Julia Irwin
@juliairwin.bsky.social
Historian of US foreign aid, disasters, and international humanitarianism. Author of *Making the World Safe* (OUP ’13) and *Catastrophic Diplomacy* (UNC ’24). Co-editor of *InterConnections: The Global 20th Century* (UNC) and *Journal of Disaster Studies*.
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Julia Irwin
@juliairwin.bsky.social
· Dec 18
My new book — Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction — is now available as an e-book (paperback in March 2026)! The book offers a concise history of humanitarianism in an international perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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February 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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Episode 5 of my audiodocumentary on the Cuban Missile Crisis is live! In this episode, Dustin Walcher and I *finally* get around to discussing the crisis itself, yay! Please share and give it a listen! #history 🗃️ @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
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Episode V - Crisis
In this episode, Renata and Dustin examine the Cuban Missile Crisis and its moments of greatest danger. They speak with scholars including Carlos Alzugaray Treto, Michelle Chase, James Hershberg, Pete
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February 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Episode 5 of my audiodocumentary on the Cuban Missile Crisis is live! In this episode, Dustin Walcher and I *finally* get around to discussing the crisis itself, yay! Please share and give it a listen! #history 🗃️ @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
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Thank you — and thanks for your contributions!!!
January 30, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Thank you — and thanks for your contributions!!!
We are so thrilled that @jds-disasters.bsky.social has received an honorable mention for Best New Journal from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals! Congratulations to the editors.
Learn more about this innovative open-access journal on our website: bit.ly/3Z62bpN
Learn more about this innovative open-access journal on our website: bit.ly/3Z62bpN
January 30, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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Our friends at the #TrumanLibrary Institute are accepting applications for Research Grants (due Apr. 1) and Dissertation Year Fellowships of $25,000 (due Feb. 1).
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January 30, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Our friends at the #TrumanLibrary Institute are accepting applications for Research Grants (due Apr. 1) and Dissertation Year Fellowships of $25,000 (due Feb. 1).
www.trumanlibraryinstitute.org/research-gra...
www.trumanlibraryinstitute.org/research-gra...
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Super excited to be hosting @juliairwin.bsky.social one week from today for a timely talk on US foreign relations and humanitarianism. If you're in the area, please join us! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Super excited to be hosting @juliairwin.bsky.social one week from today for a timely talk on US foreign relations and humanitarianism. If you're in the area, please join us! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
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Are you a #SHAFR historian pulling together a panel for #AHA27 in #NOLA? Let us know! SHAFR regularly sponsors sessions created by and for our members. Email Executive Director @rimmerma.bsky.social for more info.
January 23, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Are you a #SHAFR historian pulling together a panel for #AHA27 in #NOLA? Let us know! SHAFR regularly sponsors sessions created by and for our members. Email Executive Director @rimmerma.bsky.social for more info.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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Deadline is less than two weeks away!
DH at 50: European Perspectives on America's Global Rise and Crises
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DH at 50: European Perspectives on America's Global Rise and Crises
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January 7, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Deadline is less than two weeks away!
DH at 50: European Perspectives on America's Global Rise and Crises
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DH at 50: European Perspectives on America's Global Rise and Crises
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Marilyn Young’ once asked: “Where can the historian stand in order to lever the history of the United States off its assumed centrality?” I don’t have a definitive nor a particularly clever answer. But I’m sure those who will join us in Middelburg will - and there could be you among them too!
Call for Papers: Diplomatic History at Fifty – Special Issue on European Perspectives - Roosevelt
www.roosevelt.nl
January 6, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Marilyn Young’ once asked: “Where can the historian stand in order to lever the history of the United States off its assumed centrality?” I don’t have a definitive nor a particularly clever answer. But I’m sure those who will join us in Middelburg will - and there could be you among them too!
Thank you so much!
December 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Thank you so much!
I’m not sure, but I did learn in the production process that they actually commission actual artwork each season (several books get the same image apparently). Here’s the full version of the one on my cover:
December 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I’m not sure, but I did learn in the production process that they actually commission actual artwork each season (several books get the same image apparently). Here’s the full version of the one on my cover:
Thank you, Michael!
December 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Thank you, Michael!
For those with library access, the e-version is also available here: academic.oup.com/book/61783
Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction
Abstract. This book traces the events and trends that defined modern humanitarianism, from the eighteenth century up to the present day. It describes the o
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December 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
For those with library access, the e-version is also available here: academic.oup.com/book/61783
My new book — Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction — is now available as an e-book (paperback in March 2026)! The book offers a concise history of humanitarianism in an international perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
December 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My new book — Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction — is now available as an e-book (paperback in March 2026)! The book offers a concise history of humanitarianism in an international perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Thank you so much, Boyd!! Your work was both foundational and influential for the book. I’ll look forward to hearing your thoughts!
December 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Thank you so much, Boyd!! Your work was both foundational and influential for the book. I’ll look forward to hearing your thoughts!
If you’ll be at the AHA in Chicago and would like to chat about a potential project for InterConnections, my fellow Series Editor Renata Keller (@renatakeller.bsky.social) and I will be there and would be happy to chat!
Looking to finish, propose, or submit an international history (broadly defined) book in 2026? We'd love to see it at InterConnections: The Global 20th Century series at UNC @uncpress.bsky.social @juliairwin.bsky.social @drjsarkar.bsky.social @renatakeller.bsky.social 🗃️ uncpress.org/series/inter...
InterConnections: The Global 20th Century
InterConnections: The Global 20th Century is home to innovative global, international, and transregional histories of the long twentieth century. We also publish cutting-edge histories of the US and t...
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December 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If you’ll be at the AHA in Chicago and would like to chat about a potential project for InterConnections, my fellow Series Editor Renata Keller (@renatakeller.bsky.social) and I will be there and would be happy to chat!
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🎉 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
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
🎉 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
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
Thank you!! And thank you for your feedback on my proposal a few years back!!!
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Thank you!! And thank you for your feedback on my proposal a few years back!!!
Congratulations!!
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Congratulations!!
Many thanks for the kind words 🙂
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Many thanks for the kind words 🙂
Aaaaaw, thanks James!!
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Aaaaaw, thanks James!!
Thank you so much for the kind word (about both book!). Much appreciated :)
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Thank you so much for the kind word (about both book!). Much appreciated :)