier league trophy with Law and History Review regalia!

#ynwa #upthereds #legalhistory
November 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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jjjcameron.bsky.social
Calling all historians of US foreign relations. @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
hlmurray.bsky.social Dr Hannah Murray @hlmurray.bsky.social · 18d
RED ALERT: the University of Nottingham is threatening to close its Department of American Studies, putting all staff at risk of redundancy, and ending any American specialist knowledge in the Faculty of Arts.

Sign the petition here to save jobs:
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
Sign the Petition
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
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November 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Do I have any followers who research the Post-WWII decolonization of Africa? I've got a few questions for an episode and I'd love to connect!
November 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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renatakeller.bsky.social
Huge thanks to all the folks @notredame.bsky.social who came out on a sunny Friday afternoon to hear me talk about The Fate of the Americas! I had a blast!! #History 🗃️
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November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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briandelay.bsky.social
CFP: "AMERICAN REVOLUTION INTERNATIONAL" - Huntington Library, Nov. 6-7, 2006. With generous support from the Early Modern Studies Institute at USC, my co-conspirators & I look forward to two days of generative conversation. Travel & lodging included! Proposals due 1/10. Please spread the word! 🙏
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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mwpalen.bsky.social
So grateful to have received the Elise M. Boulding Prize from the Peace History Society for Pax Economica. What a tremendous honor!

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uoearchhist.bsky.social University of Exeter Archaeology and History Department @uoearchhist.bsky.social · 19d
📚 News from the world of peace and economic history ☮️ Dr Marc-William Palen’s Pax 'Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World' has just received the Elise M. Boulding Prize in Peace History🏆 for groundbreaking work that rethinks how free trade once carried hopes for ending empire and war🌍
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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marydudziak.bsky.social
Important CFP!
Peace in the Age of Forever Wars @ Temple University, April 3-4, 2026. I will be there.
challengingwar.com/spring-2025/
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM