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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 3h

Today at 1pm eastern! #SHAFR

SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 15d

The Graduate Student Committee is hosting a virtual "How To" session on conference panels. Join present and past SHAFR conference co-chairs for an informal conversation on what makes a proposal stand out.

Wednesday, October 8 at 1pm ET

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The Society for Intelligence History @socintelhist.bsky.social · 1d

This just might be the coolest job opportunity ever:

networks.h-net.org/jobs/69269/i...

International Spy Museum - Historian | H-Net

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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 1d

Planning to assemble a panel for an upcoming conference? Don't know where to start?

@shafrhistorians.bsky.social is holding a webinar tomorrow on how to successfully prepare a panel for their annual conference, applicable broadly as well

Wed. Oct. 8th @ 1:00pm (ET)
bit.ly/SHAFR-PANEL-...

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 20h

Huge thanks to the editors of the @oah.org Process blog for letting me contribute a post that shares a little bit about how I'm trying to broaden the history of the Cuban Missile Crisis in my new book! www.oah.org/process/kell... #History 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social

OAH | Latin America and the Cuban Missile CrisisOAH | Latin America and the Cuban Missile Crisis

www.oah.org

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The Organization of American Historians @oah.org · 5d

We have so many events happening in October!
First up: Advocacy and the National Archives
🗓 Oct 7 | 3pm ET

Join us for a panel discussion on the origins of NARA, why it matters, and how YOU can advocate to protect it. Live demo included!

👉 Register today: https://ow.ly/NMBG50X5P8x

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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 3d

OAH Deadlines extended. Of interest to #SHAFR historians:
Award for Contributions to Public Policy - Due Nov. 1
Huggins-Quarles Award for grad student research - Due Nov. 1

The Organization of American Historians @oah.org · 5d

⏳ OAH Award Deadlines Extended! ⏳

Some award deadlines are extended to Oct. 15 & Nov. 1. See which awards qualify & submit today! ow.ly/q4bX50X69cC

Coming up Oct. 9 is an info session for the Huggins-Quarles Award with the OAH ALANA Committee.
Register: ow.ly/OUQa50X69cJ

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Susie Colbourn @susancolbourn.net · 5d

Applications are now open for the 2026-27 predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships with the America in the World Consortium!

Applicants from all disciplines whose research bears directly on American grand strategy, broadly defined, are welcome to apply.

Deadline: December 1

AWC Pre- and Post- Doctoral Fellowships 2025-2026

The America in the World Consortium at Duke University, Johns Hopkins SAIS, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Florida seeks applications from current Ph.D. students for its Pred...

www.awconsortium.org

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Dr. Heather Dichter @hdichter.bsky.social · 5d

Less than 2 weeks to apply for these awesome @shafrhistorians.bsky.social awards - including the Hogan Language Fellowship. I’m a previous Hogan winner & I have the honor of chairing the Hogan committee this year so apply or tell your PhD students to apply! #SHAFR #skystorians 🗃️

SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 Reminder: SHAFR January awards deadline is Oct 15! Apply now for the Bernath Lecture Prize, Williams Emerging Scholar Grant, Hogan Language Fellowship & grad dissertation grants. Details: tinyurl.com/5n6e6h8z

#SHAFR #HistoryAwards #AcademicSky #skystorians

October 15 Deadline - Apply for SHAFR Awards

www.shafr.org

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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 5d

Give it a listen!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLCs...

The Work of Empire: War, Occupation, and the… by Justin F. Jackson · Audiobook preview

YouTube video by Google Play Books

www.youtube.com

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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 6d

SMU’s Center for Presidential History is accepting submissions for their annual book prize.
www.smu.edu/cph/bookprize
#skystorians

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Kaete O'Connell @kaeteoc.bsky.social · 6d

Historian friends, I’m looking for a chair and/or comment to join a panel at the Business History Conference in London in March. The panel examines alcohol marketing in the U.S. mid-20th century. If you know someone, please reach out!

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Elisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · 6d

Dream PhD opportunity! We are recruiting another doctoral researcher in our @erc.europa.eu synergy project BLOCKADE - this one is on interwar blockades and sanctions. 4 years, fully funded at @uvahumanities.bsky.social and supervised by the amazing and super kind @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social

Samuël Kruizinga @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social · 6d

See the full vacancy text here: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — PhD position - Benign Blockades? Blockades and sanctions, 1919-1939

The Amsterdam School for Historical Studies (ASH) invites applications for a fully funded PhD position (4 years, 1.0ft). This position is part of the ERC Synergy-funded research programme BLOCKADE, wh...

werkenbij.uva.nl

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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 6d

SHAFR Election results are here! Congratulations to the newest members of our leadership team.
#SHAFR

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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 7d

New FRUS release! START I, 1989–1991 the FIRST from the administration of George H.W. Bush.
history.state.gov/historicaldo...

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German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 7d

Applications for the fall cycle of our short-term doctoral and postdoctoral research fellowships are due October 1. Learn more about the criteria here: www.ghi-dc.org/programs/doc...

Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research Fellowships – GHI Washington

www.ghi-dc.org

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Gautham Rao @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 8d

Took about 20 years. And I never thought a book about enslavers using deputization to give themselves policing power would be relevant to our times. But we are where we are.

My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.

a.co/d/29c7EIP

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Samuel Helfont @samuelhelfont.bsky.social · 9d

Coming from @stanfordpress.bsky.social in the summer of 2026! @lisablaydes.bsky.social and I edited a book "Ba'thist Iraq through Archives" with a star studded list of contributors!

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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 10d

The SHAFR Election closes at 11:59pm eastern on Tuesday, September 30. That means you have a little less than 72 hours remaining to cast your ballot! #SHAFR

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Oxford Academic @oxfordacademic.bsky.social · 11d

Calling all #skystorians 🗃️ - listen to this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview with "Faith and Fear" author Gregory A. Daddis 📚: oxford.ly/4nnINPv

New Books Network interview with Gregory A. Daddis, author of
"Faith and Fear"

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The Organization of American Historians @oah.org · Aug 27

Most OAH Award deadlines are coming up Oct 1! ✨

Review award categories + deadlines: ow.ly/uqUA50WMZ6v

Read about the 2025 winners: ow.ly/5Sv850WMZ6u

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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 14d

Today👇

SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Graduate Student Committee will host a special virtual session discussing grant applications on Wednesday, September 24. #SHAFR

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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 14d

Come on out 🗃️People, this should be a wonderful way to launch Blain's new book in Columbus and at a very special book store, then she's kindly joining us at OSU for an International History Seminar at the Mershon Center! #historymatters

Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 14d

Columbus and Ohio come on out on Thursday evening at 7pm to the Book Loft in German Village to talk about Keisha Blain's just released timely book Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights @wwnorton.com @mershoncenter.bsky.social ! mershoncenter.osu.edu/events/keish...

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SMH Historians @smh-historians.bsky.social · 14d

NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR GRAD STUDENTS: “SMH (Grad Student) TALKS” at #SMH2026 Annual Conference!
Submission deadline: November 15, 2025

www.smh-hq.org/annualmeetin...

SMH (Grad Student) TALKS | The Society for Military History

www.smh-hq.org

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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 15d

The Graduate Student Committee is hosting a virtual "How To" session on conference panels. Join present and past SHAFR conference co-chairs for an informal conversation on what makes a proposal stand out.

Wednesday, October 8 at 1pm ET

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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 15d

SHAFR (@shafrhistorians.bsky.social) offers grants for grads w/ a broad focus on the U.S. & the World (including SEA). This Wed is a webinar on how to write grant apps, useful for those applying elsewhere as well!

Event Registration: bit.ly/SHAFRgrants
Fellowship Info: www.shafr.org/fellowships-...

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