Amanda Demmer
@amandademmer.bsky.social
Paul and Linda Austin Associate Professor of Military History
Virginia Tech
Current project: a biography of international human rights activist Ginetta Sagan.
Virginia Tech
Current project: a biography of international human rights activist Ginetta Sagan.
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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
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! 🙏
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I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...
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ATTN: SHAFR grad students and early career scholars
Applications for the Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy at the @belfercenter.bsky.social are due 12/1.
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Applications for the Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy at the @belfercenter.bsky.social are due 12/1.
tinyurl.com/mvj3hckx
Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy
The Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy of the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs aims to help build the next generation of men and women who will bri...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
ATTN: SHAFR grad students and early career scholars
Applications for the Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy at the @belfercenter.bsky.social are due 12/1.
tinyurl.com/mvj3hckx
Applications for the Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy at the @belfercenter.bsky.social are due 12/1.
tinyurl.com/mvj3hckx
A friendly reminder that applications for @shafrhistorians.bsky.social's William Appleman Williams Emerging Scholar Research Grants are due TOMORROW Oct 15th.
For more information: www.shafr.org/junior-facul...
To apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
For more information: www.shafr.org/junior-facul...
To apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
William Appleman Emerging Scholar Research Grants
The William Appleman Williams Junior Faculty Research Grants are intended to promote scholarly research in U.S. foreign relations by members who are within six years of the Ph.D. Grants are limited to...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A friendly reminder that applications for @shafrhistorians.bsky.social's William Appleman Williams Emerging Scholar Research Grants are due TOMORROW Oct 15th.
For more information: www.shafr.org/junior-facul...
To apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
For more information: www.shafr.org/junior-facul...
To apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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🎉 Congratulations to @amandademmer.bsky.social who was awarded the inaugural Paul and Linda Austin Military History Professorship by the @virginiatech.bsky.social Board of Visitors!
news.vt.edu/articles/202...
news.vt.edu/articles/202...
September 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🎉 Congratulations to @amandademmer.bsky.social who was awarded the inaugural Paul and Linda Austin Military History Professorship by the @virginiatech.bsky.social Board of Visitors!
news.vt.edu/articles/202...
news.vt.edu/articles/202...
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The 2026 SHAFR Summer Institute call for papers is out! What an awesome *fully funded* opportunity for grad students and early career scholars! www.shafr.org/index.php?op... 🗃️ @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @cmcknichols.bsky.social #historians
CFP- SHAFR Summer Institute 2026
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July 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The 2026 SHAFR Summer Institute call for papers is out! What an awesome *fully funded* opportunity for grad students and early career scholars! www.shafr.org/index.php?op... 🗃️ @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @cmcknichols.bsky.social #historians
Had a terrific two days at my first ever @biographersintl.bsky.social conference. So many wonderful people, so many incredible projects!
June 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Had a terrific two days at my first ever @biographersintl.bsky.social conference. So many wonderful people, so many incredible projects!
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Are you a grad student or early career scholar attending #SHAFR2025? Check out our careers workshop featuring mentors working in tenure track jobs in the US and UK, PMEs, DOD and State roles, Brookings, PBS, and countless research centers.
To register visit: forms.gle/ZwFa6hFsk2TR...
To register visit: forms.gle/ZwFa6hFsk2TR...
June 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Are you a grad student or early career scholar attending #SHAFR2025? Check out our careers workshop featuring mentors working in tenure track jobs in the US and UK, PMEs, DOD and State roles, Brookings, PBS, and countless research centers.
To register visit: forms.gle/ZwFa6hFsk2TR...
To register visit: forms.gle/ZwFa6hFsk2TR...
VT is hiring an Instructor in Modern Military History. Review date is June 1st! @smh-historians.bsky.social @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
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Details | Instructor in Modern Military History | Careers | Division of Human Resources | Virginia Tech
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May 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
VT is hiring an Instructor in Modern Military History. Review date is June 1st! @smh-historians.bsky.social @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
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Today's fun research find from the National Archives- A letter from Elliot Abrams (Assist Secretary for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs) to CIA Director Bill Casey re: Ginetta Sagan's research into reeducation camps in Vietnam post-1975.
May 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Today's fun research find from the National Archives- A letter from Elliot Abrams (Assist Secretary for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs) to CIA Director Bill Casey re: Ginetta Sagan's research into reeducation camps in Vietnam post-1975.
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***Attention graduate students***
Apply to the George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award!
IEHS invites submissions for two awards of $3,500 each to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history, broadly defined.
More info: iehs.org/awards/georg...
Apply to the George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award!
IEHS invites submissions for two awards of $3,500 each to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history, broadly defined.
More info: iehs.org/awards/georg...
George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award
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May 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
***Attention graduate students***
Apply to the George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award!
IEHS invites submissions for two awards of $3,500 each to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history, broadly defined.
More info: iehs.org/awards/georg...
Apply to the George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award!
IEHS invites submissions for two awards of $3,500 each to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history, broadly defined.
More info: iehs.org/awards/georg...
Next week marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Recently, it was my genuine honor and pleasure to give a keynote at The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Archive at TTU's Annual Conference, www.vietnam.ttu.edu/events/2025_...
The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive: Events
Information about the events and conferences of The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
www.vietnam.ttu.edu
April 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Next week marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Recently, it was my genuine honor and pleasure to give a keynote at The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Archive at TTU's Annual Conference, www.vietnam.ttu.edu/events/2025_...
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Check this out, historians!
DEADLINE FOR 2025 AWARDS IS JUNE 15, 2025
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CCWH supports women in history and women's history <<
It works hard to provide these resources <<
@womenknowhistory.bsky.social
@womenshistnet.bsky.social
Awards | The Coordinating Council for Women in History
The CCWH offers awards to support scholars and professionals dedicated to the field of women's history.
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April 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Check this out, historians!
"The termination of your grant represents an urgent priority for this administration."
Gutted to learn of the loss of my NEH Fellowship and to see so many others in the same boat - not to mention the @nehgov.bsky.social employees whose jobs are on the line. A brutal day for the humanities.
Gutted to learn of the loss of my NEH Fellowship and to see so many others in the same boat - not to mention the @nehgov.bsky.social employees whose jobs are on the line. A brutal day for the humanities.
April 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"The termination of your grant represents an urgent priority for this administration."
Gutted to learn of the loss of my NEH Fellowship and to see so many others in the same boat - not to mention the @nehgov.bsky.social employees whose jobs are on the line. A brutal day for the humanities.
Gutted to learn of the loss of my NEH Fellowship and to see so many others in the same boat - not to mention the @nehgov.bsky.social employees whose jobs are on the line. A brutal day for the humanities.
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We’re looking for volunteers to staff the registration desk at #SHAFR2025. In exchange, we’ll comp your registration fee, keep you fed, and guarantee you’ll meet some cool people 😎
March 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We’re looking for volunteers to staff the registration desk at #SHAFR2025. In exchange, we’ll comp your registration fee, keep you fed, and guarantee you’ll meet some cool people 😎
Thanks for the great writeup, @virginiatechnews.bsky.social !
With fellowship, history professor to record life of human rights legend
Amanda Demmer, associate professor of history, has received a research fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to write a biography on Ginetta Sagan, a leader in the international hu...
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March 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Thanks for the great writeup, @virginiatechnews.bsky.social !
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CALL FOR PAPERS!
I'm co-organising a conference in September on women's work in the Second World War, with a graduate research forum in the afternoon for PGRs to present their work.
Please share with any postgrads who might be interested!
More details here ⬇️
royalhistsoc.org/calendar/cod...
I'm co-organising a conference in September on women's work in the Second World War, with a graduate research forum in the afternoon for PGRs to present their work.
Please share with any postgrads who might be interested!
More details here ⬇️
royalhistsoc.org/calendar/cod...
Codebreakers and Groundbreakers: Women’s Work in the Second World War – CALL FOR PAPERS | RHS
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March 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
CALL FOR PAPERS!
I'm co-organising a conference in September on women's work in the Second World War, with a graduate research forum in the afternoon for PGRs to present their work.
Please share with any postgrads who might be interested!
More details here ⬇️
royalhistsoc.org/calendar/cod...
I'm co-organising a conference in September on women's work in the Second World War, with a graduate research forum in the afternoon for PGRs to present their work.
Please share with any postgrads who might be interested!
More details here ⬇️
royalhistsoc.org/calendar/cod...
So deeply honored to receive this recognition from my SHAFR colleagues. Also, welcome to Bluesky, @shafrhistorians.bsky.social !
The winner of the 2025 Stuart L Bernath Lecture Prize is @amandademmer.bsky.social! Demmer’s research highlights some of the most exciting developments in foreign relations history, incl diplomatic agency of nonstate actors & realm intl human rights. We cannot wait to hear her lecture at #SHAFR2026!
February 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
So deeply honored to receive this recognition from my SHAFR colleagues. Also, welcome to Bluesky, @shafrhistorians.bsky.social !
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Congratulations to @amandademmer.bsky.social and welcome to Bluesky to the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations @shafrhistorians.bsky.social!
The winner of the 2025 Stuart L Bernath Lecture Prize is @amandademmer.bsky.social! Demmer’s research highlights some of the most exciting developments in foreign relations history, incl diplomatic agency of nonstate actors & realm intl human rights. We cannot wait to hear her lecture at #SHAFR2026!
February 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Congratulations to @amandademmer.bsky.social and welcome to Bluesky to the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations @shafrhistorians.bsky.social!
Happy to share that the @cambridgeup.bsky.social Three-Volume History of the Vietnam War is now available, including a chapter on "Refugees and US-Vietnamese Relations" that I wrote for Volume 3 "Endings and Aftermaths."
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The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War
Cambridge Core - History after 1945 (General) - The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War
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January 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Happy to share that the @cambridgeup.bsky.social Three-Volume History of the Vietnam War is now available, including a chapter on "Refugees and US-Vietnamese Relations" that I wrote for Volume 3 "Endings and Aftermaths."
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
Review date now extended to Feb 24! Please apply/share widely!
The Virginia Center for Civil War Studies and the History Department of Virginia Tech invite applications for a two-year postdoctoral associate position in the history of the American Civil War era that will begin in August 2025. Review date Feb 10th.
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Details | Postdoctoral Associate | Careers | Division of Human Resources | Virginia Tech
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January 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Review date now extended to Feb 24! Please apply/share widely!
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Amanda C. Demmer @amandademmer.bsky.social and Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social's new research article uses case studies of U.S. relations with China, Vietnam, and Cuba to examine the idea of normalization, its history, and its consequences.
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Normalizing Relations from the Cold War to the Present: Continuing War, Pursuing Peace, and Building Empire | Modern American History | Cambridge Core
Normalizing Relations from the Cold War to the Present: Continuing War, Pursuing Peace, and Building Empire - Volume 7 Issue 3
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January 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Amanda C. Demmer @amandademmer.bsky.social and Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social's new research article uses case studies of U.S. relations with China, Vietnam, and Cuba to examine the idea of normalization, its history, and its consequences.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Virginia Center for Civil War Studies and the History Department of Virginia Tech invite applications for a two-year postdoctoral associate position in the history of the American Civil War era that will begin in August 2025. Review date Feb 10th.
careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...
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Details | Postdoctoral Associate | Careers | Division of Human Resources | Virginia Tech
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January 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The Virginia Center for Civil War Studies and the History Department of Virginia Tech invite applications for a two-year postdoctoral associate position in the history of the American Civil War era that will begin in August 2025. Review date Feb 10th.
careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...
careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...
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SCREAMING!!!! Beyond grateful to the @nehgov.bsky.social for supporting my work, and absolutely overjoyed that I'll be able to devote a full year to my next book, which explores the life and legacy of international human rights activist Ginetta Sagan.
NEW NEH GRANTS! NEH awards $22.6 million for 219 humanities projects nationwide.
Grants will support curriculum projects on college campuses, public programs at small museums, new digital resources in the humanities, and more. ow.ly/9LfB50UG4xg
Grants will support curriculum projects on college campuses, public programs at small museums, new digital resources in the humanities, and more. ow.ly/9LfB50UG4xg
NEH Announces $22.6 Million for 219 Humanities Projects Nationwide
ow.ly
January 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
SCREAMING!!!! Beyond grateful to the @nehgov.bsky.social for supporting my work, and absolutely overjoyed that I'll be able to devote a full year to my next book, which explores the life and legacy of international human rights activist Ginetta Sagan.
SCREAMING!!!! Beyond grateful to the @nehgov.bsky.social for supporting my work, and absolutely overjoyed that I'll be able to devote a full year to my next book, which explores the life and legacy of international human rights activist Ginetta Sagan.
NEW NEH GRANTS! NEH awards $22.6 million for 219 humanities projects nationwide.
Grants will support curriculum projects on college campuses, public programs at small museums, new digital resources in the humanities, and more. ow.ly/9LfB50UG4xg
Grants will support curriculum projects on college campuses, public programs at small museums, new digital resources in the humanities, and more. ow.ly/9LfB50UG4xg
NEH Announces $22.6 Million for 219 Humanities Projects Nationwide
ow.ly
January 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
SCREAMING!!!! Beyond grateful to the @nehgov.bsky.social for supporting my work, and absolutely overjoyed that I'll be able to devote a full year to my next book, which explores the life and legacy of international human rights activist Ginetta Sagan.