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Official Bluesky account for the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS). We're in Montreal for #nacbs2025!
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · Jul 23
Registration for NACBS 2025 is open now! Check out the draft program and join us in Montreal!

www.nacbs.org/conference
Conference | NACBS
The North American Conference on British Studies annual conference homepage
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 54m
📢Upcoming Book Event!

📗Patriots Before Revolution with Amy Watson
📅Oct 16
⏰12pm ET

Join NACBS to celebrate Amy Watson’s recent publication Patriots Before Revolution: The Rise of Party Politics in the British Atlantic, 1714-1763.

Free & open to the public. RSVP: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...
Patriots Before Revolution with Amy Watson | NACBS
Join NACBS to celebrate Amy Watson’s recent publication Patriots Before Revolution: The Rise of Party Politics in the British Atlantic, 1714-1763. Peter Mancall will join Amy Watson in discussion.
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 1d
📢NACBS-Huntington Library Fellowship
📌Applications due Nov 15

The NACBS-Huntington Library Fellowship aids dissertation research in British Studies using the collection of the library.

More info here: www.nacbs.org/fellowships/...
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American Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 2d
ACLS has released a statement regarding the White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”: bit.ly/3IviMig
We call for the immediate rejection of the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”...No institution that is committed to the free pursuit of knowledge should submit to the degradation of autonomy and academic freedom contained in it. -ACLS Statement Regarding White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”
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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · 5d
📢New in JBS!

📗"What is Family in an Age of Plague? The Liber Lynne and the Urban Family in Late Medieval England" by Christian D. Liddy

Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
What is Family in an Age of Plague? The Liber Lynne and the Urban Family in Late Medieval England | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core
What is Family in an Age of Plague? The Liber Lynne and the Urban Family in Late Medieval England - Volume 64
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IHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 8d
Kicking off our fantastic line up with a showcase of new research! Get in touch if you are a postgraduate or early career researcher who would like to introduce their work to the field.

📍 Hybrid: N304, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online
📅 Thursday 16th October, 2025
⏰ 17:30
🔗 bit.ly/3INwCfO
Email Olivia.Wyatt@ed.ac.uk or Meleisa.Ono-George@history.ox.ac.uk to present online or in-person
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 8d
Early bird rates end today! Register today to take advantage of the early bird discount! #nacbs2025
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 13d
Early bird registration for our annual meeting ends September 30. Register before Tuesday to take advantage of the discount! #nacbs2025

Registration info: www.nacbs.org/conference
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 13d
Early bird registration for our annual meeting ends September 30. Register before Tuesday to take advantage of the discount! #nacbs2025

Registration info: www.nacbs.org/conference
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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · 13d
🎥ICYMI

A full recording of our "How I Wrote This," event with Matthew Worley is now available on our Youtube channel.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntne...
How I Wrote This with Matthew Worley
YouTube video by North American Conference on British Studies
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 14d
Join us today at noon to hear more about Kiran Mehta's To Detain or Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750-1840!
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 23d
📢Book event📢

📗To Detain or Punish
📅Sep 24

Free and open to the public. RSVP below!

Join NACBS to celebrate @kiranmehta.bsky.social recent publication To Detain or Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750-1840.

www.nacbs.org/event-detail...
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Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · 14d
Happening tomorrow! Join me and Simon Devereaux. We’ll be chatting about my new book on London prisons and more generally about the history of imprisonment.
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 23d
📢Book event📢

📗To Detain or Punish
📅Sep 24

Free and open to the public. RSVP below!

Join NACBS to celebrate @kiranmehta.bsky.social recent publication To Detain or Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750-1840.

www.nacbs.org/event-detail...
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George Severs @georgesevers.bsky.social · 16d
My latest article has just been published in the Journal of British Studies! It's open access and you can read it here. Huge thanks to the archivists and librarians across Birmingham for their help with this research. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Composing and Narrating Black Memories of Sexual and Reproductive Health in Jamaica and England in 1990s Birmingham | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core
Composing and Narrating Black Memories of Sexual and Reproductive Health in Jamaica and England in 1990s Birmingham - Volume 64
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 18d
📰Latest from Broadsides

As part of a series that reflects on the history of NACBS and its regional affiliates on the occasion of our 75th anniversary, Jennifer McNabb provides a brief history of the Midwest Conference on British Studies.

www.nacbs.org/post/the-mwc...
The MWCBS at 71: 1954-2025
"So, when the leaves start to take on their bright fall colors across the Midwest and the late afternoons begin fading into darkness, it feels like MWCBS season—and hopefully will for many years to co...
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 19d
🎥ICYMI

A full recording of yesterday's book event, Invoking Empire with Darren Reid, is now available on our Youtube channel.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfL8...
Invoking Empire with Darren Reid
YouTube video by North American Conference on British Studies
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 19d
Happening today! Join @jbritishstudies.bsky.social editors at 11am ET for a fun session discussing Matthew Worley's recent article.
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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · 26d
Join us for our second virtual discussion of "How I Wrote This". Matthew Worley will discuss his experience writing and revising "Past! Future! In Extreme!: Looking for Meaning in the 'New Romantics,' 1978-1982."

📅September 19
⏰11am ET/ 4pm BST
RSVP below

www.nacbs.org/event-detail...
How I Wrote This with Matthew Worley | NACBS
Join the NACBS and the Journal of British Studies for our second virtual discussion of “How I Wrote This”. In this one-hour session, we invite an author who has published a successful and popular arti...
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 19d
💅 #HistArchives rather smashing it in the #EarlyModern. #YayArchives!
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 20d
We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 John Ben Snow Book Prize for best book in British Studies dealing with the period prior to 1800.

www.nacbs.org/news/snow-bo...

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Melissa Reynolds @melkatrey.bsky.social · 20d
What amazing company to keep! And what a thrill to see Reading Practice honored in this way by the NACBS!

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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 20d
We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 John Ben Snow Book Prize for best book in British Studies dealing with the period prior to 1800.

www.nacbs.org/news/snow-bo...

@yalepress.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social @melkatrey.bsky.social @asheeshksi.bsky.social
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 20d
We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 John Ben Snow Book Prize for best book in British Studies dealing with the period prior to 1800.

www.nacbs.org/news/snow-bo...

@yalepress.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social @melkatrey.bsky.social @asheeshksi.bsky.social
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 20d
We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Stansky Book Prize for best book in British Studies dealing with the period since 1800.

www.nacbs.org/news/stansky...

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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 20d
Happening today! Join us at noon ET to hear more about Invoking Empire!
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 29d
📢Book Event📢

📗Invoking Empire with Darren Reid
📅Sep 18

Join us to hear more about Darren Reid’s latest book, Invoking Empire: Imperial citizenship and Indigenous rights across the British World, 1860-1900. @alanlester.bsky.social will moderate the event

RSVP here: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...
Invoking Empire with Darren Reid | NACBS
Join NACBS to hear more about Darren Reid’s latest publication, Invoking Empire: Imperial citizenship and Indigenous rights across the British World, 1860-1900. Alan Lester will moderate the event. In...
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 21d
As many of you know, we’re conducting a giving campaign to celebrate our 75th anniversary.

With 8 weeks left, we’re only halfway to our goal. Help us finish strong!

Please consider making a contribution to ensure we can support British Studies for another 75 years!

www.nacbs.org/news/support...
Support British Studies | NACBS
We are almost halfway to our goal of raising $25,000 and we hope you will help us to reach the finish line. If you haven't had a chance to give yet, we hope you will consider making a donation.
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Britain and the World @batw.bsky.social · 24d
🚨THIS IS NOT A DRILL🚨
#batw2026 is celebrating two decades over two weeks!

Join us online 18-19 April 2026 or in person in Boston 24-25 April 2026!

Check out and share the CFP. You won’t want to miss it! britainandtheworld.org/2026-20-year...
2026 - 20 Years of BATW Events Page — Britain and the World
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 22d
This Thursday, author #DarrenReid will be launching his new monograph 'Invoking Empire' with the #NACBS online.

Tune in from 12pm EDT / 5pm BST on 18th September 📅

RSVP here: www.nacbs.org/event-detail...
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Peter Mandler @petermandler.bsky.social · 22d
The Modern British City - publication November 2025 - now available for pre-order from lundhumphries.com.
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TheNACBS @thenacbs.bsky.social · 23d
📢Book event📢

📗To Detain or Punish
📅Sep 24

Free and open to the public. RSVP below!

Join NACBS to celebrate @kiranmehta.bsky.social recent publication To Detain or Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750-1840.

www.nacbs.org/event-detail...
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Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · 23d
Don’t forget to sign up to hear me chat about my book with Simon Devereaux online on 24 September! #skystorians

www.nacbs.org/event-detail...
To Detain or Punish with Kiran Mehta | NACBS
Join NACBS to celebrate Kiran Mehta’s recent publication To Detain or Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750-1840. Simon Devereaux will join Kiran Mehta in discussion.
www.nacbs.org
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