Beth Wilson
@bethrwilson.bsky.social
Historian of US slavery, gender and emotions. Lecturer in American History at Cardiff University.
I was lucky enough to work in the Department of American Studies at Nottingham for a year, and as Emily says, it is a dynamic and welcoming community providing students with a really important alternative to a history degree. Please sign this!
I am heartbroken and horrified that the department where I received my PhD is under threat of closure. This is a dynamic and welcoming community that is at the forefront of American Studies in the UK. I encourage everyone to sign the below petition and rally behind our colleagues in Nottingham.
Sign the Petition
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
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November 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I was lucky enough to work in the Department of American Studies at Nottingham for a year, and as Emily says, it is a dynamic and welcoming community providing students with a really important alternative to a history degree. Please sign this!
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Over the next few weeks, we're highlighting the 8 articles and 8 books shortlisted for this year's RHS Early Career Article and First Book Prizes.
Today it's Katherine Burns, ‘‘She died from grief’: Trauma and Emotion in Information Wanted Advertisements’, Slavery & Abolition' bit.ly/3HDuOVZ 1/2
Today it's Katherine Burns, ‘‘She died from grief’: Trauma and Emotion in Information Wanted Advertisements’, Slavery & Abolition' bit.ly/3HDuOVZ 1/2
‘She Died from Grief’: Trauma and Emotion in Information Wanted Advertisements
This article examines formerly enslaved people’s use of Information Wanted advertisements to reconnect with lost family after the American Civil War. This article argues that physical reunification...
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June 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Over the next few weeks, we're highlighting the 8 articles and 8 books shortlisted for this year's RHS Early Career Article and First Book Prizes.
Today it's Katherine Burns, ‘‘She died from grief’: Trauma and Emotion in Information Wanted Advertisements’, Slavery & Abolition' bit.ly/3HDuOVZ 1/2
Today it's Katherine Burns, ‘‘She died from grief’: Trauma and Emotion in Information Wanted Advertisements’, Slavery & Abolition' bit.ly/3HDuOVZ 1/2
I'm incredibly excited to announce that I have signed a contract with CUP for my book, provisionally titled 'Testimonies of Emotion: Enslaved People's Emotional Lives in the Antebellum South', which will hopefully be out next year!
April 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I'm incredibly excited to announce that I have signed a contract with CUP for my book, provisionally titled 'Testimonies of Emotion: Enslaved People's Emotional Lives in the Antebellum South', which will hopefully be out next year!
An exciting book delivery today!
January 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
An exciting book delivery today!
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It’s that time of the year again! Please do get your students to apply for our exciting (and fully funded 😱) Kinder-BrANCH MA in Atlantic History and Politics! 👇
Just under 2 weeks left to apply for the Kinder-BrANCH MA fellowship at Mizzou ⏰
The fellow will get a fully funded place on the Kinder Institute's MA in Atlantic History & Politics, plus a stipend and return flights!
Please encourage any brilliant junior Americanists to apply - more info below👇
The fellow will get a fully funded place on the Kinder Institute's MA in Atlantic History & Politics, plus a stipend and return flights!
Please encourage any brilliant junior Americanists to apply - more info below👇
Kinder-BrANCH MA Fellowship — British American Nineteenth Century Historians
www.branch.org.uk
December 2, 2024 at 7:50 PM
It’s that time of the year again! Please do get your students to apply for our exciting (and fully funded 😱) Kinder-BrANCH MA in Atlantic History and Politics! 👇
I'm discussing my work tomorrow at the RAI. Please join us!
Our final AHRS of Michaelmas term will be tomorrow, Tuesday 3 December at 16:00 at the RAI with Beth Wilson (Oxford) discussing her work on 'Testimonies of Emotion: Enslaved People's Emotional Lives in the Antebellum US South.'
December 2, 2024 at 4:11 PM
I'm discussing my work tomorrow at the RAI. Please join us!
Excited that our edited collection 'Slavery and Emotions in the Atlantic World' has been published today in book form by Routledge! Thanks to my co-editor Emily West and all the amazing contributors. www.routledge.com/Slavery-and-...
Slavery and Emotions in the Atlantic World
This book explores the history of slavery in the Atlantic World through the lens of emotion. Combining methods from the history of emotions with those from slavery studies often for the first time, th...
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December 2, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Excited that our edited collection 'Slavery and Emotions in the Atlantic World' has been published today in book form by Routledge! Thanks to my co-editor Emily West and all the amazing contributors. www.routledge.com/Slavery-and-...
Come and join us at the AHRS tomorrow at 4pm!
This week, AHRS will be running a discussion on Tuesday 26 Nov at the RAI with Simon Hall (Leeds) discussing his work on 'John Reed, Edgar Snow, Herbert Matthews, and the Question of Journalistic Truth'- details available here: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/event/john-r...
John Reed, Edgar Snow, Herbert Matthews, and the Question of Journalistic Truth
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November 25, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Come and join us at the AHRS tomorrow at 4pm!
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Join AHRS tonight to hear Harvey G Cohen (KCL) speak about his work titled: 'Roll Away The Stone: African American Gospel Music 1930-1965.' 4pm at the RAI. Details here: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/event/roll-a...
Roll Away The Stone: African American Gospel Music 1930-1965
www.rai.ox.ac.uk
November 19, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Join AHRS tonight to hear Harvey G Cohen (KCL) speak about his work titled: 'Roll Away The Stone: African American Gospel Music 1930-1965.' 4pm at the RAI. Details here: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/event/roll-a...
Looking forward to giving a paper at University of York next Wednesday - please join us!
Join us next week for the History Research Seminar at the University of York. @bethrwilson.bsky.social, will be sharing her research on ‘Slavery, Emotions and Gender in the US South’.
20 November 2024, 5:30 -7:00 PM. All welcome!
👉For more details: www.york.ac.uk/history/abou...
20 November 2024, 5:30 -7:00 PM. All welcome!
👉For more details: www.york.ac.uk/history/abou...
Slavery, Emotions and Gender in the Antebellum US South
Join us for research seminars hosted by the Department of History with a selection of visiting academics, alongside University of York researchers. All students and staff are very welcome.
www.york.ac.uk
November 14, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Looking forward to giving a paper at University of York next Wednesday - please join us!